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Kiiwetinoong
Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Sol Mamakwa; New Democratic
;
District created	2017
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	32,987
Electors (2018)	14,326
Area (km²)	294,083
Pop. density (per km²)	0.11
Census division(s)	Kenora District, Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s)	Sioux Lookout

Kiiwetinoong (/kɪˈwɛtɪnɒŋ/) is a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created prior to the 42nd Ontario general election from the northern portion of Kenora—Rainy River on the advice of the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2017.^[1] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017.^[2]

Kiiwetinoong is 68 percent Indigenous, the only riding in Ontario with a majority Indigenous population.^[1] The riding name means "North" in Ojibwe.^[3]

Unlike most Ontario provincial districts, Kiiwetinoong does not have the same boundaries as a federal district. As well, the riding, with a population of 32,987, is significantly smaller than the average Ontario district (with a population of 110,000) or the average Northern Ontario district (with a population of 76,000).^[4] Josh Dehaas, a National Post columnist, has criticized the new riding as violating the principle of representation by population.^[5]

Members of Provincial Parliament edit

Kiiwetinoong
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River
42nd	2018–2022		Sol Mamakwa	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Sol Mamakwa	New Democratic

Election results edit

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sol Mamakwa	2,742	57.57	+7.67	$28,237
	Progressive Conservative	Dwight Monck	1,426	29.94	+2.69	$14,030
	Liberal	Manuela Michelizzi	281	5.90	−9.28	$0
	Green	Suzette A. Foster	158	3.32	−2.95	$4,216
	New Blue	Alex Dornn	156	3.28		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			4,763	99.27	+0.55	$32,252
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			35	0.73	-0.55
Turnout			4,798	30.40	-15.40
Eligible voters			15,775
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.49
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Sol Mamakwa	3,232	49.90
	Progressive Conservative	Clifford Bull	1,765	27.25
	Liberal	Doug Lawrance	983	15.18
	Green	Christine Penner Polle	406	6.27
	Northern Ontario	Kenneth Jones	91	1.40
Total valid votes			6,477	100.00
Turnout				48.40
Eligible voters			13,380
	New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2014 general election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	3,479	65.50
	Liberal	995	18.74
	Progressive Conservative	639	12.03
	Green	198	3.74

References edit

^ ^a ^b Benzie, Robert (2017-08-08). "Ontario to get 17 new ridings, including a constituency that is largely Indigenous". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Ontario Newsroom".
^ "Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission - Ministry of the Attorney General". www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "NAN Grand Chief wants electoral map changes revisited". TBNewsWatch.com. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ Dehaas, Josh (2017-08-03). "Josh Dehaas: Ontario Liberals' plan for two new ridings could violate the Charter and cost PCs the election". National Post. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "123 - Kiiwetinoong".