On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Nickel Belt.
Candidates
Liberals: James Tregonning
Progressive Conservatives: Marck Blay
NDP: France Gélinas*
Green: Heather Dahlstrom
Geography
History
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NDP MPP France Gélinas was re-elected in this riding by over 9,000 votes in 2011, continuing a 40-year run for the party in Nickel Belt. It was the party’s largest victory in this riding since 1990 when former Finance Minister Floyd Laurghren was elected to his seventh term.
By the numbers
French is the mother tongue of 41.1 per cent of residents in the similarly shaped federal riding of Nickel Belt, the second-highest total in Ontario.
Riding in a tweet
While the NDP’s victory in Nickel Belt was larger than usual in 2011, they’re expected to make it 13 in a row here when the polls close.
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