Cochrane South
Cochrane South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1999. It encompassed the southern part of the Cochrane District, including the city of Timmins.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1926 |
| District abolished | 1999 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Cochrane District |
| Census subdivision(s) | Black River-Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Timmins |
For the 1999 election, in which all electoral districts in the province were realigned to match their federal counterparts, Cochrane South was divided between the new districts of Timmins—James Bay and Timiskaming—Cochrane.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| CochraneSouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Alfred Franklin Kenning | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | John Rowlandson | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Charles Vincent Gallagher | ||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Bill Grummett | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Wilf Spooner | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Bill Ferrier | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Alan Pope | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Gilles Bisson | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Timmins—James Bay before the 1999 election | ||||
Election results
| 1995 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Bisson | 12,114 | 50.48 | +1.27 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Miller | 6,587 | 27.45 | +23.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Brown | 4,958 | 20.66 | -19.54 | ||||
| Independent | Joel Vien | 339 | 1.41 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,098 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 192 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,290 | 60.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,584 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.27 | ||||||
| 1990 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Bisson | 11,460 | 49.21 | |||||
| Liberal | Peter Krznaric | 9,361 | 40.20 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Ken Metsala | 2,229 | 9.26 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tina Positano | 1,019 | 4.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,069 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 153 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,222 | 62.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,479 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain | Swing | |||||||
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alfred Franklin Kenning's Legislative Assembly information see "Alfred Franklin Kenning, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Rowlandson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Rowlandson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Vincent Gallagher's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Vincent Gallagher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Bill Grummett's Legislative Assembly information see "Bill Grummett, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Wilf Spooner's Legislative Assembly information see "Wilf Spooner, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Bill Ferrier's Legislative Assembly information see "Bill Ferrier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Alan Pope's Legislative Assembly information see "Alan Pope, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Gilles Bisson's Legislative Assembly information see "Gilles Bisson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
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