Kiiwetinoong

Kiiwetinoong (/kɪˈwɛtɪnɒŋ/) is a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created prior to the 42nd Ontario general election from the northern portion of Kenora—Rainy River on the advice of the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2017.^[1] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017.^[2]

Kiiwetinoong

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Sol Mamakwa New Democratic
District created	2017
First contested	2018
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	32,987
Electors (2018)	14,326
Area (km²)	294,083
Pop. density (per km²)	0.11
Census division(s)	Kenora District, Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s)	Sioux Lookout

Kiiwetinoong is 68 percent Indigenous, the only riding in Ontario with a majority Indigenous population.^[1] The riding name means "North" in Ojibwe.^[3]

Unlike most Ontario provincial districts, Kiiwetinoong does not have the same boundaries as a federal district. As well, the riding, with a population of 32,987, is significantly smaller than the average Ontario district (with a population of 110,000) or the average Northern Ontario district (with a population of 76,000).^[4] Josh Dehaas, a National Post columnist, has criticized the new riding as violating the principle of representation by population.^[5]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kiiwetinoong
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River
42nd	2018–2022		Sol Mamakwa	New Democratic
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Kiiwetinoong at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sol Mamakwa	3,512	62.19	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Waylon Scott	1,438	25.46	–4.48
	Liberal	Manuela Michelizzi	409	7.24	+1.34
	Green	Carolyn Spicer	152	2.69	–0.63
	Northern Ontario	Theresa Leppich	136	2.41	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			5,647	98.45	–0.82
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			89	1.55	+0.82
Turnout			5,736	27.65	–2.75
Eligible voters			20,746
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.55
Source: Elections Ontario[6][7]

Winning party in each polling division of Kiiwetinoong at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sol Mamakwa	2,742	57.57	+7.67	$28,237
	Progressive Conservative	Dwight Monck	1,426	29.94	+2.69	$14,030
	Liberal	Manuela Michelizzi	281	5.90	−9.28	$0
	Green	Suzette A. Foster	158	3.32	−2.95	$4,216
	New Blue	Alex Dornn	156	3.28		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			4,763	99.27	+0.55	$32,252
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			35	0.73	-0.55
Turnout			4,798	30.40	-15.40
Eligible voters			15,775
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.49
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.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sol Mamakwa	3,232	49.90	–15.60	$17,963
	Progressive Conservative	Clifford Bull	1,765	27.25	+15.22	$46,104
	Liberal	Doug Lawrance	983	15.18	–3.56	$28,390
	Green	Christine Penner Polle	406	6.27	+2.53	$269
	Northern Ontario	Kenneth Jones	91	1.40	N/A	$0
Total valid votes			6,477	98.72
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			84	1.28
Turnout			6,561	45.80
Eligible voters			14,326
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		–15.41
Source: Elections Ontario[8][9][10]

2014 general election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	3,479	65.50
	Liberal	995	18.74
	Progressive Conservative	639	12.03
	Green	198	3.74