Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)

Algoma—Manitoulin
Ontario electoral district
	Algoma—Manitoulin in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Michael Mantha; Independent
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First contested	1934
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	68,480
Electors (2018)	55,544
Area (km²)	109,575
Pop. density (per km²)	0.62
Census division(s)	Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Thunder Bay
Census subdivision(s)	Blind River, Elliot Lake, Espanola, Wawa

Algoma—Manitoulin is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1934.

Between 1986 and 1999, the district consisted of all of Algoma District minus two townships south of Hearst, an area of the southeast, which included Elliot Lake and everything east of it, and the city of Sault Ste. Marie.

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, including Algoma—Manitoulin, 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]

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

Algoma—Manitoulin
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created*
19th	1934–1937		Wilfred Miller	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		John Fullerton	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Stanley Farquhar	Liberal
28th	1967–1971		Stanley Farquhar	Liberal
29th	1971–1975		John Lane	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Michael A. Brown	Liberal
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Michael Mantha	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2023
43rd	2023–present			Independent

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Michael Mantha	11,252	45.93	−12.63	$56,480
	Progressive Conservative	Cheryl Fort	8,692	35.48	+11.03	$39,185
	Liberal	Tim Vine	2,133	8.71	+0.61	$28,774
	New Blue	Ron Koski	1,302	5.31		$1,144
	Green	Maria Legault	764	3.12	−0.39	$381
	Ontario Party	Frederick Weening	356	1.45		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			24,499	99.34	+0.26	$91,463
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			164	0.66	-0.26
Turnout			24,663	42.47	-10.61
Eligible voters			57,522
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−11.83
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Mantha	17,105	58.56	+5.15
	Progressive Conservative	Jib Turner	7,143	24.45	+7.15
	Liberal	Charles Fox	2,365	8.10	–16.41
	Northern Ontario	Tommy Lee	1,366	4.68
	Green	Justin Tilson	1,025	3.51	+0.39
	Libertarian	Kalena Mallon-Ferguson	207	0.71	–0.95
Total valid votes			29,211	100.00
Turnout				55.7
Eligible voters			52,405
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–1.22
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Mantha	14,171	53.41	+8.89
	Liberal	Craig Hughson	6,504	24.51	−3.91
	Progressive Conservative	Jib Turner	4,589	17.30	−6.30
	Green	Alexandra Zalucky	828	3.12	+0.49
	Libertarian	Richard Hadidian	441	1.66
Total valid votes			26,533	100.00	+1.93
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			327	1.22	+0.71
Turnout			26,860	49.38	−0.05
Eligible voters			54,395		+2.75
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.40
Source(s) Elections Ontario. "Official Return from the Records, 002 Algoma-Manitoulin" (PDF). Retrieved March 22, 2015.

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Mantha	11,585	44.52	+7.57
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	7,397	28.42	-14.14
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Chapman	6,141	23.60	+9.58
	Green	Jason Tilson	684	2.63	-2.52
	Family Coalition	David Hoffman	217	0.83	-0.50
Total valid votes			26,024	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			134	0.51
Turnout			26,158	49.43
Eligible voters			52,919
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.86
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Brown	11,361	42.56	-6.12
	New Democratic	Peter Denley	9,863	36.95	+5.24
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Swain	3,744	14.02	-3.31
	Green	Ron Yurick	1,374	5.15	+2.87
	Family Coalition	Ray Scott	354	1.33
Total valid votes			26,696	100.01

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	14,520	48.68	+4.16
	New Democratic	Peter Denley	9,459	31.71	+4.38
	Progressive Conservative	Terry McCutcheon	5,168	17.33	-9.50
	Green	Ron Yurick	680	2.28
Total valid votes			29,827	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	14,299	44.52	+1.43
	New Democratic	Lynn Watson	8,780	27.33	+6.51
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Currie	8,617	26.83	-9.26
	Libertarian	Graham Hearn	425	1.32
Total valid votes			32,121	100.0

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	6,190	43.09	+4.23
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Foster	5,184	36.08	+21.98
	New Democratic	Lois Miller	2,991	20.82	-16.69
Total valid votes			14,365	100.0

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	5,961	38.86	-7.19
	New Democratic	Lois Miller	5,754	37.51	+9.29
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Ferguson	2,163	14.10	-11.63
	Confederation of Regions	Richard Hammond	1,114	7.26
	Independent	Gene Solomon	347	2.26
Total valid votes			15,339	100.0

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael A. Brown	7,157	46.05	+15.08
	New Democratic	Ron Boucher	4,385	28.22	+6.43
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Wilson	3,999	25.73	-21.51
Total valid votes			15,541	100.0

1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Gordon Lane	7,174	47.24	-10.12
	Liberal	Tom Farquhar	4,704	30.97	+7.05
	New Democratic	Len Hembruf	3,309	21.79	+3.08
Total valid votes			15,187	100.0

1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Gordon Lane	7,160	57.36	+0.72
	Liberal	Ernest Massicotte	2,986	23.92	-2.83
	New Democratic	Peter Boychuk	2,336	18.71	+2.1
Total valid votes			12,482	100.0

1977 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Gordon Lane	7,381	56.64	+15.93
	Liberal	Don Prescott	3,486	26.75	-0.05
	New Democratic	Tasso Christie	2,165	16.61	-15.88
Total valid votes			13,032	100.0

1975 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Gordon Lane	5,452	40.71	+0.39
	New Democratic	Winston Baker	4,352	32.49	+2.33
	Liberal	Leo A. Foucault	3,589	26.80	-2.72
Total valid votes			13,393	100.0

1971 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Gordon Lane	5,147	40.32	+9.5
	New Democratic	Roger Taylor	3,849	30.16	+6.11
	Liberal	Austin H. Hunt	3,768	29.52	-15.6
Total valid votes			12,764	100.0

1967 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stan Farquhar	4,424	45.12
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Stewart	3,022	30.82
	New Democratic	Len Lefebvre	2,358	24.05
Total valid votes			9,804	100.0

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stan Farquhar	7,951
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	6429
	New Democratic	Arley Spencer	1,557
Total valid votes			15,937

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	8,054
	Liberal	Clarence Eaket	7,009
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Richard Hunter	4,448
Total valid votes			19,551

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	5,725
	Liberal	Clarence Eaket	4,825
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Thornton	2,352
Total valid votes			12,902

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	5,718
	Liberal	Thomas Farquhar	4,580
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lorne Callahan	1,822
Total valid votes			12,120

1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	4,907
	Liberal	Alma Wagg	4,156
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lorne Callahan	3,873
Total valid votes			12,936

1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Fullerton	4,336
	Liberal	James McDermid	4,168
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clifford Bradley	3,083
Total valid votes			11,587

1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilfred Miller	3,755
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clifford Bradley	3,026
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Cumming	2,839
Total valid votes			9,620

1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilfred Miller	7,092
	Conservative	John Morrow Robb	6,516
	Farmer–Labour	Theo Nadeau	313
Total valid votes			13,921

1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilfred Miller	9,247
	Conservative	John Morrow Robb	5,461
Total valid votes			14,708

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	18,097	69.9
	Mixed member proportional	7,794	30.1
	Total valid votes	25,891	100.0

Notes

^ "Elections Ontario". voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Algoma—Manitoulin" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sources

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[1] "Elections Ontario". voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca. Retrieved July 17, 2023.

[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. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[4] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Algoma—Manitoulin" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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