Thunder Bay—Superior North

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Thunder Bay—Superior North in relation to the other Ontario ridings

Thunder Bay—Superior North (formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1976, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

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.

1 Geography
2 Federal electoral district
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Federal election results
- 3.1 Thunder Bay—Superior North
- 3.2 Thunder Bay—Nipigon
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Federal electoral district

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Port Arthur and Thunder Bay prior to 1976
Thunder Bay—Nipigon
31st	1979-1980	Bob Andras	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984	Jack Masters	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988	Ernie Epp	New Democrat
34th	1988-1993	Joe Comuzzi	Liberal
35th	1993-1997	Joe Comuzzi	Liberal
Thunder Bay—Superior North
36th	1997-2000	Joe Comuzzi	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2007
39th	2007—		Independent

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Thunder Bay—Superior North

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	13,983
	New Democrat	Bruce Hyer	13,575
	Conservative	Bev Sarafin	8,575
	Green	Dawn Kannegiesser	2,241
	Marijuana	Denis A. Carrière	487

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	15,022
	New Democrat	Bruce Hyer	10,230
	Conservative	Bev Sarafin	7,394
	Green	Carl Rose	1,614
	Marijuana	Denis A. Carrière	645

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	15,241
	Canadian Alliance	Doug Pantry	6,278
	New Democrat	John Rafferty	6,169
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Neumann	2,753
	Green	Carl Rose	648
	Marijuana	Denis A. Carrière	581

[edit] Thunder Bay—Nipigon

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	16,745
	New Democrat	Chris Mather	6,705
	Reform	Doug Pantry	5,286
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Guinn	3,569

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	24,249
	Reform	Bob Reynolds	5,567
	Progressive Conservative	Marlene Hogarth	3,567
	New Democrat	David James Ramsay	3,363
	National	Wayne Hill	439
	Commonwealth	Brian Aalto	80

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joe Comuzzi	15,346
	New Democrat	Ernie Epp	13,019
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Stille	9,782

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ernie Epp	13,901
	Liberal	Jack Masters	12,736
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Simpson	10,601
	Libertarian	Sally Hayes	180

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Masters	16,582
	New Democrat	Bruce McKay	12,950
	Progressive Conservative	Rene Larson	5,865
	Communist	Walter E. Rogers	109
	Marxist-Leninist	Dennis Deveau	68

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Andras	15,674
	New Democrat	Bruce McKay	11,288
	Progressive Conservative	Robert R. Lingman	7,749
	Communist	Nancy McDonald	174
	Marxist-Leninist	Dianne Robinson	50

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Northern Ontario
Liberal	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing \| Kenora \| Nickel Belt \| Nipissing—Timiskaming \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay—Rainy River
New Democratic	Sault Ste. Marie \| Timmins—James Bay
Conservative	Parry Sound—Muskoka
Independent	Thunder Bay—Superior North*
* Thunder Bay—Superior North MP Joe Comuzzi was ousted from the Liberal Party and now sits as an independent.

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