Lake Nipigon was an electoral riding in

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. It existed from 1975 to 1999, when it was abolished when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the areas around

Lake Nipigon Lake Nipigon (; french: lac Nipigon; oj, Animbiigoo-zaaga'igan) is part of the Great Lakes drainage basin. It is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario. Etymology In the Jesuit Relations the lake is ...

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Members of Provincial Parliament

* Jack Stokes (

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) (1975–1985) *

Gilles Pouliot Gilles Pouliot (born May 25, 1942) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1999, representing the Northern Ontario riding of Lake Nipigon for the New Democratic Party ...

(

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) (1985–1999)

Election results

1990 Ontario general election Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the ...

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References

{{Reflist Politics of Northern Ontario Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario 1975 establishments in Canada 1999 disestablishments in Canada Constituencies established in 1975 Constituencies disestablished in 1999