Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Gerry Byrne Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	73,171
Electors (2011)	59,797
Area (km²)	34,233
Pop. density (per km²)	2.1
Census divisions	Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 8, Division No. 9
Census subdivisions	Corner Brook, Deer Lake, Pasadena, Springdale, St. Anthony

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.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

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

Geography

The district includes the Great Northern Peninsula, the Baie Verte Peninsula, the area along the southwest coast of Notre Dame Bay, the Bay of Islands, 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).

History

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

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
	1996–1997		Gerry Byrne	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	17,119	57.04	-10.88
	Conservative	Trevor Taylor	7,559	25.18	+14.56
	New Democrat	Shelley Senior	4,751	15.83	-1.97
	Independent	Wayne Ronald Bennett	332	1.11	-2.55
	Green	Robin Gosse	253	0.84	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,014	100.00		-
Total rejected ballots			97	0.32	-0.25
Turnout			30,111	50.91	+6.64
Eligible voters			59,149

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	17,943	67.92	+15.02	$36,525
	New Democrat	Mark Kennedy	4,703	17.80	+2.90	$2,495
	Conservative	Lorne Robinson	2,806	10.62	-20.54	$11,451
	NLF	Wayne Ronald Bennett	967	3.66		$3,719
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,419	100.00		$90,812
Total rejected ballots			150	0.57	-0.01
Turnout			26,472	44.27	-10.3
Eligible voters			59,797
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.06

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	17,208	52.90	-9.66	$52,162
	Conservative	Cyril Pelley, Jr.	10,137	31.16	+8.21	$41,467
	New Democrat	Holly Pike	4,847	14.90	+1.76	$5,133
	Green	Martin Hanzalek	339	1.04	-0.31
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,531	100.00		$84,468
Total rejected ballots			191	0.58	+0.13
Turnout			32,722	54.6	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.9

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	17,820	62.56	+13.77	$61,737
	Conservative	Wynanne Downer	6,538	22.95	-2.41	$49,410
	New Democrat	Holly Pike	3,743	13.14	-12.68	$5,878
	Green	Steve Durant	384	1.35		$178
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,485	100.00		$82,511
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	15,446	48.79	+8.95
	New Democrat	Trevor Taylor	8,173	25.82	+11.22
	Progressive Conservative	Peter McBreairty	6,340	20.03	-19.03
	Canadian Alliance	Murdock Cole	1,698	5.33	-1.17
Total votes			31,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117	0.37
Turnout			31,774	57.99

Canadian Alliance changes from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	12,057	39.84	-15.85
	Progressive Conservative	Art Bull	11,825	39.06	+15.56
	New Democrat	Joan Scott	4,421	14.60	+12.13
	Reform	Randy Wells	1,969	6.50	-11.84
Total votes			30,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129	0.42
Turnout			30,401	54.93

By-election on 25 March 1996 On the resignation of Brian Tobin, 25 January 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	12,453	55.69	-26.49
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Kane	5,253	23.50	+8.12
	Reform	Deon Hancock	4,099	18.34
	New Democrat	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	4,852	15.38	-13.91
	New Democrat	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 Democrat	Marie Newhook	1,441	3.68
Total votes			39,177	100.00

See also

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

External links

• Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte riding from Elections Canada

• Riding history for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (1987–1996) from the Library of Parliament

• Riding history for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

• Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

Federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Avalon • Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor • Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte • Random—Burin—St. George's New Democratic St. John's East • St. John's South—Mount Pearl Conservative Labrador

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