Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)

Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario electoral district
	Sault Ste. Marie in relation to other Northern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Ross Romano; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1902
First contested	1902
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	73,370
Electors (2018)	59,545
Area (km²)	275
Pop. density (per km²)	266.8
Census division(s)	Algoma
Census subdivision(s)	Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the City of Sault Ste. Marie.

History

The riding was created in 1902 from part of Algoma East, and originally consisted of a large section of Algoma District from the boundary of Thunder Bay District to the mouth of the Echo River. It has essentially had the same boundaries (that of the city of Sault Ste. Marie) since the 1966 redistribution.

Prior to 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, including Sault Ste. Marie, 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.^[1]

As a result, the provincial electoral district consists solely of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, while the federal electoral district also includes Prince Township, the Rankin, Garden River, Goulais Bay and Obadjiwan reserves, and a portion of Unorganized North Algoma District extending north to the Montreal River.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census^[2]^[3]

Ethnic groups: 89.2% White, 9.2% Aboriginal
Languages: 87.0% English, 4.9% Italian, 4.1% French
Religion: 74.4% Christian (40.6% Catholic, 9.7% United Church, 6.4% Anglican, 2.7% Lutheran, 1.8% Presbyterian, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 9.8% Other Christian), 24.6% No religion.
Average household income: $69,456
Median household income: $56,051
Average individual income: $37,466
Median individual income: $30,118

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Sault Ste. Marie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created in 1902 from Algoma East*
10th	1902–1903		Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative
10th	1903–1904		Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
11th	1904–1908		Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
12th	1908–1911		William Hearst	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		James Cunningham	Labour
16th	1923–1926		James Lyons	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Augustus Roberts	Liberal
20th	1937–1937		Richard McMeekin
20th	1937–1943		Colin Campbell
21st	1943–1945		George Isaac Harvey	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		Harry Lyons	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
26th	1962–1963		Arthur Wishart
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		John Rhodes
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1978
31st	1978–1981		Russ Ramsay
32nd	1981–1985		Russ Ramsay
33rd	1985–1987		Karl Morin-Strom	New Democratic
34th	1987–1990		Karl Morin-Strom
35th	1990–1995		Tony Martin
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007		David Orazietti	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2017
41st	2017–2018		Ross Romano	Progressive Conservative
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Romano	12,606	46.89	+4.86	$49,426
	New Democratic	Michele McCleave-Kennedy	10,029	37.30	−3.43	$78,662
	Liberal	Liam Hancock	1,610	5.99	−3.97	$0
	Independent	Naomi Sayers	1,070	3.98		$2,001
	New Blue	S. Pankhurst	894	3.33		$1,690
	Green	Keagan Gilfillan	675	2.51	−0.74	$381
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,884	99.47	+0.48	$85,145
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			143	0.53	-0.48
Turnout			27,027	44.49	-10.00
Eligible voters			60,818
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.15
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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Romano	13,498	42.03	+1.66
	New Democratic	Michele McCleave-Kennedy	13,084	40.74	+7.92
	Liberal	Jaclynne Hamel	3,199	9.96	–13.05
	Green	Kara Flannigan	1,044	3.25	+1.26
	Northern Ontario	Sandy Holmberg	993	3.09
	Libertarian	Lance Brizard	299	0.93	+0.65
Total valid votes			32,117	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				54.79
Eligible voters			58,616
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–3.13
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Ontario provincial by-election, June 1, 2017 Resignation of David Orazietti
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Romano	10,411	40.37	+27.98
	New Democratic	Joe Krmpotich	8,465	32.82	+7.35
	Liberal	Debbie Amaroso	5,935	23.01	–35.52
	Green	Kara Flannigan	512	1.99	–1.24
	None of the Above	Above Znoneofthe	313	1.21
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	71	0.28	–0.11
	Pauper	John Turmel	47	0.18
Total valid votes			25,754	100.0
Turnout				43.93
Registered electors			58,690
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+31.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	17,490	58.53	+3.59
	New Democratic	Celia Ross	7,610	25.47	-5.40
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Fremlin	3,704	12.39	+0.56
	Green	Kara Flannigan	965	3.23	+1.46
	Libertarian	Austin Williams	115	0.38
Total valid votes			29,884	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			266	0.88	+0.38
Turnout			30,150	50.77	+1.42
Eligible voters			59,385
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.47
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	16,109	54.95	-5.18
	New Democratic	Celia Ross	9,037	30.83	+4.44
	Progressive Conservative	Jib Turner	3,477	11.86	+4.55
	Green	Luke Macmichael	519	1.77	-2.52
	Family Coalition	Matthew Hunt	172	0.59	-1.30
Total valid votes			29,314	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			147	0.50	-0.01
Turnout			29,461	49.35	-6.21
Eligible voters			59,698
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.81
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	19,316	60.13	+3.09
	New Democratic	Jeff Arbus	8,475	26.38	-5.99
	Progressive Conservative	Josh Pringle	2,349	7.31	-0.29
	Green	André Riopel	1,377	4.29	+3.03
	Family Coalition	Bill Murphy	605	1.88	+0.16
Total valid votes			32,122	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			163	0.50
Turnout			32,285	55.56
Eligible voters			58,108
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.54

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	20,050	57.04	+29.45
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	11,379	32.37	-10.86
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Willson	2,674	7.61	-20.79
	Family Coalition	Al Walker	606	1.72
	Green	Dan Brosemer	441	1.25
Total valid votes			35,150	100.00
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.15

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	15,949	43.23	-0.10
	Progressive Conservative	James Caicco	10,477	28.40	+6.72
	Liberal	Terry Sheehan	10,180	27.59	-5.27
	Natural Law	Colleen Hibbs	288	0.78
Total valid votes			36,894	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.41

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	15,392	43.33	+7.03
	Liberal	Carmen Provenzano	11,672	32.86	-1.65
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Turco	7,699	21.67	+13.11
	Green	Paul Thompson	757	2.13
Total valid votes			35,520	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.34

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	14,013	36.30	-12.69
	Liberal	Don Macgregor	13,322	34.51	-7.59
	Confederation of Regions	Don Edwards	7,958	20.62
	Progressive Conservative	John Solski	3,308	8.57	-0.33
Total valid votes			38,601	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.55

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Karl Morin-Strom	19,064	49.00	+4.15
	Liberal	Albert Ferranti	16,381	42.10	+28.86
	Progressive Conservative	Udo Rauk	3,464	8.90	-33.01
Total valid votes			38,900	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-12.36

1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Karl Morin-Strom	16,362	44.85	+20.51
	Progressive Conservative	Russ Ramsay	15,293	41.92	-8.08
	Liberal	Ray Youngson	4,830	13.24	-12.43
Total valid votes			36,485	100.00
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.29

1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Russ Ramsay	14,712	49.99	-5.29
	Liberal	Albert Ferranti	7,555	25.67	+14.98
	New Democratic	Susan Brothers	7,162	24.34	-9.22
Total valid votes			29,429	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.14

^ Change from general election

Ontario provincial by-election, December 14, 1978
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Russ Ramsay	15,960	52.14	-3.14
	New Democratic	Ron Moreau	10,145	33.14	-0.42
	Liberal	Ron Luciano	4,505	14.72	+4.03
Total valid votes			30,610	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.36

1977 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Rhodes	19,209	55.28	+12.83
	New Democratic	Don Burgess	11,660	33.56	-6.12
	Liberal	John Nelson	3,715	10.69	-6.49
	Communist	Arlene Bovingdon	162	0.47	-0.22
Total valid votes			34,746	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.47

1975 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Rhodes	14,415	42.46	-0.54
	New Democratic	Ron Moreau	13,470	39.67	-0.35
	Liberal	Bob Gernon	5,835	17.19	+0.21
	Communist	Gordon Massie	232	0.68
Total valid votes			33,952	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.09

1971 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Rhodes	14,983	43.00	+0.79
	New Democratic	Anne Valentine	13,948	40.03	+5.01
	Liberal	Jim Hilsinger	5,915	16.97	-5.80
Total valid votes			34,846	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.11

1967 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Wishart	11,807	42.21
	New Democratic	Earl Orchard	9,797	35.02
	Liberal	Frank Shunnock	6,371	22.71
Total valid votes			27,975	100.00

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Wishart	11,559	42.24
	Liberal	Frank Ianni	9,359	34.20
	New Democratic	Lloyd B. Hetherington	6,446	23.56
Total valid votes			27,364	100.00

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lyons	8,260	40.10
	Liberal	Joseph Hussey	6,955	33.76
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Leslie C. Woodckcok	5,386	26.14
Total valid votes			20,601	100.00

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lyons	7,716	41.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harvey C. Willoughby	5,785	31.32
	Liberal	Wylie A. Rodman	4,517	24.45
	Labor–Progressive	Edward Bain	453	2.45
Total valid votes			18,471	100.00

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lyons	7,359	39.42
	Liberal	Norman S. Currie	6,051	32.42
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Isaac Harvey	5,257	28.16
Total valid votes			18,667	100.00

1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Isaac Harvey	6,514	41.77
	Progressive Conservative	Wesley W. Hill	5,081	32.58
	Liberal	W. A. Rodman	4,000	25.65
Total valid votes			15,595	100.00

1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Isaac Harvey	5,623	34.69
	Progressive Conservative	W. J. McMeeken	5,447	33.61
	Liberal	T. McGee	5,138	31.70
Total valid votes			16,208	100.00

1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Isaac Harvey	7,173	55.70
	Liberal	Colin Campbell	3,069	23.83
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Dinsmore	2,637	20.48
Total valid votes			12,879	100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, November 23, 1937
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Colin Campbell	acclaimed

1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard McMeekin	7,134	49.47
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	6,488	44.99
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman J. Lefave	798	5.53
Total valid votes			14,420	100.00

1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Augustus Roberts	7,530	55.47
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	5,719	42.13
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Curry	327	2.41
Total valid votes			13,576	100.00

1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	6,216	76.94
	Liberal	Ernest DeCourcy	1,863	23.06
Total valid votes			8,079	100.00

1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	5,497	77.38
	Prohibition	James Bertram Cunningham	1,607	22.62
Total valid votes			7,104	100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, 1923
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	acclaimed

1923 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James W. Lyons	2,839	43.27
	Liberal	John A. McPhail	2,395	36.50
	Labour	James Bertram Cunningham	1,327	20.23
Total valid votes			6,561	100.00

1919 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Bertram Cunningham	4,444	59.11
	Conservative	William Howard Hearst	3,074	40.89
Total valid votes			7,518	100.00

1914 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Howard Hearst	2,231	60.92
	Liberal	Francis E. Crawford	1,431	39.08
Total valid votes			3,662	100.00

1911 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Howard Hearst	Acclaimed

1908 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Howard Hearst	1,406	54.69
	Liberal	Charles Napier Smith	1,165	45.31
Total valid votes			2,571	100.00

1905 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Napier Smith	1,396	52.05
	Conservative	M. McFadden	1,286	47.95
Total valid votes			2,682	100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, October 27, 1903
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Napier Smith	1,254	55.46
	Conservative	Andrew Miscampbell	1,007	44.54
Total valid votes			2,261	100.00

1902 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Miscampbell	1,359	53.95
	Liberal	Charles Napier Smith	1,160	46.05
Total valid votes			2,519	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	22,830	73.79
	Mixed member proportional	8,110	26.21
	Total valid votes	30,940	100.00

References

^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision". 8 May 2013.
^ "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". 8 February 2012.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "Online Election Night Results (174 of 174 polls reporting)". Elections Ontario. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ Elections Ontario (2018). "June 12, 2014 general election poll by poll results and summaries: Sault Ste. Marie". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Sault Ste. Marie" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario
Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967
Map of riding for 2018 election

46°32′31″N 84°20′41″W / 46.5419°N 84.3448°W / 46.5419; -84.3448

[1] Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision". 8 May 2013.

[3] "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". 8 February 2012.

[4] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[5] "Online Election Night Results (174 of 174 polls reporting)". Elections Ontario. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[6] Elections Ontario (2018). "June 12, 2014 general election poll by poll results and summaries: Sault Ste. Marie". Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[7] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Sault Ste. Marie" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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