Kiiwetinoong (, 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. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017.
Kiiwetinoong is 68 percent Indigenous, the only riding in Ontario with a majority Indigenous population. The riding name means "North" in Ojibwe.
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). Josh Dehaas, a National Post columnist, has criticized the new riding as violating the principle of representation by population.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote % New Democratic 3,479 65.50 Liberal 995 18.74 Progressive Conservative 639 12.03 Green 198 3.74
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Map of riding for 2018 election