Province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Fed-Status: | defunct |
Fed-Created: | 1987 |
Fed-Abolished: | 2003 |
Fed-Election-First: | 1988 |
Fed-Election-Last: | 2004 |
Gander—Grand Falls was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004.
This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Exploits, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Random—Burin—St. George's ridings.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
George Baker, a Liberal, represented the riding from the 1997 general election until he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2002. Rex Barnes, a Progressive Conservative, won the 2002 by-election held to replace Baker, and represented the riding for the remainder of that Parliament.