Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Timiskaming—Cochrane.

Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Timiskaming—Cochrane

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	John Vanthof New Democratic
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	67,290
Electors (2018)	52,322
Area (km²)	39,864
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census division(s)	Timiskaming, Cochrane District, Sudbury District, Nipissing District

History

The riding was created in 1999 from parts of Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing.

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 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.^[2]

Geography

The riding includes the southeastern corner of the Cochrane District, all of Timiskaming, the southeastern corner of the Sudbury District, and the northern third of Nipissing District.

Included in the riding is the city of Temiskaming Shores and the towns of Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, McGarry, Englehart, Earlton, Cobalt, West Nipissing, and French River.

Members

Timiskaming—Cochrane
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing
37th	1999–2003		David Ramsay	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		John Vanthof	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	9,735	42.74	−18.46	$39,902
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Foy	8,024	35.23	+12.79	$36,553
	Liberal	Brian Johnson	1,600	7.02	−1.99	$0
	Green	Kris Rivard	1,485	6.52	+3.89	$8,064
	New Blue	Garry Andrade	1,181	5.18		$1,923
	Ontario Party	Geoffrey Aitchison	349	1.53		$0
	Libertarian	Eric Cummings	248	1.09	+0.39	$100
	None of the Above	Jeff Wilkinson	157	0.69		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			22,779	99.32	+0.45	$85,519
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			157	0.68	-0.45
Turnout			22,936	42.61	-10.47
Eligible voters			52,988
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−15.63
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	16,806	61.20	+6.17
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Williams	6,160	22.43	+4.94
	Liberal	Brian A. Johnson	2,476	9.02	-14.12
	Northern Ontario	Shawn Poirier	1,105	4.02	+1.67
	Green	Casey Lalonde	723	2.63	+0.64
	Libertarian	Lawrence Schnarr	191	0.70	-0.05
Total valid votes			27,461	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	14,651	55.03	+4.91
	Liberal	Sébastien Goyer	6,161	23.14	-2.78
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Politis	4,656	17.49	-3.69
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Gino Chitaroni	625	2.35	+0.80
	Green	Cody Fraser	529	1.99	+0.75
Total valid votes			26,622	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.85
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	12,633	50.12	+9.57
	Liberal	Denis Bonin	6,532	25.92	-16.98
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Aulbrook	5,337	21.18	+7.63
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Gerry Courville	391	1.55
	Green	Tina Danese	312	1.24	-1.76
Total valid votes			25,205	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			91	0.36
Turnout			25,296	50.04
Eligible voters			50,554
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.28
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	11,588	42.90	-16.66
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	10,954	40.55	+22.07
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Shearer	3,659	13.55	-6.83
	Green	Patrick East	811	3.00	+1.43
Total valid votes			27,012	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	18,499	59.56	+11.18
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	6,330	20.38	-9.36
	New Democratic	Ben Lefebvre	5,741	18.48	-3.39
	Green	Paul O. Palmer	489	1.57	+1.57
Total valid votes			31,059	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	16,877	48.38
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	10,374	29.74
	New Democratic	Len Wood	7,631	21.88
Total valid votes			34,882	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,907	76.5
	Mixed member proportional	6,130	23.5
	Total valid votes	26,037	100.0

References

1. "Elections Ontario Timiskaming—Cochrane".
2. Elections Ontario web site, "New Electoral Boundaries" Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
4. Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 092 Timiskaming-Cochrane". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
5. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Timiskaming—Cochrane" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results
• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results
• Map of riding for 2018 election

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