Bellevue (electoral district)

Bellevue
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Bellvue in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,005
Electors (2011)	7,680

Bellevue is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2003 it had 7310 eligible voters.

The district combines traditional fishing communities such as Southern Harbour and Arnold's Cove with the heavy industry of Come By Chance (an oil refinery) and Sunnyside (near the Bull Arm offshore fabrication site). It is also one of the few districts to have elected a member of the Reform Liberal Party - a breakoff bloc of the provincial Liberals led by ex-Liberal leader Joey Smallwood in the 1970s.

The communities located within the district; Arnold's Cove, Bay L'Argent, Bellevue, Blaketown, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Come by Chance, English Harbour East, Fair Haven, Garden Cove, Goobies, Grand le Pierre, Harbour Mille, Jacques Fontaine, Little Bay East, Little Harbour East, Long Cove, Long Harbour, Mount Arlington Heights, Monkstown, Norman's Cove, North Harbour, Old Shop, St. Bernard's, South Dildo, Southern Harbour, Sunnyside, Swift Current, Terrenceville, Thornlea.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Election	Years	Member		Party
9th	1975-1976		Wilson Callan	Reform Liberal
9th	1976-1979	Liberal	Wilson Callan
10th	1979-1981		Don Jamieson	Liberal
10th	1981 by-election -1982		Wilson Callan	Progressive Conservative
11th	1982-1985		Wilson Callan	Progressive Conservative
12th	1985-1989		Percy Barrett	Liberal
13th	1989-1993
14th	1993-1996
15th	1996-1999
16th	1999-2003
17th	2003-2007
18th	2007-2011		Calvin Peach	Progressive Conservative
19th	2011–2015		Calvin Peach	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Peach	3,005	60.26
	New Democratic	Gabe Ryan	1,356	27.19
	Liberal	Pamela Pardy-Ghent	626	12.55
Total valid votes			4,987	99.78
Total rejected ballots			11	0.22
Turnout			4,998	65.34
Electors on the lists			7,649	–

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Peach	2,908	55.9
	Liberal	Denise Pike	2,139	41.12
	New Democratic	Ian Slade	155	3.10
Total valid votes			5,202	99.84
Total rejected ballots			8	0.16
Turnout			5,210	68.11
Electors on the lists			7,649	–

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Barrett	2623	48.17	-13.09
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Cleary	2523	46.34	+14.71
	NDP	Michael Fahey	299	5.49	-1.62

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Barrett	3229	61.26	-1.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Gus Coombs	1667	31.63	-0.70%
	NDP	Moses Ingram	375	7.11	+2.56%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Barrett	3576	63.11
	Progressive Conservative	Nick Careen	1832	32.33	–
	NDP	Lee Ingram	258	4.55

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

References

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

Baie Verte-Green Bay Bonavista Burgeo-La Poile Burin-Grand Bank Cape St. Francis Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Conception Bay East - Bell Island Conception Bay South Corner Brook Exploits Ferryland Fogo Island-Cape Freels Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Gander Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Harbour Main Humber-Bay of Islands Humber-Gros Morne Labrador West Lake Melville Lewisporte-Twillingate Mount Pearl North Mount Pearl-Southlands Mount Scio Placentia-St. Mary's Placentia West-Bellevue St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows St. George's-Humber St. John's Centre St. John's East-Quidi Vidi St. John's West Stephenville-Port au Port Terra Nova Topsail-Paradise Torngat Mountains Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Waterford Valley Windsor Lake

See also: 2015 general election List of elections Politics

Coordinates: 47°44′02″N 54°15′47″W / 47.734°N 54.263°W / 47.734; -54.263

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