Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Ontario electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Guy Bourgouin
New Democratic

District created

2017

First contested

2018

Last contested

2022

Demographics

Population (2016)

30,037

Electors (2018)

17,435

Area (km²)

254,894

Pop. density (per km²)

0.12

Census division(s)

Cochrane District, Kenora District

Mushkegowuk—James Bay (French: Mushkegowuk—Baie James) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created from the northern portion of Timmins—James Bay by the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2017.^[1] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017.^[2]

Unlike most Ontario provincial districts, Mushkegowuk—James Bay does not have the same boundaries as a federal district. As well, the riding, with a population of 30,037, is significantly smaller than the average Ontario district (with a population of 110,000) or the average Northern Ontario district (with a population of 76,000).^[3] National Post columnist Josh Dehaas criticized of the new ridings of Mushkegowuk—James Bay and Kiiwetinoong as violating the principle of representation by population.^[4]

Mushkegowuk—James Bay was originally to be named Mushkegowuk, but the name was changed to Mushkegowuk—James Bay by the legislature, which authorized further consultations over the riding's name by the Attorney General.^[5] It is 27 per cent indigenous and 60 per cent francophone.^[1] Indigenous leaders have criticized the new riding for not having a high enough percentage of indigenous people.^[6]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Mushkegowuk—James Bay
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Timmins—James Bay
42nd	2018–2022		Guy Bourgouin	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Guy Bourgouin	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Bourgouin	3,423	47.18	−4.59	$26,064
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Côté	2,594	35.75	+5.78	$26,496
	Liberal	Matthew Pronovost	852	11.74	−2.54	$11,168
	New Blue	Mike Buckley	222	3.06		$0
	Green	Catherine Jones	141	1.94	+0.15	$0
	Confederation of Regions	Fauzia Sadiq	23	0.32	+0.18	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,255	99.62	+0.67	$36,252
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			28	0.38	-0.67
Turnout			7,283	39.40	-14.65
Eligible voters			18,639
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−5.18
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Guy Bourgouin	4,827	51.77
	Progressive Conservative	André Robichaud	2,795	29.98
	Liberal	Gaëtan Baillargeon	1,332	14.29
	Green	Sarah Hutchinson	164	1.79
	Northern Ontario	Jacques Joseph Ouellette	152	1.63
	Libertarian	Vanda Marshall	38	0.41
	Confederation of Regions	Fauzia Sadiq	13	0.14
Total valid votes			9,324	100.0
Turnout				56.2
Eligible voters			16,598
	New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Benzie, Robert (2017-08-08). "Ontario to get 17 new ridings, including a constituency that is largely Indigenous". Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Ontario Newsroom".
^ "NAN Grand Chief wants electoral map changes revisited". TBNewsWatch.com. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ Dehaas, Josh (2017-08-03). "Josh Dehaas: Ontario Liberals' plan for two new ridings could violate the Charter and cost PCs the election". National Post. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Northern Ontario to have 2 new ridings in next year's election to boost Indigenous representation". The Toronto Star. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
^ Nanji, Sabrina (2017-10-07). "'A missed opportunity for our people': Indigenous leaders urge province to revisit electoral map". Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

52°48′N 83°42′W / 52.8°N 83.7°W / 52.8; -83.7

v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
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Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario