Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay—Superior North Ontario electoral district Thunder Bay—Superior North in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Legislature House of Commons MP Patty Hajdu Liberal District created 1976 First contested 1976 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2019)[1] 82,651 Electors (2019)[2] 66,579 Area (km²)[3] 87,965 Pop. density (per km²) 0.94 Census division(s) Thunder Bay District Census subdivision(s) Thunder Bay , Greenstone , Marathon , Shuniah
Thunder Bay—Superior North (French : Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord ; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon ) is a federal electoral district in Ontario , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1976.
It is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario . It was created in 1976 as "Thunder Bay—Nipigon" from parts of Port Arthur and Thunder Bay ridings. It was renamed "Thunder Bay—Superior North" in 1998.
It consists of the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay including the northern part of the city of Thunder Bay , Ontario .
13.7% of the population of the riding are of Finnish ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.[4]
This riding lost a fraction of territory to Thunder Bay—Rainy River and gained territory from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Demographics [ ]
According to the Canada 2016 Census [5]
Ethnic groups: 80.4% White, 15.8% Indigenous
Languages: 84.0% English, 4.9% French, 2.4% Italian, 2.2% Finnish, 1.0% Ojibway
Religions (2011): 72.4% Christian (38.1% Catholic, 8.1% United Church, 7.5% Anglican, 6.9% Lutheran, 1.8% Presbyterian, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 7.5% Other), 26.0% None.[6]
Median income: $35,824 (2015)
Average income: $45,304 (2015)
Geography [ ]
Thunder Bay—Superior North consists of the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay
lying east of a line drawn from the northern limit the territorial district due south to the northeast corner of the Township of Bulmer, and south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Bulmer, Fletcher, Furlonge, McLaurin and Bertrand, east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00( W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west, along the north, west and south boundaries of the Township of Fowler, 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, then due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, then southeast to the US border; and
excluding the part lying south and east of a line drawn from the southwest corner of the Township of Downer due west to a line drawn due south from the southeast corner of the Township of Bain, due south to a line drawn due west from the southwest corner of the Township of McGill, due east to longitude 86o00( W, south along that longitude, and west along the White River to Lake Superior.
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
Thunder Bay—NipigonRiding created from Port Arthur and Thunder Bay
31st
1979–1980 Bob Andras Liberal
32nd
1980–1984 Jack Masters
33rd
1984–1988 Ernie Epp New Democratic
34th
1988–1993 Joe Comuzzi Liberal
35th
1993–1997
Thunder Bay—Superior North
36th
1997–2000 Joe Comuzzi Liberal
37th
2000–2004
38th
2004–2006
39th
2006–2007
2007–2007 Independent
2007–2008 Conservative
40th
2008–2011 Bruce Hyer New Democratic
41st
2011–2012
2012–2013 Independent
2013–2015 Green
42nd
2015–2019 Patty Hajdu Liberal
43rd
2019–2021
44th
2021–present
Election results [ ]
Graph of election results in Thunder Bay—Superior North (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Thunder Bay—Superior North [ ]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Patty Hajdu
16,893
40.7
-2.2
New Democratic
Chantelle Bryson
11,244
27.1
+6.0
Conservative
Joshua Taylor
10,035
24.2
-1.4
People's
Rick Daines
2,465
5.9
+4.2
Green
Amanda Moddejonge
735
1.8
-6.6
Libertarian
Alexander Vodden
111
0.3
0.0
Total valid votes
41,483
Total rejected ballots
311
Turnout
41,794
63.61
Eligible voters
65,703
Source: Elections Canada [7]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Patty Hajdu
18,502
42.85
-2.14
$94,089.37
Conservative
Frank Pullia
11,036
25.56
+8.13
$33,102.79
New Democratic
Anna Betty Achneepineskum
9,126
21.14
-2.04
$42,426.79
Green
Bruce Hyer
3,639
8.43
-5.37
none listed
People's
Youssef Khanjari
734
1.70
–
$5,389.00
Libertarian
Alexander Vodden
140
0.32
–
$1,783.16
Total valid votes/expense limit
43,177
99.05
Total rejected ballots
416
0.95
Turnout
43,593
65.48
-3.22
Eligible voters
66,579
Liberal hold
Swing
-5.13
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Patty Hajdu
20,069
44.99
+28.51
$90,854.71
New Democratic
Andrew Foulds
10,339
23.18
-26.97
$121,837.34
Conservative
Richard Harvey
7,775
17.43
-12.22
$59,457.39
Green
Bruce Hyer
6,155
13.80
+10.78
$123,098.51
Independent
Robert Skaf
270
0.61
–
$6,944.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit
44,608
99.60
$248,538.44
Total rejected ballots
178
0.40
Turnout
44,786
68.70
Eligible voters
65,195
Liberal gain from New Democratic
Swing
+27.74
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11] [12]
2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party
Vote
%
New Democratic
18,881
50.15
Conservative
11,163
29.65
Liberal
6,203
16.48
Green
1,137
3.02
Others
264
0.70
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
New Democratic
Bruce Hyer
18,334
49.9
+12.9
$89,828.18
Conservative
Richard Harvey
10,894
29.7
+2.9
$74,902.87
Liberal
Yves Fricot
6,117
16.7
-11.8
$75,441.94
Green
Scot Kyle
1,115
3.0
-3.9
$1,186.13
Marijuana
Denis Andrew Carrière
265
0.7
-0.2
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
36,725
100.0
Total rejected ballots
156
0.
–
Turnout
36,881
–
–
Eligible voters
60,879
–
–
New Democratic hold
Swing
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
New Democratic
Bruce Hyer
13,187
37.0
+2.1
$85,186
Liberal
Don McArthur
10,083
28.3
-7.7
$74,762
Conservative
Bev Sarafin
9,556
26.8
+4.7
$56,069
Green
Brendan Hughes
2,463
6.9
+1.1
$10,885
Marijuana
Denis Andrew Carrière
327
0.9
-0.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit
35,616
100.0
$98,240
New Democratic gain
Swing
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
13,983
36.0
-7.0
New Democratic
Bruce Hyer
13,575
34.9
+5.6
Conservative
Bev Sarafin
8,575
22.1
+0.9
Green
Dawn Kannegiesser
2,241
5.8
+1.2
Marijuana
Denis A. Carrière
487
1.3
-0.5
Total valid votes
38,861
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
15,022
43.0
-5.1
New Democratic
Bruce Hyer
10,230
29.3
+9.8
Conservative
Bev Sarafin
7,394
21.2
-7.3
Green
Carl Rose
1,614
4.6
+2.6
Marijuana
Denis A. Carrière
645
1.8
0.0
Total valid votes
34,905
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
15,241
48.1
-3.7
Alliance
Doug Pantry
6,278
19.8
+3.5
New Democratic
John Rafferty
6,169
19.5
-1.3
Progressive Conservative
Richard Neumann
2,753
8.7
-2.4
Green
Carl Rose
648
2.0
Marijuana
Denis A. Carrière
581
1.8
Total valid votes
31,670
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Thunder Bay—Nipigon [ ]
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
16,745
51.8
-13.2
New Democratic
Chris Mather
6,705
20.8
+11.7
Reform
Doug Pantry
5,286
16.4
+1.4
Progressive Conservative
Doug Guinn
3,569
11.0
+1.5
Total valid votes
32,305
100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
24,249
65.1
+24.8
Reform
Bob Reynolds
5,567
14.9
Progressive Conservative
Marlene Hogarth
3,567
9.6
-16.1
New Democratic
David James Ramsay
3,363
9.0
-25.1
National
Wayne Hill
439
1.2
Commonwealth of Canada
Brian Aalto
80
0.2
Total valid votes
37,265
100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joe Comuzzi
15,346
40.2
+6.2
New Democratic
Ernie Epp
13,019
34.1
-3.0
Progressive Conservative
Fred Stille
9,782
25.6
-2.7
Total valid votes
38,147
100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
New Democratic
Ernie Epp
13,901
37.2
+0.7
Liberal
Jack Masters
12,736
34.0
-12.6
Progressive Conservative
Jim Simpson
10,601
28.3
+11.8
Libertarian
Sally Hayes
180
0.5
Total valid votes
37,418
100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Jack Masters
16,582
46.6
+1.7
New Democratic
Bruce McKay
12,950
36.4
+4.1
Progressive Conservative
Rene Larson
5,865
16.5
-5.7
Communist
Walter E. Rogers
109
0.3
-0.2
Marxist–Leninist
Dennis Deveau
68
0.2
+0.1
Total valid votes
35,574
100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Bob Andras
15,674
44.9
New Democratic
Bruce McKay
11,288
32.3
Progressive Conservative
Robert R. Lingman
7,749
22.2
Communist
Nancy McDonald
174
0.5
Marxist–Leninist
Dianne Robinson
50
0.1
Total valid votes
34,935
100.0
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district" .
^ "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district" .
^ Statistics Canada : 2012
^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census" . 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012 .
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error" .
^ "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile" . May 8, 2013.
^ "Official Voting Results" . Elections Canada . Retrieved October 2, 2021 .
^ "List of confirmed candidates" . Elections Canada . Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
^ "Official Voting Results" . Elections Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2021 .
^ "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Thunder Bay—Superior North, 30 September 2015" . Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015 .
^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates" . Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
^ "Official Voting Results" . Retrieved July 29, 2021 .
^ "Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections" . Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015 .
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