Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe

Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe (formerly known as Humber—St. Barbe) was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

This riding was created in the 1976 redistribution as "Humber—St. Barbe" from parts of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe" in 1978.

It was abolished in the 1987 redistribution when it was redistributed into Burin—St. George's and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Riding created from Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
31st  1979–1980     Fonse Faour New Democratic
32nd  1980–1984     Brian Tobin Liberal
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Burin—St. George's and
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticFonse Faour15,872
LiberalGeorge Billard8,782
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Hutchings5,941
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBrian Tobin13,170
New DemocraticFonse Faour9,535
Progressive ConservativeBen Alexander6,852
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBrian Tobin17,409
Progressive ConservativeMike Monaghan16,916
New DemocraticKen Gould1,530
IndependentDerek Ernest Woodman196

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.