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Kenora - Rainy River (035)Candidates:
This northern riding has both the smallest riding population and the largest land area, with its borders encompassing more than 300,000 square kilometres. Covering more than one third of the province's land mass, this riding is larger than Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia combined. Its border reaches from Fort Severn on the shores of Hudson Bay in the north to Fort Frances on the U.S. border. To the west, the riding ends at the Ontario-Manitoba border. A decidedly rural riding, the major centres are Kenora, Dryden, Rainy River, Fort Frances and Sioux Lookout. It also boasts the largest percentage of natives in its population of any riding in Ontario (20 per cent) and includes many reservations. For many of the 50 First Nations communities in the north, the nearest polling station is a plane ride away. Many of the workers in the major communities work at pulp and paper mills. The riding is also home to some of the largest gold mines in the country, located in the Red Lake area. Following the redistribution of 1999, Kenora-Rainy River combined much of the former Rainy River riding with a sliver of the old Lake Nipigon riding and all of the former Kenora riding.
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[PDF, 590KB] ( Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.) Political History:The Progressive Conservatives held sway in the old Kenora riding for decades, with Leo Bernier holding the seat from 1963 to 1987. Bernier served in various cabinet posts including mines, northern affairs and natural resources. Liberal Frank Miclash took the seat in 1987 and held it until 1999, when his riding was merged with the old Rainy River riding and he lost to NDP Leader Howard Hampton. Hampton was first elected in Rainy River in 1987, and won the next four elections. He was appointed attorney general in 1990 and became NDP leader in 1996. Hampton won in a walk in 2003, routing Liberal Geoff McClain by 8,167 votes. (The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. External links will open in a new window.
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIB | 71 | 0 | 71 | 42.19% |
| PC | 26 | 0 | 26 | 31.67% |
| NDP | 10 | 0 | 10 | 16.79% |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.01% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.34% |
| Last Update:October 11, 2:25:56 AM EDT | ||||
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