Gander—Grand Falls

Gander—Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2003
First contested	1988
Last contested	2004

Gander—Grand Falls was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Exploits, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Gander—Grand Falls Riding created from Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
34th	1988–1993	George Baker	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002
37th	2002–2004	Rex Barnes	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Exploits, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's

George Baker, a Liberal, represented the riding from the 1997 general election until he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2002. Rex Barnes, a Progressive Conservative, won the 2002 by-election held to replace Baker, and represented the riding for the remainder of that Parliament.

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 May 2002 On Mr. Baker being called to the Senate, 26 March 2002
	Progressive Conservative	Rex Barnes	9,273
	Liberal	Beaton Tulk	8,552
	New Democratic	John Lannon	873
	Alliance	Garry Hartle	422

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