Random—Burin—St. George's

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Random—Burin—St. George's
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Random—Burin—St. George's in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created2003
District abolished2013
First contested 2004
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 69,192
Electors (2011)57,209
Area (km²) [2] 34,095.30
Census division(s) Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 4, Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s) Stephenville, Marystown, Clarenville, Channel-Port aux Basques, Grand Bank, Burin

Random—Burin—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

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Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian
Languages: 98.5% English
Religions: 54.6% Protestant, 43.8% Catholic, 1.3% no affiliation
Average income: $19 018

Geography

The district included the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, the Stephenville area, the Burin Peninsula, and the west-central coast of Trinity Bay including Random Island, Brunette Island, Long Island, Merasheen Island, Red Island, and the Ramea Islands.

The neighbouring ridings were Avalon, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte.

According to Elections Canada, the boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election were:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying southerly and westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of Port au Port Bay; thence easterly in a straight line to Georges Lake; thence easterly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake [now known as Beothuk Lake]; thence southerly in a straight line to a point in Victoria Lake at latitude 48°15'N and approximate longitude 57°21'W; thence generally easterly to the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1) with Route No. 230; thence easterly along Route No. 230 to Route No. 230A; thence easterly in a straight line to Ocean Pond; thence southeasterly in a straight line to British Harbour at the entrance of Smith Sound on the north shoreline of Trinity Bay; thence southeasterly to said bay; thence southerly along Trinity Bay to the easterly production in Trinity Bay of the northerly limit of the Town of Sunnyside; thence westerly along said production and said northerly limit to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1); thence southerly along said highway to the northerly limit of the Town of Come By Chance; thence westerly and southerly along the northerly and westerly limits of said town to the shoreline of Placentia Bay; thence southerly along the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay and Placentia Bay to a point approximately 20 km west of Cape St. Mary's. Including Random Island, Ireland's Eye, Merasheen Island, Red Island, Long Island, Green Island, Brunette Island, Penguin Islands, Ramea Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 87.1% of the population of the riding came from Burin—St. George's, 12.9% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, and 0.1% from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte. The incumbent for Burin—St. George's riding was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada. Following the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was dissolved and divided between Bonavista—Burin—Trinity (45%), Long Range Mountains (44%) and Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (11%), with the new boundaries taking effect at the 2015 federal election.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Random—Burin—St. George's
Riding created from Burin—St. George's,
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
38th  2004–2006   Bill Matthews Liberal
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011   Judy Foote Liberal
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Burin—Trinity,
Long Range Mountains and
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Election results

Random—Burin—St. George's, 2003 representation order

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Judy Foote 12,91449.65-4.10$31,470.79
Conservative John Ottenheimer 8,32232.00+11.49$58,392.45
New Democratic Stella Magalios4,46517.17-6.60$9.13
Green Tanya Gutmanis3071.18-0.80none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit26,008100.0  $94,623.02
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1200.46+0.06
Turnout26,12845.80+4.73
Eligible voters 57,047
Liberal hold Swing -7.80
Sources: [3] [4]
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Judy Foote 12,55753.75+8.26$27,863.09
New Democratic Terry White5,55323.77+11.43$5,574.70
Conservative Herb Davis4,79120.51-20.25$86,684.21
Green Kaitlin Wainwright4621.98+0.56none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 23,363 100.0   $91,604
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots122 0.52 +0.09
Turnout 23,49541.07 -11.4
Eligible voters 57,209
Liberal hold Swing -3.17
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Bill Matthews 13,65245.49-1.28$24,312.48
Conservative Cynthia Downey12,23240.76+22.55$27,919.55
New Democratic Amanda Will3,70212.34-20.95$842.43
Green Mark A. Brennan 4261.42-0.37none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit30,012100.0   $85,393
Total rejected ballots1310.43-0.09
Turnout30,14352.09+7.18
Eligible voters57,869
Liberal hold Swing -11.92
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Bill Matthews 12,38346.77-1.03$32,788.03
New Democratic Desmond McGrath 8,79733.29+28.76$29,123.91
Conservative Larry Peckford4,82018.21-7.18$35,579.47
Green Justin Dollimont4741.79$468.70
Total valid votes/expense limit26,474 100.0   $83,804
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1390.52
Turnout26,61344.91-12.34
Eligible voters59,256
Liberal notional hold Swing -14.90
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 federal election redistributed results
PartyVote %
  Liberal 16,52347.80
  Independent 7,70222.28
  Progressive Conservative 7,21120.86
  Alliance 1,5674.53
  New Democratic 1,5654.53

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References

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