Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in relation to other districts in Newfoundland | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1975 | ||
| First contested | 1975 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 8,715 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 6,053 | ||
Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. When created in 1975 it was called Fortune-Hermitage. As of 2011, there are 6,053 eligible voters living within the district.[1]
The district covers a larger section of Newfoundland's south coast. The district includes territory east of Burgeo, and stretches to the end of Fortune Bay near the beginning of the Burin Peninsula.
The district covers a number of communities including: Harbour Breton, Seal Cove, and Hermitage-Sandyville in Connaigre;[2] St. Albans, Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir, Morrisville, St. Joseph's Cove, and St. Veronica's in Bay d'Espoir; along with Belleoram, Pool's Cove, and St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove (St. Jacques, English Harbour West, Mose Ambrose, Boxey, Coomb's Cove, and Wreck Cove) in Fortune Bay.[2]
The Miawpukek First Nation reserve of Samiajij Miawpukek (Conne River) in Bay d'Espoir is located in the district.
The district contains intra-provincial ferries servicing Rencontre East,[2] Gaultois, and McCallum.[3] Francois, another isolated community in the district, can also be accessed via McCallum through the Francois – Grey River – Burgeo ferry route.
Members of the House of Assembly[]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortune - Hermitage | ||||
| 37th | 1975–1979 | Jack Winsor | Liberal | |
| 38th | 1979–1982 | Don Stewart | Progressive Conservative | |
| 39th | 1982–1985 | |||
| 40th | 1985–1989 | Roger Simmons | Liberal | |
| 41st | 1989–1993 | Oliver Langdon | Progressive Conservative | |
| 42nd | 1993–1996 | Liberal | ||
| Fortune Bay - Cape la Hune | ||||
| 43rd | 1996–1999 | Oliver Langdon | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 45th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 46th | 2007–2011 | Tracey Perry | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 2011–2015 | |||
| 48th | 2015–2019 | |||
| 49th | 2019–2021 | Elvis Loveless | Liberal | |
| 50th | 2021–Present | |||
Former District of Hermitage[]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33rd | 1962–1966 | John Cheeseman | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1966–1971 | Abel Wornell | ||
| 35th | 1971 | Harold Piercey | ||
| 36th | 1972-1975 | Roy L. Cheeseman | Progressive Conservative | |
Former District of Fortune/Fortune Bay[]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33rd | 1962–1966 | H.R.V. Earle | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1966–1971 | |||
| 35th | 1971 | Augustus Oldford | ||
| 36th | 1972-1975 | H.R.V. Earle | Progressive Conservative | |
Former District of Fortune Bay - Hermitage/Fortune and Hermitage[]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29th | 1949-1951 | John R. Courage | Liberal | |
| 30th | 1951-1956 | |||
| 31st | 1956-1959 | |||
| 32nd | 1959-1962 | |||
Election results[]
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Elvis Loveless | 1,868 | 68.22 | +14.84 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlene Walsh | 781 | 28.52 | -18.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Noel Joe | 89 | 3.25 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,738 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +16.47 | ||||||
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 | Elvis Loveless | 1,759 | 53.38 | +15.74 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlene Walsh | 1,536 | 46.62 | -2.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,295 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.51 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,312 | 62.00 | -5.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,342 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +9.08 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Perry | 1,830 | 49.04 | -18.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Carter | 1,405 | 37.65 | +22.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mildred Skinner | 497 | 13.32 | -3.94 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,732 | 99.68 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.32 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,744 | 67.61 | +4.15 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,538 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -20.21 | ||||||
| 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Perry | 2,592 | 67.27 | +4.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Skinner | 665 | 17.26 | +15.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Skinner | 596 | 15.47 | -19.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,853 | 99.69 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,865 | 63.45 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 6,091 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Perry | 2,539 | 63.19% | – | |
| Liberal | Elvis Loveless | 1,395 | 34.72% | ||
| NDP | Sheldon Hynes | 84 | 2.09% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Oliver Langdon | 2,880 | 58.79% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Colford | 2,019 | 41.21% | – | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Oliver Langdon | 3,189 | 69.9% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Baker | 1,353 | 29.7% | – | |
References[]
- ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions FORTUNE BAY - CAPE LA HUNE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula". Cape Breton Post. Saltwire Network. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
External links[]
- Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts