Bill Matthews

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Bill Matthews
Member of Parliament of Canada for Random—Burin—St. George's (Burin—St. George's, 1997–2004)
In office September 22, 1997 –September 7, 2008
	Liberal	Carol Anne Haley	2,822	51.6	-27.8
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	2,645	48.4	+39.6
Total valid votes			5,467	100
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			65.7%
Eligible voters			8,403
	Liberal hold		Swing		-27.8

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	13,652	45.49	-1.28	$24,312.48
	Conservative	Cynthia Downey	12,232	40.76	+22.55	$27,919.55
	New Democratic	Amanda Will	3,702	12.34	-20.95	$842.43
	Green	Mark A. Brennan	426	1.42	-0.37	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,012	100.0	–	$85,393
Total rejected ballots			131	0.43	-0.09
Turnout			30,143	52.09	+7.18
Eligible voters			57,869
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.92

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	12,383	46.77	-1.03	$32,788.03
	New Democratic	Desmond McGrath	8,797	33.29	+28.76	$29,123.91
	Conservative	Larry Peckford	4,820	18.21	-7.18	$35,579.47
	Green	Justin Dollimont	474	1.79	–	$468.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,474	100.0	–	$83,804
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			139	0.52
Turnout			26,613	44.91	-12.34
Eligible voters			59,256
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-14.90
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	14,603
	Independent	Sam Synard	7,891
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Pottle	5,799
	Alliance	Peter Fenwick	1,511
	New Democratic	David Sullivan	924

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	13,884
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	11,715
	New Democratic	David A. Sullivan	4,784

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3406	–	–
	Liberal	Judy Foote	2805
	NDP	Joseph L. Edwards	181

1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3948	68.6	–
	Liberal	Graham Wood	1811	31.5

1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3028	49.3	–
	Liberal	T. Maxwell Snook	2689	43.7
	NDP	Calvin Peach	431	7.0

1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	2857	51.6	–
	Liberal	Leslie Thoms	2442	44.1
	NDP	Eric Miller	234	4.23

References

1. "Bill Matthews Crossing Floor of Commons". CBC News. August 13, 1999. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
2. "Powering up the Speaker of the House". CBC News. December 28, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
3. "Time right to retire, Liberal MP Matthews says". CBC News. April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
4. "Former MP Bill Matthews takes over as Ches Crosbie's chief of staff". NTV. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
5. "Bill Matthews is a Tory again and running in this year's provincial election". CBC News. April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
6. "Carol Anne Haley re-elected for Liberals in Burin-Grand Banks". The Packet. May 17, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

External links

• Bill Matthews – Parliament of Canada biography