# Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)

Timmins—James Bay (French: Timmins—Baie James) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 83,104. Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk.
The district includes the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.
Timmins—James Bay is the 11th largest riding in Canada and second largest in Ontario after Kenora.

## Geography

Timmins—James Bay consists of
* the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn from the northeast corner of the most northerly point of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay (Albany River) due north to Hudson Bay;
* the Territorial District of Cochrane, excluding the part bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the northern limits of the townships of Boyce, Boyce, Shuel, Mulloy, Fintry, Auden, Rogers, Fushimi, Bannerman, Ritchie, Mulvey, Goldwin, Sweet, Hillmer, McKnight, Boyle, Mowbray, Howells, Sheldon, Pinard and Mewhinney, south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Mewhinney, Bourassa, Tolmie, Menapia, Beniah, Colquhoun and Calder, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Ottaway, south along the western boundaries of the townships of Ottaway, Beck, Lucas and Prosser, and west along the southern boundaries of the townships of Carnegie, Reid, Thorburn, Moberly, Aitken, Poulett, Watson and Lisgar, to the southwestern limit of the territorial district;
* the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming bounded by a line drawn from the northeast corner of the Township of Harris, west along the northern boundaries of the townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, and south along the western boundaries of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand and Leo to the southern limit of the territorial district.

## History

Timmins—James Bay was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings.
It consisted initially of:
* the part of the Territorial District of Cochrane lying west and north of a line drawn from the southeast corner of the City of Timmins north and west along the east and north limits of the city north along the east boundaries of the Townships of Prosser, Lucas, Beck and Ottaway, west and north along the south and west boundary of the Township of Clute, north along the east boundary of the Township of Colquhoun, and east along the south boundaries of the Townships of Marven, Thorning, Potter, Sangster, Bragg, Newman, Tomlinson, Hurtubise and St. Laurent,
* the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn north from the most northerly northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay to Hudson Bay.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.
This riding gained a fraction of territory from Nipissing—Timiskaming during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

### 2022 changes

In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding gains the Highway 11 corridor and the Chapleau area from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. Loses Marten Falls 65 and the area south of the Albany River and generally west of the Kenogami River to Thunder Bay—Superior North. Loses the southeastern quarter of Timiskaming District (James eastward and Chamberlain southward) to Nipissing—Timiskaming.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Timmins—James Bay Riding created from Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane |||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Réginald Bélair | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Réginald Bélair | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |
| 44th | 2021–present | Charlie Angus | New Democratic |

## Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 74.7% White, 22.0% Indigenous, 1.3% South Asian
Languages: 63.1% English, 25.8% French, 1.7% Cree
Religions: 63.8% Christian (44.4% Catholic, 4.5% Anglican, 3.3% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Anabaptist, 7.9% Other), 33.6% None
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $52,250 (2020)

## Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 12,132 | 35.1 | -5.4 | $88,140.09 |
| | Conservative | Morgan Ellerton | 9,393 | 27.2 | +0.2 | $19,999.91 |
| | Liberal | Steve Black | 8,508 | 24.6 | -1.1 | $44,629.30 |
| | People's | Stephen MacLeod | 4,537 | 13.1 | +9.7 | $12,559.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,570 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 355 | 1.02 | +0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,925 | 55.4 | -3.2 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,041 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -2.8 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| New Democratic | 14,582 | 35.79 |
| Liberal | 10,682 | 26.22 |
| Conservative | 10,257 | 25.18 |
| People's | 4,999 | 12.27 |
| Green | 162 | 0.40 |
| Others | 58 | 0.14 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 14,885 | 40.5 | -2.35 | $85,828.95 |
| | Conservative | Kraymr Grenke | 9,907 | 27.0 | +6.60 | $38,287.03 |
| | Liberal | Michelle Boileau | 9,443 | 25.7 | -9.02 | $46,774.56 |
| | Green | Max Kennedy | 1,257 | 3.4 | +1.38 | $1,722.98 |
| | People's | Renaud Roy | 1,248 | 3.4 | – | $9,105.18 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,740 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 369 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,109 | 58.6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,282 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -4.47 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 15,974 | 42.85 | -7.1 | $73,519.39 |
| | Liberal | Todd Lever | 12,940 | 34.72 | +18.74 | $35,151.97 |
| | Conservative | John P. Curley | 7,605 | 20.40 | -11.48 | $37,300.73 |
| | Green | Max Kennedy | 752 | 2.02 | -0.18 | $520.54 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,271 | 100.0 | | $245,251.56 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 266 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,537 | 61.84 | +10.84 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 60,692 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -12.89 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| New Democratic | 16,833 | 49.95 |
| Conservative | 10,743 | 31.88 |
| Liberal | 5,387 | 15.98 |
| Green | 740 | 2.20 |
2011 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 16,738 | 50.4 | -6.1 | – |
| | Conservative | Bill Greenberg | 10,526 | 31.7 | +13.5 | – |
| | Liberal | Marilyn Wood | 5,230 | 15.7 | -6.5 | – |
| | Green | Lisa Bennett | 724 | 2.2 | -0.9 | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 33,218 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 184 | 0.6 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,402 | 56.5 | +5.5 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 59,136 |
2008 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 17,188 | 56.5 | +6.0 | $63,948 |
| | Liberal | Paul Taillefer | 6,740 | 22.2 | -12.1 | $ 31,909 |
| | Conservative | Bill Greenberg | 5,536 | 18.2 | +4.6 | $29,651 |
| | Green | Larry Verner | 938 | 3.1 | +1.5 | $133 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 30,402 | 100.0 | $97,746 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 133 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,535 | 51.0 |
2006 Canadian federal election: Timmins—James Bay :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 19,150 | 50.5 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal | Robert Riopelle | 13,028 | 34.3 | -5.3 |
| | Conservative | Ken Graham | 5,164 | 13.6 | -3.1 |
| | Green | Sahaja Freed | 610 | 1.6 | -0.7 |
| valid votes | valid votes | valid votes | 37,952 | 100.0 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +7.2 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Charlie Angus | 14,138 | 41.4 | +19.7 |
| | Liberal | Ray Chénier | 13,525 | 39.6 | -14.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Van Oosten | 5,682 | 16.7 | -6.2 |
| | Green | Marsha Gail Kriss | 767 | 2.3 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | 34,112 | 100.0 |
Note: Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Réginald Bélair | 16,335 | 54.2 | +4.0 |
| | New Democratic | Len Wood | 9,385 | 31.1 | -4.5 |
| | Alliance | James Gibb | 3,356 | 11.1 | +3.8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Daniel Clark | 1,053 | 3.5 | -3.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,129 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Réginald Bélair | 16,829 | 50.3 |
| | New Democratic | Cid Samson | 11,945 | 35.7 |
| | Reform | Donna Ferolie | 2,464 | 7.4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jodi MacDonald | 2,251 | 6.7 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,489 | 100.0 |