Humber East

Humber East

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Humber East in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1966
First contested	1966
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,153
Electors (2011)	8,801
Census divisions	Division No. 5
Census subdivisions	Corner Brook, Division No. 5, Subd. A, Division No. 5, Subd. C, Division No. 5, Subd. F, Massey Drive, Pasadena, Steady Brook

Humber East is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Includes the eastern section of Corner Brook as well as Humber Village, Little Rapids, Massey Drive, Pasadena and Steady Brook. There is a mix of urban and rural areas. The district is among the most prosperous in the province.

Humber East has elected a series of political heavyweights, including Clyde Wells, Tom Farrell, Lynn Verge and former premier Tom Marshall.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:

	Member	Party	Term
	Stelman Flynn	Liberal	2014–2015
	Tom Marshall	Progressive Conservative	2003–2014
	Bob Mercer	Liberal	1996-2003
	Lynn Verge	Progressive Conservative	1979-1996
	Tom Farrell	Progressive Conservative	1971-1979
	Clyde Wells	Liberal	1966-1971
	Noel Murphy	Progressive Conservative	1962-1966
	John A. Forsey	Liberal	1956-1962

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, 25 November 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Stelman Flynn	2,263	56.13	+47.66
	Progressive Conservative	Lary Wells	1,454	36.06	-42.19
	New Democratic	Martin Ware	315	7.81	-5.47
Total valid votes			4,032
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+44.92

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Marshall	3,493	78.25	–
	NDP	Marc Best	593	13.28
	Liberal	Charles Murphy	378	8.47

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Marshall	4,160	83.99	–
	Liberal	Mike Hoffe	537	10.84
	NDP	Jean Graham	256	5.17

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Marshall	3,976	60.24	–
	Liberal	Bob Mercer	2,624	39.76

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Mercer	3,197
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Wells	2,405	–	–
	Independent	David B. LeDrew	259
	NDP	Jean Mehaney	246

Boundaries

The District of Humber East is located on the West Coast of Newfoundland, it takes in a portion of the City of Corner Brook, The towns of Massey Drive, Steady Brook, Humber Village, Little Rapids, and Pasadena. Its boundaries are as follows:

• Begins at the intersection of the Meridian of 57o30' West Longitude and the southern shoreline

of Deer Lake;

• Then running in a general southwesterly direction along the sinuosities of the southern shoreline

of Deer Lake to its intersection with the centre line of Blue Gulch Brook;

• Then running in a general southeasterly direction along the centre line of Blue Gulch Brook to its

intersection with the centre line of Main Street, Pasadena;

• Then running in a general southwesterly direction along the centre line of Main Street to its

intersection with the centre line of South Brook;

• Then running in a general southeasterly direction along the centre line of South Brook to its

intersection with the Parallel of 49o North Latitude;

• Then running due south to the point of intersection with the southern shoreline of Grand Lake;

• Then running due west to its intersection with the centre line of the Trans Canada Highway;

• Then running in a general northeasterly direction along the centre line of the Trans Canada

Highway to its intersection with the centre line of Lewin Parkway;

• Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the centre line of Lewin Parkway to its

intersection with the centre line of Wheeler’s Road;

• Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the centre line of Wheeler’s Road to its

intersection with the centre line of Pratt Street;

• Then running in a general southwesterly direction along the centre line of Pratt Street to its

intersection with the centre line of Carter Avenue;

• Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the centre line of Carter Avenue to its

intersection with the centre line of Elizabeth Street;

• Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the centre line of Elizabeth Street to its

intersection with the centre line of Churchill Street;

• Then running in a general northeasterly direction along the centre line of Churchill Street to its

intersection with the centre line of O’Connell Drive;

• Then running in a general easterly direction along the centre line of O’Connell Drive to its

intersection with the centre line of Corner Brook Stream;

• Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the centre line of Corner Brook Stream to its intersection with the southern shoreline of Humber Arm;

• Then running in a general northeasterly direction along the sinuosities of Humber Arm and Humber River to the intersection with the centre line of the Bay of Islands North Shore Highway, Route #440;

• Then running in a northeasterly direction to the summit of Old Man Mountain, north of Old Mans Pond;

• Then running in an easterly direction to the point of beginning.

External links

• Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
• Newfoundland Votes 2003 - CBC