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Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Cochrane (federal electoral district), Cochrane, Nipissing (electoral district), Nipissing, Timiskaming (electoral district), Timiskaming and Timmins (federal electoral district), Timmins ridings. It initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Sudbury, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the Township of Teefy, the City of Timmins and the Town of Iroquois Falls in the Territorial District of Cochrane, and the western part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming. After 1987, it consisted of parts of the Territorial Districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Thalheimer
Peter Thalheimer (June 4, 1936 – April 17, 2018) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. He was a lawyer by career, joining the Ontario bar in 1964 after studying at the University of Ottawa. Thalheimer established a legal practice in Timmins and served as a municipal solicitor there. He first campaigned for a seat in federal Parliament in the 1988 federal election but lost to NDP candidate Cid Samson at the Timmins—Chapleau electoral district. In the 1993 federal election, Thalheimer beat Samson in the riding and served on the 35th Canadian Parliament. After completing his term of office, Thalheimer did not seek re-election in 1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ... indicating that his departure from federal politics was due to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurèle Gervais
Aurèle Gervais (February 1, 1933 - December 25, 2021) was a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Gervais was defeated in the 1988 election by Cid Samson Cyril (Cid) Samson (born 26 January 1943) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party .... He died on December 25, 2021, at the age of 88. References External links * 1933 births 2021 deaths 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Franco-Ontarian people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from Timmins Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cid Samson
Cyril (Cid) Samson (born 26 January 1943) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Editors of ''Encyclopædia Britann .... External links * 1943 births Living people 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Windsor, Ontario Politicians from Timmins {{Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Chénier
Jacques Raymond (Ray) Chénier (born August 7, 1935, in Hanmer, Ontario; died November 2, 2022, in Timmins, Ontario) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Chénier served as parliamentary secretary to John Munro, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, from 1980 to 1982. He did not stand for reelection in the 1984 election. He subsequently stood as the Liberal candidate for Timmins—James Bay in the 2004 federal election following the retirement of Liberal MP Réginald Bélair, but came second behind Charlie Angus of the New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Editors of ''Encyclopædia Britann ... and as such was not reelec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timmins (federal Electoral District)
Timmins was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane (federal electoral district), Cochrane and Timiskaming (electoral district), Timiskaming ridings. It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings. Members of Parliament Electoral history , - , Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal , Karl Eyre , align="right", 7,949 , Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Co-operative Commonwealth , Leo P. Lalonde , align="right", 5,517 , Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative , Percy Boyce , align="right", 4,377 , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Canadian Federal Election
The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 35th Canadian Parliament, 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history. Two new regionalism (politics), regionalist parties emerged, finishing second and third in seat count. Most notably, the election marked the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level and one of the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western democratic world. The Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, led by Jean Chrétien, won a majority government, defeating the governing Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party in a landslide victory, landslide. The 22.58% gap between the Liberals and the newly formed Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party is the largest difference between the top-two popular vote parties in List of Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane (federal Electoral District)
Cochrane (also known as Cochrane North and Cochrane—Superior) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997. Electoral district This riding was created in 1933 as "Cochrane" from parts of Timiskaming North riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane and Timmins-James Bay ridings. Geography It initially consisted of the northern part of the territorial district of Timiskaming, and the eastern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the district of Patricia. In Timiskaming, the riding included the part of the district lying north of and including the townships of Pontiac and Keefer and the townships in between them. In Cochrane, it included the part of the district lying east of a line drawn along the eastern boundaries of the townships of McCoig an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Canadian Federal Election
The 1988 Canadian federal election was held on November 21, 1988, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 34th Canadian Parliament, 34th Parliament of Canada following the dissolution of the House on October 1. It was an election largely fought on a single issue, the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA); the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party campaigned in favour of it, whereas the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party (NDP) campaigned against it. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney, was reelected with a second majority government, although based on less than half the votes cast. Mulroney was the party's first leader since John A. Macdonald to win a second consecutive majority government. Additionally, this election was the last election in which the Progressive Conservatives would poll over 40 percent of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ferrier
William Herman Ferrier (born November 8, 1932) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cochrane South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1977 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. Background He was born in Barrie in 1932, the son of Herman and Della (Abercrombie) Ferrier. He was educated at North Toronto Collegiate Institute and later at University College and Victoria College at the University of Toronto. He received his B.A. from Victoria in 1956. He was a candidate for the ministry of the United Church of Canada from Metropolitan United Church in Toronto. He attended Emmanuel College and graduated in 1959. He served congregations in Mattawa, ON (1959–63) and Timmins, ON, Mountjoy United Church (1963–1967 and 1982–1998). He married Jean Gignac of Parry Sound in 1961. Following the death of his wife, Jean in 2002, Ferrier was remarried in 2005 to Ruth Margaret Mahady and currently lives in London, Ontario. In 2004 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Law Party Of Canada
The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canada, Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practised Transcendental Meditation. Description and history The Magic (illusion), magician Doug Henning was senior vice president of NLPC, and ran as the party's candidate for the former Toronto riding of Rosedale (electoral district), Rosedale in the 1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 federal election, finishing sixth out of ten candidates. The NLPC supported federal funding for further research in the technique of yogic flying, a part of the TM-Sidhi program, as a tool for achieving world peace. The NLPC platform maintained that once it took over the government, Canada's crime, unemployment, and deficit would disappear. In a 1993 news article, Naomi Rankin, the leader of the Communist Party of Alberta, referred to the NLP as "crackpot". One of its slogans was "If you favour Natural Law, Natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
