Garden River 14, Goulais Bay 15A, Obadjiwan 15E, Prince, Sault Ste. Marie, Unorganized North Algoma, Whitefish Island
Sault Ste. Marie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
This riding is centred on the city of Sault Ste. Marie. It includes the adjacent communities of Rankin Location 15D, Garden River 14 and Prince, and covers a portion of Unorganized North Algoma District north to the Montreal River (including the communities of Goulais Bay 15A and Obadjiwan 15E).
The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Algoma West riding. For most of its history, the riding included only the city of Sault Ste. Marie and some immediately surrounding communities.
It consisted initially of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie east of Allen's Side Road and south of the Second Line.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie lying south of Third Line and the part of Rankin Location 15D lying within the city limits.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the City of Sault Ste. Marie.
In 2003, the geographic boundaries of this riding were expanded and defined as:
"Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between Canada and the United States with the southeast corner of the Township of Plummer Additional; thence northerly and westerly along the easterly and northerly limits of said township to the southwest corner of the geographic ; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the geographic townships of Galbraith, , , , , , , and to the southerly limit of the Territorial District of Sudbury; thence westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said territorial district to the Montreal River; thence generally westerly along said river to the northerly boundary of the geographic ; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Home and to the northern shore of Lake Superior; thence S 45°00' W to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America."
Current boundaries[]
In the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was redefined, losing St. Joseph Island, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Laird, Tarbutt, Johnson, Plummer Additional, Bruce Mines and a portion of Unorganized North Algoma to Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. It is now defined as:
"Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America with the southeasterly corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay; thence N45°00'E in a straight line to the intersection of the northern shoreline of Lake Superior with the northerly boundary of the geographic ; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Peever and to the Montreal River; thence generally easterly along said river to the easterly limit of the Territorial District of Algoma; thence southerly and easterly along the limit of said territorial district to the easterly boundary of the geographic ; thence southerly along said boundary and the easterly boundary of the geographic townships of , , , , , and to the northerly boundary of the geographic ; thence westerly along said boundary to the northerly limit of the Township of MacDonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional; thence generally westerly along said limit to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence generally westerly and northwesterly along said boundary to the point of commencement."[3]
Members of Parliament[]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.
2000 federal election redistributed results
Party
Vote
%
Liberal
20,510
48.19
New Democratic
10,211
23.99
Alliance
9,287
21.82
Progressive Conservative
1,522
3.58
Others
1,030
2.42
Sault Ste. Marie, previous elections[]
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Carmen Provenzano
18,867
50.79
+6.30
New Democratic
Bud Wildman
9,202
24.77
-2.35
Alliance
David Ronald Rose
7,006
18.86
-1.01
Progressive Conservative
Doug Lawson
1,168
3.14
-4.80
Green
Kathie Brosemer
776
2.09
Canadian Action
Martin Bruce Odber
128
0.34
Total
37,147
100.00
* Changes for the Canadian Alliance are from the Reform votes in 1997.