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Thunder Bay—Atikokan (federal electoral district)

Coordinates: 48°52′N 90°02′W / 48.86°N 90.04°W / 48.86; -90.04
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Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished2003
First contested1979
Last contested2000

Thunder Bay—Atikokan was a federal electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. The federal riding was created in 1976, from parts of Fort William and Thunder Bay ridings. It became a provincial riding in 1999.

It initially consisted of the part of the Territorial District of Rainy River east of the 4th Meridian, including the whole of the Township of Atikokan; and the southwest part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, including the southern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Thunder Bay—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Superior North ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fort William and Thunder Bay
31st  1979–1980     Paul McRae Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Iain Angus New Democratic
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Stan Dromisky Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Thunder Bay—Rainy River
and Thunder Bay—Superior North

Election results

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1979 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paul McRae 11,921 34.9%
New Democratic Iain Angus 11,667 34.1%
Progressive Conservative Ken Moffatt 10,392 30.4%
Libertarian Nora Ronis 92 0.3%
Communist Walter E. Rogers 84 0.2%
Marxist–Leninist Doris Stevens 29 0.1%
1980 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paul McRae 13,234 39.2%
New Democratic Iain Angus 13,150 39.0%
Progressive Conservative Ken Moffat 7,225 21.4%
Libertarian Nora Ronis 87 0.3%
Marxist–Leninist Dianne Robinson 35 0.1%
1984 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Iain Angus 14,715 41.5%
Progressive Conservative Ken Boshcoff 12,040 34.0%
Liberal Dale Willoughby 8,704 24.5%
1988 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Iain Angus 13,132 35.9%
Liberal Stan Dromisky 11,968 32.7%
Progressive Conservative Ken Boshcoff 11,454 31.3%
Communist Paul Pugh 75 0.2%
1993 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Stan Dromisky 19,947 57.4%
New Democratic Iain Angus 6,555 18.9%
Reform Colyne Gibbons 5,380 15.5%
Progressive Conservative Tony Stehmann 2,836 8.2%
1997 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stan Dromisky 14,287 42.7% -14.7%
New Democratic Jack Drewes 8,117 24.2% +5.3%
Reform Sandy Smith 5,642 16.8% 1.3%
Progressive Conservative Rick Potter 5,443 16.3% +8.1%
Total valid votes 33,489 100.0
Total rejected ballots 337 1.0%
Turnout 33,886 60.2%
Eligible voters 56,257
Liberal hold Swing
2000 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stan Dromisky 11,449 37.0% -5.7%
Alliance David Richard Leskowski 9,067 29.3% +12.7%
New Democratic Rick Baker 6,023 19.5% -4.7%
Progressive Conservative Ian M. Sinclair 3,652 11.8% -4.5%
Green Kristin Boyer 769 2.5% -
Total valid votes 30,960 100.0
Total rejected ballots 154 0.5% -0.5%
Turnout 31,114 55.7% -4.5%
Eligible voters 55,889
Liberal hold Swing

See also

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48°52′N 90°02′W / 48.86°N 90.04°W / 48.86; -90.04