Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay—Superior North (French : Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord 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 [ edit ] According to the 2021 Canadian census [5] Ethnic groups: 76.3% White, 17.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.0% BlackLanguages: 83.7% English, 3.7% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.6% FinnishReligions: 56.7% Christian (31.6% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 4.6% Anglican, 4.6% Lutheran, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.0% Baptist, 8.9% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 39.2% NoneMedian income: $43,200 (2020) Average income: $52,950 (2020)
Geography [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Election results [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal Patty Hajdu 16,893
40.7
-2.2
$94,557.23
New Democratic Chantelle Bryson
11,244
27.1
+6.0
$40,417.50
Conservative Joshua Taylor
10,035
24.2
-1.4
$7,497.92
People's Rick Daines
2,465
5.9
+4.2
$0.00
Green Amanda Moddejonge
735
1.8
-6.6
$2,082.49
Libertarian Alexander Vodden
111
0.3
0.0
$0.00
Total valid votes
41,483
Total rejected ballots
311
Turnout
41,794 63.61
Eligible voters
65,703
Source: Elections Canada [6]
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
$23,709.76
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 [7] [8]
2015 Canadian federal election : Thunder Bay—Superior North
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 [9] [10] [11]
2011 Canadian federal election : Thunder Bay—Superior North
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 : Thunder Bay—Superior North
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
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Thunder Bay—Nipigon [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ "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 .^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Thunder Bay--Superior North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved April 5, 2023 . ^ "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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