The using contains the south aspect of Thunder Bay, in addition to the outlying townships of Oliver Paipoonge, Neebing, Conmee and O’Connor. It contains Atikokan at its western boundary.
The using additionally contains Fort William First Nation and a few of Treaty 3 territory.
Thunder Bay—Atikokan covers an space of about 25,000 sq. kilometres, and as of the 2016 Census, had a inhabitants of simply over 75,000.
The candidates in alphabetical order by surname are as follows:
Eric Arner, Inexperienced
Eric Arner beforehand ran within the 2022 election within the Thunder Bay—Atikokan using. He’s a trainer at Atikokan Excessive Faculty. He is been dwelling in northwestern Ontario for a couple of decade, after rising up on a farm in southwestern Ontario.
Kevin Holland, PC
Kevin Holland gained the using in 2022. His 2022 win ended a generation-long drought for the PCs within the using, which was gripped tightly by the Liberals from 1999 to 2018. He’s at the moment the Ontario affiliate minister of Forestry and Forest Merchandise. Holland was named the brand new parliamentary assistant (PA) to the minister of long-term care in July 2024, along with his present position as PA to the minister of mines.
Earlier than working for MPP, Holland has mentioned he spent 31 years working in enterprise and authorities.
Stephen Margarit, Liberal
Whereas the 2025 election is Stephen Margarit’s first foray into provincial politics, he beforehand ran for a metropolis council at-large seat in each the 2022 and 2018 Thunder Bay municipal elections. He additionally beforehand labored with former MPP Michael Gravelle, who held the Thunder Bay—Superior North using from 1995 to 2022.
Judith Monteith-Farrell, NDP
Judith Monteith-Farrell is a neighborhood advocate in Thunder Bay, who was elected because the using’s MPP in 2018. She served because the NDP’s critic for plenty of portfolios, together with pure sources and forestry, mines, and conservation and parks. She was defeated by the Ontario PCs’ Kevin Holland in 2022.
