Kiiwetinoong
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Kiiwetinoong (/kɪˈwɛtɪnɒŋ/, Oji-Cree: ᑭᐍᑎᓄᐣᐠ) 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]
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| 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 | Sioux Lookout | ||
Kiiwetinoong is 68 percent Indigenous, the only riding in Ontario with a majority Indigenous population.[1] The riding name means "North" in Ojibwe.[3]
Kiiwetinoong, 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
| Kiiwetinoong | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Sol Mamakwa | New Democratic | |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | |||
| 44th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sol Mamakwa | 3,512 | 62.19 | +4.62 | $34,971 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Waylon Scott | 1,438 | 25.46 | –4.48 | $13,312 | |||
| Liberal | Manuela Michelizzi | 409 | 7.24 | +1.34 | $0 | |||
| Green | Carolyn Spicer | 152 | 2.69 | –0.63 | $4,593 | |||
| Northern Ontario | Theresa Leppich | 136 | 2.41 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,647 | 98.45 | –0.82 | $45,907 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 89 | 1.55 | +0.82 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,736 | 27.65 | –2.75 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 20,746 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.55 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| 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)
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| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sol Mamakwa | 3,232 | 49.90 | –15.60 | $17,963 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Bull | 1,765 | 27.25 | +15.22 | $46,104 | |||
| Liberal | Doug Lawrance | 983 | 15.18 | –3.56 | $28,390 | |||
| Green | Christine Penner Polle | 406 | 6.27 | +2.53 | $269 | |||
| Northern Ontario | Kenneth Jones | 91 | 1.40 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,477 | 98.72 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 84 | 1.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,561 | 45.80 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,326 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | –15.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 2014 general election redistributed results[11] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 3,479 | 65.50 | |
| Liberal | 995 | 18.74 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 639 | 12.03 | |
| Green | 198 | 3.74 | |