Long Range Mountains (electoral district)

Long Range Mountains was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[2] It was created out of the electoral districts of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (65%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (35%).^[3]

Geography

The riding includes the entirety of the west coast of Newfoundland.

Boundary Description

The official description of the electoral district, as offered by Elections Canada states that it is "All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the mouth of Chaleur Bay; thence generally northwesterly along said bay to the end of said bay; thence westerly in a straight line to the most southerly point of Dry Pond at approximate latitude 47°50'25"N and approximate longitude 57°31'17"W; thence northerly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake; thence northerly in a straight line to a point in Hinds Lake at latitude 48°57'49"N and longitude 56°59'36"W; thence northerly in a straight line to the southeasternmost point of the limit of the Town of Hampden; thence generally northerly along the easterly limit of said town to the northeasternmost point of the limit of said town; thence easterly in a straight line to a point in White Bay at latitude 49°34'31"N and longitude 56°50'24"W; thence generally northerly along said bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

Including Ramea Islands, Sops Island, Bell Island, Groais Island of the Grey Islands, Quirpon Island, St. John Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area.^[4]"

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[5]^[6]

Ethnic groups: 82.4% White, 17.1% Aboriginal
Languages: 98.7% English
Religions: 95.4% Christian (36.7% Anglican, 34.4% Catholic, 10.5% United Church, 6.5% Pentecostal, 7.3% Other), 4.4% No religion
Median income (2010): $22,576
Average income (2010): $30,470

History

The riding of Long Range Mountains was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Long Range Mountains Riding created from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's
42nd	2015–Present		Gudie Hutchings	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gudie Hutchings	30,889	73.85	+18.70	–
	Conservative	Wayne Ruth	5,085	12.16	–13.09	–
	New Democratic	Devon Babstock	4,739	11.33	–6.51	–
	Green	Terry Cormier	1,111	2.66	+1.62	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,824	100.00		$241,354.60
Total rejected ballots			108	0.26	–
Turnout			41,932	59.03	–
Eligible voters			71,037
	Liberal hold		Swing		+15.90
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,770	55.16
	Conservative	9,051	25.25
	New Democratic	6,394	17.84
	Green	370	1.03
	Others	258	0.72

References

1 2 Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
↑ Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
↑ Elections Canada. "Long Range Mountains Boundaries description". Elections Canada. Elections Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=10005&Data=Count&SearchText=Long%20Range%20Mountains&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=10005&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&Data=Count&SearchText=Long%20Range%20Mountains&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Long Range Mountains (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Historical federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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