NICKEL BELT (PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Nickel Belt' is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater Sudbury outside of the city's urban core. Communities include Lively, Onaping, Levack, Dowling, Chelmsford, Naughton, Azilda, Coniston, Wahnapitae, Garson, Val Caron, Val Therese, Hanmer and Capreol. Prior to redistribution in 1998, the district included all of Sudbury District except the southeastern portion, and the western half of what was then the Regional Municipality of Sudbury (Walden, Rayside-Balfour and Onaping Falls).
In 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.
In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts, including Nickel Belt, are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.^[1] This change will primarily affect the Walden area, which is part of the Sudbury riding federally but will remain in Nickel Belt provincially, and the West Nipissing area, which is part of Nickel Belt federally but will remain in Nipissing provincially.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results since 1977

Notes

External links

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

★ Rhéal Bélisle, Progressive Conservative (1955-1963)

★ Gaston Demers, Progressive Conservative (1963-1971)

★ Floyd Laughren, New Democrat (1971-1998)

★ Blain Morin, New Democrat (1998-1999)

★ Shelley Martel, New Democrat (1999- present)

Election results since 1977

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{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 2003
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! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Shelley Martel
|align=right|16,567
|align=right|46.52
|align=right| +4.57
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Alex McCauley
|align=right|13,759
|align=right|38.64
|align=right| +9.89
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Dave Kilgour
|align=right|4,804
|align=right|13.49
|align=right| -15.81
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| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Robert Nevin
|align=right|479
|align=right|1.35
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{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1999
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Shelley Martel
|align=right|14,833
|align=right|41.95
|align=right| +1.08
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Gerry Courtemanche
|align=right|10,359
|align=right|29.30
|align=right| -1.51
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Ron Dupuis
|align=right|10,165
|align=right|28.75
|align=right| +0.43
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="6"|By-election: October, 1998
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Blain Morin
|align=right|5,537
|align=right|40.88
|align=right| -5.66
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Gerry Courtemanche
|align=right|4,173
|align=right|30.81
|align=right| +11.60
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Frank Madigan
|align=right|3,836
|align=right|28.32
|align=right| -3.93
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1995
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|8,007
|align=right|46.54
|align=right| -12.00
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Betty Rheaume
|align=right|5,549
|align=right|32.25
|align=right| +12.98
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Frank Deburger
|align=right|3,305
|align=right|19.21
|align=right| +13.51
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| style="width: 185px"| Independent
|Michel Chartrand
|align=right| 225
|align=right|1.31
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| style="width: 185px"| Natural Law
|Grace Tancock
|align=right|119
|align=right|0.69
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1990
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! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|9,925
|align=right| 58.54
|align=right| +0.33
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Betty Rheaume
|align=right|3,267
|align=right| 19.27
|align=right| -3.56
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| style="width: 185px"| Confederation of Regions
|Gren Rogers
|align=right| 2,796
|align=right| 16.49
|align=right|
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Paul Demers
|align=right| 967
|align=right| 5.70
|align=right| -13.26
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1987
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|9,849
|align=right|58.21
|align=right| +5.84
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Leo Pevato
|align=right|3,863
|align=right|22.83
|align=right| +9.58
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Eleyn Dutrisac
|align=right|3,208
|align=right|18.96
|align=right| -15.31
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1985
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|8,912
|align=right|52.37
|align=right| -2.48
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Evelyn Dutrisac
|align=right|5,849
|align=right|34.37
|align=right| +21.94
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Trudy Bolduc
|align=right|2,255
|align=right|13.25
|align=right| -19.47
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1981
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! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|8,451
|align=right| 54.85
|align=right| -2.60
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Elmer Sopha
|align=right|5,041
|align=right|32.72
|align=right| +14.12
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Andre Lalande
|align=right|1,915
|align=right|12.43
|align=right| -11.52
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1977
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
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| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
|Floyd Laughren
|align=right|9,410
|align=right|57.45
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| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
|Marty McAllister
|align=right|3,923
|align=right|23.95
|align=right|
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| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Paul Adam
|align=right|3,046
|align=right|18.60
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Notes

1. Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

External links

★ Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results