Burin-Grand Bank

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Burin-Grand Bank
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Burin-Grand Bank electoral district map.svg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 		 
Paul Pike
Liberal
District created2015
First contested 2015
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)12,545
Electors (2015)9,328
Area (km²)2,475
Census division(s) Division No. 2
Census subdivision(s) Bay L'Argent, Burin, Fortune, Fox Cove-Mortier, Frenchman's Cove, Garnish, Grand Bank, Lamaline, Lawn, Lewin's Cove, Little Bay East, Lord's Cove, Point May, Point au Gaul, St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine, St. Lawrence, Winterland

Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador represented by a member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. The district was created out of all of Grand Bank and parts of Burin-Placentia West and Bellevue.

Contents

The district contains a ferry serving St. Pierre and Miquelon, which is part of France, via a port in Fortune. The district also contains an intra-provincial ferry serving Rencontre East via Bay L'Argent. [1]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
48th 2015–2019   Carol Anne Haley Liberal
49th 2019–2021
50th 2021–Present Paul Pike

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Pike 2,66659.59+7.97
Progressive Conservative Fred Dodge1,63936.63-11.75
New Democratic Alvin Banfield1693.78
Total valid votes4,474
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +9.86
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carol Anne Haley 2,82251.62-27.73
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 2,64548.39+39.55
Total valid votes5,46799.02
Total rejected ballots540.98+0.64
Turnout5,52165.70+11.99
Eligible voters8,403
Liberal hold Swing -33.64
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Carol Anne Haley 3,96279.35
New Democratic Ambrose Penton59011.82
Progressive Conservative Terence Fleming4418.83
Total valid votes4,99399.66
Total rejected ballots170.34
Turnout5,01053.71
Eligible voters9,328
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  2. ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.


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