Thunder Bay—Superior North

Thunder Bay—Superior North
Ontario electoral district
	Thunder Bay—Superior North in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Patty Hajdu; Liberal
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District created	1976
First contested	1976
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
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 2021 Census[5]

Ethnic groups: 76.3% White, 17.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.0% Black
Languages: 83.7% English, 3.7% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.6% Finnish
Religions: 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% None
Median income: $43,200 (2020)
Average income: $52,950 (2020)

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		Party
Thunder Bay—Nipigon Riding created from Port Arthur and Thunder Bay
31st	1979–1980	Bob Andras	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Jack Masters	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Ernie Epp	New Democratic
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
	2007–2007		Independent
	2007–2008		Conservative
40th	2008–2011	Bruce Hyer	New Democratic
41st	2011–2012		New Democratic
	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)