Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Mushkegowuk—James Bay (French: Mushkegowuk—Baie James) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created from the northern portion of Timmins—James Bay by the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2017.^[1] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017.^[2]

Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Guy Bourgouin New Democratic
District created	2017
First contested	2018
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	30,037
Electors (2018)	17,435
Area (km²)	254,894
Pop. density (per km²)	0.12
Census division(s)	Cochrane District, Kenora District

Unlike most Ontario provincial districts, Mushkegowuk—James Bay does not have the same boundaries as a federal district. As well, the riding, with a population of 30,037, 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).^[3] National Post columnist Josh Dehaas criticized of the new ridings of Mushkegowuk—James Bay and Kiiwetinoong as violating the principle of representation by population.^[4]

Mushkegowuk—James Bay was originally to be named Mushkegowuk, but the name was changed to Mushkegowuk—James Bay by the legislature, which authorized further consultations over the riding's name by the Attorney General.^[5] It is 27 per cent indigenous and 60 per cent francophone.^[1] Indigenous leaders have criticized the new riding for not having a high enough percentage of indigenous people.^[6]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Mushkegowuk—James Bay
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Timmins—James Bay
42nd	2018–2022		Guy Bourgouin	New Democratic
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Mushkegowuk—James Bay at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Guy Bourgouin	3,610	45.47	–1.71
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Plourde	3,602	45.37	+9.62
	Liberal	Kyle Allen	613	7.72	–4.02
	Green	Catherine Jones	114	1.44	–0.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,939	98.50	–1.12
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			121	1.50	+1.12
Turnout			8,060	42.98	+3.58
Eligible voters			18,755
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–5.67
Source: Elections Ontario[7][8]

Winning party in each polling division of Mushkegowuk—James Bay at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Bourgouin	3,423	47.18	−4.59	$26,064
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Côté	2,594	35.75	+5.78	$26,496
	Liberal	Matthew Pronovost	852	11.74	−2.54	$11,168
	New Blue	Mike Buckley	222	3.06		$0
	Green	Catherine Jones	141	1.94	+0.15	$0
	Confederation of Regions	Fauzia Sadiq	23	0.32	+0.18	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,255	99.62	+0.67	$36,252
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			28	0.38	-0.67
Turnout			7,283	39.40	-14.65
Eligible voters			18,639
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−5.18
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	Guy Bourgouin	4,827	51.77	–8.47	$27,629
	Progressive Conservative	André Robichaud	2,795	29.98	+22.26	$29,239
	Liberal	Gaëtan Baillargeon	1,332	14.29	–16.01	$10,283
	Green	Sarah Hutchinson	164	1.79	+0.39	none listed
	Northern Ontario	Jacques Joseph Ouellette	152	1.63	N/A	none listed
	Libertarian	Vanda Marshall	38	0.41	N/A	none listed
	Confederation of Regions	Fauzia Sadiq	13	0.14	N/A	$0
Total valid votes			9,324	98.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			99	1.05
Turnout			9,423	54.05
Eligible voters			17,435
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		–15.37
Source: Elections Ontario[9][10][11]

2014 general election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	5,038	60.26
	Liberal	2,533	30.30
	Progressive Conservative	647	7.73
	Green	114	1.37
	Others	28	0.34