Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

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Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district


Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Gerry Byrne
Liberal
District created 1987
First contested 1988
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 73,171
Electors (2006) 59,685
Area (km²) 34,233
Pop. density (per km²) 2.1
Census divisions Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 8, Division No. 9
Census subdivisions Corner Brook, Deer Lake, Pasadena, Springdale, St Anthony

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

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[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, 3.4% Native Canadian
Languages: 99.3% English
Religions: 73.8% Protestant, 23.2% Catholic, 2.1% No affiliation
Average income: $20 573

[edit] Geography

The district includes the Great Northern Peninsula, the Baie Verte Peninsula, the area along the southwest coast of Notre Dame Bay, and the Corner Brook area. It also includes most of Glover Island, the Grey Islands (Groais Island and Bell Island) and the Horse Islands.

The neighbouring ridings are Labrador, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and Random—Burin—St. George's.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for the 39th General Election (2006) are:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying westerly and northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point midway between the towns of Triton and Leading Tickles in Notre Dame Bay; thence southerly in said bay to Seal Bay; thence southerly in a straight line to Frozen Ocean Lake at approximate latitude 49°11'N and approximate longitude 55°41'W; thence westerly in a straight line to Hinds Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to Georges Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of Port au Port Bay. Including St. John Island, Quirpon Island, Sop's Island, Bell Island and Groais Island of the Grey Islands, Horse Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

See the map of the Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte riding (PDF).

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe prior to 1988
34th 1988-1993     Brian Tobin Liberal
35th 1993-1996
1996 vacant
1996 By-election 1996-1997     Gerry Byrne Liberal
36th 1997-2000
37th 2000-2004
38th 2004-2006
39th 2006-

[edit] Election results

Incumbents are indicated in italics, winners are in bold.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 17 208 52.90 -9.66
     Conservative Cyril Pelley, Jr. 10 137 31.16 +8.21
     New Democrat Holly Pike 4847 14.90 +1.76
     Green Martin Hanzalek 339 1.04 -0.31
Total valid votes 32 531 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 191 0.58% +0.13%
Turnout 32 722 54.6% +6.8%


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 17 820 62.56 +13.77
     Conservative Wynanne Downer 6538 22.95 -2.41
     New Democrat Holly Pike 3743 13.14 -12.68
     Green Steve Durant 384 1.35 Ø
Total votes 28 485 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 128 0.45%
Turnout 28 613 47.77%

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 15 446 48.79 +8.95
     New Democrat Trevor Taylor 8173 25.82 +11.22
     Progressive Conservative Peter McBreairty 6340 20.03 -19.03
     Canadian Alliance Murdock Cole 1698 5.33 -1.17
Total votes 31 657 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 117 0.37%
Turnout 31 774 57.99%

Canadian Alliance changes from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 12 057 39.84 -15.85
     Progressive Conservative Terry Young 11 825 39.06 +15.56
     New Democrat Marie Newhook 4421 14.60 +12.13
     Reform Randy Wells 1969 6.50 -11.84
Total votes 30 272 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 129 0.42%
Turnout 30 401 54.93%


By-election on 25 March 1996

On the resignation of Brian Tobin, 25 January 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerry Byrne 12 453 55.69 -26.49
     Progressive Conservative Danny Kane 5253 23.50 +8.12
     Reform Deon Hancock 4099 18.34 Ø
     New Democrat Coleen Dingwell-Corbin 554 2.47 +0.03
Total votes 22 359 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Brian Tobin 25 920 82.18 +15.15
     Progressive Conservative Margaret Ann O'Rourke 4852 15.38 -13.91
     New Democrat Linda Soper 770 2.44 -1.24
Total votes 31 542 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Brian Tobin 26 259 67.03 Ø
     Progressive Conservative Terry Young 11 477 29.29 Ø
     New Democrat Marie Newhook 1441 3.68 Ø
Total votes 39 177 100.00%

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