Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Federally, Thunder Bay, Unorganized is divided between 2 ridings, among them Thunder Bay—Superior North and Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Thunder Bay, Unorganized is an unorganized by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. No open list of councils exists in Ontario, so no mayor of Thunder Bay, Unorganized is named here. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s northern ridings aren’t the federal ones and aren’t published as open data, so Thunder Bay, Unorganized isn’t placed. In Ottawa, Patty Hajdu speaks for 77% of Thunder Bay, Unorganized, and Marcus Powlowski for most of the remainder.
Three governments, and who does what
Thunder Bay, Unorganized is an unorganized: a regional district or the province runs its local services.
Services from the regional or provincial body.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ola.org ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Thunder Bay, Unorganized, from the most recent elections.
- 1Thunder Bay, Unorganized councilUnorganized
- 2Legislative Assembly of Ontario–
- 3House of CommonsThunder Bay—Superior North · 77%
- 4House of CommonsThunder Bay—Rainy River · 23%
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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Bay, Unorganized council | 26 October 2026 | 28 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. Provincially the last general election was on 27 February 2025, for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; federally, on 28 April 2025. Thunder Bay, Unorganized council was elected on 26 October 2026, and the next vote is on 28 October 2030. It is the fourth Monday in October every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 provides.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.
Find your MPP on the legislature’s site
ola.org ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Thunder Bay, Unorganized has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Thunder Bay—Superior North · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2015 · 77%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Thunder Bay—Rainy River · Liberal Party of Canada · 23%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 122 MPs from Ontario, 71 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Patty Hajdu among them.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Patty Hajdu’s 4th, counting from a first win in 2015. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Thunder Bay—Superior North, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 40%; Patty Hajdu held it for them in 2025. In Ottawa, Patty Hajdu has been Minister of Health (2019–2021), Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour (2017–2019) and Minister for Women, Gender Equality and Youth (2015–2017).
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—Superior North re-elected Patty Hajdu of the Liberal Party of Canada
Counts for Thunder Bay—Superior North within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map. 71% of Thunder Bay, Unorganized lived in it.
Back in 2019, Patty Hajdu took the riding on 43%. Patty Hajdu won the 2021 race in Thunder Bay—Superior North for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 41% and beating Chantelle Bryson (New Democratic Party) by 5,649 votes.
All 6 candidates in Thunder Bay—Superior North, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patty Hajdu | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,893 | 40.7% |
| Chantelle Bryson | New Democratic Party | 11,244 | 27.1% |
| Joshua Taylor | Conservative Party of Canada | 10,035 | 24.2% |
| Rick Daines | People's Party of Canada | 2,465 | 5.9% |
| Amanda Moddejonge | Green Party of Canada | 735 | 1.8% |
| Alexander Vodden | Libertarian Party of Canada | 111 | 0.3% |
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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.on.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. A riding is listed when 5% or more of the place’s 2021 Census residents live in it; the largest share comes first.
Questions about how Thunder Bay, Unorganized is run
Who is the MP for Thunder Bay, Unorganized?
Mostly Patty Hajdu (Liberal Party of Canada), MP for Thunder Bay—Superior North; part of Thunder Bay, Unorganized is in Thunder Bay—Rainy River, held by Marcus Powlowski.
Which party won Thunder Bay, Unorganized in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Patty Hajdu (Liberal Party of Canada), who represents Thunder Bay—Superior North still.
Who is the MPP for Thunder Bay, Unorganized?
Find the riding for Thunder Bay, Unorganized on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s site, which names the MPP for each.
Who heads the council in Thunder Bay, Unorganized?
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, an unorganized, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · 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).