Electoral boundaries commission backs off proposal to merge ridings
The federal electoral boundaries commission is no longer recommending the Thunder Bay-Rainy River and Kenora ridings be combined.The commission had proposed reducing Northern Ontario's riding count to nine from 10, which included combining the existing Thunder Bay-Rainy River and Kenora ridings. The final report maintains three ridings in the Northwest, while subtracting one riding in the Northeast.
The commission noted that feedback expressed concern about the geographic distance of a merged riding, which would have round trip driving distances of more than 1,000 kilometres. The boundaries between the existing Kenora and Thunder Bay-Superior North ridings were altered to have all Matawa First Nations communities included in the Thunder Bay-Superior North riding.
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