Timmins—Chapleau was a federal
electoral districtAn electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
represented in the
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from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the
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of
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. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of
CochraneCochrane was a federal and provincial electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada...
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NipissingNipissing was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 2004. It was located in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada....
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TimiskamingTimiskaming was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997....
and
TimminsTimmins was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario...
ridings.
It initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Sudbury, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the Township of Teefy, the City of Timmins and the Town of Iroquois Falls in the Territorial District of Cochrane, and the western part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming.
After 1987, it consisted of parts of the Territorial Districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma,
Nickel BeltNickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the Greater City of Sudbury.Nickel Belt has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of:...
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Timiskaming—CochraneTimiskaming—Cochrane was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It was located in the northeast part of Ontario...
, and
Timmins—James BayTimmins—James Bay is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 84,001....
ridings.
Electoral history
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Ray ChénierJacques Raymond Chénier is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1984...
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Dennis WelinDennis Welin was a Canadian politician who served on Timmins City Council, including a term as mayor of the city from 1988 to 1991. He defeated incumbent mayor Vic Power in the 1988 municipal election, but was in turn defeated by Power in 1991....
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LiberalThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
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Ray ChénierJacques Raymond Chénier is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1984...
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Bill FerrierWilliam Herman Ferrier was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cochrane South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1977 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.-Background:...
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Aurèle GervaisAurèle Gervais is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
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LiberalThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
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Cid SamsonCyril Samson is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993.Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party....
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New Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
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Cid SamsonCyril Samson is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993.Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party....
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Aurèle GervaisAurèle Gervais is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
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LiberalThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
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Peter ThalheimerPeter Thalheimer was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. He was a lawyer by career, joining the Ontario bar in 1964 after studying at the University of Ottawa....
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New Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
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Cid SamsonCyril Samson is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993.Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party....
|align="right"| 8,224
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Progressive ConservativeThe Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
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