Harbour Main

Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs.

Historically a Tory stronghold, apart from a two-term Liberal breakthrough in the 1990s. It includes the southern portion of the town of Conception Bay South and the town of Holyrood, the farthest extern of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 the district has 9,005 eligible voters.^[1]

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:

Harbour-Main/Harbour Main-Bell Island

Member	Party	Term
Tom Hedderson	Progressive Conservative	1999-
Don Whelan	Liberal	1993-1999
Norman Doyle	Progressive Conservative	1979-1993
William Doody	Progressive Conservative	1971-1979
Gordon Dawe	Progressive Conservative	1971-1975
John Mahoney	Liberal	1966-1971
Clifton Joy	Liberal	1962-1966
Albert Furey	Progressive Conservative	1959-1962
Matthew Whalen	Liberal	1956-1959
Phillip J. Lewis	Liberal	1951-1971
David I. Jackman	Progressive Conservative	1949-1956
Ronald J. Fahey	Progressive Conservative	1949-1951

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	3600	69.67%	–
	NDP	Mike Maher	987	19.10%
	Liberal	Bern Hickey	580	11.23%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	4606	82.78%	–
	Liberal	Kevin Slaney	635	11.41%
	NDP	Jean Dandenault	323	5.81%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	4769	70.71%	–
	Liberal	Fred Akerman	1482	21.98%
	NDP	Eugene Conway	493	7.31%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	3670	54.91%	–
	Liberal	Wanda Dawe	2502	37.43%
	NDP	Fred Akerman	511	7.64%

References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions HARBOUR MAIN". Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ "District Profile - Harbour Maine". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2009.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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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