Canadian federal election results in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Newfoundland and Labrador.

1 Regional profile
2 2006 - 39th General Election
3 2004 - 38th General Election
4 2000 - 37th General Election

[edit] Regional profile

Newfoundland and Labrador has been a Liberal heartland since it joined Canada in 1949, with only the city of St. John's electing Progressive Conservatives on a relatively consistent basis, and that support has transferred over to the current Conservatives. Even in the 1984 Mulroney landslide, more rural and remote seats went Liberal than PC. The Conservatives picked up one seat in the 2006 election, but the Liberals still hold a majority of the seats. Party preference here has a lot to do with religion, where Catholics tend to vote Liberal and Protestants Conservative.

[edit] 2006 - 39th General Election

The Liberals won four seats and the Conservatives three. The open Avalon seat changed hands from the Liberals to the Tories. The seat had been held by Natural Resources Minister John Efford, who had retired. Otherwise, there was little change from the previous election. edit

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	Conservative	NDP	Green	Other	Incumbent
Avalon	Bill Morrow 14,318	Fabian Manning 19,132	Eugene Conway 3 365	Shannon Hillier 297 0.8%		John Efford†
Bonavista—Gander— Grand Falls—Windsor	Scott Simms 19,866	Aaron Hynes 15,376	Sandra Cooze 2,668	Judy Davis 265 0.7%		Scott Simms
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte	Gerry Byrne 17,208	Cyril Pelley 10,137	Holly Pike 4,847	Martin Hanzalek 339 1.0%		Gerry Byrne
Labrador	Todd Russell 5,768	Joseph Goudie 4,528	Jake Larkin 1,037	Gail Zwicker 82 0.7%		Todd Russell ^[1]
Random—Burin—St. George's	Bill Matthews 13,652	Cynthia Downey 12,232	Amanda Will 3,702	Mark Brennan 426 1.4%		Bill Matthews
St. John's East	Paul Antle 14,345	Norman Doyle 19,110	Michael Kehoe 7,190	Stephen Eli Harris 402 1.0%		Norman Doyle
St. John's South—Mount Pearl	Siobhan Coady 12,295	Loyola Hearn 16,644	Peg Norman 8,073	Barry Crozier 235 0.6%		Loyola Hearn

↑ Russell won seat in byelection held May 24, 2005. Previously held by Liberal Lawrence O'Brien (died December 16, 2004)

[edit] 2004 - 38th General Election

One of the biggest questions of the 2004 election was whether the new Conservative Party of Canada could match the old federal PC Party's level of support in Atlantic Canada. With Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial PC government unpopular over mandating an end to the previous year's public service strike, any province-wide success for 2004 was seen as unlikely. The Conservatives lost one of their three seats (previously gained in a byelection) and held their rump in St. John's. Des McGrath was seen as the NDP's best chance of electing a candidate in the province in several decades, but he still fell nearly 4000 votes short of winning Random—Burin—St. George's. edit

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	Conservative	NDP	Green	Other	Incumbent
Avalon	John Efford 18,335	Rick Dalton 9,211	Michael Kehoe 3,450	Don Ferguson 430		John Efford ^[2]
Bonavista—Exploits	Scott Simms 15,970	Rex Barnes 13,786	Samuel McLean 2,667	Ed Sailor White 367	John Lannon (Ind.) 344	Rex Barnes ^[3]
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte	Gerry Byrne 17,820	Wynanne Downer 6,538	Holly Pike 3,743	Steve Durant 384		Gerry Byrne
Labrador	Lawrence O'Brien 5,524	Merrill Strachan 1,400	Shawn Crann 856	Lori-Ann Martino 178	Ern Condon (Ind.) 919	Lawrence O'Brien
Random—Burin—St. George's	Bill Matthews 12,383	Larry Peckford 4,820	Desmond McGrath 8,797	Justin Dollimont 474		Bill Matthews
St. John's North	Walter Noel 13,343	Norman Doyle 15,073	Janine Piller 7,198	Scott Vokey 791		Norman Doyle
St. John's South	Siobhan Coady 11,879	Loyola Hearn 13,330	Peg Norman 7,989	Steve Willcott 493		Loyola Hearn

↑ Efford won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal Brian Tobin
↑ Barnes won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal George Baker

Key map	Avalon Bonavista-Exploits Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte Labrador Random-Burin-St. George's St. John's North St. John's South
Conservative Party of Canada	Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada	New Democratic Party

[edit] 2000 - 37th General Election

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Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	Alliance	NDP	Prog. Cons.	Other	Incumbent
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception	Brian Tobin 22 096	Randy Wayne Dawe 1 051	Fraser March 6 473	Jim Morgan 11 009		Fred Mifflin†
Burin—St. George's	Bill Matthews 14 603	Peter Fenwick 1 511	David Sullivan 924	Fred Pottle 5 798	Sam Synard (Ind.) 7 891	Bill Matthews ^[4]
Gander—Grand Falls	George Baker 15 874	Orville Penney 1 912	Bill Broderick 2 876	Roger Pike 8 191		George Baker
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte	Gerry Byrne 15 405	Murdock Cole 1 702	Trevor Taylor 8 297	Peter McBreairty 6 340		Gerry Byrne
Labrador	Lawrence O'Brien 7 153	Eugene Burt 677	Amanda Will 1 284	Hayward Broomfield 1 254		Lawrence O'Brien
St. John's East	Peter Miller 13 835	Garry Hartle 1 144	Carol Cantwell 5 395	Norman Doyle 23 606	Judy Day (Ind.) 254 Michael Rayment (NLP) 122	Norman Doyle
St. John's West	Chuck Furey 14 137	Eldon Drost 840	Dave Curtis 4 744	Loyola Hearn 22 959	Michael Rendell (NLP) 141	Loyola Hearn