Exploits (electoral district)
Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1975 | ||
First contested | 1975 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 12,667 | ||
Electors (2015) | 9,456 | ||
Area (km²) | 3,945 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Division No. 6, Division No. 8 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Grand Falls-Windsor (part), Leading Tickles, Norris Arm, Northern Arm, Peterview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay |
In central Newfoundland on the Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north. Most of the population lives in the southern centres of Botwood and Bishop's Falls.
To the north, Exploits includes communities in Notre Dame Bay such as Cottrell's Cove, but most of the population lives in southern centres such as Botwood and Bishop's Falls. Communities include: Bishop's Falls, Bishop's Falls South, Botwood, Charles Brook, Cottrell's Cove, Fortune Harbour, Glovers Harbour, Leading Tickles West, Moore's Cove, Northern Arm, Peterview, Phillip's Head, Pleasantview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay, Ritter's Arm and Wooddale.
The district was formerly represented by Liberal Premier Roger Grimes.[1]
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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37th | 1975-1976 | Stephen Mulrooney | Liberal | |
1976-1979 | Hugh Twomey | Progressive Conservative | ||
38th | 1979-1982 | |||
39th | 1982-1985 | |||
40th | 1985-1989 | |||
41st | 1989-1993 | Roger Grimes | Liberal | |
42nd | 1993-1996 | |||
43rd | 1996-1999 | |||
44th | 1999-2003 | |||
45th | 2003-2005 | |||
2005-2007 | Clayton Forsey | Progressive Conservative | ||
46th | 2007-2011 | |||
47th | 2011-2015 | |||
48th | 2015-2019 | Jerry Dean | Liberal | |
49th | 2019-2021 | Pleaman Forsey | Progressive Conservative | |
50th | 2021-Present |
Election results
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pleaman Forsey | 2,641 | 54.80 | +5.36 | ||||
Liberal | Rodney Mercer | 2,178 | 45.20 | +12.10 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,819 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.37 | ||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pleaman Forsey | 2,874 | 49.44 | +2.40 | ||||
Liberal | Jerry Dean | 1,924 | 33.10 | -17.06 | ||||
Independent | Gloria Cooper | 1,015 | 17.46 | - | ||||
Total valid votes | 5,813 | 99.71 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.29 | -0.12 | |||||
Turnout | 5,830 | 64.67 | +8.48 | |||||
Eligible voters | 9,015 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.73 |
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jerry Dean | 2,654 | 50.16% | +34.22 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Clayton Forsey | 2,489 | 47.04% | -21.68 | ||||
New Democratic | Bridget Henley | 148 | 2.80% | -12.53 | ||||
Total valid votes | 5,291 | 100% |
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Clayton Forsey | 2,819 | 68.72% | -3.67 | ||||
Liberal | Jim Samson | 654 | 15.94% | -11.67 | ||||
New Democratic | Grant Hameon | 629 | 15.33% | |||||
Total valid votes | 4,102 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Clayton Forsey | 3,396 | 72.39% | – | |
Liberal | Jody Fancey | 1,295 | 27.61% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PC | Clayton Forsey | 2,605 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal | George Saunders | 1,958 | 41.5 | ||
NDP | John Whelan | 159 | 3.4 | ||
Total | 4,722 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Roger Grimes | 3,218 | 56.14% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Clayton Forsey | 2,346 | 40.93% | – | |
NDP | John Whelan | 168 | 2.93% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Roger Grimes | 2,526 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Gonzo Gillingham | 1,944 | – | – | |
NDP | Arnold Best | 633 |
References
- "Nfld.'s Grimes resigns". CBC News. May 30, 2005. Retrieved Jun 23, 2015.
- Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.