Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name =
province = Ontario


caption = Sault Ste. Marie in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35079
fed-created = 1966
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1968
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Tony Martin
fed-rep-link = Tony Martin (politician)
fed-rep-party = NDP
fed-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 89028
demo-electors = 68537
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 7355
demo-cd = Algoma District
demo-csd = Sault Ste. Marie

:"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.

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:

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 [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/maps/C35079.pdf map of Sault Ste. Marie riding] .

Federal election results

* Changes for the Conservative Party are from the combined total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in 2000.

* Changes for the Canadian Alliance are from the Reform votes in 1997.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/Map.aspx?L=e&ED=35079&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=&Prov=ON&ProvID=35&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=27&TPageID= Sault Ste. Marie riding] from Elections Canada
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=671 1966-1987 Riding history] from the Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1251&Include= 1987-present Riding history] from the Library of Parliament