Rainy River (electoral district)

Rainy River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1999.

The district was created in 1908 from part of the former district of Port Arthur and Rainy River, and comprised much of the Rainy River District.[1] It remained in service until 1999, when it was merged into Kenora—Rainy River as part of the Mike Harris government's reforms of the provincial legislature, which reduced the number of electoral districts in the province from 130 to 103.[2] For much of its history, it was the smallest electoral district in the entire province by population.[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament
Rainy River
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Port Arthur and Rainy River
12th  1908–1911     William Alfred Preston Conservative
13th  1911–1914     James Arthur Mathieu Conservative
14th  1914–1919
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1926     John Fullarton Callan Labour
17th  1926–1929     James Arthur Mathieu Conservative
18th  1929–1934     William Herbert Elliott Independent Conservative
19th  1934–1937     Randolph George Croome Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     George Edward Lockhart Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     James Newman Liberal–Labour
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955     Bill Noden Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971     Pat Reid Liberal
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1984
33rd  1985–1987     Jack Pierce Progressive Conservative
34th  1987–1990     Howard Hampton New Democratic
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999

References
  1. "FOUR NEW RIDINGS IN NEW ONTARIO: More Details of the Scheme of Redistribution". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1908.
  2. "Hampton win tainted by NDP showing: Leader blames strategic voting for party's performance". National Post, June 4, 1999.
  3. "Ridings face 2-for-1 split as redistribution looms". The Globe and Mail, April 11, 1983.

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