Avalon (electoral district)

Avalon

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Avalon in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ken McDonald Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	81,540
Electors (2015)	67,781
Area (km²)[1]	7,303
Pop. density (per km²)	11.2
Census divisions	Division 1
Census subdivisions	Admirals Beach, Aquaforte, Avondale, Bay Roberts, Bishop's Cove, Branch, Brigus, Bryant's Cove, Cape Broyle, Carbonear, Clarke's Beach, Colinet, Colliers, Conception Bay South, Conception Harbour, Cupids, Division No. 1, Subd. V, Division No. 1, Subd. W, Division No. 1, Subd. X, Division No. 1, Subd. Y, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Fox Harbour, Gaskiers-Point La Haye, Harbour Grace, Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Holyrood, Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherine's, North River, Paradise, Placentia, Point Lance, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews-Cappahayden, Riverhead, South River, Spaniard's Bay, St. Bride's, St. Joseph's, St. Mary's, St. Shott's, St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Subdivision 1A, Subdivision 1B, Subdivision 1C, Subdivision 1D, Subdivision 1E, Subdivision 1F, Subdivision 1G, Subdivision 1H, Subdivision 1I, Subdivision 1J, Subdivision 1K, Subdivision 1L, Subdivision 1M, Subdivision 1N, Subdivision 1O, Subdivision 1U, Treppassey, Upper Island Cove, Victoria

Avalon is a federal electoral district on Newfoundland Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[2][3]

Ethnic groups: 97.9% White, 1.5% Aboriginal
Languages: 99.3% English
Religions: 95.7% Christian (43.0% Catholic, 30.2% Anglican, 13.5% United Church, 3.5% Pentecostal, 5.4% Other), 4.1% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,528
Average income (2010): $36,436

Geography

The neighbouring ridings are Random—Burin—St. George's to the west and north, and St. John's South—Mount Pearl and St. John's East to the east.

As of the 2013 Representation Order, the riding of Avalon consists of:^[4]

• All that area consisting of that part of the Avalon Peninsula on the Island of Newfoundland lying southerly of a line described as follows:
  • commencing at a point in the Eastern Channel at latitude 47°25'49"N and longitude 54°03'34"W;
  • thence easterly in a straight line to a point in the Eastern Channel at latitude 47°26'11"N and longitude 53°57'51"W;
  • thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in Long Harbour at latitude 47°24'13"N and longitude 53°55'10"W;
  • thence easterly in a straight line to the southwesterly limit of the Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights at the mouth of Rattling Brook;
  • thence generally westerly, generally northeasterly, generally southeasterly and generally southwesterly along the westerly, southerly, northerly and easterly limits of said town to a point at approximate latitude 47°26'32"N and longitude 53°44'50"W (on the southwesterly shoreline of Warrens Pond);
  • thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 47°24'44"N and longitude 53°43'54"W;
  • thence easterly in a straight line to the southwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Whitbourne;
  • thence generally easterly and northerly along said limit to the northeasternmost point of the limit of said town;
  • thence northeasterly in a straight line to the southwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Spaniard's Bay;
  • thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of said town to the northwesternmost point of the limit of said town;
  • thence northerly in a straight line to a point in Hound Pond at latitude 47°46'36"N and longitude 53°22'23"W;
  • thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point in Broad Cove Gull Pond at latitude 47°49'47"N and longitude 53°12'51"W;
  • thence southerly in a straight line to a point on the westerly limit of the Town of Salmon Cove at approximate latitude 47°46'51"N and longitude 53°11'48"W;
  • thence generally southerly, northeasterly and northwesterly along the westerly, southerly and easterly limits of said town to a point at approximate latitude 47°47'21"N and longitude 53°08'40"W;
  • thence easterly in a straight line to a point in Conception Bay at latitude 47°46'33"N and longitude 52°59'22"W;
  • thence generally southerly along Conception Bay to a point at latitude 47°35'58"N and longitude 53°06'22"W;
  • thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in Conception Bay at latitude 47°32'07"N and longitude 53°02'09"W;
  • thence southeasterly in a straight line to the northwesterly limit of the Town of Conception Bay South at the mouth of Long Pond Harbour;
  • thence northeasterly along the northwesterly limit of said town to the northwesterly limit of the Town of Paradise;
  • thence northeasterly along the limit of said town to the northerly limit of said town;
  • thence generally southeasterly along said limit to Camrose Drive;
  • thence southerly along said drive to Paradise Road; thence generally southeasterly along said road to Topsail Road;
  • thence generally easterly along said road to the southeasterly limit of the Town of Paradise;
  • thence southerly and westerly along said limit to the easterly limit of the Town of Conception Bay South;
  • thence generally southerly and westerly along said limit to the southerly limit of the City of St. John's;
  • thence generally southeasterly along said limit to the northwesternmost point of the Town of Bay Bulls;
  • thence generally southerly along the westerly limit of said town to the northwesternmost point of the Town of Witless Bay;
  • thence southerly and generally easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said town to the easterly limit of said town.
• Including Iona Islands, East Green Island, North Green Island, Harbour Island, Fox Island, Great Colinet Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area.

Political geography

Avalon is divided between the Liberal north and the Conservative south. Conservative support is found along the southern coast from the community of Bay Bulls to Southern Harbour. The Conservatives also have some concentration in the north central peninsula, including winning the town of Harbour Grace. The Liberals dominate the central and northern parts of the riding. In 2008, the NDP won two polls, one was a mobile poll, and the other contained the community of Hopeall. The Greens also won a poll in Witless Bay.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from 57.6% of Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, 21.9% of St. John's West and 20.5% of St. John's East ridings. It consisted of:^[5]

• that part of the Avalon Peninsula on the Island of Newfoundland described as follows:
  • commencing at a point in Placentia Bay approximately 20 km west of Cape St. Mary's;
  • thence generally northerly along Placentia Bay and the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay to the intersection of the shoreline of Placentia Bay with the westerly limit of the Town of Come By Chance;
  • thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly limits of said town to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1);
  • thence northerly along said highway to the northerly limit of the Town of Sunnyside;
  • thence easterly along said limit and its production into Trinity Bay;
  • thence northerly along said bay to a point midway between East Random Head on Random Island and Hant's Head on the eastern shoreline of Trinity Bay;
  • thence northeasterly along said bay to a point approximately 5 km north of Grates Point on the Bay de Verde Peninsula;
  • thence easterly approximately 20 km to a point N45°E of Baccalieu Island;
  • thence generally southerly along Conception Bay to a point midway between Western Bay Head on the western shoreline of Conception Bay and Cape St. Francis;
  • thence southerly along Conception Bay to a point approximately 2 km west of the most westerly extremity of Bell Island;
  • thence southerly along Conception Bay to a point approximately 2 km S45°W of the most southwesterly extremity of Kellys Island;
  • thence easterly along Conception Bay to the mouth of Long Pond Harbour;
  • thence southerly along said harbour and Conway Brook to the limit of the City of St. John's;
  • thence generally southwesterly and easterly along the northwesterly and southerly limits of said city and its production to the Atlantic Ocean;
  • thence generally southerly and generally westerly along the Atlantic Ocean, Trepassey Bay, St. Mary's Bay and Placentia Bay to the point of commencement.
• Including Baccalieu Island, Great Colinet Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Avalon should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[6] The redefined Avalon had its boundaries legally defined in the 2013 representation order which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[7] 21% of this riding will be moved into Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, and 3% will be moved into St. John's South—Mount Pearl, and will gain 25% of its new territory from St. John's East. It was given the boundaries described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Avalon Riding created from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, St. John's East and St. John's West
38th	2004–2006		John Efford	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Fabian Manning	Conservative
40th	2008–2011		Scott Andrews	Liberal
41st	2011–2014
	2014–2015			Independent
42nd	2015–Present		Ken McDonald	Liberal

Election results

Avalon, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken McDonald	23,528	55.90	+22.73	–
	Independent	Scott Andrews	7,501	17.82	*	–
	New Democratic	Jeannie Baldwin	6,075	14.43	–14.10	–
	Conservative	Lorraine E. Barnett	4,670	11.10	–26.00	–
	Green	Krista Byrne-Puumala	228	0.54	–0.09	–
	Strength in Democracy	Jennifer McCreath	84	0.20	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,086	100.00		$207,308.50
Total rejected ballots			162	0.38
Turnout			42,248	62.33
Eligible voters			67,781
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+24.36
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	13,214	37.09
	Liberal	11,820	33.18
	New Democratic	10,164	28.53
	Green	226	0.63
	Others	201	0.56

Avalon, 2003 Representation Order

In the 2011 election, the Liberal candidate was the incumbent MP, Scott Andrews, a former municipal councillor from Conception Bay South. He defeated the Tory candidate, Senator Fabian Manning of St. Bride's, for the second election in a row. Manning was the Conservative MP for this riding from 2006 to 2008, when he lost to Andrews.

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Andrews	16,008	43.97	-1.31	$71,517.62
	Conservative	Fabian Manning	14,749	40.51	+5.35	$85,098.25
	New Democratic	Matthew Martin Fuchs	5,157	14.16	-3.22	$3,735.98
	Independent	Randy Wayne Dawe	276	0.76	–	$1,060.00
	Green	Matt Crowder	218	0.60	-1.57	$11.96
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,408	100.0	–	$85,411.40
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			166	0.45	-0.34
Turnout			36,574	56.77	+4.97
Eligible voters			64,424
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.33
Sources:[11][12]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Andrews	14,866	45.28	+6.70	$68,253
	Conservative	Fabian Manning	11,542	35.16	-16.39	$54,159
	New Democratic	Randy Wayne Dawe	5,707	17.38	+8.31	$25,080
	Green	Dave Aylward	714	2.17	+1.37	$766
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,829	100.0	–	$82,453
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			262	0.79	-0.86
Turnout			33,091	51.80	-7.81
Eligible voters			63,882
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.54

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Fabian Manning	19,132	51.55	+22.24	$71,141
	Liberal	Bill Morrow	14,318	38.58	-19.76	$71,528
	New Democratic	Eugene Conway	3,365	9.07	-1.91	$1,036
	Green	Shannon Hillier	297	0.80	-0.57	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,112	100.0	–	$76,596
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			623	1.65	+0.59
Turnout			37,735	59.61	+9.78
Eligible voters			63,303
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+21.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	R. John Efford	18,335	58.34	+12.41	$47,245
	Conservative	Rick Dalton	9,211	29.31	-10.37	$50,104
	New Democratic	Michael Kehoe	3,450	10.98	-3.24	$2,472
	Green	Don C. Ferguson	430	1.37	–	$746
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,246	100.0	–	$74,947
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			336	1.06
Turnout			31,762	49.83
Eligible voters			63,745
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+11.39
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is from the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	17,614	45.93
	Progressive Conservative	14,412	37.58
	New Democratic	5,454	14.22
	Alliance	805	2.10
	Others	66	0.17

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 10001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=10001&Data=Count&SearchText=Avalon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
3. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=10001&Data=Count&SearchText=Avalon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
4. Avalon – Maps Corner – Elections Canada Online
5. Riding History for Avalon (2003– )
6. Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
7. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Avalon (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
11. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
12. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Avalon riding from Elections Canada
• Riding history for Avalon (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada
• Avalon District Profile from Statistics Canada
• Census subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador from Statistics Canada

Coordinates: 47°17′N 53°21′W / 47.29°N 53.35°W