Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)

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Timiskaming—Cochrane

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		David James Ramsay Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2001)	69,901
Electors (2007)	47,700
Area (km²)	40,645
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census divisions	Timiskaming, Cochrane District, Sudbury District, Nipissing District
Census subdivisions

For the former federal electoral district, see Timiskaming—Cochrane

Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Election results 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] History

The riding was created in 1999 from parts of Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing.

In 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.^[1]

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the southeastern corner of the Cochrane District, all of Timiskaming, the southeastern corner of the Sudbury District, and the northern third of Nipissing District.

Included in the riding are the towns of Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, Virginiatown, Englehart, Earlton, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Cobalt, Sturgeon Falls, Cache Bay, Verner and Noëlville.

It has been represented since its creation by David James Ramsay, a Liberal.

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David James Ramsay	11,588	42.90	-16.66
	New Democrat	John Vanthof	10,954	40.55	22.07
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Shearer	3,659	13.55	-6.83
	Green	Patrick East	811	3.00	1.43

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19907	76.5%
	Mixed member proportional	6130	23.5%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David James Ramsay	18499	59.56	11.18
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	6330	20.38	-9.36
	New Democrat	Ben Lefebvre	5741	18.48	-3.39
	Green	Paul O. Palmer	489	1.57	1.57

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David James Ramsay	16877	48.38
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	10374	29.74
	New Democrat	Len Wood	7631	21.88

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results

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