Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair in relation to other districts in Labrador
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Lisa Dempster Liberal
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	4,713
Electors (2011)	3,131
Census divisions	Division No. 10
Census subdivisions	Cartwright, Charlottetown, Division No. 10, Subdivision A, Division No. 10, Subdivision B, Forteau, L'Anse-au-Clair, L'Anse-au-Loup, Mary's Harbour, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 3,131 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district covers remote communities in Southern Labrador that are mostly dependent on fishery. The district includes: Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Capstan Island, Cartwright, Domino, Forteau, L'Anse Amour, L'Anse au Clair, L'Anse au Loup, Lodge Bay, Mary's Harbour, Norman Bay, Paradise River, Pinsent's Arm, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste and William's Harbour.

The district is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province; on only one occasion in 32 years have voters not elected a Liberal, and even then – in 1996 – it was with a Liberal running as an Independent; Yvonne Jones has been a mainstay of the Liberal caucus since, and served as Liberal party leader from 2007 to 2011.

Members of the House of Assembly

Labrador South

	Member	Party	Term
	George Sellars	Liberal	1956-1962
	Gerald I. Hill	Liberal	1962-1971
	Josiah Boyd Harvey	Liberal	1971-1972
	Michael S. Martin	Labrador Party	1972-1975

Eagle River

Member		Party	Term
	Ian Strachan	Liberal	1975-1979
	Eugene Hiscock	Liberal	1979-1989
	Danny Dumaresque	Liberal	1989-1996

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

Member		Party	Term
	Yvonne Jones	Independent	1996-1999
		Liberal	1999–2013
	Lisa Dempster	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

By-election, June 25, 2013 Resignation of Yvonne Jones
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Lisa Dempster	1,142	53.56	-24.24
	NDP	Jason Spingle	703	32.97	+30.91
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	287	13.46	-13.33
	Liberal hold		Swing	-24.24

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,516	71.14	-1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Acreman	571	26.79	-0.33
	NDP	Bill Cooper	44	2.06
Total valid votes			2,131	100.0
Difference			945	44.35
Total rejected ballots			2	0.09
Turnout			2,133	67.87
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.58

Source:

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,736	72.88%	+12.90%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	646	27.12%	-4.73%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,514	59.98%	-25.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	804	31.85%	+17.30%
	Labrador Party	Frank Pye	206	8.16%	+8.16%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,832	85.45%	+43.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Sharon Moores	312	14.55%	+13.12%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yvonne Jones	1,665	56.83%
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,233	42.08%
	Progressive Conservative	Berkley Bursey	42	1.43%	–

Eagle River

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,578	66.95%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Kelly	486	20.62%	–
	NDP	Jessie Bird	293	12.43%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,540	60.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Reginald Hancock	1,026	39.98%	–

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	1,170	46.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Pike	782	30.98%	–
	NDP	Claude Rumbolt	573	22.70%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	1,316	54.58%
	NDP	Claude Rumbolt	568	23.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Stone	527	21.86%	–

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	865	51.00%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Rumbolt	754	44.46%	–
	NDP	Elsie McDonald	77	4.54%

Newfoundland general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Strachan	962	62.18%
	Progressive Conservative	Churchill White	585	37.82%	–

Labrador South

Labrador South by-election, August 31, 1972 Void Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labrador Party	Michael Martin	1.047	50.65%
	Liberal	Josiah Harvey	899	43.05%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Kersey	132	6.30%	–

Newfoundland general election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Harvey	933	50.03%
	Labrador Party	Michael Martin	932	49.97%

Newfoundland general election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Harvey	890	47.52%
	Labrador Party	Michael Martin	807	43.09%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Kean	176	9.40%	–

Newfoundland general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	1,129	90.39%
	Progressive Conservative	Leace Critch	120	9.61%	–

Newfoundland general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	acc.

Labrador South by-election, March 19, 1962 Death of George Sellars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	acc.

Newfoundland general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sellars	1,061	90.84%
	Progressive Conservative	Roderick Roberts	107	9.16%	–

Newfoundland general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sellars	acc.

References

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
• Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007
• Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

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