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Nipissing—Timiskaming

Federal riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.9 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 46.2%
  • Conservative 35.2%
  • NDP 3.6%
  • PPC 2.7%
  • Green 1.8%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
Nipissing—Timiskaming 46.2%35.2%3.6%2.7%
Provincial averageOntario 48.3%−2.2 34.5%+0.8 5.0%−1.5 2.3%+0.4
National averageCanada 46.8%−0.6 30.4%+4.8 11.2%−7.6 2.7%

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • French 6.3%
  • English 92.2%
  • Other languages 1.5%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Pauline Rochefort · Liberal

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 2.6 points, with 69.3% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 10.9 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Pauline Rochefort Elected Liberal 27,674 47.0 Mayor
Garry Keller Conservative 26,121 44.4 Consultant
Valerie Kennedy NDP 3,548 6.0 Transportation Coordinator
John Janssen PPC 648 1.1 Information Technology
Louise Poitras Green 585 1.0 Gardener
Other candidates 267 0.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal61%1.1-point gap
  2. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55%1.3-point gap
  3. Niagara WestConservative61%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated