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Cartwright-L'Anse Au Clair

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 3,131 eligible voters living within the district.

The district covers remote communities in Southern Labrador that are mostly dependent on fishery. The district includes: Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Capstan Island, Cartwright, Domino, Forteau, L'Anse Amour, L'Anse au Clair, L'Anse au Loup, Lodge Bay, Mary's Harbour, Norman Bay, Paradise River, Pinsent's Arm, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, and West St. Modeste.

The district is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province; on only one occasion in almost 50 years have voters not elected a Liberal, and even then – in 1996 – it was with a Liberal running as an Independent; Yvonne Jones was a mainstay of the Liberal caucus after that, and served as Liberal party leader from 2007 to 2011. She resigned to take up a seat in the House of Commons in 2013. Lisa Dempster was elected as her replacement, and has represented the seat since then.

Members of the House of Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Labrador South
31st 1956-1959 George Sellars Liberal
32nd 1959-1962
33rd 1963-1966 Gerald I. Hill
34th 1966-1971
35th 1971-1972 Joe Harvey
36th 1972-1972
1972-1975 Michael S. Martin Labrador Party
Eagle River
37th 1975-1979 Ian Strachan Liberal
38th 1979-1982 Eugene Hiscock
39th 1982-1985
40th 1985-1989
41st 1989-1993 Danny Dumaresque
42nd 1993-1996
Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair
43rd 1996-1999     Yvonne Jones Independent
44th 1999-2003 Liberal
45th 2003-2007
46th 2007-2011
47th 2011-2013
2013-2015 Lisa Dempster
48th 2015-2019
49th 2019-2021
50th 2021-Present

Election results

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair


2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lisa Dempster 973 95.21 +27.98
Progressive Conservative Joshua Nolan 49 4.79 -27.98
Total valid votes 1,022
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +27.98
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 Lisa Dempster 1,132 67.22 -25.8
Progressive Conservative Michael Normore 552 32.78 +29.6
Total valid votes 1,684 100
Total rejected ballots 24
Turnout 1,708 58.8
Eligible voters 2,905
Liberal hold Swing -27.71
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lisa Dempster 1,405 93.05 +39.48
New Democratic Jennifer Deon 57 3.77 -29.20
Progressive Conservative Jason MacKenzie 48 3.18 -10.29
Total valid votes 1,510 99.60
Total rejected ballots 6 0.40
Turnout 1,516 49.48
Eligible voters 3,064
Liberal hold Swing +34.34
By-election, June 25, 2013
Resignation of Yvonne Jones
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
Liberal Lisa Dempster 1,142 53.56 -24.24
  NDP Jason Spingle 703 32.97 +30.91
  Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore 287 13.46 -13.33
Liberal hold Swing -24.24
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones 1,516 71.14 -1.74
Progressive Conservative Glen Acreman 571 26.79 -0.33
  NDP Bill Cooper 44 2.06
Total valid votes 2,131 100.0
Difference 945 44.35
Total rejected ballots 2 0.09
Turnout 2,133 67.87
Liberal hold Swing -1.58

Source: [1]

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones 1,736 72.88 +12.90
Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore 646 27.12 -4.73
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones 1,514 59.98 -25.47
Progressive Conservative Dennis Normore 804 31.85 +17.30
Labrador Party Frank Pye 206 8.16 +8.16
1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yvonne Jones 1,832 85.45 +43.37
Progressive Conservative Sharon Moores 312 14.55 +13.12
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Independent Yvonne Jones 1,665 56.83
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,233 42.08
Progressive Conservative Berkley Bursey 42 1.43

Eagle River

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,578 66.95
Progressive Conservative Michael Kelly 486 20.62
  NDP Jessie Bird 293 12.43
1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Danny Dumaresque 1,540 60.02
Progressive Conservative Reginald Hancock 1,026 39.98
1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock 1,170 46.35
Progressive Conservative Stanley Pike 782 30.98
  NDP Claude Rumbolt 573 22.70
1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock 1,316 54.58
  NDP Claude Rumbolt 568 23.56
Progressive Conservative Philip Stone 527 21.86
1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eugene Hiscock 865 51.00
Progressive Conservative Claude Rumbolt 754 44.46
  NDP Elsie McDonald 77 4.54
1975 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Strachan 962 62.18
Progressive Conservative Churchill White 585 37.82

Labrador South

Labrador South by-election, August 31, 1972
Void Election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labrador Party Michael Martin 1.047 50.65
Liberal Josiah Harvey 899 43.05
Progressive Conservative Edward Kersey 132 6.30
1972 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Josiah Harvey 933 50.03
Labrador Party Michael Martin 932 49.97
1971 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Josiah Harvey 890 47.52
Labrador Party Michael Martin 807 43.09
Progressive Conservative Edward Kean 176 9.40
1966 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hill 1,129 90.39
Progressive Conservative Leace Critch 120 9.61
1962 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hill acc.
Labrador South by-election, March 19, 1962
Death of George Sellars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerald I. Hill acc.
1959 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Sellars 1,061 90.84
Progressive Conservative Roderick Roberts 107 9.16
1956 Newfoundland general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Sellars acc.

References

  1. ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions CARTWRIGHT - L'ANSE AU CLAIR" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

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