Ferryland (electoral district)
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district |
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Ferryland in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
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Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1975 | ||
| First contested | 1975 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 11,901 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 8,571 | ||
Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district.[1]
This was the most strongly anti-Confederation area of the province in the late 1940s, but turned Liberal in the 1950s and '60s. It is historically a fishing district, but tourism has been growing. Ferryland contains part of the City of St. John's in the area of Lower Goulds as well as the communities of: Admiral's Cove, Aquaforte, Bay Bulls, Bauline East, Biscay Bay, Brigus South, Burnt Cove, Calvert, Cape Broyle, Cappahayden, Daniel's Point, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Kingman's Cove, La Manche, Mobile, Petty-Harbour-Maddox Cove, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews, St. Michael's, Tors Cove, Trepassey and Witless Bay.
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Keith Hutchings | Progressive Conservative | 2007- | |
| Loyola Sullivan | Progressive Conservative | 1992-2006 | |
| Charlie Power | Progressive Conservative | 1975-1992 | |
| Thomas Doyle | Progressive Conservative | 1971-1975 | |
| Aiden Maloney | Liberal | 1966-1971 | |
| Myles Murray | Liberal | 1956-1966 | |
| Augustine Duffy | Progressive Conservative | 1951-1956 | |
| Peter Cashin | Independent | 1949-1951 |
Election results
| Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Hutchings | 3,093 | 49.83 | |||||
| Liberal | Jeff Marshall | 2,550 | 41.08 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mona Rossiter | 564 | 9.09 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,207 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | Keith Hutchings | 3,640 | 72.15 | -11.65 | |
| NDP | Chris Molloy | 1.224 | 24.26 | +17.35 | |
| Liberal | Dianne Randell | 181 | 3.59 | -5.7 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | Keith Hutchings | 4,256 | 83.8% | +8.7% | |
| Liberal | Kevin Bennett | 472 | 9.29% | -10.9% | |
| NDP | Grace Bavington | 351 | 6.91% | +1.95% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | Keith Hutchings | 2,770 | 75.10% | -11.24% | |
| Liberal | Kevin Bennett | 715 | 19.38% | +10.97% | |
| NDP | Rick Boland | 183 | 4.96% | -0.19% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | Loyola Sullivan | 5,167 | 86.34 | – | |
| Liberal | Andrea Kavanagh | 504 | 8.41 | ||
| NDP | Lois Martin | 309 | 5.15 | ||
| Independent | Pilar Riego-Hickey | 11 | 0.18 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | Loyola Sullivan | 4,482 | 66.0% | – | |
| Liberal | Harold Mulloney | 2,141 | 31.5% | ||
| NDP | Gerry Ryan | 147 | 2.2% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | L Sullivan | 4834 | 68.36% | – | |
| Liberal | T Best | 2237 | 31.63% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive Conservative | L Sullivan | 3675 | 74.00% | – | |
| Liberal | MC O'Brien | 1125 | 22.65% | ||
| NDP | V Silk | 166 | 0.32% | ||
References
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- ↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
- ↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Ferryland byelection February 8, 2007
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 1996. Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2011-04-03. Cite error: Invalid
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External links
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