Nipissing East was a provincial
electoral district
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in the
Canadian
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province of
Ontario
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, active from 1902 to 1908.
Due to population growth, the district of
Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and
Nipissing West
Nipissing West was a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1902 to 1908.
Due to population growth, the district of Nipissing (provincial electoral district), Nipissing ...
for the
1902 election. By 1908, however, population changes in Nipissing West led to that district being divided into the new districts of
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
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Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
and
Sturgeon Falls
West Nipissing is a municipality in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District. It was formed on January 1, 1999, with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former town, villages, townships and unorganized communi ...
, and Nipissing East was dissolved back into the Nipissing district.
Members of Provincial Parliament
References
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Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario