Nipissing West 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 West and
Nipissing East
Nipissing East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1902 to 1908.
Due to population growth, the district of Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and Nipissing West for the 1902 election. By 1 ...
for the
1902 election. By 1908, however, the town of
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
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 ...
had grown enough to warrant its own electoral district. The electoral district of
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
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 ...
was carved from Nipissing West that year, while the remainder of Nipissing West became the new district of
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 ...
.
Members of Provincial Parliament
References
Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario
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