Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

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Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair in relation to other districts in Labrador
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 
 
Lisa Dempster
Liberal
District created1975
First contested 1975
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2006)4,713
Electors (2011)3,131
Census division(s) Division No. 10
Census subdivision(s) Cartwright, Charlottetown, Division No. 10, Subdivision A, Division No. 10, Subdivision B, Forteau, L'Anse-au-Clair, L'Anse-au-Loup, Mary's Harbour, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 3,131 eligible voters living within the district. [1]

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The district covers remote communities in Southern Labrador that are mostly dependent on fishery. The district includes: Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Capstan Island, Cartwright, Domino, Forteau, L'Anse Amour, L'Anse au Clair, L'Anse au Loup, Lodge Bay, Mary's Harbour, Norman Bay, Paradise River, Pinsent's Arm, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, and West St. Modeste.

The district is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province; on only one occasion in almost 50 years have voters not elected a Liberal, and even then – in 1996 – it was with a Liberal running as an Independent; Yvonne Jones was a mainstay of the Liberal caucus after that, and served as Liberal party leader from 2007 to 2011. She resigned to take up a seat in the House of Commons in 2013. Lisa Dempster was elected as her replacement, and has represented the seat since then.

Members of the House of Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Labrador South
31st 1956-1959 George Sellars Liberal
32nd 1959-1962
33rd 1963-1966 Gerald I. Hill
34th 1966-1971
35th 1971-1972 Joe Harvey
36th 1972-1972
1972-1975 Michael S. Martin Labrador Party
Eagle River
37th 1975-1979 Ian Strachan Liberal
38th 1979-1982 Eugene Hiscock
39th 1982-1985
40th 1985-1989
41st 1989-1993 Danny Dumaresque
42nd 1993-1996
Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair
43rd 1996-1999   Yvonne Jones Independent
44th 1999-2003 Liberal
45th 2003-2007
46th 2007-2011
47th 2011-2013
2013-2015 Lisa Dempster
48th 2015-2019
49th 2019-2021
50th 2021-Present

Election results

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

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 Lisa Dempster 97395.21+27.98
Progressive Conservative Joshua Nolan494.79-27.98
Total valid votes1,022
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +27.98
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 Lisa Dempster 1,13267.22-25.8
Progressive Conservative Michael Normore55232.78+29.6
Total valid votes1,684100
Total rejected ballots24
Turnout1,70858.8
Eligible voters2,905
Liberal hold Swing -27.71
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lisa Dempster 1,40593.05+39.48
New Democratic Jennifer Deon573.77-29.20
Progressive Conservative Jason MacKenzie483.18-10.29
Total valid votes1,51099.60
Total rejected ballots60.40
Turnout1,51649.48
Eligible voters3,064
Liberal hold Swing +34.34
By-election, June 25, 2013
Resignation of Yvonne Jones
PartyCandidateVotes%+/-
Liberal Lisa Dempster1,14253.56-24.24
  NDP Jason Spingle70332.97+30.91
  Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore28713.46-13.33
Liberal hold Swing -24.24
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones 1,51671.14-1.74
Progressive Conservative Glen Acreman57126.79-0.33
  NDP Bill Cooper442.06
Total valid votes 2,131 100.0
Difference945 44.35
Total rejected ballots 2 0.09
Turnout 2,133 67.87
Liberal hold Swing -1.58

Source:

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones1,73672.88+12.90
Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore64627.12-4.73
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones1,51459.98-25.47
Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore80431.85+17.30
Labrador Party Frank Pye2068.16+8.16
1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones1,83285.45+43.37
Progressive Conservative Sharon Moores31214.55+13.12
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Independent Yvonne Jones1,66556.83
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,23342.08
Progressive Conservative Berkley Bursey421.43

Eagle River

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,57866.95
Progressive Conservative Michael Kelly48620.62
  NDP Jessie Bird29312.43
1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,54060.02
Progressive Conservative Reginald Hancock1,02639.98
1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock1,17046.35
Progressive Conservative Stanley Pike78230.98
  NDP Claude Rumbolt57322.70
1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock1,31654.58
  NDP Claude Rumbolt56823.56
Progressive Conservative Philip Stone52721.86
1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock86551.00
Progressive Conservative Claude Rumbolt75444.46
  NDP Elsie McDonald774.54
1975 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ian Strachan96262.18
Progressive Conservative Churchill White58537.82

Labrador South

Labrador South by-election, August 31, 1972
Void Election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labrador Party Michael Martin1.04750.65
Liberal Josiah Harvey89943.05
Progressive Conservative Edward Kersey1326.30
1972 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Josiah Harvey93350.03
Labrador Party Michael Martin93249.97
1971 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Josiah Harvey89047.52
Labrador Party Michael Martin80743.09
Progressive Conservative Edward Kean1769.40
1966 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hill1,12990.39
Progressive Conservative Leace Critch1209.61
1962 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hillacc.
Labrador South by-election, March 19, 1962
Death of George Sellars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hillacc.
1959 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sellars1,06190.84
Progressive Conservative Roderick Roberts1079.16
1956 Newfoundland general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sellarsacc.

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References

  1. "Summary of Polling Divisions CARTWRIGHT - L'ANSE AU CLAIR" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.[ permanent dead link ]

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