Northwestern Ontario Members of Parliament are not the most thrifty in the country. The three M.P.'s spent a little more than average to run their constituency offices and to travel to and from Ottawa last year. Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford had the highest expense total at 480 thousand dollars. The average M.P. spent 399 thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31st. Rickford's expenses were slightly higher than Thunder Bay-Atikokan M.P. John Rafferty, who spent 459 thousand, and Thunder Bay-Superior North M.P. Bruce Hyer who came in at 428 thousand.
