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Fogo Island-Cape Freels

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Fogo Island-Cape Freels
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 
 
Jim McKenna
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested2015
Last contested2024 by-election
Demographics
Population (2011)14,035
Electors (2015)10,450
Area (km²)4,040
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)Carmanville, Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Change Islands, Division No. 6, Subd. E, Division No. 7, Subd. A, Division No. 7, Subd. B, Division No. 7, Subd. N, Division No. 8, Subd. G, Division No. 8, Subd. L, Division No. 8, Subd. M, Dover, Fogo Island, Greenspond, Hare Bay, Indian Bay, Lumsden, Musgrave Harbour, New-Wes-Valley

Fogo Island-Cape Freels is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. It was created out of all of Bonavista North, and parts of The Isles of Notre Dame, Lewisporte and Terra Nova.

The riding contains Fogo Island, the Change Islands, the communities along the Straight Shore including the Dog Bay area and Gander Bay, and the communities on the north shore of Bonavista Bay from Cape Freels to Hare Bay.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly Years Member Party
48th 2015–2019     Derrick Bragg Liberal
49th 2019–2021
50th 2021–2024
2024     Jim McKenna Progressive Conservative

Election results

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Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, April 15, 2024
Death of Derrick Bragg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim McKenna 3,290 57.69 +21.05
Liberal Dana Blackmore 2,244 39.35 -21.70
New Democratic Jim Gill 169 2.96 +0.65
Total valid votes 5,703
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 55.90 +15.16
Eligible voters 10,241
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +21.38


2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Derrick Bragg 2,511 61.05 +6.74
Progressive Conservative Sue Collins 1,507 36.64 -9.05
New Democratic Jim Gill 95 2.31
Total valid votes 4,113 99.64
Total rejected ballots 15 0.36 -0.21
Turnout 4,128 40.74 -11.35
Eligible voters 10,132
Liberal hold Swing +7.90
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"2021 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Derrick Bragg 2,811 54.31 -15.58
Progressive Conservative Sue Collins 2,365 45.69 +18.12
Total valid votes 5,176 99.42
Total rejected ballots 30 0.58 +0.32
Turnout 5,206 52.10 +3.83
Eligible voters 9,993
Liberal hold Swing -16.85
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Derrick Bragg 3,516 69.89
Progressive Conservative Eli Cross 1,387 27.57
New Democratic Rebecca Stuckey 128 2.54
Total valid votes 5,031 99.74
Total rejected ballots 13 0.26
Turnout 5,044 48.27
Eligible voters 10,450
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[1]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.