Bonavista North

Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Bonavista North in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,064
Electors (2011)	6,956

Bonavista North was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It existed from when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 until 2015.

As of 2011 the district had 6,956 eligible voters.[1]

The district's principal industry was fishing. Former Premier Beaton Tulk represented the district until he resigned in 2002.

The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Fogo Island-Cape Freels and Bonavista.

Members of the House of Assembly

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Eli Cross	1,723	46.47
	Liberal	Paul Kean	1,518	40.94
	New Democratic	John Coaker	467	12.59
Total valid votes			3,708	99.54
Total rejected ballots			17	0.46
Turnout			3,725	53.71
Electors on the lists			6,935	–

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Harding	2,883	67.76
	Liberal	Winston Carter	1,292	30.36
	New Democratic	E. Howard Parsons	80	1.88
Total valid votes			4,255	99.02
Total rejected ballots			42	0.98
Turnout			4,297	59.20
Electors on the lists			7,258	–

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Harry Harding	3384	58.33%	+1.26%
Liberal	Churence Rogers	2301	39.67%	-2.67%
NDP	E. Howard Parsons	116	2.00%	+1.42%

By-Election, 2002 On the resignation of Beaton Tulk
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Harry Harding	3424	57.07%	+32.60%
Liberal	Beaton Tulk	2540	42.34%	-33.19%
NDP	E. Howard Parsons	35	0.58%	+0.58%

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beaton Tulk	3943	75.53%	+18.84%
	Progressive Conservative	James Cooze	1277	24.47%	-14.37%

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Beaton Tulk	3594	56.69%
Progressive Conservative	Sam Winsor	2463	38.84%	–
NDP	Wayne Davis	283	4.46%

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tom Lush	3722
Progressive Conservative	John Ackermann	1770	–	–
NDP	Ed Brown	349

1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Thomas Lush	3470
Progressive Conservative	Eli Cross	2351	–	–
NDP	Ingwald Feltham	117

1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tom Lush	2983
Progressive Conservative	W. George Cross	2861	–	–
NDP	John Blackwood	150
Independent	Wayne Davis	58

1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter George Cross	2972	–	–
	Liberal	Len Stirling	2678

"Summary of Polling Divisions BONAVISTA NORTH" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

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