- Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)
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Nickel Belt 
Ontario electoral district
Nickel Belt in relation to other electoral districts in Northern Ontario Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario MPP
France Gélinas
NDPDistrict created Last contested 2007 Demographics Population (2001) 79,661 Electors (2007) 58,293 Area (km²) 25,504 Pop. density (per km²) 3.1 Census divisions Sudbury District, Greater Sudbury Census subdivisions Markstay-Warren, St. Charles, Killarney 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 Thérèse, Hanmer and Capreol.
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Boundary redistribution
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.[1]
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 remains in Nipissing provincially.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Assembly Years Member Party Sudbury prior to 1955 25th 1955-1959 Rhéal Bélisle Progressive Conservative 26th 1959-1963 27th 1963-1967 Gaston Demers Progressive Conservative 28th 1967-1971 29th 1971-1975 Floyd Laughren New Democrat 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 New Democrat 37th 1999-2003 Shelley Martel New Democrat 38th 2003-2007 39th 2007-2011 France Gélinas New Democrat 40th 2011-present Election results since 1977
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat France Gélinas 16,826 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 2.5 -1.72 Total valid votes 30,655 100.00 Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 By-election on October 1998, resignation of Floyd Laughren Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1995 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1987 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1985 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1981 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1977 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 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
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