Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It first elected a member in the 2004 federal election.

History

It was created in 2003 from parts of Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan ridings.

This riding gained a fraction of territory from Thunder Bay—Superior North during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

It consists of the Territorial District of Rainy River and part of Thunder Bay south and west of a line running from the western limit, east along the 6th Base Line, south along Dog River and the Kaministiquia River, ending at the City of Thunder Bay’s eastern limit and the US border.

Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 76.4% White, 18.8% Indigenous, 1.5% South Asian

Languages: 89.4% English, 1.6% French, 1.1% Italian

Religions: 54.1% Christian (26.2% Catholic, 5.9% United Church, 4.7% Anglican, 3.2% Lutheran, 1.6% Baptist, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.0% other), 1.8% Indigenous spirituality, 42.0% none

Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $50,520 (2020)

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

PartyAssociation namePresidentHQ cityThunder Bay--Rainy River Conservative AssociationLinda R. RydholmThunder BayThunder Bay--Rainy River Federal Liberal AssociationStephen MargaritThunder BayThunder Bay--Rainy River Federal NDP Riding AssociationYuk-Sem WonThunder BayThunder Bay PPC Regional District AssociationJames BerdayNipigon

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   New Democratic 18,126 48.65   Conservative 10,138 27.21   Liberal 8,085 21.70   Green 911 2.44   Others 1 0.00

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Notes

External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament 2011 results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada