Sudbury East

Sudbury East was a provincial electoral riding in the Canadian province of Ontario, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1999. It served the easternmost portion of the former city of Sudbury, the eastern portion of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and several rural communities to the east and southeast of the city. The riding only existed in provincial elections — for federal elections, most of Sudbury East was part of either Nickel Belt or Timiskaming—French River.

Sudbury East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1967
District abolished1999
First contested1967
Last contested1995
Demographics
Census division(s)Sudbury District, Regional Municipality of Sudbury
Census subdivision(s)Sudbury, Capreol, Nickel Centre, Casimir, Jennings and Appleby, Cosby, Mason and Martland, Hagar, Ratter and Dunnet

In 1999, the provincial government realigned its ridings to match the federal riding boundaries, and Sudbury East was amalgamated into the provincial Nickel Belt district. Shelley Martel, the incumbent MPP for Sudbury East prior to the 1999 election, continued to represent the region for another eight years as the MPP for Nickel Belt.

Members of Provincial Parliament
Sudbury East
Assembly Years Member Party
28th  1967–1971     Elie Martel New Democratic
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990 Shelley Martel
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Nickel Belt before the 1999 election

Other usages

The name Sudbury East is still used to refer collectively to the municipalities east and southeast of the city which were formerly part of the riding but are not part of the current city of Greater Sudbury, including Markstay-Warren, St. Charles and French River. These towns, as well as the adjacent municipality of Killarney and the unorganized townships of Burwash, Cox, Davis, Hawley, Hendrie, Henry, Janes, Laura, Loughrin, Secord, Servos, Street and Waldie, coordinate economic development and planning through the cooperative Sudbury East Planning Board.

In unofficial usage, the designation may also be extended to include the municipality of West Nipissing, particularly the community of Sturgeon Falls, although West Nipissing is not officially part of the Sudbury East area.

References
  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Elie Martel's Legislative Assembly information see "Elie Martel, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Shelley Martel's Legislative Assembly information see "Shelley Martel, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
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