Carbonear-Harbour Grace

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Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district

Carbonear-Harbour Grace in relation to other district in Newfoundland

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

District created

1995

First contested

1996

Last contested

2013

Demographics

Population (2006)

12,051

9,205

Carbonear-Harbour Grace is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 9,205 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Being a regional services centre heavily influences the district’s economy. Communities include: Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Bristol's Hope, Bryant's Cove, Freshwater, Harbour Grace South, Riverhead, Spaniard's Bay, Tilton Upper Island Cove, and Victoria.

Members of the House of Assembly

	Member	Party	Term
	Herbert Pottle	Liberal	1949–1956
	George Clarke	Liberal	1956–1962

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By-election, November 26, 2013 On the resignation of Jerome Kennedy, October 2, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Slade	2,769	50.42%	+35.63
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Harrington	2,313	42.12%	-34.17
	NDP	Charlene Sudbrink	410	7.47%	-1.03
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.90

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	3,993	76.29%	+1.38
	Liberal	Phillip Earle	774	14.79	-10.31
	NDP	Shawn Hyde	445	8.50
	Independent	Kyle Brookings	22	0.42
Total valid votes			5,234
Rejected			24	0.46	-0.56
Turnout			5,258	56.71	-10.69
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.85

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	4,367	74.91	+28.80
	Liberal	Paul Baldwin	1,463	25.09	-28.80
Total valid votes			5,830
Rejected			60	1.02
Turnout			5,890	67.40
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+28.80

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	3,699	53.89%	-7.0%
	Progressive Conservative	John Babb	3,165	46.11%	+12.73%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	4,132	60.86%	+4.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Garland	2,266	33.38%	-6.06%
	NDP	Kevin Noel	391	5.73%	+1.46%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Art Reid	3,846	56.26%
	Progressive Conservative	George Faulkner	2,698	39.47%	–
	NDP	Linda Soper	292	4.27%

v t e Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

Baie Verte-Springdale Bay of Islands Bellevue Bonavista North Bonavista South Burgeo and La Poile Burin-Placentia West Cape St. Francis Carbonear-Harbour Grace Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Conception Bay East - Bell Island Conception Bay South Exploits Ferryland Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Gander Grand Bank Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South Harbour Main Humber East Humber Valley Humber West Kilbride Labrador West Lake Melville Lewisporte Mount Pearl North Mount Pearl South Placentia and St. Mary's Port au Port Port de Grave St. Barbe St. George's-Stephenville East St. John's Centre St. John's East St. John's North St. John's South St. John's West Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Terra Nova The Isles of Notre Dame The Straits - White Bay North Topsail Torngat Mountains Trinity-Bay de Verde Trinity North Virginia Waters

See also: 2011 general election List of elections Politics

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