Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Ontario electoral district Thunder Bay—Rainy River in relation to the other area ridings
Legislature House of Commons MP Marcus Powlowski Liberal District created 2003 First contested 2004 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 82,984 Electors (2015)62,207 Area (km²)[2] 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
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 90o 00 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
Member
Party
Thunder Bay—Rainy RiverRiding created from Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan
38th
2004–2006 Ken Boshcoff Liberal
39th
2006–2008
40th
2008–2011 John Rafferty New Democratic
41st
2011–2015
42nd
2015–2019 Don Rusnak Liberal
43rd
2019–2021 Marcus Powlowski
44th
2021–present
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)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcus Powlowski
13,655
34.3
-1.0
Conservative
Adelina Pecchia
11,671
29.3
0.0
New Democratic
Yuk-Sem Won
11,342
28.5
-0.6
People's
Alan Aubut
2,621
6.6
+4.8
Green
Tracey MacKinnon
571
1.4
-3.1
Total valid votes
39,860
Total rejected ballots
308
Turnout
40,168
61.69
Eligible voters
65,109
Source: Elections Canada [3]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Marcus Powlowski
14,498
35.32
-8.70
$55,609.36
Conservative
Linda Rydholm
12,039
29.33
+8.24
$50,919.61
New Democratic
Yuk-Sem Won
11,944
29.10
-0.57
none listed
Green
Amanda Moddejonge
1,829
4.46
-0.77
none listed
People's
Andrew Hartnell
741
1.81
–
none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit
41,051
99.20
Total rejected ballots
333
0.80
+0.39
Turnout
41,384
62.41
-3.92
Eligible voters
66,306
Liberal hold
Swing
-8.47
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Don Rusnak
18,523
44.02
+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
99.58
$233,739.33
Total rejected ballots
176
0.42
–
Turnout
42,259
66.33
Eligible voters
63,708
Liberal gain from New Democratic
Swing
+20.65
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
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 [9]
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 [10] }}
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 [11]
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