Fogo Island-Cape Freels

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Fogo Island-Cape Freels
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Fogo Island-Cape Freels electoral district map.svg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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Jim McKenna
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested 2015
Last contested 2024 by-election
Demographics
Population (2011)14,035
Electors (2015)10,450
Area (km²)4,040
Census division(s) Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s) Carmanville, Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Change Islands, Division No. 6, Subd. E, Division No. 7, Subd. A, Division No. 7, Subd. B, Division No. 7, Subd. N, Division No. 8, Subd. G, Division No. 8, Subd. L, Division No. 8, Subd. M, Dover, Fogo Island, Greenspond, Hare Bay, Indian Bay, Lumsden, Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley

Fogo Island-Cape Freels is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. It was created out of all of Bonavista North, and parts of The Isles of Notre Dame, Lewisporte and Terra Nova.

Contents

The riding contains Fogo Island, the Change Islands, the communities along the Straight Shore including the Dog Bay area and Gander Bay, and the communities on the north shore of Bonavista Bay from Cape Freels to Hare Bay.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
48th 2015–2019   Derrick Bragg Liberal
49th 2019–2021
50th 2021–2024
2024   Jim McKenna Progressive Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, April 15, 2024
Death of Derrick Bragg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim McKenna 3,29057.69+21.05
Liberal Dana Blackmore2,24439.35-21.70
New Democratic Jim Gill1692.96+0.65
Total valid votes5,703
Total rejected ballots
Turnout55.90+15.16
Eligible voters10,241
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +21.38


2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Derrick Bragg 2,51161.05+6.74
Progressive Conservative Sue Collins1,50736.64-9.05
New Democratic Jim Gill952.31
Total valid votes4,113 99.64
Total rejected ballots 150.36-0.21
Turnout4,12840.74-11.35
Eligible voters10,132
Liberal hold Swing +7.90
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"2021 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Derrick Bragg 2,81154.31-15.58
Progressive Conservative Sue Collins2,36545.69+18.12
Total valid votes5,17699.42
Total rejected ballots300.58+0.32
Turnout5,20652.10+3.83
Eligible voters9,993
Liberal hold Swing -16.85
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Derrick Bragg 3,51669.89
Progressive Conservative Eli Cross 1,38727.57
New Democratic Rebecca Stuckey1282.54
Total valid votes5,03199.74
Total rejected ballots130.26
Turnout5,04448.27
Eligible voters10,450
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [1]

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References

  1. "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.