Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

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Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
 Canadian Federal electoral district  

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte in relation to the other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings ridings
Member of Parliament       Gerry Byrne
Liberal
Population (2001) 76 467
Electors (2006) 59 685
Area (km²) 34 233
Pop. density (per km²) 2.23
Riding created 1987, from Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Census divisions Division No. 5
Division No. 6
Division No. 8
Division No. 9
Subdivisions Cities:
Corner Brook
Towns:
Baie Verte
Burlington
Deer Lake
Great Harbour Deep
King's Point
Pasadena
River of Ponds
Robert's Arm
Roddickton
St. Anthony
Springdale
Steady Brook
Villages:
Anchor Point, Bird Cove, Conche, Cook's Harbour, Cormack, Cow Head, Cox's Cove, Daniel's Harbour, Englee, Fleur de Lys, Flower's Cove, Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook, Goose Cove East, Hampden, Hawke's Bay, Howley, Humber Arm South, Irishtown-Summerside, Jackson's Arm, La Scie, Lark Harbour, Main Brook, Massey Drive, McIver's, Middle Arm, Ming's Bight, Mount Moriah, Norris Point, Pacquet, Parson's Pond, Pollard's Point, Port au Choix, Port Saunders, Raleigh, Reidville, Rocky Harbour, St. Lunaire-Griquet, St. Paul's, Seal Cove, South Brook, Triton, Trout River, Westport

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

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[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, 3.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 99.3% English
Religions: 73.8% Protestant, 23.2% Catholic, 2.1% No affiliation
Average income: $20 573

[edit] Geography

The district includes the Great Northern Peninsula, the Baie Verte Peninsula, the area along the southwest coast of Notre Dame Bay, and the Corner Brook area. It also includes most of Glover Island, the Grey Islands (Groais Island and Bell Island) and the Horse Islands.

The neighbouring ridings are Labrador, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and Random—Burin—St. George's.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for the 39th General Election (2006) are:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying westerly and northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point midway between the towns of Triton and Leading Tickles in Notre Dame Bay; thence southerly in said bay to Seal Bay; thence southerly in a straight line to Frozen Ocean Lake at approximate latitude 49°11'N and approximate longitude 55°41'W; thence westerly in a straight line to Hinds Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to Georges Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of Port au Port Bay. Including St. John Island, Quirpon Island, Sop's Island, Bell Island and Groais Island of the Grey Islands, Horse Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

See the map of the Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte riding (PDF).

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe prior to 1988
34th 1988-1993     Brian Tobin Liberal
35th 1993-1996
1996 By-election 1996-1997     Gerry Byrne Liberal
36th 1997-2000
37th 2000-2004
38th 2004-2006
39th 2006-

[edit] Election results

Incumbents are indicated in italics, winners are in bold.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Residence Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gerry Byrne Corner Brook 17 208 52.9% -9.7% $52 162.64
     Conservative Cyril Pelley, Jr. Springdale 10 137 31.20% +8.2% $41 466.78
     New Democratic Party Holly Pike Corner Brook 4847 14.9% +1.8% $5133.46
     Green Martin Hanzalek Pasadena 339 1.0% -0.4% $0.00
Total valid votes 32 531 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 191 0.58% +0.13%
Turnout 32 722 54.6% +6.8%


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Residence Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gerry Byrne Corner Brook 17 820 62.56% +13.77 $61 736.96
     Conservative Wynanne Downer Corner Brook 6538 22.95% -2.41 $40 937.60
     New Democratic Party Holly Pike Corner Brook 3743 13.14% -12.68 $5878.44
     Green Steve Durant Ottawa, Ontario 384 1.35% n/a $177.50
Total votes 28 485 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 128 0.45%
Turnout 28 613 47.77%

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 15 446 48.79% +8.95 $72 495.03
     New Democratic Party Trevor Taylor 8173 25.82% +11.22 $52 904.66
     Progressive Conservative Peter McBreairty 6340 20.03% -19.03 $26 515.00
     Canadian Alliance Murdock Cole 1698 5.33% n/a $7310.00
Total votes 31 657 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 117 0.37%
Turnout 31 774 57.99%


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 12 057 39.84% -15.85 $1986.00
     Progressive Conservative Terry Young 11 825 39.06% +15.56 $36 418.00
     New Democratic Party Marie Newhook 4421 14.60% +14.60 $1591.00
     Reform Randy Wells 1969 6.50% +4.03 $0.00
Total votes 30 272 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 129 0.42%
Turnout 30 401 54.93%

By-Election: Resignation of Brian Tobin, 25 January 1996

By-election on March 25th, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 12 453 55.69% -26.49
     Progressive Conservative Danny Kane 5253 23.50% +8.12
     Reform Deon Hancock 4099 18.34% n/a
     New Democratic Party Coleen Dingwell-Corbin 554 2.47% +0.03
Total votes 22 359 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Brian Tobin 25 920 82.18% +15.15
     Progressive Conservative Margaret Ann O'Rourke 4852 15.38% -13.91
     New Democratic Party Linda Soper 770 2.44% -1.24
Total votes 31 542 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Brian Tobin 26 259 67.03% —
     Progressive Conservative Terry Young 11 477 29.29% —
     New Democratic Party Marie Newhook 1441 3.68% —
Total votes 39 177 100.00%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Liberal

Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's
Conservative

Avalon | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl
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