Long Range Mountains (electoral district)

Long Range Mountains

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Carol Anstey Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016) [1]	86,553
Electors (2025) [2]	70,091
Area (km²) [1]	41,606
Pop. density (per km²)	2.1
Census subdivision(s)	Corner Brook, Stephenville, Deer Lake, Channel-Port aux Basques, Pasadena, St. Anthony, Kippens, Stephenville Crossing, Massey Drive, Humber Arm South

Long Range Mountains is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It covers the entirety of the west coast of the island of Newfoundland.

Long Range Mountains 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, which took place in October 2015. ^[3] It was created out of the electoral districts of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (65%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (35%). ^[4]

Geography

The riding covers the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, from Channel-Port aux Basques and Burgeo in the south, to St. Anthony and L'Anse aux Meadows in the north. The largest community in the riding is the city of Corner Brook. It also includes Gros Morne National Park.

Boundary description

The official description of the electoral district, as offered by Elections Canada, states that it is "All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the mouth of Chaleur Bay; thence generally northwesterly along said bay to the end of said bay; thence westerly in a straight line to the most southerly point of Dry Pond at approximate latitude 47°50'25"N and approximate longitude 57°31'17"W; thence northerly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake; thence northerly in a straight line to a point in Hinds Lake at latitude 48°57'49"N and longitude 56°59'36"W; thence northerly in a straight line to the southeasternmost point of the limit of the Town of Hampden; thence generally northerly along the easterly limit of said town to the northeasternmost point of the limit of said town; thence easterly in a straight line to a point in White Bay at latitude 49°34'31"N and longitude 56°50'24"W; thence generally northerly along said bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

Including Ramea Islands, Sops Island, Bell Island, Groais Island of the Grey Islands, Quirpon Island, St. John Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area. ^[5] "

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2023 representation ^[6]

Ethnic groups: 72.8% White, 25.6% Indigenous
Languages: 98.5% English
Religions: 86.5% Christian (32.4% Anglican, 30.6% Catholic, 8.7% United Church, 6.5% Pentecostal, 4.3% Methodist, 4.1% Other), 12.7% No religion
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $41,600

History

The riding of Long Range Mountains was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Long Range Mountains Riding created from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's
42nd	2015–2019		Gudie Hutchings	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Carol Anstey	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Long Range Mountains (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Carol Anstey	23,232	50.35	+10.99
	Liberal	Don Bradshaw	19,726	42.75	−1.64
	New Democratic	Sarah Parsons	2,011	4.36	−7.57
	Independent	Robbie Coles	637	1.38
	People's	Pamela Geiger	537	1.16	−3.17
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,143	99.03
Total rejected ballots			452	0.97
Turnout			46,595	66.12
Eligible voters			70,472
	Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.32
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021

2021 election by polling area

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	16,178	44.39	-2.97	$92,705.20
	Conservative	Carol Anstey	14,344	39.36	+11.06	$56,261.52
	New Democratic	Kaila Mintz	4,347	11.93	-7.87	$6,169.08
	People's	Darrell Shelley	1,578	4.33	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,447	98.75		$125,696.31
Total rejected ballots			461	1.25	-0.23
Turnout			36,908	52.57	-2.61
Registered voters			70,208
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.02
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	18,199	47.36	-26.49	$67,837.53
	Conservative	Josh Eisses	10,873	28.30	+16.14	none listed
	New Democratic	Holly Pike	7,609	19.80	+8.47	$43.82
	Green	Lucas Knill	1,334	3.47	+0.81	$533.12
	Veterans Coalition	Robert Miles	411	1.06	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,426	98.52	-1.22	122,089.44
Total rejected ballots			576	1.48	+1.22
Turnout			39,002	56.21	-2.82
Eligible voters			69,385
	Liberal hold		Swing		-26.49
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12] [13]

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	30,889	73.85	+18.70	$37,729.67
	Conservative	Wayne Ruth	5,085	12.16	–13.09	$21,208.61
	New Democratic	Devon Babstock	4,739	11.33	–6.51	$8,554.67
	Green	Terry Cormier	1,111	2.66	+1.62	$2,064.79
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,824	100.00		$242,285.48
Total rejected ballots			108	0.26	–
Turnout			41,932	59.03	–
Eligible voters			71,037
	Liberal hold		Swing		+15.90
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]

2011 federal election redistributed results [16]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,770	55.16
	Conservative	9,051	25.25
	New Democratic	6,394	17.84
	Green	370	1.03
	Independent	258	0.72

Student vote results

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Anstey	1,148	46.97
	Liberal	Don Bradshaw	676	27.66
	New Democratic	Sarah Parsons	382	15.63
	Independent	Robbie Coles	167	6.83
	People's	Pamela Geiger	71	2.91
Total votes			2,444	100
Source: Student Vote Canada [17]

2021

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Anstey	585	35.71
	Liberal	Guide Hutchings	480	29.30
	New Democratic	Kaila Mintz	405	24.73
	People's	Darrell Shelley	168	10.26
Total votes			1,638	100
Total votes			2,444	100
Source: Student Vote Canada [18]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	843	31.05	-30.11
	New Democratic	Holly Pike	723	26.63	+11.26
	Conservative	Josh Eisses	514	18.93	+7.82
	Green	Lucas Knill	462	17.02	+4.66
	Veterans Coalition	Robert Miles	173	6.37	New
Total Valid Votes			2,715	100.0	–
[19]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	589	61.16
	New Democratic	Devon Babstock	148	15.37
	Green	Terry Cormier	119	12.36
	Conservative	Wayne Ruth	107	11.11
Total Valid Votes			963	100.0
[20]

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. "Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 6". Government of Canada. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
5. Elections Canada. "Long Range Mountains Boundaries description". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
6. "Profile table". August 2, 2024.
7. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
8. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
9. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
10. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
12. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
13. Canada, Elections. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 43rd General Election – October 21, 2019". www.elections.ca. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
14. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Long Range Mountains (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
15. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
16. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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18. "Student Vote Canada 2021" . Retrieved May 16, 2025.
19. "Student Vote Canada 2019" . Retrieved September 26, 2020.
20. "Student Vote" . Retrieved September 26, 2020.