Burin-Grand Bank
Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. The district was created out of all of Grand Bank and parts of Burin-Placentia West and Bellevue.
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
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| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 12,545 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 9,328 | ||
| Area (km²) | 2,475 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 2 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Bay L'Argent, Burin, Fortune, Fox Cove-Mortier, Frenchman's Cove, Garnish, Grand Bank, Lamaline, Lawn, Lewin's Cove, Little Bay East, Lord's Cove, Point May, Point au Gaul, St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine, St. Lawrence, Winterland | ||
The district contains a ferry serving St. Pierre and Miquelon, which is part of France, via a port in Fortune. The district also contains an intra-provincial ferry serving Rencontre East.
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 48th | 2015–2019 | Carol Anne Haley | Liberal | |
| 49th | 2019–2021 | |||
Election results
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Carol Anne Haley | 2,822 | 51.62 | -27.73 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Matthews | 2,645 | 48.39 | +39.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,467 | 99.02 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.98 | +0.64 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,521 | 65.70 | +11.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 8,403 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -33.64 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Carol Anne Haley | 3,962 | 79.35 | |||||
| New Democratic | Ambrose Penton | 590 | 11.82 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terence Fleming | 441 | 8.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,993 | 99.66 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,010 | 53.71 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,328 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[1] | ||||||||
References
- "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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