Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
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 Canadian Federal electoral district |
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 Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor in relation to the other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings |
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| Member of Parliament | Scott Simms Liberal |
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| Population (2001) | 89 743 | |
| Electors (2006) | 70 782 | |
| Area (km²) | 30 233 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2.97 | |
| Riding created | 2003, from Gander—Grand Falls and Bonavista—Trinity—Conception | |
| Census divisions | Division No. 3 Division No. 6 Division No. 7 Division No. 8 |
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| Subdivisions | Towns: Badger Bishop's Falls Bonavista Botwood Buchans Fogo Gambo Gander Glenwood Glovertown Grand Falls—Windsor Lewisporte Norris Arm Peterview Port Blandford Summerford Twillingate Villages: Carmanville, Catalina, Centreville—Wareham—Trinity, Embree, Hare Bay, Joe Batt's Arm—Barr'd Islands—Shoal Bay, Leading Tickles, Lumsden, Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley, Point Leamington |
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Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (formerly Bonavista—Exploits) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
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[edit] Demographics
Ethnic groups:
- 98.4% White¹
- 1.6% First Peoples
Immigrant population: 0.92%
Languages:²
Religions:
- 81.0% Protestant
- 16.4% Catholic
- 1.9% No affiliation
- 0.6% other Christian
Post-secondary Education: 31.3%
Average individual income: $19 829
Average household income: $40 677
Unemployment: 28.9%
¹ Statistics Canada's category of "Non-visible minority" includes First Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), and has been reduced accordingly.
² Based on ability to speak.
[edit] Geography
The neighbouring ridings are Avalon, Random—Burin—St. George's, and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte.
According to Elections Canada, the geographic definition of this riding is:
- "All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying generally easterly 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 southerly in a straight line to a point in Victoria Lake at latitude 48°15'N and approximate longitude 57°21'W; thence easterly to the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1) with Route No. 230; thence easterly along Route No. 230 to Route No. 230A; thence easterly in a straight line to Ocean Pond; thence southeasterly in a straight line to British Harbour at the entrance of Smith Sound on the north shoreline of Trinity Bay; thence southeasterly to said bay. Including Exploits Islands, North and South Twillingate Islands, New World Island, Change Islands, Fogo Island, Funk Island, Cottel Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."
See the map of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor riding (PDF).
[edit] History
The electoral district was created in 2003: 68.6% from Gander—Grand Falls and 31.4% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception.
[edit] Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Gander—Grand Falls and Bonavista—Trinity—Conception prior to 2004 | ||||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | Scott Simms | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006- | |||
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Scott Simms | 19 866 | 52.04 | +3.84 | ||
| Conservative | Aaron Hynes | 15 376 | 40.28 | -1.33 | ||
| New Democrat | Sandra Cooze | 2668 | 6.99 | -1.06 | ||
| Green | Judy Davis | 265 | 0.69 | -0.42 | ||
| Total valid votes | 38 175 | 100.0% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 190 | 0.50% | -0.03% | |||
| Turnout | 38 365 | 53.3% | +7.0% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Scott Simms | 15 970 | 48.20 | -7.1 | ||
| Conservative | Rex Barnes | 13 786 | 41.61 | +7.1 | ||
| New Democrat | Samuel McLean | 2667 | 8.05 | -2.1 | ||
| Green | Ed Sailor White | 367 | 1.11 | Ø | ||
| Independent | John Lannon | 344 | 1.04 | Ø | ||
| Total valid votes | 33 134 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 178 | 0.53% | ||||
| Turnout | 33 312 | 46.30% | ||||
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Federal Ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
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Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's |
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| Conservative | ||
