Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography.
It consists of:
History.
The riding of Nickel Belt was created in 1952 from parts of Algoma East, Algoma—Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound-Muskoka, Sudbury and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings. It has traditionally included much of the Sudbury District and small parts of the Algoma, Nipissing and Timiskaming Districts, along with all but the urban core of Greater Sudbury.
It consisted initially of parts of the territorial districts of Sudbury and Algoma, and excluding the city of Sudbury, town of Copper Cliff, and the township of McKim. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of parts of the territorial districts of Sudbury excluding the City of Sudbury and the Town of Copper Cliff, and the northeast part of the territorial district of Manitoulin.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the southern part of Regional Municipality of Sudbury, the southeast part of the Territorial District of Sudbury, and the part of the Territorial District of Manitoulin including and lying east of the Townships of Killarney, and Rutherford and George Island.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the southern part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury; the geographic townships of Cartier, Cascaden, Foy, Hart, Harty, Hess and Moncrieff and that part of the geographic Township of Trill not within the Town of Walden in the Territorial District of Sudbury; Wahnapitei Indian reserve No. 11; and Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve No. 6.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.
This riding lost fractions of territory to Nipissing—Timiskaming and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Demographics.
"According to the 2021 Canadian census"
Ethnic groups: 81.0% White, 16.8% Indigenous
Languages: 58.3% English, 34.6% French
Religions: 69.4% Christian (55.0% Catholic, 3.0% United Church, 2.6% Anglican, 8.8% Other), 29.3% None
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $55,100 (2020)
Members of Parliament.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results.
Graph of election results in Nickel Belt (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
! colspan="9"|2011 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|2008 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|2006 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|2004 Canadian federal election
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
! colspan="9"|2000 Canadian federal election
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
! colspan="9"|1997 Canadian federal election
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|1993 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|1988 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
! colspan=" style="width:" bgcolor="" |
! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%!! width="90px" |Expenditures
! colspan="9"|1984 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" |44,410
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total rejected ballots
! style="text-align:right;" |250
! style="text-align:right;" |0.01
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" |44,660
! style="text-align:right;" |79.55
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists
! style="text-align:right;" |56,139
! style="text-align:right;" |
! colspan="9"|1980 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" |41,673
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total rejected ballots
! style="text-align:right;" |119
! style="text-align:right;" |
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" |41,792
! style="text-align:right;" |75.18
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists
! style="text-align:right;" |55,587
! style="text-align:right;" |
! colspan="9"|1979 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" |40,982
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total rejected ballots
! style="text-align:right;" |115
! style="text-align:right;" |
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" |41,097
! style="text-align:right;" |77.08
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists
! style="text-align:right;" |53,320
! style="text-align:right;" |
! colspan="9"|1974 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" |35,490
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total rejected ballots
! style="text-align:right;" |97
! style="text-align:right;" |
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" |35,587
! style="text-align:right;" |77.36
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists
! style="text-align:right;" |46,001
! style="text-align:right;" |
! colspan="9"|1972 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes
! style="text-align:right;" |30,485
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total rejected ballots
! style="text-align:right;" |4,718
! style="text-align:right;" |
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" |35,203
! style="text-align:right;" |79.01
! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Electors on the lists
! style="text-align:right;" |44,556
! style="text-align:right;" |
! colspan="9"|1968 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|1965 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|1963 Canadian federal election
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! colspan="9"|1962 Canadian federal election
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! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
! colspan="9"|1958 Canadian federal election
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! colspan="9"|1957 Canadian federal election
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! width="250px" |Candidate
! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%!! width="52px" | ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;±%
! colspan="9"|1953 Canadian federal election
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! width="48px" |Votes!! width="43px" |%
References.
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