Burin-Grand Bank Explained

Burin-Grand Bank
Province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Prov-Status:Active
Prov-Created:2015
Prov-Election-First:2015
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Prov-Rep:Paul Pike
Prov-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:12545
Demo-Electors:9328
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:2475
Demo-Cd:Division No. 2
Demo-Csd:Bay L'Argent, Burin, Fortune, Fox Cove-Mortier, Frenchman's Cove, Garnish, Grand Bank, Lamaline, Lawn, Lewin's Cove, Little Bay East, Lord's Cove, Point May, Point au Gaul, St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine, St. Lawrence, Winterland

Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador represented by a member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. The district was created out of all of Grand Bank and parts of Burin-Placentia West and Bellevue.

The district contains a ferry serving St. Pierre and Miquelon, which is part of France, via a port in Fortune. The district also contains an intra-provincial ferry serving Rencontre East via Bay L'Argent.[1]

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
48th2015–2019   Carol Anne HaleyLiberal
49th2019–2021
50th2021–PresentPaul Pike

Notes and References

  1. Web site: N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year . CBC . 2020-05-15 . 2020-12-17.