Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fort William 52 sends Marcus Powlowski (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Thunder Bay—Rainy River
The Liberal Party of Canada has 71 of the 122 MPs elected in Ontario. Fort William 52 is a First Nations reserve, governed by its band council; no open list of band councils is used here. No provincial riding is named for Fort William 52: northern Ontario’s ridings for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario have no open boundaries.
Three governments, and who does what
Fort William 52 is a First Nations reserve: its band council, Ottawa and Ontario share the work.
The First Nation’s own band council.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
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ourcommons.ca ↗From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Fort William 52, from the most recent elections.
- 1Legislative Assembly of Ontario–
- 2House of CommonsThunder Bay—Rainy River
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Fort William 52 votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
There are no 2025 counts here: Elections Canada’s terms bar their commercial reuse, so 2021 is the latest open result. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was last elected on 27 February 2025, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario: riding not placed
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Marcus Powlowski represents Thunder Bay—Rainy River in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Thunder Bay—Rainy River · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Marcus Powlowski was first elected in 2019; the current Parliament is Marcus Powlowski’s 3rd. Mapped onto today’s Thunder Bay—Rainy River, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 34%; in 2025 Marcus Powlowski kept the seat in the same hands.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021, Thunder Bay—Rainy River re-elected Marcus Powlowski of the Liberal Party of Canada
Thunder Bay—Rainy River as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Turnout in Thunder Bay—Rainy River was 61% in 2021, against 63% nationally. Marcus Powlowski won the 2021 race in Thunder Bay—Rainy River for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 34% and beating Adelina Pecchia (Conservative Party of Canada) by 1,984 votes. 35% had elected Marcus Powlowski there in 2019.
All 5 candidates in Thunder Bay—Rainy River, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Powlowski | Liberal Party of Canada | 13,655 | 34.3% |
| Adelina Pecchia | Conservative Party of Canada | 11,671 | 29.3% |
| Yuk-Sem Won | New Democratic Party | 11,342 | 28.5% |
| Alan Aubut | People's Party of Canada | 2,621 | 6.6% |
| Tracey MacKinnon | Green Party of Canada | 571 | 1.4% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Fort William 52 is run
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- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Not on this page. Band councils, municipal budgets and party control are left out; most councils sit without parties anyway.
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Questions about how Fort William 52 is run
Who is the MP for Fort William 52?
Marcus Powlowski (Liberal Party of Canada) sits for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, the riding Fort William 52 is in.
Which party won Fort William 52 in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada: Marcus Powlowski won Thunder Bay—Rainy River in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MPP for Fort William 52?
This page can’t say which riding Fort William 52 is in; the Legislative Assembly of Ontario lists every MPP with theirs.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).