Gander—Twillingate

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Gander—Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1966
District abolished 1987
First contested 1968
Last contested 1984


Gander—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls ridings.

It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative John Lundrigan 10,601
     Liberal Charles R.M. Granger 9,016
     New Democrat Lowell Paulson 352


Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative John Lundrigan 12,420
     Liberal George Baker 10,396
     New Democrat Walwin Blackmore 577


Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal George Baker 12,722
     Progressive Conservative Rupert Short 8,021
     New Democrat Edgar A. Russell 2,143


Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal George Baker 15,408
     Progressive Conservative Fred J. Dixon 4,727
     New Democrat Wallace Bown 4,460


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal George Baker 17,465
     Progressive Conservative Harold Collins 7,788
     New Democrat Clyde West 2,338


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal George Baker 16,100
     Progressive Conservative Eugene Burt 13,076
     New Democrat Gerry Panting 1,138

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