Timmins—Chapleau

Timmins—Chapleau was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Cochrane, Nipissing, Timiskaming and Timmins ridings.

Timmins—Chapleau
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976; 48 years ago (1976)
District abolished1996; 28 years ago (1996)
First contested1979
Last contested1993

It initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Sudbury, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the Township of Teefy, the City of Timmins and the Town of Iroquois Falls in the Territorial District of Cochrane, and the western part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming.

After 1987, it consisted of parts of the Territorial Districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt, Timiskaming—Cochrane, and Timmins-James Bay ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Timmins, Cochrane, Nipissing and Timiskaming
31st  1979–1980     Ray Chénier Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Aurèle Gervais Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993     Cid Samson New Democratic
35th  1993–1997     Peter Thalheimer Liberal
Riding dissolved into Timmins-James Bay, Algoma, Nickel Belt
and Timiskaming—Cochrane

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election: Timmins—Chapleau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 LiberalRay Chénier13,577
 New Democratic PartyDennis Welin10,160
 Progressive ConservativeErnie R. White7,819
1980 Canadian federal election: Timmins—Chapleau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 LiberalRay Chénier15,628
 New Democratic PartyBill Ferrier10,745
 Progressive ConservativeKent Davis3,663
Marxist–LeninistGarnet Olson57
1984 Canadian federal election: Timmins—Chapleau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive ConservativeAurèle Gervais11,944
 LiberalMarcel Chartrand10,273
 New Democratic PartyCid Samson9,543
 No affiliationPeter Nastasiuk Bruce127
1988 Canadian federal election: Timmins—Chapleau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 New Democratic PartyCid Samson11,622
 LiberalPeter Thalheimer10,347
 Progressive ConservativeAurèle Gervais9,782
1993 Canadian federal election: Timmins—Chapleau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 LiberalPeter Thalheimer17,085
 New Democratic PartyCid Samson8,224
 Progressive ConservativeJohn Murphy4,369
NationalRonald Locas443
 Natural LawBen Lefebvre394
 IndependentTilton Beaumont290

See also