Exploits (electoral district)

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Exploits
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Exploits electoral district map.svg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 
 
Pleaman Forsey
Progressive Conservative
District created1975
First contested 1975
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)12,667
Electors (2015)9,456
Area (km²)3,945
Pop. density (per km²)3.2
Census division(s) Division No. 6, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s) Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Grand Falls-Windsor (part), Leading Tickles, Norris Arm, Northern Arm, Peterview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay

Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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In central Newfoundland on the Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north. Most of the population lives in the southern centres of Botwood and Bishop's Falls.

To the north, Exploits includes communities in Notre Dame Bay such as Cottrell's Cove, but most of the population lives in southern centres such as Botwood and Bishop's Falls. Communities include: Bishop's Falls, Bishop's Falls South, Botwood, Charles Brook, Cottrell's Cove, Fortune Harbour, Glovers Harbour, Leading Tickles West, Moore's Cove, Northern Arm, Peterview, Phillip's Head, Pleasantview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay, Ritter's Arm and Wooddale.

The district was formerly represented by Liberal Premier Roger Grimes. [1]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
37th 1975-1976   Stephen Mulrooney Liberal
1976-1979 Hugh Twomey Progressive Conservative
38th 1979-1982
39th 1982-1985
40th 1985-1989
41st 1989-1993   Roger Grimes Liberal
42nd 1993-1996
43rd 1996-1999
44th 1999-2003
45th 2003-2005
2005-2007 Clayton Forsey Progressive Conservative
46th 2007-2011
47th 2011-2015
48th 2015-2019   Jerry Dean Liberal
49th 2019-2021 Pleaman Forsey Progressive Conservative
50th 2021-Present

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%±%
Progressive Conservative Pleaman Forsey 2,64154.80+5.36
Liberal Rodney Mercer2,17845.20+12.10
Total valid votes4,819
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.37
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%±%
Progressive Conservative Pleaman Forsey 2,87449.44+2.40
Liberal Jerry Dean 1,92433.10-17.06
Independent Gloria Cooper1,01517.46-
Total valid votes5,81399.71
Total rejected ballots170.29-0.12
Turnout5,83064.67+8.48
Eligible voters9,015
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.73
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jerry Dean 2,65450.16%+34.22
Progressive Conservative Clayton Forsey 2,48947.04%-21.68
New Democratic Bridget Henley1482.80%-12.53
Total valid votes5,291100%
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clayton Forsey 2,81968.72%-3.67
Liberal Jim Samson65415.94%-11.67
New Democratic Grant Hameon62915.33%
Total valid votes4,102100%
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clayton Forsey3,39672.39%
Liberal Jody Fancey1,29527.61%

[2]

By-election: June 23, 2005 On resignation of Roger Grimes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  PC Clayton Forsey2,60555.2
Liberal George Saunders1,95841.5
  NDP John Whelan1593.4
Total4,722100%
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Grimes 3,21856.14%
Progressive Conservative Clayton Forsey2,34640.93%
  NDP John Whelan1682.93%

[3]

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Grimes2,526
Progressive Conservative Gonzo Gillingham1,944
  NDP Arnold Best633

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