Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Ontario electoral district
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Cheryl Gallant Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		John Yakabuski Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	98,803
Electors (2007)	67,499
Area (km²)	12,583
Pop. density (per km²)	7.9
Census divisions	Nipissing, Renfrew
Census subdivisions	Arnprior, Bonnechere Valley, Deep River, Laurentian Valley, Madawaska Valley, McNab/Braeside, Pembroke, Petawawa, Renfrew, Whitewater Region

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It is currently represented by Cheryl Gallant of the Conservative Party at the federal level, and John Yakabuski of the Progressive Conservative Party at the provincial level.

The population of the riding in 2006 was 98,803.

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke includes all of Renfrew County and a small section of Nipissing District around Algonquin Provincial Park.

The largest community in the riding is the city of Pembroke; other communities include Arnprior, Barry's Bay, Chalk River, Cobden, Deep River, Eganville, Killaloe, Petawawa and Renfrew.

Until recently, the riding was a Liberal stronghold both federally and provincially; however, a growing agricultural and religious base has turned this into one of the most conservative areas in Ontario. It was the only riding the Liberals had and lost in the 2003 provincial election.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Political geography 3 Federal electoral district 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Provincial electoral district 4.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 5 Federal election results 5.1 Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, 1993 - present 5.2 Renfrew, 1988 - 1993 5.3 Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, 1979 - 1988 6 Provincial election results 7 See also 8 Local media coverage of 2006 election 9 External links

[edit] Geography

It consists of

• the County of Renfrew; and
• the part of the Territorial District of Nipissing lying south and east of and including the townships of Deacon, Lister, Anglin, Dickson, Preston and Airy.

[edit] Political geography

Most of the riding is fairly Conservative. In the 2006 election, Deep River was the only significant community which voted Liberal. Pikwakanagan, a first nations reserve, also voted Liberal, and the Township of Wylie had a tie vote. A small handful of polls in Pembroke voted Liberal, but most of the city voted Conservative.

[edit] Federal electoral district

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke was created in 1976 from parts of Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Renfrew North—Nipissing East ridings.

It consisted of the County of Renfrew, excluding the Townships of Bagot and Blythfield and McNab, and the part of the Territorial District of Nipissing including and lying easterly of the Townships of Mattawan, Papineau, Cameron, Deacon, Anglin, Dickson, Preston, Airy and Sabine.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Renfrew riding. In 1989, Renfrew riding was renamed "Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke".

The new riding consisted of the County of Renfrew, and the part of the Territorial District of Nipissing lying east of and including the townships of Deacon and Lister, and east of but excluding the townships of Freswick, Bower and Sproule, and east of and including the townships of Airy and Sabine.

In 1996, the Nipissing part was redefined as being the part of the district lying east of and including the townships of Deacon and Lister, east of and excluding the townships of Freswick, Bower, Sproule and Nightingale, and east of and including the Township of Sabine.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Len Hopkins, Liberal (1979–1997)
2. Hec Clouthier, Liberal (1997–2000)
3. Cheryl Gallant, Canadian Alliance/Conservative (2000–present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

1. Sean Conway, Liberal (1999–2003)
2. John Yakabuski, Progressive Conservative (2003–present)

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, 1993 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cheryl Gallant	28,908	61.1%	+3.4%	$56,541
	Liberal	Carole Devine	9,737	20.6%	-3.5%	$67,673
	New Democrat	Sue McSheffrey	5,175	10.9%	-1.6%	$31,328
	Green	Ben Hoffman	3,201	6.8%	+5.7%	$7,564
	Independent	Denis Gagné	293	0.6%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,314	100.0%		$87,348
Total rejected ballots			188
Turnout			47,502	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gallant	29,992	57.7%	+2.6%
	Liberal	Don Lindsay	12,551	24.1%	-5.5%
	New Democrat	Sue McSheffrey	6,505	12.5%	+1.0%
	Green	Gordon S. McLeod	1,601	3.1%	+0.7%
	Independent	Paul Kelly	1,338	2.6%
Total valid votes			51,987	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Gallant	27,494	55.1%	-0.4%
	Liberal	Rob Jamieson	14,798	29.6%	-9.4%
	New Democrat	Sue McSheffrey	5,720	11.5%	+8.0%
	Green	Gordon S. McLeod	1,191	2.4%
	Marijuana	Stanley Sambey	714	1.4%	-0.2%
Total valid votes			49,917	100.0%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canadian Alliance	Cheryl Gallant	20,634	44.2%	+17.4%
	Liberal	Hec Clouthier	18,211	39.0%	-1.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Amaron	5,287	11.3%	-14.1%
	New Democrat	Ole Hendrickson	1,607	3.4%	-3.2%
	Marijuana	Stanley E. Sambey	762	1.6%
	Not affiliated	Thane C. Heins	121	0.3%
	Natural Law	André Giordano	78	0.2%	-0.2%
Total valid votes			46,700	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hec Clouthier	19,569	40.3%	-10.3%
	Reform	Ed Pinnell	13,035	26.8%	+14.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Gould	12,352	25.4%	+11.6%
	New Democrat	Barbara Clarke	3,242	6.7%	+4.0%
	Canadian Action	Gay Curran-Desmond	236	0.5%
	Natural Law	André Giordano	183	0.4%	+0.1%
Total valid votes			48,617	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Len Hopkins	25,725	50.5%	-3.8%
	Independent	Hec Clouthier	10,287	20.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Milton Stevenson	7,039	13.8%	-18.2%
	Reform	Edward Pinnell	6,209	12.2%
	New Democrat	Barbara Clarke	1,345	2.6%	-9.9%
	Abolitionist	Murray Reid	145	0.3%
	Natural Law	Daphne Quance	143	0.3%
Total valid votes			50,893	100.0%

[edit] Renfrew, 1988 - 1993

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Len Hopkins	25,558	54.3%	+9.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Hoffman	15,081	32.1%	-13.0%
	New Democrat	Elizabeth Ives-Ruyter	5,879	12.5%	+2.7%
	Confederation of Regions	Murray Reid	520	1.1%
Total valid votes			47,038	100.0%

[edit] Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, 1979 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Len Hopkins	19,502	45.1%	-6.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Whillans	19,464	45.0%	+12.4%
	New Democrat	Gavin Murphy	4,253	9.8%	-5.8%
Total valid votes			43,219	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Len Hopkins	20,529	51.7%	+2.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Amaron	12,966	32.7%	-0.8%
	New Democrat	Don Breault	6,200	15.6%	-1.7%
Total valid votes			39,695	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Len Hopkins	20,286	49.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Sutherland	13,781	33.4%
	New Democrat	Don Breault	7,133	17.3%
Total valid votes			41,200	100.0%

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Yakabuski	24,981	62.4%	+18.3%
	Liberal	Sean Kelly	9,902	24.7%	-18.0%
	New Democrat	Felicite Stairs	3,039	7.6%	-4.1%
	Green	Mark MacKenzie	1,773	4.4%	+2.9%
	Family Coalition	Bruce Dean	290	0.7%	+0.7%
	Confederation of Regions	Tilton Beaumont	80	0.2%	+0.2%

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,818	74.5%
	Mixed member proportional	9,859	25.5%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Yakabuski	19,274	44.1%	+3.8%
	Liberal	Derek Nighbor	18,629	42.7%	-10.7%
	New Democrat	Felicite Stairs	5,092	11.7%	+6.4%
	Green	Chris Walker	671	1.5%	+0.9%

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sean Conway	23,435	53.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Jordan	17,738	40.4%
	New Democrat	Gerry Boyer	2,295	5.2%
	Green	Thane C. Heins	287	0.7%
	Natural Law	Andr Giordano	172	0.4%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] Local media coverage of 2006 election

• Valley News Net Election Coverage Valley News Net

[edit] External links

• RENFREW--NIPISSING--PEMBROKE, Ontario (1976 - 1987) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• RENFREW, Ontario (1987 - 1989) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• RENFREW--NIPISSING--PEMBROKE, Ontario (1989 - ) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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