Burin-Grand Bank

Burin-Grand Bank
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 		 
Paul Pike
Liberal
District created2015
First contested2015
Last contested2021
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

Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador represented by a 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.

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 via Bay L'Argent.[1]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly Years Member Party
48th 2015–2019     Carol Anne Haley Liberal
49th 2019–2021
50th 2021–Present Paul Pike

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Pike 2,666 59.59 +7.97
Progressive Conservative Fred Dodge 1,639 36.63 -11.75
New Democratic Alvin Banfield 169 3.78
Total valid votes 4,474
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +9.86
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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
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[2]

References

  1. ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  2. ^ "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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