Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 78,092 | ||
Electors (2011) | 63,891 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 43,596 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1.8 | ||
Census subdivisions | Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Fogo Island, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Lewisporte, Springdale, Twillingate |
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%).[2]
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]
History
The riding of Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon. It was the first election result called for in the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Scott Simms | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Scott Simms | 26,523 | 74.82 | +19.90 | $53,460.35 | |||
Conservative | Kevin George O'Brien | 6,479 | 18.28 | –12.04 | $151,187.70 | |||
New Democratic | Claudette Menchenton | 2,175 | 6.14 | –7.49 | $3,416.01 | |||
Green | Elizabeth Perry | 271 | 0.76 | –0.12 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 35,448 | 100.00 | $238,355.39 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 145 | 0.41 | – | |||||
Turnout | 35,593 | 55.71 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 63,891 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +15.97 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 15,805 | 54.92 | |
Conservative | 8,724 | 30.31 | |
New Democratic | 3,920 | 13.62 | |
Green | 254 | 0.88 | |
Independent | 74 | 0.26 |
References
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections