Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

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Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Coast of Bays--Central--Notre Dame Riding Map 2013.png
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Clifford Small
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 74,201
Electors (2021)63,217
Area (km²) [1] 38,674.01
Pop. density (per km²)1.9
Census subdivision(s) Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Fogo Island, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Lewisporte, Springdale, Twillingate

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%). [2]

Contents

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. [3]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Central Newfoundland. [4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census [5]

Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 7% Indigenous
Languages: 98.9% English
Religions: 86.3% Christian (19% Catholic, 17.5% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 17% Anglican, 14.6% Methodist and Wesleyan, 12.6% United Church), 13.2% No religion
Median income: $32,400 (2020)
Average income: $41,520 (2020)

History

The riding of Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon. It was the first election result called for in the 2015 and 2019 Canadian federal election.

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's,
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
42nd  2015–2019   Scott Simms Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present   Clifford Small Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Election by Polling Area 2021 Canadian Federal Election in Coast of Bays--Central--Notre Dame.svg
2021 Election by Polling Area

2021

2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Clifford Small 14,92746.89+11.55$59,241.94
Liberal Scott Simms 14,64646.00-2.31$41,577.53
New Democratic Jamie Ruby2,2617.10-5.26$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit31,83497.86+0.06$124,135.56
Total rejected ballots6952.14-0.06
Turnout32,52951.46-4.13
Registered voters63,217
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.93
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7] [8]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Scott Simms 16,51448.31-26.52$48,943.91
Conservative Alex Bracci12,08135.34+17.02none listed
New Democratic Noel Joe4,22412.36+6.26$6,009.07
Green Byron White1,3633.99+3.24$5,899.33
Total valid votes/expense limit34,18297.80-1.79120,385.86
Total rejected ballots7702.20+1.79
Turnout34,95255.59-0.12
Eligible voters62,880
Liberal hold Swing -26.51
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Scott Simms 26,52374.82+19.90$53,460.35
Conservative Kevin O'Brien 6,47918.28–12.04$151,187.70
New Democratic Claudette Menchenton2,1756.14–7.49$3,416.01
Green Elizabeth Perry2710.76–0.12
Total valid votes/expense limit35,44899.59 $238,355.39
Total rejected ballots1450.41
Turnout35,59355.71
Eligible voters63,891
Liberal notional hold Swing +15.97
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]
2011 federal election redistributed results [13]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 15,80554.92
  Conservative 8,72430.31
  New Democratic 3,92013.62
  Green 2540.88
  Independent 740.26

Student vote results

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Scott Simms88741.76-25.02
New Democratic Noel Joe51824.39+10.72
Conservative Alex Bracci41819.68+4.41
Green Byron White30114.17+9.89
Total votes2,124100.0 
Source: Student Vote Canada [14]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Scott Simms79666.78
Conservative Kevin George O'Brien18215.27
New Democratic Claudette Menchenton16313.67
Green Elizabeth Perry514.28
Total votes1,165100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada [15]

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