Canada election 2015: Who's running in Thunder Bay and Kenora

The election race in northwestern Ontario features several high-profile candidates, including the battle in the Kenora riding, which will see a current and former federal cabinet minister go head-to-head at the polls.

Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford is the Conservative candidate in Kenora, facing off against Bob Nault, a former Liberal Minister of Indian Affairs.

The NDP candidate in the riding is also a veteran politician. Howard Hampton was Ontario's attorney general and is a former leader of the NDP in Ontario.

Ember Mckillop, an elementary school teacher in Dryden, is running for the Green Party.

Thunder Bay-Superior North

The Thunder Bay-Superior North riding will see the first test of voters' appetite for Bruce Hyer as a Green candidate. Hyer won the last election with the NDP.

Now the deputy leader of the Green Party, Hyer is running against two municipal politicians — Thunder Bay city councillor Andrew Foulds for the NDP and Nipigon Mayor Richard Harvey for the Conservatives.

The Liberals chose Shelter House executive director Patty Hajdu as their candidate in Thunder Bay-Superior North.

Entrepreneur Robert Skaf is running as an independent. He owns a grocery store in the Current River neighbourhood of Thunder Bay. Skaf is campaigning mainly on economic development issues.

Thunder Bay-Rainy River

John Rafferty is the NDP incumbent In the city's other riding, Thunder Bay-Rainy River. Lawyer Don Rusnak is running for the Liberals. Maureen Comuzzi-Stehmann, a local business manager, is running for the Conservatives. The Green candidate is Christy Radbourne.

Voting day is Oct. 19.