Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)

{{For|the former federal electoral district|Kenora—Rainy River (federal electoral district)}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name = Kenora—Rainy River

| province = Ontario

| image = Northern Ontario ridings 2018 - Kenora—Rainy River.png

| caption = Kenora—Rainy River in relation to other Northern Ontario electoral districts

| prov-status = active

| prov-created = 1999

| prov-abolished =

| prov-election-first = 1999

| prov-election-last = 2025

| prov-rep = Greg Rickford

| prov-rep-link =

| prov-rep-party = PC

| prov-rep-party-link =

| demo-census-date = 2016

| demo-pop = 53027

| demo-pop-ref = {{cite web|url=https://voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/electoral-district/44-kenora-rainy-river |publisher=Elections Ontario |title=Kenora—Rainy River |access-date=August 31, 2020}}

| demo-electors = 37442

| demo-electors-date = 2018

| demo-electors-ref = {{cite web |url=https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2020&edIds=2_44&levelOfDetail=district |title=Election Results |publisher=Elections Ontario |access-date=August 31, 2020}}

| demo-area = 45201

| demo-area-ref =

| demo-cd = Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay District

| demo-csd = Chapple, Dryden, Emo, Fort Frances, Kenora, Rainy River

}}

Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding) in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the Kenora—Rainy River federal riding, until it was abolished in 2003. The provincial riding will continue to exist.

A predominantly white, working class, and rural riding, Kenora-Rainy River was formerly a stronghold for the Ontario NDP. Greg Rickford of the Progressive Conservatives was elected its MPP in a dramatic swing to the right in 2018. The riding was previously represented by Sarah Campbell for the NDP and Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding includes the western three quarters of Kenora District, the western three quarters of the Rainy River District and the northwest corner of the Thunder Bay District.

History

File:Kenora-rainyriver.PNG

In 1996, 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.

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 Kenora—Rainy River, 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.[http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/new_electoral_boundaries_en.shtml Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208034759/http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/new_electoral_boundaries_en.shtml |date=2006-12-08 }}

Prior to the 2018 provincial election, the Ontario government's Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission proposed dividing Kenora—Rainy River into one riding for the urbanized southern portion of the current district, which will retain the name Kenora—Rainy River, and one riding for the predominantly Indigenous northern portion of the current district, to be named Kiiwetinoong.{{cite news|title=Ontario to create two new ridings in the north, one to be primarily Indigenous|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ontario-to-create-two-new-ridings-in-the-north-one-to-be-primarily-indigenous|access-date=December 11, 2017|work=National Post|agency=The Canadian Press|date=August 8, 2017}} The creation of Kiiwetinoong and Mushkegowuk—James Bay, another new northern riding, were approved with the passage of the Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.{{cite web|title=New Ridings Created in Northern Ontario|url=https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2017/10/new-ridings-created-in-northern-ontario.html|website=Newsroom|publisher=Government of Ontario|access-date=December 11, 2017|language=en|date=October 24, 2017}}

Members

{{OntMPP NoData|Riding created from Kenora, Rainy River and Lake Nipigon}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=1999

| ToYr=2003

| Assembly#=37

| OntParty=NDP

| RepName=Howard Hampton

| RepTerms#=3

| PartyTerms#=5

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2003

| ToYr=2007

| Assembly#=38

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2007

| ToYr=2011

| Assembly#=39

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2011

| ToYr=2014

| Assembly#=40

| RepName=Sarah Campbell

| RepTerms#=2

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2014

| ToYr=2018

| Assembly#=41

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2018

| ToYr=2022

| Assembly#=42

| OntParty=PC

| RepName=Greg Rickford

| RepTerms#=3

| PartyTerms#=3

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr = 2022

| ToYr=2025

| Assembly#=43

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr = 2025

| ToYr=

| Assembly#=44

}}

Election results

File:Kenora—Rainy River 2025 polling division map winner.svg

File:Kenora—Rainy River 2022 polling division map winner.svg

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Karen Kejick| 2,123 | 10.58 |-4.31|$15,033}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|193|0.95|}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|title=Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate|publisher=Elections Ontario|access-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228175029/https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2018|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=2018&toYear=2018&edIds=2_44&levelOfDetail=district |title=Data Explorer |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=Elections Ontario}}{{Cite web|url=https://finances.elections.on.ca/en/finances-overview |title=Political Financing and Party Information |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=Elections Ontario}}}}

colspan="4" \| 2014 general election redistributed results{{cite web \|url=https://www.electionprediction.org/2018_on/riding/44.php \|title=44 - Kenora—Rainy River }}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|NDP\|background}} \| \| New Democratic	align=right\| 9,410	align=right\|52.73
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|background}} \| \| Progressive Conservative	align=right\| 5,266	align=right\| 29.51
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|background}} \| \| Liberal	align=right\| 2,657	align=right\| 14.89
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Green\|background}} \| \| Green	align=right\| 513	align=right\| 2.87

{{CANelec/source|Source:Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=035|date=2014|author=Elections Ontario|title=General Election Results by District 035, Kenora-Rainy River|access-date=13 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614001116/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=035|archive-date=14 June 2014}}}}

{{CANelec|ON|Northern Ontario Heritage|Charmaine Romaniuk|216 | 0.98|}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|65|0.29}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/official_GE/ED035-F0244.pdf |date=2011 |title=Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kenora—Rainy River |author=Elections Ontario |access-date=1 June 2014 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|23,559|100.00}}

|align="left" colspan=2|New Democrat hold

|align="right"|Swing

|align="right"| +1.09

^ Change is from redistributed results

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|26,060| 100.0| | }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 31,895| 100.0}}

2007 electoral reform referendum

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style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

! colspan=4|2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum

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! colspan=2 style="width: 130px"|Side

! style="width: 50px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

bgcolor="blue"|

|First Past the Post

|15,494

|69.9

bgcolor="green"|

|Mixed member proportional

|6,684

|30.1

bgcolor="white"|

!Total valid votes

| 22,178

|100.0

Notes

Sources

Elections Ontario
[https://web.archive.org/web/20040903131507/http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&flag=E&layout=G 1999 results]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070618145225/http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&flag=E&layout=G 2003 results]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208131446/http://www3.elections.on.ca/internetapp/RealTimeED.aspx?channel_id=%7B923146e7-4d81-42a8-99f0-e61f5ab50387%7D&EDID=35&lang=en-ca 2007 results]
[https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2017/preo/2017atlasmaps/044KenoraRainyRiverAtlasMap.pdf Map of riding for 2018 election]

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Category:Ontario provincial electoral districts

Category:Fort Frances

Category:Dryden, Ontario

Category:Politics of Kenora

Category:Rainy River District

Category:Constituencies established in 1999

colspan="4" \| 2014 general election redistributed results{{cite web \|url=https://www.electionprediction.org/2018_on/riding/44.php \|title=44 - Kenora—Rainy River }}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|NDP\|background}} \| \| New Democratic	align=right\| 9,410	align=right\|52.73
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|PC\|background}} \| \| Progressive Conservative	align=right\| 5,266	align=right\| 29.51
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Liberal\|background}} \| \| Liberal	align=right\| 2,657	align=right\| 14.89
{{Canadian party colour\|ON\|Green\|background}} \| \| Green	align=right\| 513	align=right\| 2.87