Thunder Bay and Rainy River was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

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 House of Commons

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 from 1904 to 1917. It was located in the northwestern part of the province

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 of Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.

It consisted of the territorial districts of Thunder Bay and Rainy River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Fort William and Rainy River

Fort William and Rainy River

Fort William and Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Port Arthur and Kenora

Port Arthur and Kenora

Port Arthur and Kenora was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

Electoral history

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

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|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

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|Socialist

Socialist Party of Canada

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|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts