Grand Bank (electoral district)

Grand Bank

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1966
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,060

Grand Bank is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to the 1974 redistribution, the district was called Burin. The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Burin-Grand Bank.

Grand Bank covers the southernmost part of the Burin Peninsula. The fishery, particularly deep-sea activity, has historically driven the economy of towns like Grand Bank, Fortune and Lawn. Mining was once prominent in St. Lawrence area, but no longer. Other communities include: Epworth, Frenchman's Cove, Grand Beach, Garnish, L'Anse au Loup, Lamaline, Lewin's Cove, Little St. Lawrence, Lord's Cove, Point au Gaul, Point May, St. Lawrence, Salmonier, Taylor's Bay, Tides Brook and Winterland.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1949–1951		Phillip Forsey	Liberal
30th	1951–1956
31st	1956–1959		Eric Jones
32nd	1959–1962
33rd	1962–1966
34th	1966–1971		Alex Hickman	Progressive Conservative
35th	1971–1972
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1979
38th	1979–1982		Leslie Thoms	Liberal
39th	1982–1985		Bill Matthews	Progressive Conservative
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993
42nd	1993–1996
43rd	1996–1999		Judy Foote	Liberal
43rd	1999–2003
44th	2003–2007
45th	2007–2011		Darin King	Progressive Conservative
46th	2011–2015

Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Darin King	3,271	68.52	−11.51
	Liberal	Carol Anne Haley	1,336	27.98	+8.01
	New Democratic	Wally Layman	167	3.5	+3.5

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Darin King	3563	80.03%	+31.5
	Liberal	Rod Cake	889	19.97%	-29.35

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Foote	3101	49.32%	-20.86
	Progressive Conservative	Darin King	3058	48.53%	+28.24
	NDP	Bill Wakeley	136	2.15%	-7.37

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Foote	3964	70.18
	Progressive Conservative	John Bolt	1146	20.29	–
	NDP	Richard Rennie	538	9.52

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Foote	4136	62.13
	Progressive Conservative	Herb Edwards	2521	37.87	–

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3406	53.29	–
	Liberal	Judy Foote	2805	43.88
	NDP	Joseph L. Edwards	181	2.83

1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3948	68.6	–
	Liberal	Graham Wood	1811	31.5

1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	3028	49.3	–
	Liberal	T. Maxwell Snook	2689	43.7
	NDP	Calvin Peach	431	7.0

1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	2857	51.6	–
	Liberal	Leslie Thoms	2442	44.1
	NDP	Eric Miller	234	4.23

1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Thoms	3431	65.0
	Progressive Conservative	Clarence Rogers	1646	31.2	–
	NDP	Harvey Tulk, Jr.	198	3.8

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly