Rainy River was a provincial electoral district in the

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province of

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, which returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1999. The district was created in 1908 from part of the former district of Port Arthur and Rainy River, and comprised much of the

Rainy River District Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central Time Zone, except for the township ...

. It remained in service until 1999, when it was merged into Kenora—Rainy River as part of the

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government's reforms of the provincial legislature, which reduced the number of electoral districts in the province from 130 to 103. For much of its history, it was the smallest electoral district in the entire province by population."Ridings face 2-for-1 split as redistribution looms". ''

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'', April 11, 1983.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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{{coord missing, Ontario Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario