SAULT STE. MARIE (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

:''This article is about the federal electoral district of Sault Ste. Marie. For information about the provincial electoral district, see Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district).''
'Sault Ste. Marie' is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
In 2004, due to population changes in boundary distribution, the riding expanded significantly to include a significant portion of the Algoma District, from Bruce Mines and St. Joseph Island in the east to the Montreal River in the north.

Contents

Federal electoral district

Members of Parliament

Geography

Federal election results

See also

External links

Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1966 from parts of Algoma West riding. For most of its history, the riding included only the city of Sault Ste. Marie and some immediately surrounding communities.
It consisted initially of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie east of Allen's Side Road and south of the Second Line.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie lying south of Third Line and the part of Rankin Location 15D lying within the city limits.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the City of Sault Ste. Marie.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described below.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Algoma West prior to 1968''
28th	1968-1972		Terrence Murphy	Liberal
29th	1972-1974		Cyril Symes	New Democrat
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984		Ron Irwin	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		James Kelleher	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Steve Butland	New Democrat
35th	1993-1997		Ron Irwin	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Carmen Provenzano	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Tony Martin	New Democrat
39th	2006-

Geography

The Sault Ste. Marie riding includes St. Joseph Island, Michipicoten Island, North and South Sandy Islands, Batchawana Island, Ile Parisienne and Campement d'Ours Island
Communities include:

★ Bar River

★ Batchawana Bay

★ Bruce Mines

★ Echo Bay

★ Garden River 14

★ Goulais Bay 15A

★ Gros Cap

★ Heyden

★ Hilton Beach

★ Laird

★ Montreal River Harbour

★ Pancake Bay

★ Rankin Location 15D

★ Sault Ste. Marie
According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding as of the 39th General Election are:
: "Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America with the southeast corner of the Township of Plummer Additional; thence northerly and westerly along the easterly and northerly limits of said township to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Galbraith; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the geographic townships of Galbraith, Morin, Kane, Hurlburt, Jollineau, Menard, Pine, Hoffman and Butcher to the southerly limit of the Territorial District of Sudbury; thence westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said territorial district to the Montreal River; thence generally westerly along said river to the northerly boundary of the geographic Township of Home; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Home and Peever to the northern shore of Lake Superior; thence S 45°00' W to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America."
See the map of Sault Ste. Marie riding.

Federal election results

|-
|'Tony Martin'
|align=right|Sault Ste. Marie
|align=right|17,979
|align=right|38.9
|align=right|+0.6
|align=right|$67 448.13
|-
|Christian Provenzano
|align=right|Sault Ste. Marie
|align=right|15,825
|align=right|34.2
|align=right|-2.4
|align=right|$69 802.96
|-
|Kenneth Walker
|align=right|Sault Ste. Marie
|align=right|11,099
|align=right|24.0
|align=right|+0.9
|align=right|$67 368.69
|-
|Mark Viitala
|align=right|Holland Landing
|align=right|1,056
|align=right|2.3
|align=right|+0.4
|align=right|$1452.60
|-
| style="width: 160px"|First Peoples
|Guy Dumas
|align=right|Sault Ste. Marie
|align=right|225
|align=right|0.5
|align=right|+0.5
|align=right|$871.20
|-
|Mike Taffarel
|align="right"|Sault Ste. Marie
|align="right"|59
|align="right"|0.1
|align=right|-0.1
|align=right|$184.15
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=4|Total valid votes
!align="right"|'46 243'
!align="right"|100.0%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=4|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|192
!align="right"|1.65%
!align="right"|+0.59%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=4|Turnout
!align="right"|'46 435'
!align="right"|67.8%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|


|-
|Tony Martin
|align="right"|16,512
|align="right"|38.3
|-
|Carmen Provenzano
|align="right"|15,760
|align="right"|36.6
|Cameron Ross
|align="right"|9,969
|align="right"|23.1
|Julie Emmerson
|align="right"|814
|align="right"|1.9
|Mike Taffarel
|align="right"|67
|align="right"|0.2
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|47,898
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|Carmen Provenzano
|align="right"| 18,867
|-
|Bud Wildman
|align="right"| 9,202
|-
|David Ronald Rose
|align="right"| 7,006
|-
|Doug Lawson
|align="right"| 1,168
|-
|Kathie Brosemer
|align="right"| 776
|-
|Martin Bruce Odber
|align="right"| 128
|-
|Carmen Provenzano
|align="right"| 16,871
|-
|Phyllis Dietrich
|align="right"| 10,283
|-
|David Rose
|align="right"| 7,536
|-
|Doug Lawson
|align="right"| 3,010
|-
|Colleen Hibbs
|align="right"| 219
|-
|Ron Irwin
|align="right"| 21,407
|-
|Steve Butland
|align="right"| 8,970
|-
|Paul Mathewson
|align="right"| 6,566
|-
|Gerry Nori
|align="right"| 3,152
|-
|Henry A. Roess
|align="right"| 209
|-
|Chris Evans
|align="right"| 155
|-
|Steve Butland
|align="right"|14,595
|-
|Jim Kelleher
|align="right"| 13,533
|-
|Joe Sniezek
|align="right"| 13,237
|-
|Jim Kelleher
|align="right"| 13,135
|-
|Karl Morin-Strom
|align="right"| 10,726
|-
|Ron Irwin
|align="right"| 9,972
|-
|Charles L. Rooney
|align="right"| 198
|-
|Ron Irwin
|align="right"| 15,449
|-
|Cyril Symes
|align="right"| 12,542
|-
|Penny Hanson
|align="right"| 4,161
|-
|Mike Taffarel
|align="right"| 59
|-
|Cyril Symes
|align="right"| 12,089
|-
|Terry Murphy
|align="right"| 11,574
|-
|Gord Cunningham
|align="right"| 8,668
|-
|Richard Orlandini
|align="right"| 79
|-
|Mike Taffarel
|align="right"| 38
|-
|Cyril Symes
|align="right"| 19,044
|-
|Alex Sinclair
|align="right"|15,490
|-
|Bob de Fazio
|align="right"|3,098
|-
|Gerrit van Houten
|align="right"| 76
|-
|Cyril Symes
|align="right"| 12,903
|-
|C. Terrence Murphy
|align="right"| 12,639
|-
|L.B. Lou Lukenda
|align="right"|9,603
|-
|C. Terrence Murphy
|align="right"| 12,527
|-
|Russ Ramsay
|align="right"| 11,529
|-
|Anne Valentine
|align="right"| 7,297
|-
|George Skov
|align="right"|102

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Sault Ste. Marie riding from Elections Canada

★ 1966-1987 Riding history from the Library of Parliament

★ 1987-present Riding history from the Library of Parliament