Sault Ste. Marie is a federal

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, that has been represented in the

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since 1968. This riding is centred on the city of Sault Ste. Marie. It includes the adjacent communities of

Rankin Location 15D Rankin Location 15D is one of four reserves of the Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways in Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the north, west and south by the city of Sault Ste. Marie, and on the east by Garden Ri ...

, Garden River 14 and

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, and covers a portion of

Unorganized North Algoma District Unorganized North Algoma District is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, north of the Sault Ste. Marie to Elliot Lake corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a Firs ...

north to the Montreal River (including the communities of

Goulais Bay 15A Goulais Bay 15A is a First Nations reserve in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It lies on Goulais Bay (of Lake Superior), encompassing most of the unincorporated community of Goulais Mission, and is one of the reserves of the Batchewana First N ...

and

Obadjiwan 15E Obadjiwan 15E is a First Nations reserve in Algoma District, Ontario. It consists of two non-contiguous parcels of land on Batchewana Bay (Lake Superior), and is one of the reserves of the Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways. History The land ...

Electoral district

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of

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riding. For most of its history, the riding included only the city of Sault Ste. Marie and some immediately surrounding communities. It consisted initially of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie east of Allen's Side Road and south of the Second Line. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie lying south of Third Line and the part of

lying within the city limits. In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the City of Sault Ste. Marie. In 2003, the geographic boundaries of this riding were expanded and defined as: : "Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between

and the

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with the southeast corner of the Township of Plummer Additional; thence northerly and westerly along the easterly and northerly limits of said township to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Galbraith; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the geographic townships of Galbraith,

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, Kane, Hurlburt, Jollineau, Menard,

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, Hoffman and

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to the southerly limit of the Territorial District of Sudbury; thence westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said territorial district to the Montreal River; thence generally westerly along said river to the northerly boundary of the geographic Township of Home; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Home and Peever to the northern shore of

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; thence S 45°00' W to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America."

Current boundaries

In the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was redefined, losing St. Joseph Island, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional,

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, Tarbutt,

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, Plummer Additional,

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and a portion of Unorganized North Algoma to

Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was represented by the riding of Algoma from 1867 to 1904 and from 1968 to ...

. It is now defined as: : "Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America with the southeasterly corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay; thence N45°00'E in a straight line to the intersection of the northern shoreline of Lake Superior with the northerly boundary of the geographic Township of Peever; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Peever and

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to the Montreal River; thence generally easterly along said river to the easterly limit of the Territorial District of Algoma; thence southerly and easterly along the limit of said territorial district to the easterly boundary of the geographic Township of Bracci; thence southerly along said boundary and the easterly boundary of the geographic townships of Gaudry, Nahwegezhic, Lamming,

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, Curtis,

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and

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to the northerly boundary of the geographic Township of Aberdeen; thence westerly along said boundary to the northerly limit of the Township of MacDonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional; thence generally westerly along said limit to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence generally westerly and northwesterly along said boundary to the point of commencement."Elections Canada
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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Sault Ste. Marie, 2013 Representation Order

Sault Ste. Marie, 2003 Representation Order

Sault Ste. Marie, previous elections

* Changes for the Canadian Alliance are from the Reform votes in 1997.

References

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Sault Ste. Marie riding
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1966-1987 Riding history
from the

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1987-2008 Riding history
from the

2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

StatsCan District Profile

Notes

External links

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Pundit's Guide
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