Placentia-St. Mary's

Placentia—St. Mary’s is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,361 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Placentia and St. Mary’s includes the former U.S. naval base at Argentia, as well as Voisey Bay Nickel's planned processing facility at Long Harbour. Communities include: Admiral's Beach, Angel's Cove, Argentia, Branch, Coote Pond, Colinet, Cuslett, Dunville, Forest Field, Freshwater, Fox Harbour, Gaskiers, Great Barasway, Harricott, Jerseyside, Little Barasway, Mall Bay, Mitchell's Brook, Mount Carmel, New Bridge, North Harbour, O'Donnells, Patrick's Cove, Peter's River, Placentia, Point Verde, Point Le Haye, Point Lance, Riverhead, Ship Cove, Ship Harbour, St. Bride's, St. Catherine's, St. Mary's, St. Joseph's, St. Shott's, St. Stephen's and St. Vincent's.

Placentia and St. Mary’s is a Tory stronghold, but many constituents backed rebel MHA Fabian Manning, who was ejected from the PC caucus in 2005 after splitting with Premier Danny Williams on fisheries policies.

Members of the House of Assembly

Member	Party	Term
Felix Collins	Progressive Conservative	2006-2015
Fabian Manning	Progressive Conservative	1999-2006
Anthony Sparrow	Liberal	1996-1999
Greg Power	Liberal	1951-1956
Leonard J. Miller	Progressive Conservative	1949-1951

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St. Mary's/St. Mary's-the Capes

Member	Party	Term
Fabian Manning	Progressive Conservative	1993-1996
Loyola Hearn	Progressive Conservative	1982-1993
Walter C. Carter	Progressive Conservative	1975-1982
Gerald Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative	1971-1975
Dr. James McGrath	Liberal	1956-1971

Placentia East/Placentia

Member	Party	Term
Nick Careen	Progressive Conservative	1993-1996
William Hogan	Liberal	1989-1993
William Patterson	Progressive Conservative	1975-1989
Fintan Aylward	Progressive Conservative	1972-1975
Joseph R. Smallwood	Liberal	1971-1972
Alain Frecker	Liberal	1959-1971
Greg Power	Liberal	1956-1959

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	2,516	49.86	–
	NDP	Trish Dodd	1,475	29.23
	Liberal	Todd Squires	1,055	20.91
Total				100.0%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	3,086	79.17	–
	NDP	Jennifer Coultas	812	20.83
Total			3,098	100.0%

By-election, February 21, 2006 On the resignation of Fabian Manning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	2,247	46.3	–
	Independent	Nick Careen	1,641	33.8
	Liberal	Kevin Power	931	19.2
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Tom Hickey	31	0.6
Total			4,850	100.0%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fabian Manning	3,746	65.60	–
	Liberal	Kevin Power	1,812	31.73
	NDP	Janet Stringer	152	2.66
Total			5,710	100.0%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fabian Manning	3,579	54.8%	–
	Liberal	Anthony Sparrow	2,938	45.0%
Total			6,517	100.0%

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References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions PLACENTIA - ST. MARY'S" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
↑ CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
↑ General Election Reports. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 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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