Bonavista South
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
District created | 1959 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 2011 |
Demographics | |
Population (2006) | 10,014 |
Electors (2011) | 6,843 |
Bonavista South is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters.[1]
It contains the communities of: Bonavista, Spillars Cove, Birchy Cove, Newman's Cove, Amherst Cove, Elliston, Little Catalina, Knights Cove, Stock Cove, King's Cove, Duntara, Keels, Open Hall, Redcliff, Tickle Cove, Plate Cove, Summerville, Princeton, Southern Bay, Charleston, Sweet Bay, Bloomfield, Musgravetown, Musgravetown, Lethbridge, Brooklyn, Portland, Jamestown, Winterbrook, Catalina, Port Union and Melrose.
The district is heavily dependent on the fishery, but agriculture and tourism are significant to the local economy.
The district was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by the new district of Bonavista.
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Glen Little | Progressive Conservative | 2011–2015 | |
Roger Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | 1993-2011 | |
Aubrey Gover | Liberal | 1989-1993 | |
Jim Morgan | Progressive Conservative | 1971-1989 | |
Rossy Barbour | Liberal | 1959–1971 | |
Uriah Strickland | Liberal | 1956-1959 | |
Clyde Brown | Liberal | 1951-1956 | |
Ted Russell | Liberal | 1949-1951 | |
Election results
Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Glen Little | 2,214 | 56.14 | |||||
New Democratic | Darryl Johnson | 1,198 | 30.38 | |||||
Liberal | Johanna Ryan Guy | 532 | 13.49 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,944 | 99.74 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 10 | 0.26 | ||||||
Turnout | 3,954 | 57.95 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 6,823 | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | Acclaimed | 100.00% | +20.24% | |
Liberal | Withdrew | 0.00% | -17.14% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | 4,354 | 79.58% | – | |
Liberal | Betty Fitzgerald | 938 | 17.14% | ||
NDP | Sam Kelly | 179 | 3.27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | 4,496 | 70.87 | ||
Liberal | George Clements | 1,768 | 27.87 | ||
NDP | Shawn Crann | 80 | 1.26 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | 4,781 | – | – | |
Liberal | Kay Young | 2,474 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | 2,613 | – | – | |
Liberal | Aubrey Gover | 2,235 | |||
NDP | Malon Quinton | 147 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Aubrey Gover | 1952 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Roger Fitzgerald | 1932 | – | – | |
NDP | Rex Sheppard | 259 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | James Morgan | 2424 | – | – | |
Liberal | Ancel John Johnson | 1193 | |||
NDP | Harry Clarence Faulkner | 519 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | James Morgan | 2742 | – | – | |
Liberal | Cyril Roy Mifflin | 992 |
References
- ↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions BONAVISTA SOUTH" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
- 1 2 3 4 Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.