Bellevue (electoral district)

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Bellevue
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Bellvue in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created1975
First contested 1975
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2006)11,005
Electors (2011)7,680

Bellevue is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2003 it had 7310 eligible voters. The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Placentia West-Bellevue. [1]

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The district combines traditional fishing communities such as Southern Harbour and Arnold's Cove with the heavy industry of Come By Chance (an oil refinery) and Sunnyside (near the Bull Arm offshore fabrication site). It is also one of the few districts to have elected a member of the Reform Liberal Party - a breakoff bloc of the provincial Liberals led by ex-Liberal leader Joey Smallwood in the 1970s.

The communities located within the district; Arnold's Cove, Bay L'Argent, Bellevue, Blaketown, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Come by Chance, English Harbour East, Fair Haven, Garden Cove, Goobies, Grand le Pierre, Harbour Mille, Jacques Fontaine, Little Bay East, Little Harbour East, Long Cove, Long Harbour, Mount Arlington Heights, Monkstown, Norman's Cove, North Harbour, Old Shop, St. Bernard's, South Dildo, Southern Harbour, Sunnyside, Swift Current, Terrenceville, Thornlea.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

ElectionYearsMemberParty
9th 1975–1976 Wilson Callan Reform Liberal
1976–1979 Liberal
10th 1979–1981   Don Jamieson Liberal
1981–1982  Wilson Callan Progressive Conservative
11th 1982–1985
12th 1985–1989   Percy Barrett Liberal
13th 1989–1993
14th 1993–1996
15th 1996–1999
16th 1999–2003
17th 2003–2007
18th 2007–2011   Calvin Peach Progressive Conservative
19th 2011–2015

Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Calvin Peach3,00560.26
New Democratic Gabe Ryan1,35627.19
Liberal Pamela Pardy-Ghent62612.55
Total valid votes4,98799.78
Total rejected ballots110.22
Turnout4,99865.34
Electors on the lists7,649
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Calvin Peach2,90855.9
Liberal Denise Pike2,13941.12
New Democratic Ian Slade1553.10
Total valid votes5,20299.84
Total rejected ballots80.16
Turnout5,21068.11
Electors on the lists7,649
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Barrett262348.17-13.09
Progressive Conservative Joan Cleary252346.34+14.71
  NDP Michael Fahey2995.49-1.62
1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Barrett322961.26-1.85%
Progressive Conservative Gus Coombs166731.63-0.70%
  NDP Moses Ingram3757.11+2.56%
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Barrett357663.11
Progressive Conservative Nick Careen183232.33
  NDP Lee Ingram2584.55

References

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