Thunder Bay (electoral district)

Thunder Bay was an electoral district in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until 1975.

Thunder Bay
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1976
First contested1968
Last contested1974

Federal district

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fort William, Kenora—Rainy River and Port Arthur ridings.

It consisted of the eastern part of the territorial district of Rainy River; (b) the territorial district of Thunder Bay excluding the Cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble, Strange, Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware; the southeastern part of the territorial district of Kenora; part of the Patricia Portion of the territorial district of Kenora; and the western part of the territorial district of Algoma.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Cochrane North, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Atikokan and Thunder Bay—Nipigon ridings.

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fort William, Kenora—Rainy River
and Port Arthur
28th  1968–1972     Keith Penner Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Cochrane North, Kenora—Rainy River,
Thunder Bay—Atikokan and Thunder Bay—Nipigon

Provincial district

The district was abolished in 1975 and became Lake Nipigon.

Electoral history
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal B. Keith Penner 9,540
  New Democratic Douglas M. Sly 6,081
  Progressive Conservative George C. Wardrope 4,904
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Keith Penner 11,048
  New Democratic Ike Mutch 6,309
  Progressive Conservative Harvey Smith 5,095
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Keith Penner 11,435
  New Democratic Carson Hoy 5,475
  Progressive Conservative Berek Kadikoff 4,021

See also

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