Port Arthur was an electoral
riding in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. In 1902 the riding was created as Port Arthur and Rainy River. Six years later it was split into two ridings: Port Arthur and
Rainy River. In 1996, it was merged with the riding of
Nipigon
Nipigon () is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approximat ...
to form
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Thunder Bay—Superior North (french: Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1976.
It is i ...
.
When the city of Port Arthur merged with the neighbouring city of
Fort William in 1970 to create the current city of
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population i ...
, the riding of Port Arthur and the riding
Fort William continued as separate districts serving the new city.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
References
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Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario