The Isles of Notre Dame

The Isles of Notre Dame

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
The Isles of Notre Dame in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1996
First contested	1996
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,160
Electors (2011)	6,990

The Isles of Notre Dame, formerly called Twillingate and Fogo, is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,990 eligible voters. ^[1]

The district was created prior to the 1996 election from Twillingate and part of Fogo. The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Lewisporte-Twillingate ^{[2] [3]} and Fogo Island-Cape Freels.

This district was represented by former Liberal party leader, Gerry Reid from 1996 to 2007. ^{[4] [5]}

Members of the House of Assembly

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

	Member	Party	Term
	Derrick Dalley	Progressive Conservative	2007–2015
	Gerry Reid	Liberal	1996-2007

Twillingate

	Member	Party	Term
	Walter Carter	Liberal	1985-1996
	Ida M. Reid	Progressive Conservative	1982-1985
	William Rowe	Liberal	1977-1982
	Joey Smallwood	Reform Liberal	1975-1977
	Herbert Gillett	Liberal	1972-1975
	William Adams	Liberal	1971-1972
	Leslie Curtis	Liberal	1949-1971

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Election results

The Isles of Notre Dame

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Derrick Dalley	2,764	67.65%	–
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,070	26.19%
	NDP	Tree Walsh	252	6.17%

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Derrick Dalley	2371	50.07%	+5.82
	Liberal	Gerry Reid	2364	49.93%	-5.82

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Twillingate and Fogo

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Reid	2941	55.75	-10.07
	Progressive Conservative	Derrick Dalley	2344	44.25	+15.39

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1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Reid	3343	65.82
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald McKenna	1466	28.86	–
	Independent	Dallas Mitchell	270	5.32

Boundary description

The District of The Isles of Notre Dame shall consist of and include all that part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to include the islands of Twillingate, New World Island, Change Islands, Fogo Island and the following adjacent islands: Black Island, Western Indian Island, Eastern Indian Island and Bacalhao Island.

Communities

1. Barr'd Islands
2. Black Duck Cove
3. Bridgeport
4. Carter's Cove
5. ChancePort
6. Change Islands
7. Cobb's Arm
8. Crow Head
9. Deep Bay
10. Fairbank
11. Fogo
12. Fogo Island Centre
13. Green Cove
14. Herring Neck
15. Hillgrade
16. Indian Cove
17. Island Harbour
18. Joe Batt's Arm
19. Kettle Cove
20. Little Harbour
21. Little Seldom
22. Merritt's Harbour
23. Moreton's Harbour
24. Newville
25. Paradise
26. Pike's Arm
27. Purcell's Harbour
28. Ragged Point
29. Rogers Cove
30. Salt Harbour
31. Seldom
32. Shoal Bay
33. Stag Harbour
34. Summerford
35. Tilting
36. Tizzard's Harbour
37. Toogood Arm
38. Twillingate
39. Valley Pond
40. Virgin Arm

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions THE ISLES OF NOTRE DAME" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
3. "Liberal Jim Bennett loses nomination in new district of Lewisporte-Twillingate". CBC News, August 20, 2015.
4. "Heartbreak for Liberals as Grit vote collapses". CBC News, October 9, 2007.
5. "Reid resigns leadership, vows Grit rebuilding". CBC News, November 13, 2007.
6. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
7. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
8. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly