Humber—St. George's

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Humber—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Burin—Burgeo and Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe ridings.

It consisted of the Districts of St. George's-Port au Port, Humber, and St. Barbe and all the unorganised territory bounded on the North by the District of Humber, on the East by the District of Grand Falls, on the South by the District of Burgeo and LaPoile, and on the West by the District of St. George's-Port au Port.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KENT, William Richard	11,930
	Progressive Conservative	LOUGHLIN, Clayton C.	1,451

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman	12,526
	Progressive Conservative	BUTLER, Bertram	3,612

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman Maxwell	10,272
	Progressive Conservative	BUTLER, Henry A.	5,080

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman Maxwell	13,468
	Progressive Conservative	CAHILL, Thomas J.	10,239

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman Maxwell	12,771
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, William J.	7,887
	New Democrat	FINN, Edward	4,313

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman Maxwell	13,605
	New Democrat	FINN, Edward	4,873
	Progressive Conservative	MURPHY, Edna	4,295

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATTEN, Herman Maxwell	13,855
	Progressive Conservative	TOMPKINS, James G.	8,208

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Humber—St. George's (1949–1966) from the Library of Parliament