Cochrane South

Cochrane South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1926
District abolished	1999
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Cochrane District
Census subdivision(s)	Black River-Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Timmins

Cochrane South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1999. It encompassed the southern part of the Cochrane District, including the city of Timmins.

For the 1999 election, in which all electoral districts in the province were realigned to match their federal counterparts, Cochrane South was divided between the new districts of Timmins—James Bay and Timiskaming—Cochrane.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Cochrane South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
17th	1926–1929		Alfred Franklin Kenning	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		John Rowlandson	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Charles Vincent Gallagher
21st	1943–1945		Bill Grummett	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959		Wilf Spooner	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Bill Ferrier	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Alan Pope	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Gilles Bisson	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Timmins—James Bay before the 1999 election

Election results

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gilles Bisson	12,114	50.48	1.27
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Miller	6,587	27.45	23.07
	Liberal	Jim Brown	4,958	20.66	-19.54
	Independent	Joel Vien	339	1.41	N/A
Total valid votes			23,098	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			192	0.83
Turnout			23,290	60.36
Eligible voters			38,584
	New Democratic hold		Swing		1.27

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gilles Bisson	11,460	49.21
	Liberal	Frank Krznaric	9,361	40.20
	Confederation of Regions	Ken Metsala	2,229	9.26
	Progressive Conservative	Tina Positano	1,019	4.38
Total valid votes			24,069	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			153	0.63
Turnout			24,222	62.95
Eligible voters			38,479
	New Democratic gain		Swing