District Profiles
ST. BARBECandidates:
Current MHA: Wallace Young (PC) District profile: A depressed area along the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula, the district has some tourism activity generated by Gros Morne National Park, the Port au Choix National Historic Site and the ferry connection to Blanc Sablon. The area suffered another fisheries blow in 2003, when the Gulf of St. Lawrence cod fishery was closed. There were demonstrations by fisheries workers, including an attack on two DFO vehicles in late May. It includes the communities of St. Barbe, Anchor Point, Barr'd Harbour, Bartlett's Harbour, Bear Cove, Belleburns, Bird Cove, Black Duck Cove, Blue Cove, Brig Bay, Castor's River North, Castor's River South, Cow Head, Daniel's Harbour, Deadman's Cove, Eddie's Cove West, Forrester’s Point, Hawke's Bay, New Ferrole, Norris Point, Parsons Pond, Pigeon Cove, Plum Point, Pond Cove, Port aux Choix, Port Saunders, Portland Creek, Reef's Harbour, River of Ponds, Rocky Harbour St. Pauls, Sally's Cove, Shoal Cove, Shoal Cove East, Shoal Cove West, Three Mile Rock. In the 2007 redistribution, the district gained 14 per cent of Humber Valley, including the communities of Trout River, Glenburnie and Willowdale. Population: 10,018. Political history: A former Liberal stronghold represented for 15 years by Chuck Furey, St. Barbe marked an early turning point in Tory fortunes in a 2001 byelection. 2003: PC Wallace Young retained his seat, beating Liberal Ralph Payne. 2001: In the 2001 byelection, Young defeated Liberal Joseph Kennedy by 23 votes. 1985-2005: Chuck Furey was first elected in St. Barbe in 1985, and went on to win the next four elections. A high-profile cabinet minister under Clyde Wells and Brian Tobin, he resigned his seat in 2000 for an unsuccessful federal run in St. John's West. 1982: PC Everett Osmond defeated incumbent Liberal Trevor Bennett by 445 votes. 1979: Bennett defeated incumbent PC Ed Maynard by 335 votes. 1975: Maynard, the incumbent from St. Barbe South, was re-elected in the new district of St. Barbe. (The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share |
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| PC | 43 | 0 | 43 | 69.56% |
| LIB | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21.98% |
| NDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.21% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | .25% |
| Last Update:October 9, 10:58:12 PM NDT | ||||
District Profiles
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