In 1999, the provincial government realigned its ridings to match the federal riding boundaries, and Sudbury East was amalgamated into the provincial Nickel Belt district. Shelley Martel, the incumbent MPP for Sudbury East prior to the 1999 election, continued to represent the region for another eight years as the MPP for Nickel Belt.
The name Sudbury East is still used to refer collectively to the municipalities east and southeast of the city which were formerly part of the riding but are not part of the current city of Greater Sudbury, including Markstay-Warren, St. Charles and French River. These towns, as well as the adjacent municipality of Killarney and the unorganized townships of Burwash, Cox, Davis, Hawley, Hendrie, Henry, Janes, Laura, Loughrin, Secord, Servos, Street and Waldie, coordinate economic development and planning through the cooperative Sudbury East Planning Board.
In unofficial usage, the designation may also be extended to include the municipality of West Nipissing, particularly the community of Sturgeon Falls, although West Nipissing is not officially part of the Sudbury East area.
References
^For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Elie Martel's Legislative Assembly information see "Elie Martel, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
For Shelley Martel's Legislative Assembly information see "Shelley Martel, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
External links
SudburyEast.com, a web portal for residents of the Sudbury East region