Carbonear-Harbour Grace

Carbonear-Harbour Grace

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Carbonear-Harbour Grace in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1995
First contested	1996
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	12,051
Electors (2011)	9,205

Carbonear-Harbour Grace is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 9,205 eligible voters living within the district. ^[1]

Being a regional services centre heavily influences the district's economy. Communities include: Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Bristol's Hope, Bryant's Cove, Freshwater, Harbour Grace South, Riverhead, Spaniard's Bay, Tilton Upper Island Cove, and Victoria.

The district was abolished in 2015, and was succeeded by the new districts of Harbour Grace-Port de Grave and Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde.

Members of the House of Assembly

Carbonear-Harbour Grace

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Carbonear–Bay de Verde
29th	1949–1951		Herbert Pottle	Liberal
30th	1951–1956
31st	1956–1959		George W. Clarke
32nd	1959–1962
Carbonear
33rd	1962–1966		George W. Clarke	Liberal
34th	1966–1971
35th	1971–1972		Augustus Rowe	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1977		Rod Moores	Reform Liberal
	1977–1979			Liberal
38th	1979–1982
39th	1982–1985		Milton Peach	Progressive Conservative
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993		Art Reid	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996
Carbonear–Harbour Grace
43rd	1996–1999		Art Reid	Liberal
44th	1999–2003		George Sweeney
45th	2003–2007
46th	2007–2011		Jerome Kennedy	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011–2013
	2013–2015		Sam Slade	Liberal

Harbour Grace

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1949–1951		James Chalker	Liberal
30th	1951–1956
31st	1956–1959		Claude Sheppard
32nd	1959–1962
33rd	1962–1966
34th	1966–1971		Alec Moores
35th	1971–1972		Hubert Kitchen
36th	1972–1975		Haig Young	Progressive Conservative
37th	1975–1979
38th	1979–1982
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993		John Crane	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996

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Election results

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By-election, November 26, 2013 On the resignation of Jerome Kennedy, October 2, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Slade	2,769	50.42	+35.63
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Harrington	2,313	42.12	-34.17
	NDP	Charlene Sudbrink	410	7.47	-1.03
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.90

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	3,993	76.29	+1.38
	Liberal	Phillip Earle	774	14.79	-10.31
	NDP	Shawn Hyde	445	8.50
	Independent	Kyle Brookings	22	0.42
Total valid votes			5,234
Rejected			24	0.46	-0.56
Turnout			5,258	56.71	-10.69
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.85

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	4,367	74.91	+28.80
	Liberal	Paul Baldwin	1,463	25.09	-28.80
Total valid votes			5,830
Rejected			60	1.02
Turnout			5,890	67.40
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+28.80

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	3,699	53.89	-7.0
	Progressive Conservative	John Babb	3,165	46.11	+12.73

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	4,132	60.86	+4.60
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Garland	2,266	33.38	-6.06
	NDP	Kevin Noel	391	5.73	+1.46

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Art Reid	3,846	56.26
	Progressive Conservative	George Faulkner	2,698	39.47	–
	NDP	Linda Soper	292	4.27

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions CARBONEAR - HARBOUR GRACE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-23.]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly