Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Ontario electoral district
	Thunder Bay—Rainy River in relation to the other area ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	82,984
Electors (2015)	62,207
Area (km²)	39,545
Pop. density (per km²)	2.1
Census division(s)	Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District
Census subdivision(s)	Thunder Bay, Fort Frances, Oliver Paipoonge, Atikokan, Neebing

Last updated January 21, 2021

Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It first elected a member in the 2004 federal election.

History

It was created in 2003 from parts of Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan ridings.

This riding gained a fraction of territory from Thunder Bay—Superior North during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

It consists of the Territorial District of Rainy River, and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying south and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90^o00 W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Fowler, south along its western boundary, and east along its southern boundary, south along the Kaministiquia River, east along the northern limit of the Township of Oliver Paipoonge, south along its eastern limit and along Pole Line Road, north along Thunder Bay Expressway (Highways 11 and 17), east along Harbour Expressway and Main Street to 110th Avenue, and due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, and southeast to the US border.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan
38th	2004–2006	Ken Boshcoff	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Ken Boshcoff	Liberal
40th	2008–2011	John Rafferty	New Democratic
41st	2011–2015	John Rafferty	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Don Rusnak	Liberal
43rd	2019–present	Marcus Powlowski	Liberal

Election results

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

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcus Powlowski	14,498	35.3	-8.71	$55,609.36
	Conservative	Linda Rydholm	12,039	29.3	+8.21	$50,919.61
	New Democratic	Yuk-Sem Won	11,944	29.1	-0.56	none listed
	Green	Amanda Moddejonge	1,829	4.5	-0.73	none listed
	People's	Andrew Hartnell	741	1.8	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,051	100.0
Total rejected ballots			333
Turnout			41,384	63.0
Eligible voters			65,689
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.46
Source: Elections Canada ^[3]^[4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don Rusnak	18,523	44.01	+22.31	$69,724.11
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	12,483	29.66	-18.99	$106,616.41
	Conservative	Moe Comuzzi	8,876	21.09	-6.12	$64,890.91
	Green	Christy Radbourne	2,201	5.23	+2.79	$3,586.52
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,083	100.0		$233,739.33
Total rejected ballots			176	–	–
Turnout			42,259	67.6	+7.5
Eligible voters			62,773
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.65
Source: Elections Canada ^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	18,126	48.65
	Conservative	10,138	27.21
	Liberal	8,085	21.70
	Green	911	2.44
	Others	1	0.00

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	18,085	48.7	+8.4	–
	Conservative	Maureen Comuzzi-Stehmann	10,097	27.2	+3.6	–
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	8,067	21.7	-10.6	–
	Green	Ed Shields	909	2.4	-1.4	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,158	100.0
Total rejected ballots			130	0.3	–
Turnout			37,288	60.1	–
Eligible voters			62,018	–	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.4

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	14,478	40.3	+6.9	$80,937
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	11,589	32.3	-2.8	$63,482
	Conservative	Richard Neumann	8,466	23.6	-3.6	$44,136
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,377	3.8	+0.7	$1,292
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,910	100.0		$93,852
Total rejected ballots			105
Turnout			36,015	57.05
Eligible voters			63,128
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.85
Source: Elections Canada ^[8]

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	13,520	35.1	-4.3
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	12,862	33.4	+3.7
	Conservative	David Leskowski	10,485	27.2	+0.9
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,193	3.1	+0.7
	Marijuana	Doug MacKay	424	1.1	-0.4
Total valid votes			38,484	100.0
Total rejected ballots			134
Turnout			36,618	57.96
Eligible voters			63,180
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.00
Source: Elections Canada ^[9]}}

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	14,290	39.4
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	10,781	29.7
	Conservative	David Leskowski	9,559	26.3
	Green	Russ Aegard	856	2.4
	Marijuana	Doug Thompson	547	1.5
	Christian Heritage	Johannes Scheibler	267	0.7
Total valid votes			36,300	100.0
Total rejected ballots			162
Turnout			36,462	57.22
Eligible voters			63,718
Source: Elections Canada ^[10]

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References

"(Code 35090) Census Profile". 2011 census . Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
↑ "Official Voting Results - Fortieth General Election 2008". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ "Official Voting Results - Thirty-Ninth General Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ "Official Voting Results - Thirty-Eighth General Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[4] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

[5] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, 30 September 2015

[6] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[7] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[8] "Official Voting Results - Fortieth General Election 2008". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

[9] "Official Voting Results - Thirty-Ninth General Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

[10] "Official Voting Results - Thirty-Eighth General Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

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v t e Federal ridings in Northern Ontario
Liberal	Nipissing—Timiskaming Sault Ste. Marie Nickel Belt Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North
New Democratic	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Timmins—James Bay
Conservative	Kenora Parry Sound—Muskoka

v t e Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont