Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 46°58′N 81°31′W / 46.96°N 81.51°W / 46.96; -81.51
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Nickel Belt
Ontario electoral district
Nickel Belt in relation to other electoral districts in Northern Ontario
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
France Gélinas
New Democratic
First contested1955
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]84,520
Electors (2018)66,479
Area (km²)25,548
Pop. density (per km²)3.3
Census division(s)Sudbury District, Greater Sudbury
Census subdivision(s)Markstay-Warren, St. Charles, Killarney

Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district located 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 the city's urban core. Communities include Lively, Onaping, Levack, Dowling, Chelmsford, Naughton, Azilda, Coniston, Wahnapitae, Garson, Val Caron, Val Thérèse, Hanmer and Capreol.

Boundary redistribution[edit]

Prior to redistribution in 1998, the district included all of Sudbury District except the southeastern portion, as well as the western half of what was then the Regional Municipality of Sudbury (Walden, Rayside-Balfour and Onaping Falls). The eastern half of the current Nickel Belt comprised the separate district of Sudbury East.

In 1998, 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. This change resulted in Sudbury East being reabsorbed back into Nickel Belt.

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.[2]

This change primarily affects the Walden area, which is part of the Sudbury riding federally but remains in Nickel Belt provincially, and the West Nipissing area, which is part of Nickel Belt federally but Timiskaming—Cochrane provincially.

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Nickel Belt
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created
25th  1955–1959     Rhéal Bélisle Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967 Gaston Demers
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975     Floyd Laughren New Democratic
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1998
 1998–1999 Blain Morin
37th  1999–2003 Shelley Martel
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011 France Gélinas
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present

Election results since 1977[edit]

2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic France Gélinas 15,611 50.77 −12.73 $55,649
Progressive Conservative Randy Hazlett 9,181 29.86 +7.87 $23,127
Liberal Gilles Proulx 3,042 9.89 +1.17 $8,861
New Blue Melanie Savoie 1,522 4.95   $4,981
Green Glenys Babcock 921 3.00 −0.12 $0
Ontario Party Willy Schneider 470 1.53   $1,507
Total valid votes/Expense limit 30,747 99.56 +0.58 $106,532
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 137 0.44 -0.58
Turnout 30,884 45.51 -11.49
Eligible voters 68,834
New Democratic hold Swing −10.30
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic France Gélinas 23,157 63.50 +0.84
Progressive Conservative Jo-Ann Cardinal 8,018 21.99 +10.11
Liberal Tay Butt 3,182 8.73 -13.19
Green Bill Crumplin 1,137 3.12 -0.41
Northern Ontario Matthew Del Papa 373 1.02
Libertarian James Chretien 220 0.60
Consensus Ontario Kevin R. Brault 214 0.59
None of the Above Bailey Burch-Belanger 166 0.46
Total valid votes 36,467 100.0
Turnout 57.00
Eligible voters 63,973
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic France Gélinas 19,941 62.66 +7.77
Liberal James Tregonning 6,977 21.92 -2.33
Progressive Conservative Marck Blay 3,782 11.88 -6.47
Green Heather K. Dahlstrom 1,123 3.53 +1.03
Total valid votes 31,823 100.00
New Democratic hold Swing +5.05
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic France Gélinas 16,876 54.89 +8.26
Liberal Tony Ryma 7,434 24.25 -13.79
Progressive Conservative Paula Peroni 5,625 18.35 +8.29
Green Stephanie-Lynn Russell 770 2.50 -1.72
Total valid votes 30,762 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 96 0.31
Turnout 30,858 49.55
Eligible voters 62,276
New Democratic hold Swing +11.03
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic France Gélinas 15,126 46.63 +0.11
Liberal Ron Dupuis 12,341 38.04 -0.60
Progressive Conservative Renée Germain 3,264 10.06 -3.43
Green Fred Twilley 1,368 4.22 +2.87
Family Coalition Richard St-Denis 341 1.05
Total valid votes 32,440 100.00
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Shelley Martel 16,567 46.52 +4.57
Liberal Alex McCauley 13,759 38.64 +9.89
Progressive Conservative Dave Kilgour 4,804 13.49 -15.81
Green Robert Nevin 479 1.35
Total valid votes 35,609 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Shelley Martel 14,833 41.95 +1.08
Progressive Conservative Gerry Courtemanche 10,359 29.30 -1.51
Liberal Ron Dupuis 10,165 28.75 +0.43
Total valid votes 35,357 100.00
Ontario provincial by-election, October 1998, resignation of Floyd Laughren
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Blain Morin 5,537 40.88 -5.66
Progressive Conservative Gerry Courtemanche 4,173 30.81 +11.60
Liberal Frank Madigan 3,836 28.32 -3.93
Total valid votes 13,546 100.00
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 8,007 46.54 -12.00
Liberal Betty Rheaume 5,549 32.25 +12.98
Progressive Conservative Frank Deburger 3,305 19.21 +13.51
Independent Michel Chartrand 225 1.31
Natural Law Grace Tancock 119 0.69
Total valid votes 17,205 100.00
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 9,925 58.54 +0.33
Liberal Betty Rheaume 3,267 19.27 -3.56
Confederation of Regions Gren Rogers 2,796 16.49
Progressive Conservative Paul Demers 967 5.70 -13.26
Total valid votes 16,955 100.00
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 9,849 58.21 +5.84
Liberal Leo Pevato 3,863 22.83 +9.58
Progressive Conservative Evelyn Dutrisac 3,208 18.96 -15.31
Total valid votes 16,920 100.00
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 8,912 52.37 -2.48
Progressive Conservative Evelyn Dutrisac 5,849 34.37 +21.94
Liberal Trudy Bolduc 2,255 13.25 -19.47
Total valid votes 17,016 100.00
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 8,451 54.85 -2.60
Liberal Elmer Sopha 5,041 32.72 +14.12
Progressive Conservative Andre Lalande 1,915 12.43 -11.52
Total valid votes 15,407 100.00
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Floyd Laughren 9,410 57.45
Progressive Conservative Marty McAllister 3,923 23.95
Liberal Paul Adam 3,046 18.60
Total valid votes 16,379 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 21,313 68.9
Mixed member proportional 9,609 31.1
Total valid votes 30,912 100.0

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ https://voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/electoral-district/71-Nickel%20Belt
  2. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District 056, NIckel Belt". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapports des registres officiels - Nickel Belt" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.[permanent dead link]

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