Thunder Bay—Superior North (federal electoral district)

{{short description|Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada}}

{{for|the current provincial electoral district|Thunder Bay—Superior North (provincial electoral district)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2024}}

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| province = Ontario

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| caption = Interactive map of riding boundaries. Point indicates the city of Thunder Bay.

| fed-status = active

| fed-district-number = 35106

| fed-created = 1976

| fed-abolished =

| fed-election-first = 1976

| fed-election-last = 2021

| fed-rep = Patty Hajdu

| fed-rep-party = Liberal

| demo-pop-ref = {{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/EDInfo?L=e&ED=35106&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=P7G2N9&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=21|title = Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district}}

| demo-area-ref = Statistics Canada: 2012

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| demo-census-date = 2019

| demo-pop = 82651

| demo-electors = 66579

| demo-electors-date = 2019

| demo-area = 87965

| demo-cd = Thunder Bay District

| demo-csd = Thunder Bay, Greenstone, Marathon, Shuniah

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Thunder Bay—Superior North ({{langx|fr|Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord}}; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1976.

It is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario. It was created in 1976 as "Thunder Bay—Nipigon" from parts of Port Arthur and Thunder Bay ridings. It was renamed "Thunder Bay—Superior North" in 1998.

It consists of the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay including the northern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

13.7% of the population of the riding are of Finnish ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/rel/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=653421&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92634&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |title=2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census |publisher=2.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=2012-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000434/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/rel/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=653421&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92634&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |url-status=live }}

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Thunder Bay—Rainy River and gained territory from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

:According to the 2021 Canadian census{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Thunder Bay--Superior North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}

Ethnic groups: 76.3% White, 17.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.0% Black

Languages: 83.7% English, 3.7% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.6% Finnish

Religions: 56.7% Christian (31.6% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 4.6% Anglican, 4.6% Lutheran, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.0% Baptist, 8.9% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 39.2% None

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $52,950 (2020)

Geography

Thunder Bay—Superior North consists of the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay

  • lying east of a line drawn from the northern limit the territorial district due south to the northeast corner of the Township of Bulmer, and south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Bulmer, Fletcher, Furlonge, McLaurin and Bertrand, east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00( W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west, along the north, west and south boundaries of the Township of Fowler, south along the Kaministiquia River, east along the northern limit of the Township of Oliver Paipoonge, south along its eastern limit and along Pole Line Road, north along Thunder Bay Expressway (Highways 11 and 17), east along Harbour Expressway and Main Street to 110th Avenue, then due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, then southeast to the US border; and
  • excluding the part lying south and east of a line drawn from the southwest corner of the Township of Downer due west to a line drawn due south from the southeast corner of the Township of Bain, due south to a line drawn due west from the southwest corner of the Township of McGill, due east to longitude 86o00( W, south along that longitude, and west along the White River to Lake Superior.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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{{CanMP nodata|Thunder Bay—Nipigon
Riding created from Port Arthur and Thunder Bay}}

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| FromYr = 1979

| ToYr = 1980

| Assembly# = 31

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Bob Andras

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 2

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{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1980

| ToYr = 1984

| Assembly# = 32

| RepName = Jack Masters

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1984

| ToYr = 1988

| Assembly# = 33

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Ernie Epp

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1988

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 34

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Joe Comuzzi

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1997

| Assembly# = 35

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Thunder Bay—Superior North}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1997

| ToYr = 2000

| Assembly# = 36

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Joe Comuzzi

| RepTerms# = 6

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2000

| ToYr = 2004

| Assembly# = 37

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2004

| ToYr = 2006

| Assembly# = 38

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2007

| Assembly# = 39

| #ByElections = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2007

| ToYr = 2007

| CanParty = Independent

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2007

| ToYr = 2008

| CanParty = Conservative

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2008

| ToYr = 2011

| Assembly# = 40

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Bruce Hyer

| RepTerms# = 4

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2011

| ToYr = 2012

| Assembly# = 41

| #ByElections = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2012

| ToYr = 2013

| CanParty = Independent

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2015

| CanParty = Green

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2015

| ToYr = 2019

| Assembly# = 42

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Patty Hajdu

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2019

| ToYr = 2021

| Assembly# = 43

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr =

| Assembly# = 44

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Election results

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| content = {{Graph:Chart

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| height=300

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| xAxisTitle=Year

| yAxisTitle=Vote share

| xAxisMin=1979

| xAxisMax=2021

| yAxisMin=0

| yAxisMax=0.7

| yAxisFormat=%

| legend=Legend

| y1Title=Liberal

| y2Title=Conservative

| y3Title=NDP

| y4Title=Green

| y5Title=PC

| y6Title=Reform/Alliance

| y7Title=People's

| linewidth=2

| x=1979,1980,1984,1988,1993,1997,2000,2004,2006,2008,2011,2015,2019,2021

| y1=0.449,0.466,0.34,0.402,0.651,0.518,0.481,0.43,0.36,0.283,0.167,0.4499,0.429,0.407

| y2=,,,,,,,0.212,0.221,0.268,0.297,0.1743,0.256,0.242

| y3=0.323,0.364,0.372,0.341,0.09,0.208,0.195,0.293,0.349,0.37,0.499,0.2318,0.211,0.271

| y4=,,,,,,0.02,0.046,0.058,0.069,0.03,0.138,0.084,0.018

| y5=0.222,0.165,0.283,0.256,0.096,0.11,0.087

| y6=,,,,0.149,0.164,0.198

| y7=,,,,,,,,,,,,0.017,0.059

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| showSymbols=true }}

| caption=Graph of election results in Thunder Bay—Superior North (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

| align=center

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=Thunder Bay—Superior North=

{{2025 Canadian federal election/Thunder Bay—Superior North}}

{{2021 Canadian federal election/Thunder Bay—Superior North}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results{{Cite web| title=Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023rep&document=index&lang=e|access-date=9 April 2024|website=Elections Canada}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 17,048align=right| 40.40
{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 11,693align=right| 27.71
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} |  

| Conservative

align=right| 10,108align=right| 23.96
{{Canadian party colour|CA|PPC|background}} |  

| People's

align=right| 2,487align=right| 5.89
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 747align=right| 1.77
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|background}} |  

| Others

align=right| 111align=right| 0.26

{{2019 Canadian federal election/Thunder Bay—Superior North}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Thunder Bay—Superior North|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Patty Hajdu|20,069|44.99|+28.51|$90,854.71}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Andrew Foulds|10,339|23.18|-26.97|$121,837.34}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Richard Harvey|7,775|17.43|-12.22|$59,457.39}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Bruce Hyer|6,155|13.80|+10.78|$123,098.51}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Robert Skaf|270|0.61|–|$6,944.34}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|44,608|99.60 | |$248,538.44}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|178|0.40}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|44,786|68.70}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|65,195}}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|NDP |+27.74}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35106&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |title=Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Thunder Bay—Superior North, 30 September 2015 |access-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004015808/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35106&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |archive-date=4 October 2015 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=2020-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=2015-08-15 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2015app/41/9897e.html|title=Official Voting Results|access-date=2021-07-29}}|}}

{{end}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results{{Cite web |url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2052 |title=Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections |access-date=2015-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825224649/http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2052 |archive-date=2015-08-25 |url-status=live }}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 18,881align=right| 50.15
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} |  

| Conservative

align=right| 11,163align=right| 29.65
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 6,203align=right| 16.48
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 1,137align=right| 3.02
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|background}} |  

| Others

align=right| 264align=right| 0.70

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Thunder Bay—Superior North|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce Hyer|18,334 |49.9 | +12.9|$89,828.18}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Richard Harvey|10,894 |29.7 | +2.9|$74,902.87}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Yves Fricot|6,117 |16.7 | -11.8|$75,441.94}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Scot Kyle|1,115 |3.0 | -3.9|$1,186.13}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Denis Andrew Carrière|265 |0.7 |-0.2|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|36,725 |100.0|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 156| 0.|–| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|36,881 |–|–| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 60,879|–|–| }}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|NDP| }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Thunder Bay—Superior North|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce Hyer|13,187|37.0| +2.1|$85,186}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Don McArthur|10,083|28.3| -7.7|$74,762 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bev Sarafin|9,556|26.8| +4.7|$56,069 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Brendan Hughes|2,463|6.9| +1.1|$10,885 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Denis Andrew Carrière|327|0.9|-0.4 | }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|35,616|100.0| $98,240 }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|Liberal |}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|Thunder Bay—Superior North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |13,983|36.0 | -7.0}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce Hyer |13,575|34.9 | +5.6}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bev Sarafin | 8,575|22.1 | +0.9}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Dawn Kannegiesser | 2,241|5.8 | +1.2}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Denis A. Carrière | 487| 1.3|-0.5 }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|38,861 |100.0}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal| }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|Thunder Bay—Superior North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |15,022|43.0|-5.1}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce Hyer | 10,230|29.3|+9.8}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bev Sarafin | 7,394|21.2|-7.3}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Carl Rose |1,614|4.6|+2.6}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Denis A. Carrière |645|1.8|0.0}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|34,905 |100.0}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal| }}

{{end}}

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |15,241|48.1|-3.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Doug Pantry|6,278|19.8|+3.5}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|John Rafferty|6,169|19.5|-1.3}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Richard Neumann|2,753|8.7|-2.4}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Carl Rose|648|2.0|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Denis A. Carrière| 581|1.8|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|31,670 |100.0}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal| }}

{{end}}

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |16,745|51.8|-13.2}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Chris Mather|6,705|20.8|+11.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Doug Pantry|5,286|16.4|+1.4}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Doug Guinn|3,569|11.0|+1.5}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 32,305|100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |24,249|65.1|+24.8}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Bob Reynolds|5,567|14.9|}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Marlene Hogarth|3,567|9.6|-16.1}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|David James Ramsay|3,363|9.0|-25.1}}

{{CANelec|CA|National|Wayne Hill|439|1.2|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Commonwealth of Canada|Brian Aalto|80|0.2|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|37,265 |100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joe Comuzzi |15,346|40.2|+6.2}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ernie Epp|13,019|34.1|-3.0}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Fred Stille|9,782|25.6|-2.7}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|38,147 |100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ernie Epp|13,901|37.2|+0.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jack Masters |12,736|34.0|-12.6}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Jim Simpson|10,601|28.3|+11.8}}

{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Sally Hayes|180|0.5|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 37,418|100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jack Masters |16,582|46.6|+1.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce McKay|12,950|36.4|+4.1}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Rene Larson|5,865|16.5|-5.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Walter E. Rogers|109|0.3|-0.2}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Dennis Deveau|68|0.2|+0.1}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|35,574 |100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bob Andras |15,674|44.9}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bruce McKay|11,288|32.3}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Robert R. Lingman|7,749|22.2 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Nancy McDonald|174|0.5}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Dianne Robinson|50|0.1}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|34,935 |100.0}}

{{end}}

See also

References

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