Conception Bay East-Bell Island

Conception Bay East – Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Conception Bay East – Bell Island in relation to other districts in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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District created	1985
First contested	1985
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,787
Electors (2011)	11,011

Conception Bay East – Bell Island is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 11,011 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Primarily a suburban district within the St. John's Metropolitan Area. The district includes Bell Island, part of the town of Paradise-St. Thomas and the watershed area along Thorburn Road. Other communities include: Drover Heights, Hogan's Pond, Mitchell's Pond, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Round Pound, Windsor Heights.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Member	Party	Term
David Brazil	Progressive Conservative	2010–present
Dianne Whalen	Progressive Conservative	2003-2010
Jim Walsh	Liberal	1989-2003
Leo Barry	Liberal	1985-1989

Bell Island

Member	Party	Term
Stephen A. Neary	Liberal	1962-1975
Richard J. Greene	Progressive Conservative	1959-1962
Joseph O'Driscoll	Liberal	1956-1959

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	3,463	59.22	+4.22
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,582	27.05	+23.22
	New Democratic	Bill Kavanagh	803	13.73	-27.44
Total valid votes			5,848	100.00

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	3,059	55.00	-11.28
	New Democratic	Bill Kavanagh	2,290	41.17	+14.97
	Liberal	Kim Ploughman	213	3.83	-3.68

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By-Election - December 2, 2010 On the death of Dianne Whalen, October 3, 2010^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	2,638	66.28%	-5.51%
NDP	George Murphy	1,043	26.20%	+15.96%
Liberal	Joy Buckle	299	7.51%	-10.46%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Dianne Whalen	3,991	71.79%	–
Liberal	Linda Goodyear	999	17.97%
NDP	Gavin Will	569	10.24%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Dianne Whalen	4,147	56.28%	+26.41%
Liberal	Jim Walsh	1,870	25.38%	-14.81%
NDP	Ken Kavanagh	1,180	16.02%	+0.58%
Independent	Doug Cole	171	2.32%	+2.32%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Jim Walsh	2,426	40.19%	-8.20%
Progressive Conservative	Doug Cole	1,803	29.87%	-7.06%
NDP	Ken Kavanagh	932	15.44%	+10.18
Newfoundland and Labrador First	Sue Kelland-Dyer	876	14.51%	+14.51%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Jim Walsh	2,909	48.39%
Progressive Conservative	Doug Cole	2,220	36.93%	–
Independent	Ken Kavanagh	566	9.42%
NDP	David Sullivan	316	5.26%

References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions CONCEPTION BAY EAST - BELL ISLAND" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ PC David Brazil wins N.L. byelection
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions CONCEPTION BAY EAST - BELL ISLAND" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[2] PC David Brazil wins N.L. byelection

[cbcnews-3] Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.