# Nipissing—Timiskaming

Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern portion of the former Timiskaming—Cochrane riding. The 2011 electoral results in this riding were challenged in court on the grounds that there were "irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election".
Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:
* the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
** the Municipality of West Nipissing;
** the southeast part of the district;
** the Town of Kearney;
* in the Territorial District of Parry Sound, the Town of Powassan and the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth; and
* the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern limit of the district west along the northern border of the Townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, south along the western border of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand, Leo and Medina to the southern limit of the district.
This riding lost small portions of territory to Timmins-James Bay and gained a small portion from Nickel Belt during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
The seat's present federal MP is Anthony Rota, the former Speaker of the House.

## Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 81.7% White, 14.9% Indigenous, 1.0% South Asian Languages: 79.6% English, 13.8% French
Religions: 58.9% Christian (36.3% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.1% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.4% Other), 39.2% None
Median income: $39,600 (2020) Average income: $49,400 (2020)
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Nipissing—Timiskaming Riding created from Nipissing and Timiskaming—Cochrane |||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Jay Aspin | Conservative |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Anthony Rota | Liberal |

## Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 18,405 | 38.8 | -1.8 | $97,413.97 |
| | Conservative | Steven Trahan | 15,104 | 31.8 | +4.8 | $85,201.35 |
| | New Democratic | Scott Robertson | 10,493 | 22.1 | +1.6 | $14,631.29 |
| | People's | Gregory J. Galante | 3,494 | 7.4 | +2.2 | $16,450.54 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,496 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 337 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,833 | 63.20 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 75,689 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 19,007 | 36.86 |
| Conservative | 16,438 | 31.88 |
| New Democratic | 12,031 | 23.33 |
| People's | 4,088 | 7.93 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 19,352 | 40.55 | –11.33 | $105,794.62 |
| | Conservative | Jordy Carr | 12,984 | 27.20 | –2.10 | $86,210.82 |
| | New Democratic | Rob Boulet | 9,784 | 20.50 | +4.26 | $8,883.76 |
| | Green | Alex Gomm | 3,111 | 6.52 | +3.95 | none listed |
| | People's | Mark King | 2,496 | 5.23 | n/a | $24,007.08 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,727 | 99.15 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 407 | 0.85 | +0.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,134 | 64.13 | –4.17 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 75,052 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | –4.61 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 25,357 | 51.88 | +15.39 | $111,880.91 |
| | Conservative | Jay Aspin | 14,325 | 29.31 | -7.10 | $88,713.85 |
| | New Democratic | Kathleen Jodouin | 7,936 | 16.24 | -4.89 | $25,717.06 |
| | Green | Nicole Peltier | 1,257 | 2.57 | -3.40 | $2,243.82 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,875 | 99.54 | | $218,149.29 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,099 | 68.31 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 71,879 |
| | Liberal notional hold | Liberal notional hold | Swing | Swing | +11.24 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
Despite the fact that 99% of this riding stayed the same after the 2012 redistribution, based on the results of the 2011 election — in which Aspin defeated Rota by a margin of just 18 votes — the minor boundary changes were enough to make the seat a notional Liberal riding. The riding lost two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve, where the Tories finished third.
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 15,405 | 36.49 |
| Conservative | 15,369 | 36.41 |
| New Democratic | 8,919 | 21.13 |
| Green | 2,520 | 5.97 |
2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jay Aspin | 15,495 | 36.7 | +4.4 | – |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 15,477 | 36.6 | -8.0 | – |
| | New Democratic | Rona Eckert | 8,781 | 20.8 | +5.0 | – |
| | Green | Scott Daley | 2,518 | 6.0 | -0.8 | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,271 | 100.0 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 225 | 0.5 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,496 | 60.5 | +6.8 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 70,244 | – | – |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +6.2 |
Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 18,510 | 44.6 | –0.1 | $77,997 |
| | Conservative | Joe Sinicrope | 13,432 | 32.3 | –2.2 | $81,801 |
| | New Democratic | Dianna Allen | 6,582 | 15.8 | –1.5 | $8,409 |
| | Green | Craig Bridges | 2,808 | 6.8 | +3.3 | $10,803 |
| | Canadian Action | Andrew Moulden | 204 | 0.5 | – | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,536 | 100.0 | $87,383 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 167 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,703 | ~58.2 | -9.4 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.1 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 21,393 | 44.7 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Chirico | 16,511 | 34.5 | –2.6 |
| | New Democratic | Dave Fluri | 8,268 | 17.3 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Meg Purdy | 1,698 | 3.5 | +0.4 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,870 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 211 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,081 | 67.6 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.5 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Anthony Rota | 18,254 | 42.3 |
| | Conservative | Al McDonald | 16,001 | 37.1 |
| | New Democratic | Dave Fluri | 7,354 | 17.0 |
| | Green | Les Wilcox | 1,329 | 3.1 |
| | Canadian Action | Ross MacLean | 204 | 0.5 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,142 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 222 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,364 | 62.4 |