Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair explained

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Prov-Status:Active
Prov-Created:1975
Prov-Election-First:1975
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Prov-Rep:Lisa Dempster
Prov-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Census-Date:2006
Demo-Pop:4713
Demo-Electors:3131
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Cd:Division No. 10
Demo-Csd:Cartwright, Charlottetown, Division No. 10, Subdivision A, Division No. 10, Subdivision B, Forteau, L'Anse-au-Clair, L'Anse-au-Loup, Mary's Harbour, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste

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.[1]

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Labrador South
31st1956-1959George SellarsLiberal
32nd1959-1962
33rd1963-1966Gerald I. Hill
34th1966-1971
35th1971-1972Joe Harvey
36th1972-1972
1972-1975Michael S. MartinLabrador Party
Eagle River
37th1975-1979Ian StrachanLiberal
38th1979-1982Eugene Hiscock
39th1982-1985
40th1985-1989
41st1989-1993Danny Dumaresque
42nd1993-1996
Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair
43rd1996-1999   Yvonne JonesIndependent
44th1999-2003Liberal
45th2003-2007
46th2007-2011
47th2011-2013
2013-2015Lisa Dempster
48th2015-2019
49th2019-2021
50th2021-Present

Election results

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

|-|-|- |NDP|Bill Cooper|align="right"|44|align="right"|2.06|align="right"||}

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120729131414/http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ElectionReports/PDF/General.Elections/2011.GE.Report.WEB.VERSION.pdf

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|- |Independent|Yvonne Jones|align="right"|1,665|align="right"|56.83|align="right"||-|-|}

Eagle River

|-|-|- |NDP|Jessie Bird|align="right"|293|align="right"|12.43|align="right"||}

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|-|-|- |NDP|Claude Rumbolt|align="right"|573|align="right"|22.70|align="right"||}

|-|- |NDP|Claude Rumbolt|align="right"|568|align="right"|23.56|align="right"||-|-|}

|-|-|- |NDP|Elsie McDonald|align="right"|77|align="right"|4.54|align="right"||}

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Labrador South

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External links

51.4319°N -57.0639°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Summary of Polling Divisions CARTWRIGHT - L'ANSE AU CLAIR . Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . 15 September 2011 . 3 August 2011 .