Kenora (federal electoral district)

For the former provincial electoral district, see Kenora (provincial electoral district).

Kenora

Ontario electoral district
Kenora in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Eric Melillo Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1]	55,977
Electors (2011)	42,138
Area (km²) [2]	321,741
Pop. density (per km²)	0.17
Census division(s)	Kenora, Thunder Bay
Census subdivision(s)	Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout

Kenora is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Of the federal electoral districts located in Ontario it is the largest by area, and the smallest by population. It encompasses most of Kenora District except for the eastern third, and a small section of the northwest corner of Thunder Bay District. It includes many remote First Nations reserves of extreme Northern Ontario. It succeeds the former federal riding of Kenora—Rainy River.

Geography

It consists of the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying west of a line drawn due north from the northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay (Albany River) to Hudson Bay; and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying northwest of a line drawn east from the western limit of the territorial district along the 6th Base Line, north along eastern limit of the townships of Bertrand, McLaurin, Furlonge, Fletcher and Bulmer, and due north to the northern limit of the territorial district.

History

The federal riding was created in 2003 from parts of the Kenora—Rainy River riding. This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Kenora—Kiiwetinoong at the first election held after approximately April 2024. ^[3] It will subsequently lose Fort Hope 64, Neskantaga, Webequie, and Summer Beaver to Thunder Bay—Superior North.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kenora Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River
38th	2004–2006		Roger Valley	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Greg Rickford	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Bob Nault	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Eric Melillo	Conservative
44th	2021–present

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[4]

Ethnic groups: 51.0% White, 46.5% Indigenous, 2.5% Other

Languages: 82.2% English, 5.9% Oji-Cree, 4.4% Ojibway, 1.5% French

Religions: 46.6% Christian (16.2% Catholic, 9.4% Anglican, 5.9% United Church, 2.2% Pentecostal, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 9.3% other), 5.9% Indigenous spirituality, 46.2% none

Median income: $41,600 (2020)

Average income: $49,680 (2020)

Election results

Graph of election results in Kenora (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election : Kenora—Kiiwetinoong
The 2025 general election will be held on April 28.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tania Cameron
	People's	Bryce Desjarlais
	Conservative	Eric Melillo
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Eric Melillo	11,103	42.6	+8.5	$76,445.84
	New Democratic	Janine Seymour	7,802	29.9	+1.4	$53,646.32
	Liberal	David Bruno	5,190	19.9	-10.1	$42,652.01
	People's	Craig Martin	1,625	6.2	+4.8	$6,563.10
	Green	Remi Rheault	364	1.4	-4.0	$2,974.40
Total valid votes			26,083	99.6
Total rejected ballots			118	0.4
Turnout			26,201	57.6
Eligible voters			45,500
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.6
Source: Elections Canada [5]

2021 federal election redistributed results [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	11,033	43.32
	New Democratic	7,422	29.14
	Liberal	5,055	19.85
	People's	1,606	6.31
	Green	354	1.39

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Melillo	9,313	34.1	+5.64
	Liberal	Bob Nault	8,188	30.0	-5.50
	New Democratic	Rudy Turtle	7,781	28.5	-5.38
	Green	Kirsi Ralko	1,475	5.4	+3.77
	People's	Michael Di Pasquale	382	1.4	-
	Independent	Kelvin Boucher-Chicago	165	0.6	+0.07
Total valid votes			27,304	100.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.04

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Nault	10,918	35.50	+13.62	$79,378.88
	New Democratic	Howard Hampton	10,420	33.88	+6.00	$149,833.74
	Conservative	Greg Rickford	8,751	28.46	-18.59	$143,556.97
	Green	Ember C. McKillop	501	1.63	-0.96	$552.95
	Independent	Kelvin Boucher-Chicago	162	0.53	-0.07	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,752	100.00		$227,087.75
Total rejected ballots			144	0.47	–
Turnout			30,896	72.61	–
Eligible voters			42,548
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+16.10
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Rickford	11,567	47.05	+6.59	–
	New Democratic	Tania Cameron	6,855	27.88	+4.65	–
	Liberal	Roger Valley	5,381	21.89	-9.74	–
	Green	Mike Schwindt	636	2.59	-2.09	–
	Independent	Kelvin Chicago-Boucher	147	0.60	–	–
Total valid votes			24,586	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120	0.49	+0.09
Turnout			24,706	60.38	+5.01
Eligible voters			40,917	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Rickford	9,395	40.46	+9.47	$80,724
	Liberal	Roger Valley	7,344	31.63	-4.89	$63,788
	New Democratic	Tania Cameron	5,394	23.23	-6.72	$59,298
	Green	JoJo Holiday	1,087	4.68	+2.14	$362
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,220	100.00	$90,484
Total rejected ballots			94	0.40	+0.09
Turnout			23,314	55.37	-8.11
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-7.18

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roger Valley	9,937	36.52	+0.29	$75,329
	Conservative	Bill Brown	8,434	30.99	+3.07	$62,258
	New Democratic	Susan Barclay	8,149	29.95	-2.11	$79,469
	Green	Dave Vasey	692	2.54	-1.26	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,212	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			85	0.31	-0.22
Turnout			27,297	63.48	+8.22

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roger Valley	8,563	36.23	–	$66,623
	New Democratic	Susan Barclay	7,577	32.06	–	$34,796
	Conservative	Bill Brown	6,598	27.92	–	$27,132
	Green	Carl Chaboyer	898	3.80	–	$1,530
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,636	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			126	0.53
Turnout			23,762	55.26

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Kenora (federal electoral district) (Code 35035) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. "New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kenora [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 23, 2021.
6. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kenora, 30 September 2015
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada