Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Scott Simms Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	78,092
Electors (2011)	63,891
Area (km²)[1]	43,596
Pop. density (per km²)	1.8
Census subdivisions	Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Fogo Island, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Lewisporte, Springdale, Twillingate

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%).^[2]

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[3]

History

The riding of Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon. It was the first election result called for in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
42nd	2015–Present		Scott Simms	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	26,523	74.82	+19.90	–
	Conservative	Kevin George O'Brien	6,479	18.28	–12.04	–
	New Democratic	Claudette Menchenton	2,175	6.14	–7.49	–
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	271	0.76	–0.12	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,448	100.00		$237,840.36
Total rejected ballots			145	0.41	–
Turnout			35,593	55.71	–
Eligible voters			63,891
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+15.97
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,805	54.92
	Conservative	8,724	30.31
	New Democratic	3,920	13.62
	Green	254	0.88
	Others	74	0.26

References

1. Stastistics Canada: 2012
2. Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections