Nipissing (provincial electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Nipissing (electoral district).

Nipissing is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It is located in the northeastern part of Ontario, centred on the city of North Bay.

Nipissing

Ontario electoral district
Nipissing in relation to other electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Vic Fedeli Progressive Conservative
District created	1890
First contested	1890
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	75,060
Electors (2018)	61,299
Area (km²)	8,121
Pop. density (per km²)	9.2
Census division(s)	Nipissing, Parry Sound

History

The district was first contested in the 1890 election, but was divided into the separate districts of Nipissing East and Nipissing West for the 1902 election. By 1908, however, demographic changes resulted in Nipissing West being divided into two new districts, Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls, and the single riding of Nipissing was thus reconstituted and has been represented consistently in the Legislative Assembly ever since.

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 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]

In 1996, it was defined to consist of parts of the eastern part of territorial district of Parry Sound, and the western part of the Territorial District of Nipissing.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Nipissing—Timiskaming riding.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Nipissing
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
7th	1890–1894		John Loughrin	Liberal
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902
Riding split into Nipissing East and Nipissing West from 1902 to 1908
Nipissing West split into Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls — Nipissing restored
12th	1908–1911		Henri Morel	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Joseph Marceau	Liberal
16th	1923–1926		Henri Morel	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1930
	1930–1934		Charles Robert Harrison
19th	1934–1935		Théodore Legault	Liberal
	1935–1937		Joseph Marceau
20th	1937–1943		Joseph Élie Cholette
21st	1943–1945		Arthur Allen Casselman	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Victor Martin	Liberal
23rd	1948–1951		William Bruce Harvey	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1954
	1954–1955		Jean Marc Chaput
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		Leo Troy	Liberal
27th	1963–1965
	1965–1967		Richard Smith
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Mike Bolan
32nd	1981–1985		Mike Harris	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2002
	2002–2003		Al McDonald
38th	2003–2007		Monique Smith	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Vic Fedeli	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Election results

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

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	17,356	54.83	+4.63
	New Democratic	Loren Mick	7,980	25.21	–3.05
	Liberal	Liam McGarry	3,996	12.62	–0.92
	Green	Colton Chaput	1,292	4.08	+0.74
	Libertarian	Michelle Lashbrook	536	1.69	+0.66
	Ontario Party	Scott Mooney	496	1.57	–0.44
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,656	98.94	–0.28
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			339	1.06	+0.28
Turnout			31,995	49.78	+1.49
Eligible voters			64,274
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.84
Source: Elections Ontario[3][4]

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

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	15,392	50.20	+0.27	$85,271
	New Democratic	Erika Lougheed	8,665	28.26	−8.61	$35,083
	Liberal	Tanya Vrebosch	4,150	13.54	+5.61	$34,803
	Green	Sean McClocklin	1,025	3.34	+0.51	$5,786
	Ontario Party	Joe Jobin	616	2.01		$0
	New Blue	Taylor Russell	399	1.30		$0
	Libertarian	Michelle Lashbrook	315	1.03	+0.68	$1,372
	None of the Above	Giacomo Vezina	97	0.32		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,659	99.22	+0.51	$90,300
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			241	0.78	-0.51
Turnout			30,900	48.29	-9.95
Eligible voters			64,453
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.44
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	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	17,598	49.93	+8.12	$86,752
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	12,994	36.87	+11.13	$24,276
	Liberal	Stephen Glass	2,794	7.93	-18.85	$31,188
	Green	Kris Rivard	997	2.83	-0.97	$81
	Northern Ontario	Trevor Holliday	738	2.09	N/A	$31
	Libertarian	Bond Keevil	122	0.35	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes			35,243	98.71	+0.02
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			460	1.29	–0.02
Turnout			35,703	58.24	+5.75
Eligible voters			61,299
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–1.51
Source: Elections Ontario[5][6][7]

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	13,085	41.81	-8.30	$ 68,985.53
	Liberal	Catherine Whiting	8,382	26.78	-1.81	19,619.56
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	8,057	25.74	+7.60	25,285.23
	Green	Nicole Peltier	1,188	3.80	+0.64	227.04
	Libertarian	Derek Elliott	377	1.20		0.00
	Independent	Patrick Clement	208	0.66		14.45
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,297	100.0	+1.96	$ 77,340.16
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			416	1.31	+0.82
Turnout			31,713	52.49	+0.63
Eligible voters			60,422		+1.58
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.25
Source(s) "Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate.pdf" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015. "General Election Candidate Annual Financial Statements". Retrieved 20 October 2015.

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	15,381	50.11	+9.40
	Liberal	Catherine Whiting	8,775	28.59	-13.52
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	5,567	18.14	+5.50
	Green	Scott Haig	971	3.16	-0.65
Total valid votes			30,694	100.00	-6.21
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			152	0.49
Turnout			30,846	51.86
Eligible voters			59,481
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.46
Source: Election Ontario[8]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monique Smith	13,781	42.11	-7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Vrebosch	13,323	40.71	-0.55
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	4,136	12.64	+5.45
	Green	Amy Brownridge	1,248	3.81	*
	Family Coalition	Suzanne Plouffe	238	0.73
Total valid votes			32,726	100.00	-9.40
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.47

^ Changed based on redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monique Smith	18,003	49.84	+6.70
	Progressive Conservative	Al McDonald	14,978	41.47	-8.95
	New Democratic	Terry O'Connor	2,613	7.23	+2.37
	Green	Jaimie Board	528	1.46	+0.51
Total valid votes			36,122	100.00	+17.58

Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2002 Resignation of Mike Harris
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Al McDonald	13,989	45.54	-4.88
	Liberal	George Maroosis	13,970	45.48	+2.34
	New Democratic	Wendy Young	1,821	5.93	+1.07
	Green	Todd Lucier	940	3.06	+2.11
Total valid votes			30,720	100.00	-20.56

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris	19,498	50.42
	Liberal	George Maroosis	16,682	43.14
	New Democratic	Wendy Young	1,878	4.86
	Green	Jaimie Board	366	0.95
	Natural Law	Michaele Morris	246	0.64
Total valid votes			38,670	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23,095	72.9
	Mixed member proportional	8,596	27.1
	Total valid votes	31,691	100.0