Carbonear-Harbour Grace

Carbonear-Harbour Grace

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Carbonear-Harbour Grace in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1995
First contested	1996
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2006)	12,051
Electors (2011)	9,205

Carbonear-Harbour Grace is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 9,205 eligible voters living within the district.

Being a regional services centre heavily influences the district's economy. Communities include: Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Bristol's Hope, Bryant's Cove, Freshwater, Harbour Grace South, Riverhead, Spaniard's Bay, Tilton Upper Island Cove, and Victoria.

The district was abolished in 2015, and was succeeded by the new districts of Harbour Grace-Port de Grave and Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde.

Members of the House of Assembly

Carbonear-Harbour Grace

	Member	Party	Term
	Art Reid	Liberal	1996–1998
	George Sweeney	Liberal	1998–2007
	Jerome Kennedy	Progressive Conservative	2007–2013
	Sam Slade	Liberal	2013–2015

Carbonear

	Member	Party	Term
	George Clarke	Liberal	1962–1971
	Augustus Rowe	Progressive Conservative	1971–1975
	Rod Moores	Liberal Reform Party	1975-1982
	Milton Peach	Progressive Conservative	1982–1989
	Art Reid	Liberal	1989–1995

Carbonear-Bay de Verde

	Member	Party	Term
	Herbert Pottle	Liberal	1949–1956
	George Clarke	Liberal	1956–1962

Harbour Grace

	Member	Party	Term
	James Chalker	Liberal	1949–1956
	Claude Sheppard	Liberal	1956–1966
	Alec Moores	Liberal	1966–1971
	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal	1971–1972
	Haig Young	Progressive Conservative	1972–1989
	John Crane	Liberal	1989–1995

Election results

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By-election, November 26, 2013 On the resignation of Jerome Kennedy, October 2, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Slade	2,769	50.42	+35.63
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Harrington	2,313	42.12	-34.17
	NDP	Charlene Sudbrink	410	7.47	-1.03
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.90

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	3,993	76.29	+1.38
	Liberal	Phillip Earle	774	14.79	-10.31
	NDP	Shawn Hyde	445	8.50
	Independent	Kyle Brookings	22	0.42
Total valid votes			5,234
Rejected			24	0.46	-0.56
Turnout			5,258	56.71	-10.69
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.85

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	4,367	74.91	+28.80
	Liberal	Paul Baldwin	1,463	25.09	-28.80
Total valid votes			5,830
Rejected			60	1.02
Turnout			5,890	67.40
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+28.80

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	3,699	53.89	-7.0
	Progressive Conservative	John Babb	3,165	46.11	+12.73

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sweeney	4,132	60.86	+4.60
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Garland	2,266	33.38	-6.06
	NDP	Kevin Noel	391	5.73	+1.46

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Art Reid	3,846	56.26
	Progressive Conservative	George Faulkner	2,698	39.47	–
	NDP	Linda Soper	292	4.27

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly