Ontario electoral district | |||
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Nickel Belt in relation to other electoral districts in Northern Ontario
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
New Democratic |
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First contested | 1955 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2001) | 79,661 | ||
Electors (2007) | 58,293 | ||
Area (km²) | 25,504 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3.1 | ||
Census divisions | Sudbury District, Greater Sudbury | ||
Census subdivisions | Markstay-Warren, St. Charles, Killarney |
Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater Sudbury outside of the city's urban core. Communities include Lively, Onaping, Levack, Dowling, Chelmsford, Naughton, Azilda, Coniston, Wahnapitae, Garson, Val Caron, Val Thérèse, Hanmer and Capreol.
Prior to redistribution in 1998, the district included all of Sudbury District except the southeastern portion, as well as the western half of what was then the Regional Municipality of Sudbury (Walden, Rayside-Balfour and Onaping Falls). The eastern half of the current Nickel Belt comprised the separate district of Sudbury East.