Nipissing—Timiskaming
Ontario electoral district
Nipissing—Timiskaming in relation to the other Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Anthony Rota
Liberal
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]90,996
Electors (2015)70,342
Area (km²)[2]15,313
Pop. density (per km²)5.9
Census division(s)Nipissing District, Parry Sound District
Census subdivision(s)North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, East Ferris, Powassan, Callander, Bonfield, Mattawa

Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern portion of the former Timiskaming—Cochrane riding. The 2011 electoral results in this riding were challenged in court on the grounds that there were "irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election".[3]

Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:

  • the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
    • the Municipality of West Nipissing;
    • the southeast part of the district;
    • the Town of Kearney;
  • in the Territorial District of Parry Sound, the Town of Powassan and the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth; and
  • the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern limit of the district west along the northern border of the Townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, south along the western border of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand, Leo and Medina to the southern limit of the district.

This riding lost small portions of territory to Timmins-James Bay and gained a small portion from Nickel Belt during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

The seat's present federal MP is Anthony Rota, the former Speaker of the House.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canada Census[4]

Ethnic groups: 81.7% White, 14.9% Indigenous, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 79.6% English, 13.8% French

Religions: 58.9% Christian (36.3% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.1% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.4% Other), 39.2% None

Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $49,400 (2020)

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Nipissing—Timiskaming
Riding created from Nipissing and Timiskaming—Cochrane
38th  2004–2006     Anthony Rota Liberal
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Jay Aspin Conservative
42nd  2015–2019     Anthony Rota Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Nippissing—Tiskaming (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota18,40538.8-1.8$97,413.97
ConservativeSteven Trahan15,10431.8+4.8$85,201.35
New DemocraticScott Robertson10,49322.1+1.6$14,631.29
People'sGregory J. Galante3,4947.4+2.2$16,450.54
Total valid votes 47,496
Total rejected ballots 337
Turnout 47,83363.20
Eligible voters 75,689
Source: Elections Canada[5]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota19,35240.55–11.33$105,794.62
ConservativeJordy Carr12,98427.20–2.10$86,210.82
New DemocraticRob Boulet9,78420.50+4.26$8,883.76
GreenAlex Gomm3,1116.52+3.95none listed
People'sMark King2,4965.23n/a$24,007.08
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,72799.15
Total rejected ballots 4070.85+0.39
Turnout 48,13464.13–4.17
Eligible voters 75,052
Liberal hold Swing –4.61
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota25,35751.88+15.39$111,880.91
ConservativeJay Aspin14,32529.31-7.10$88,713.85
New DemocraticKathleen Jodouin7,93616.24-4.89$25,717.06
GreenNicole Peltier1,2572.57-3.40$2,243.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,87599.54 $218,149.29
Total rejected ballots 2240.46
Turnout 49,09968.31
Eligible voters 71,879
Liberal notional hold Swing +11.24
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

Despite the fact that 99% of this riding stayed the same after the 2012 redistribution, based on the results of the 2011 election — in which Aspin defeated Rota by a margin of just 18 votes — the minor boundary changes were enough to make the seat a notional Liberal riding.[10] The riding lost two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve,[11] where the Tories finished third.

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote  %
  Liberal15,40536.49
  Conservative15,36936.41
  New Democratic8,91921.13
  Green2,5205.97
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJay Aspin15,49536.7+4.4–
LiberalAnthony Rota15,47736.6-8.0–
New DemocraticRona Eckert8,78120.8+5.0–
GreenScott Daley2,5186.0-0.8–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,271 100.0–
Total rejected ballots 225 0.5+0.1
Turnout 42,496 60.5+6.8
Eligible voters 70,244––
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.2

Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.

2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota18,51044.6–0.1$77,997
ConservativeJoe Sinicrope13,43232.3–2.2$81,801
New DemocraticDianna Allen6,58215.8–1.5$8,409
GreenCraig Bridges2,8086.8+3.3$10,803
Canadian ActionAndrew Moulden2040.5–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,536 100.0$87,383
Total rejected ballots 167 0.40.0
Turnout 41,703~58.2-9.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.1
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAnthony Rota21,39344.7+2.4
ConservativePeter Chirico16,51134.5–2.6
New DemocraticDave Fluri8,26817.3+0.3
GreenMeg Purdy1,6983.5+0.4
Total valid votes 47,870100.0
Total rejected ballots 211 0.4-0.1
Turnout 48,08167.6+5.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAnthony Rota18,25442.3
ConservativeAl McDonald16,00137.1
New DemocraticDave Fluri7,35417.0
GreenLes Wilcox1,3293.1
Canadian ActionRoss MacLean2040.5
Total valid votes 43,142 100.0
Total rejected ballots 2220.5
Turnout 43,36462.4

See also

References

  • "Nipissing—Timiskaming (Code 35057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

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