Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district |
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Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings |
Defunct federal electoral district |
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Legislature |
House of Commons |
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District created |
1987 |
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District abolished |
2013 |
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First contested |
1988 |
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Last contested |
2011 |
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District webpage |
profile, map |
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Demographics |
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Population (2011)[1] |
71,563 |
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Electors (2011) |
59,797 |
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Area (km²)[2] |
31,075.06 |
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Census divisions |
Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 8, Division No. 9 |
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Census subdivisions |
Corner Brook, Deer Lake, Pasadena, Springdale, St. Anthony |
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Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that had been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2015.
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
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte is the riding with the highest percentage of people with English ethnic origin in all of Canada (46.8% - multiple responses).[3]
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. As of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be dissolved and divided between Long Range Mountains (80%) and Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (20%).
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, 2003 Representation Order
Canadian federal election, 2011 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Liberal | Gerry Byrne | 17,119 | 57.04 | -10.88 | $40,692.36 |
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Conservative | Trevor Taylor | 7,559 | 25.18 | +14.56 | $34,234.84 |
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New Democratic | Shelley Senior | 4,751 | 15.83 | -1.97 | $6,860.99 |
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Independent | Wayne Ronald Bennett | 332 | 1.11 | -2.55 | $2,100.81 |
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Green | Robin Gosse | 253 | 0.84 | – | $0.00 |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
30,014 | 100.0 | – | $93,645.93 |
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots |
97 | 0.32 | -0.25 |
Turnout |
30,111 | 50.94 | +6.67 |
Eligible voters |
59,109 |
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Liberal hold |
Swing |
-12.72
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Change for Independent candidate Wayne Roland Bennett is based on results from Newfoundland and Labrador First. |
Sources: [4] [5] |
Canadian federal election, 2008 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Liberal | Gerry Byrne | 17,943 | 67.92 | +15.02 | $40,633.78 |
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New Democratic | Mark Kennedy | 4,703 | 17.80 | +2.90 | $2,377.46 |
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Conservative | Lorne Robinson | 2,806 | 10.62 | -20.54 | $11,451.29 |
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Newfoundland and Labrador First | Wayne Ronald Bennett | 967 | 3.66 | – | $14,072.95 |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
26,419 | 100.0 | – | $90,812 |
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots |
150 | 0.57 | -0.01 |
Turnout |
26,472 | 44.27 | -10.55 |
Eligible voters |
59,797 |
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Liberal hold |
Swing |
+6.06
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Canadian federal election, 2006 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Liberal | Gerry Byrne | 17,208 | 52.90 | -9.66 | $51,137.92 |
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Conservative | Cyril Pelley, Jr. | 10,137 | 31.16 | +8.21 | $40,695.65 |
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New Democratic | Holly Pike | 4,847 | 14.90 | +1.76 | $6,539.20 |
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Green | Martin Hanzalek | 339 | 1.04 | -0.31 | none listed |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
32,531 | 100.0 | – | $84,468 |
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots |
191 | 0.58 | +0.13 |
Turnout |
32,722 | 54.82 | +7.05 |
Eligible voters |
59,685 |
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Liberal hold |
Swing |
-8.94
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Canadian federal election, 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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Liberal | Gerry Byrne | 17,820 | 62.56 | +14.14 | $60,642.45 |
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Conservative | Wynanne Downer | 6,538 | 22.95 | -4.13 | $49,487.66 |
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New Democratic | Holly Pike | 3,743 | 13.14 | -11.36 | $5,864.44 |
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Green | Steve Durant | 384 | 1.35 | – | $177.50 |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
28,485 | 100.0 | – | $82,511 |
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots |
128 | 0.45 |
Turnout |
28,613 | 47.77 |
Eligible voters |
59,893 |
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Liberal notional hold |
Swing |
+9.14
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Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. |
Previous elections
Canadian Alliance changes from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
See also
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Coordinates: 49°47′26″N 56°54′40″W / 49.7905°N 56.9110°W / 49.7905; -56.9110