Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
MHA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1995 | ||
First contested | 1996 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 10,600 | ||
Electors (2011) | 7,527 |
Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. [1] The district was first created when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 as Burgeo and La Poile, and existed until 1975. It was recreated in 1995 following a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 52 to 48, forming from the amalgamation of the former districts of La Poile and Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir.
The district takes in the southwestern corner of Newfoundland, stretching from the town of Burgeo in the east to Cape Ray in the west. Its largest community, Port aux Basques, is the island's link to continental North America through the Marine Atlantic ferry service.
The population in the region dropped by about 15 per cent between 1996 and 2001. The size of the district grew significantly in the 2007 redistribution as the eastern border pushed out an extra 37 kilometers.
The district is one of the strongest Liberal regions of the province, and was one of only three districts to return a Liberal MHA in the 2007 election. [2] [3] The district contains intra-provincial ferries servicing Grey River, Ramea, and La Poile. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The district includes the part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador bounded as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection with the Meridian of 57 degrees West Longitude and the shoreline of the southwest coast, located east of the community of Grey River; Thence running due north along the Meridian of 57 degrees West Longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of 48 degrees 30 minutes North Latitude; Thence running west along the Parallel of 48 degrees 30 minutes North Latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of 58 degrees West Longitude; Thence running in a southwesterly direction to the point of land known as Red Rocks, located on the eastern shoreline of Cabot Strait, north of Cape Ray; Thence running in a general easterly direction along the sinuosities of the southwest coast to the point of beginning, together with Burgeo Island, the Ramea Islands and all other islands adjacent thereto. [8]
All geographic coordinates being scaled and referenced to the Universal Transverse Mercator Map Projection and the North American Datum of 1983.
The provincial boundary of this district falls within the federal district of Long Range Mountains. [9]
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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43rd | 1996-1999 | Bill Ramsay | Liberal | |
44th | 1999-2003 | Kelvin Parsons | ||
45th | 2003-2007 | |||
46th | 2007-2011 | |||
47th | 2011-2015 | Andrew Parsons | ||
48th | 2015-2019 | |||
49th | 2019-2021 | |||
50th | 2021-Present |
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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29th | 1949-1951 | Herman Quinton | Liberal | |
30th | 1951-1956 | George Norman | ||
31st | 1956-1959 | John T. Cheeseman | ||
32nd | 1959-1962 | |||
33rd | 1962-1966 | Walter Hodder | ||
34th | 1966-1971 | |||
35th | 1971-1972 | Allen Evans | Progressive Conservative | |
36th | 1972-1975 | |||
37th | 1975-1976 | Steve Neary | Independent | |
1976-1979 | Liberal | |||
38th | 1975-1979 | |||
39th | 1979-1982 | |||
40th | 1982-1985 | |||
41st | 1985-1989 | Calvin Mitchell | Progressive Conservative | |
41st | 1989-1993 | Bill Ramsay | Liberal | |
42nd | 1993-1996 |
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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38th | 1975-1979 | Roger Simmons | Liberal | |
39th | 1979-1982 | |||
40th | 1982-1985 | Harold Andrews | Progressive Conservative | |
41st | 1985-1989 | David Gilbert | Liberal | |
42nd | 1989-1993 | |||
43rd | 1983-1996 |
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Andrew Parsons | 1,992 | 87.10 | +3.64 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ethan Maxwell Wheeler-Park | 235 | 10.28 | -6.26 | ||||
New Democratic | Judy Vanta | 60 | 2.62 | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,287 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.95 | ||||||
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved 27 March 2021. |
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Andrew Parsons | 2,947 | 83.5 | -12.3 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Deborah Ann Turner | 584 | 16.5 | +14.3 | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,531 | 100 |
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Andrew Parsons | 3,998 | 96.48% | +44.36 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Georgia Darmonkow | 93 | 2.24% | -41.03 | ||||
New Democratic | Kelly McKeown | 53 | 1.28% | -3.33 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,144 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +42.70 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Parsons | 2,228 | 52.12% | -7.54 | |
Progressive Conservative | Colin Short | 1,850 | 43.27% | +4.69 | |
New Democratic | Matt Fuchs | 197 | 4.16% | +2.40 | |
Total valid votes | 4,275 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Kelvin Parsons | 2,882 | 59.66% | -21.10 | |
Progressive Conservative | Colin Short | 1,864 | 38.58% | – | |
New Democratic | June Hiscock | 85 | 1.76% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Kelvin Parsons | 4,233 | 80.76% | +21.28% | |
Progressive Conservative | Stephen P. Mackenzie | 1,008 | 19.23% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Kelvin Parsons | 3,421 | 59.48% | – | |
Progressive Conservative | Greg Sheaves | 1,988 | 34.57% | – | |
New Democratic | O. Marsden | 342 | 5.95% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Bill Ramsay | 3598 | 60.17% | – | |
Progressive Conservative | Cheryl Stagg | 2382 | 39.83% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Bill Ramsay | 2,706 | 49.98% | – | |
Progressive Conservative | Cal Mitchell | 1,403 | 25.91% | – | |
Independent | Paul Gillingham | 1,206 | 22.28% | – | |
New Democratic | Janet Francis | 99 | 1.83% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David S. Gilbert | 2,980 | 64.54% | – | |
Progressive Conservative | James Oxford | 1,450 | 31.41% | – | |
New Democratic | Sam Organ | 187 | 4.05% | – |
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