HUMBER—ST. BARBE—BAIE VERTE

'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.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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

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).

History

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

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-

Election results

Incumbents are indicated in ''italics'', winners are in 'bold'.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32 531
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|191
!align="right"|0.58%
!align="right"|+0.13%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|32 722
!align="right"|54.6%
!align="right"|+6.8%


|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|28 485
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|128
!align="right"|0.45%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|28 613
!align="right"|47.77%
!align="right"|
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|31 657
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|117
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|31 774
!align="right"|57.99%
!align="right"|
Canadian Alliance changes from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|30 272
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|129
!align="right"|0.42%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|30 401
!align="right"|54.93%
!align="right"|


|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|22 359
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|31 542
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total votes
!align="right"|39 177
!align="right"|100.00%
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte riding from Elections Canada

★ Riding history for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (1987–1996) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

★ Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada