Thunder Bay—Rainy River: 2025 federal election results

Marcus Powlowski (Liberal) won Thunder Bay—Rainy River in the April 28, 2025 federal election with 48.5% of the vote, 2,440 votes (5.6 points) ahead of Brendan Hyatt (Conservative). 43,531 valid votes were counted in this Ontario riding.

Marcus Powlowski
Elected for Liberal
2,440 voteswinning margin (5.6 points)
Marcus Powlowski 48.5%Brendan Hyatt 42.9%Yuk-Sem Won 6.8%Sabrina Ree 1%

Results by candidate

Thunder Bay—Rainy River 2025 results by candidate
CandidateVotesShare
Marcus Powlowski · Liberalelectedincumbent
Parliamentarian · Thunder Bay, Ont.
21,125
48.5%
Brendan Hyatt · Conservative
Retired Director of Education · Devlin, Ont.
18,685
42.9%
Yuk-Sem Won · NDP
Litigator · Thunder Bay, Ont.
2,954
6.8%
Sabrina Ree · People's Party
Multidisciplinary Healthcare Professional · Murillo, Ont.
433
1%
Eric Arner · Green
Teacher · Atikokan, Ont.
334
0.8%

Source: Elections Canada, official results of the April 28, 2025 general election. Candidates marked as incumbents follow Elections Canada's table. Results are not updated for by-elections or floor-crossings since; changes we have recorded are listed above the results.

Turnout and electors

Voter turnout
66.4%
Registered electors
65,953
Population (2021 census)
82,357
Valid ballots
43,531
Rejected ballots
249
Winning margin
2,440 votes

How Thunder Bay—Rainy River compares

  • The 51st-closest race of 343 ridings: a margin of 2,440 votes (5.6 points).
  • Liberal candidates won 43.8% of votes nationally; Marcus Powlowski took 48.5% here, 4.7 points above that.
  • Turnout was 66.4%, 2.6 points below the national figure of 69%.

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