Kiiwetinoong

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Kiiwetinoong is a large, remote provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario that encompasses several predominantly Indigenous communities and First Nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ontario provincial riding
provincial electoral district
borderedBy Kenora—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
contains First Nations reserves
remote fly-in communities
unorganized territories
country Canada
createdInYear 2017
currentRepresentative Sol Mamakwa
currentRepresentativeParty Ontario New Democratic Party
demographicFeature high proportion of Indigenous voters
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
elects one Member of Provincial Parliament
firstElectionHeld 2018 Ontario general election
governingProvince Ontario
hasCharacteristic large geographic area
predominantly Indigenous communities
sparsely populated
hasHighIndigenousPopulation true
hasIndigenousLanguagePresence Cree
Oji-Cree
Ojibwe
hasIssue access to services due to remoteness
healthcare access challenges
housing challenges
infrastructure challenges
hasOfficialLanguage English
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of Ontario
locatedIn Northwestern Ontario
Ontario
namedAfter Anishinaabemowin word for “North”
partOf Northern Ontario electoral districts
representationLevel provincial
timeZone Central Time Zone (most of riding)
Eastern Time Zone (some areas)
linked to: Eastern Time Zone

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