Fogo Island-Cape Freels
Fogo Island-Cape Freels is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. It was created out of all of Bonavista North, and parts of The Isles of Notre Dame, Lewisporte and Terra Nova.
| Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 by-election | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,035 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 10,450 | ||
| Area (km²) | 4,040 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Carmanville, Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Change Islands, Division No. 6, Subd. E, Division No. 7, Subd. A, Division No. 7, Subd. B, Division No. 7, Subd. N, Division No. 8, Subd. G, Division No. 8, Subd. L, Division No. 8, Subd. M, Dover, Fogo Island, Greenspond, Hare Bay, Indian Bay, Lumsden, Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley | ||
The riding contains Fogo Island, the Change Islands, the communities along the Straight Shore including the Dog Bay area and Gander Bay, and the communities on the north shore of Bonavista Bay from Cape Freels to Hare Bay.
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 | Derrick Bragg | Liberal | |
| 49th | 2019–2021 | |||
| 50th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 2024– | Jim McKenna | Progressive Conservative | ||
Election results
Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, April 15, 2024 Death of Derrick Bragg | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim McKenna | 3,290 | 57.69 | +21.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Dana Blackmore | 2,244 | 39.35 | -21.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Gill | 169 | 2.96 | +0.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,703 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 55.90 | +15.16 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,241 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.38 | ||||||
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derrick Bragg | 2,511 | 61.05 | +6.74 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Collins | 1,507 | 36.64 | -9.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Gill | 95 | 2.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,113 | 99.64 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.36 | -0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,128 | 40.74 | -11.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,132 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.90 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "2021 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2024. | ||||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derrick Bragg | 2,811 | 54.31 | -15.58 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Collins | 2,365 | 45.69 | +18.12 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,176 | 99.42 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 30 | 0.58 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,206 | 52.10 | +3.83 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,993 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -16.85 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Derrick Bragg | 3,516 | 69.89 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eli Cross | 1,387 | 27.57 | |||||
| New Democratic | Rebecca Stuckey | 128 | 2.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,031 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,044 | 48.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,450 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[1] | ||||||||
References
- "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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