Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde

Trinity-Bay de Verde

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district

Trinity-Bay de Verde in relation to other districts in Newfoundland

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

MHA

Steve Crocker
Liberal

District created

1975

First contested

1975

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2006)

10,032

Electors (2014)

6,968

Trinity-Bay de Verde is a provincial electoral district of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district covers the eastern edge of Trinity Bay and the tip of Conception Bay. As of 2011, there are 6,968 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district includes the communities of: Bay de Verde, Cavendish, Grate’s Cove, Green's Harbour, Hants Harbour, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight, Heart's Desire, Hopeall, Islington, Long Beach, Lower Island Cove, New Perlican, Northern Bay, Old Perlican, Perry's Cove, Red Head Cove, Salmon Cove, Sprout Cove, Western Bay and Winterton. In the 2007 redistribution, added a small chunk of Carbonear-Harbour Grace while losing 16 per cent of the district to Bellevue.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Member	Party	Term
Steve Crocker	Liberal	2014–2015
Charlene Johnson	Progressive Conservative	2003-2014
Lloyd Snow	Liberal	1989-2003
Jim Reid	Progressive Conservative	1982-1989
Fred Rowe	Liberal	1975-1982

^[2]

As Trinity South

Member	Party	Term
Jim Reid	Progressive Conservative	1971-1975
Uriah Strickland	Liberal	1959-1971
Samuel Hefferton	Liberal	1956-1959
Maxwell Button	Liberal	1949-1956

As Bay de Verde

	Member	Party	Term
	Brendan Howard	Progressive Conservative	1972-1975
	William Penman Saunders	Liberal	1962-1972

As Carbonear-Bay de Verde

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

^[3]

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, 25 November 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Steve Crocker	3,074	65.53	+41.60
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald Johnson	1,363	29.06	-32.86
	New Democratic	Tolson Rendell	254	5.41	-8.74
Total valid votes			4,691
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+37.23

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Johnson	2,882	61.91	-10.02
	Liberal	Barry Snow	1,114	23.93	+1.03
	NDP	Sheina Lerman	659	14.16	+9.02

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Johnson	3,572	71.93	+8.73
	Liberal	Bruce M. Layman	1,137	22.90	-9.47
	NDP	Don Penney	257	5.18	+0.75

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Johnson	4,091	63.20	–
	Liberal	Lloyd G. Snow	2,095	32.37
	NDP	Victoria Harnum	287	4.43

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd G. Snow	3,201	54.0
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Bursey	2,176	36.7	–
	NDP	Jeff Jacobs	320	5.4
	NLP	Monty Newhook	214	3.6

^[6]

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd Snow	3,765
	Progressive Conservative	Nellie Squires	2,554	–	–
	NDP	Bill Hiscock	353

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd Snow	2,617
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Lloyd Sparkes	1,662	–	–
	NDP	Lucy Tuck	305
	Independent	Peter George Hiscock	257

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd Snow	2,768
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Quinlan	1,999	–	–
	NDP	Bert Pitcher	189
	Independent	Bren Howard	84

^[7]

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James G. Reid	2,369	–	–
	Liberal	Walter Brown	1,860
	NDP	Bert Pitcher	685

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James Reid	2,700	–	–
	Liberal	Phil Warren	2,087

References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions TRINITY - BAY DE VERDE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
↑ CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
↑ General Election Reports. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
↑ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

Baie Verte-Green Bay Bonavista Burgeo-La Poile Burin-Grand Bank Cape St. Francis Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Conception Bay East - Bell Island Conception Bay South Corner Brook Exploits Ferryland Fogo Island-Cape Freels Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Gander Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Harbour Main Humber-Bay of Islands Humber-Gros Morne Labrador West Lake Melville Lewisporte-Twillingate Mount Pearl North Mount Pearl-Southlands Mount Scio Placentia-St. Mary's Placentia West-Bellevue St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows St. George's-Humber St. John's Centre St. John's East-Quidi Vidi St. John's West Stephenville-Port au Port Terra Nova Topsail-Paradise Torngat Mountains Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Waterford Valley Windsor Lake

See also: 2015 general election List of elections Politics

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