Timmins—James Bay

Timmins—James Bay
Ontario electoral district
	Timmins—James Bay in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Charlie Angus; New Democratic
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	83,104
Electors (2015)	60,202
Area (km²)	251,599
Pop. density (per km²)	0.33
Census division(s)	Cochrane District, Timiskaming District
Census subdivision(s)	Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Black River-Matheson, Moosonee, Marten Falls, Attawapiskat First Nation, Fort Albany, Moose Factory

Timmins—James Bay (French: Timmins—Baie James) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 83,104.

The district includes the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.

Geography[]

Timmins—James Bay consists of

the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn from the northeast corner of the most northerly point of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay (Albany River) due north to Hudson Bay;
the Territorial District of Cochrane, excluding the part bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the northern limits of the townships of Boyce, Boyce, Shuel, Mulloy, Fintry, Auden, Rogers, Fushimi, Bannerman, Ritchie, Mulvey, Goldwin, Sweet, Hillmer, McKnight, Boyle, Mowbray, Howells, Sheldon, Pinard and Mewhinney, south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Mewhinney, Bourassa, Tolmie, Menapia, Beniah, Colquhoun and Calder, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Ottaway, south along the western boundaries of the townships of Ottaway, Beck, Lucas and Prosser, and west along the southern boundaries of the townships of Carnegie, Reid, Thorburn, Moberly, Aitken, Poulett, Watson and Lisgar, to the southwestern limit of the territorial district;
the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming bounded by a line drawn from the northeast corner of the Township of Harris, west along the northern boundaries of the townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, and south along the western boundaries of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand and Leo to the southern limit of the territorial district.

History[]

Timmins—James Bay was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings.

It consisted initially of:

the part of the Territorial District of Cochrane lying west and north of a line drawn from the southeast corner of the City of Timmins north and west along the east and north limits of the city north along the east boundaries of the Townships of Prosser, Lucas, Beck and Ottaway, west and north along the south and west boundary of the Township of Clute, north along the east boundary of the Township of Colquhoun, and east along the south boundaries of the Townships of Marven, Thorning, Potter, Sangster, Bragg, Newman, Tomlinson, Hurtubise and St. Laurent,
the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn north from the most northerly northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay to Hudson Bay.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding gained a fraction of territory from Nipissing—Timiskaming during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Timmins—James Bay Riding created from Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane
36th	1997–2000	Réginald Bélair	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Réginald Bélair	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Charlie Angus	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results[]

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

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	12,132	35.1	-5.4
	Conservative	Morgan Ellerton	9,393	27.2	+0.2
	Liberal	Steve Black	8,508	24.6	-1.1
	People's	Stephen MacLeod	4,537	13.1	+9.7
Total valid votes			34,570
Total rejected ballots			355	1.02	+0.02
Turnout			34,925	55.4	-3.2
Eligible voters			63,041
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.8
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	14,885	40.5	-2.35	$85,828.95
	Conservative	Kraymr Grenke	9,907	27.0	+6.60	$38,287.03
	Liberal	Michelle Boileau	9,443	25.7	-9.02	$46,774.56
	Green	Max Kennedy	1,257	3.4	+1.38	$1,722.98
	People's	Renaud Roy	1,248	3.4	–	$9,105.18
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,740	100.0
Total rejected ballots			369
Turnout			37,109	58.6
Eligible voters			63,282
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.47
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	15,974	42.85	-7.1	$73,519.39
	Liberal	Todd Lever	12,940	34.72	+18.74	$35,151.97
	Conservative	John P. Curley	7,605	20.40	-11.48	$37,300.73
	Green	Max Kennedy	752	2.02	-0.18	$520.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,271	100.0		$245,251.56
Total rejected ballots			266	–	–
Turnout			37,537	61.84	+10.84
Eligible voters			60,692
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-12.89
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	16,833	49.95
	Conservative	10,743	31.88
	Liberal	5,387	15.98
	Green	740	2.20

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	16,738	50.4	-6.1	–
	Conservative	Bill Greenberg	10,526	31.7	+13.5	–
	Liberal	Marilyn Wood	5,230	15.7	-6.5	–
	Green	Lisa Bennett	724	2.2	-0.9	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,218	100.0
Total rejected ballots			184	0.6	+0.1
Turnout			33,402	56.5	+5.5
Eligible voters			59,136

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	17,188	56.5	+6.0	$63,948
	Liberal	Paul Taillefer	6,740	22.2	-12.1	$ 31,909
	Conservative	Bill Greenberg	5,536	18.2	+4.6	$29,651
	Green	Larry Verner	938	3.1	+1.5	$133
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,402	100.0	$97,746
Total rejected ballots			133	0.4
Turnout			30,535	51.0

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	19,150	50.5	+9.1
	Liberal	Robert Riopelle	13,028	34.3	-5.3
	Conservative	Ken Graham	5,164	13.6	-3.1
	Green	Sahaja Freed	610	1.6	-0.7
valid votes			37,952	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.2

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Angus	14,138	41.4	+19.7
	Liberal	Ray Chénier	13,525	39.6	-14.9
	Conservative	Andrew Van Oosten	5,682	16.7	-6.2
	Green	Marsha Gail Kriss	767	2.3
Total valid votes				34,112	100.0

Note: Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Réginald Bélair	16,335	54.2	+4.0
	New Democratic	Len Wood	9,385	31.1	-4.5
	Alliance	James Gibb	3,356	11.1	+3.8
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Clark	1,053	3.5	-3.2
Total valid votes			30,129	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Réginald Bélair	16,829	50.3
	New Democratic	Cid Samson	11,945	35.7
	Reform	Donna Ferolie	2,464	7.4
	Progressive Conservative	Jodi MacDonald	2,251	6.7
Total valid votes			33,489	100.0

References[]

"(Code 35092) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Timmins—James Bay, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links[]

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

Coordinates: 51°46′53″N 83°07′00″W / 51.781321°N 83.116701°W / 51.781321; -83.116701

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

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

[5] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[6] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Timmins—James Bay, 30 September 2015

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

[8] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t 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 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