Bonavista—Trinity—Conception

Bonavista—Trinity—Conception

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	2003
First contested	1968
Last contested	2002 by-election

Bonavista—Trinity—Conception was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Trinity—Conception ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Avalon, Bonavista—Exploits and Random—Burin—St. George's ridings.

It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Trinity North, Trinity South, Bay de Verde, Carbonear, Harbour Grace and Port de Grave, and part of the provincial district of Bonavista South.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception Riding created from Bonavista—Twillingate and Trinity—Conception
28th	1968–1972		Frank Moores	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Dave Rooney	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Morrissey Johnson	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Fred Mifflin	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002		Brian Tobin
	2002–2004		John Efford
Riding dissolved into Avalon, Bonavista—Exploits and Random—Burin—St. George's

Election results[]

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Moores	14,823
	Liberal	James Roy Tucker	10,082
	New Democratic	Fraser Lloyd March	532

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dave Rooney	12,635
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Woodman	8,799
	New Democratic	Edgar Alexander Russell	832
	Independent	Sam Drover	616
	Social Credit	S. Carey Skinner	127

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dave Rooney	13,258
	Progressive Conservative	John Lundrigan	12,117
	New Democratic	Ted Noseworthy	1,078

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dave Rooney	11,314
	New Democratic	W.A. Bill Parsons	7,448
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick J. Layman	5,943

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dave Rooney	14,467
	Progressive Conservative	Edward G. Bailey	8,388
	New Democratic	Anne Robbins	4,619
	Independent	Ted Noseworthy	302

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Morrissey Johnson	19,015
	Liberal	Dave Rooney	14,103
	New Democratic	Susan Maher	1,432

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fred Mifflin	21,290	51.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Morrissey Johnson	17,809	42.9%
	New Democratic	Larry Welsh	2,372	5.7%

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fred Mifflin	26,435
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Brett	7,479
	New Democratic	Clem George	1,043
	Natural Law	Lynn Tobin	370

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fred Mifflin	12,929
	New Democratic	Fraser March	12,359
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Dawe	10,332
	Independent	L. Christopher Randell	1,054

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	22,096
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Morgan	11,009
	New Democratic	Fraser March	6,473
	Alliance	Randy Wayne Dawe	1,051

By-election on 13 May 2002 On Mr. Tobin's resignation, 25 January 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Efford	18,665
	Progressive Conservative	Michelle Brazil	5,281
	New Democratic	Jim Gill	588
	Alliance	David Tulett	166
	Green	Christopher John Bradshaw	139
	Independent	Brent Rockwood	106

See also[]

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links[]

• Riding history for Bonavista—Trinity—Conception (1966–2003) from the Library of Parliament