Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair in relation to other districts in Labrador
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Lisa Dempster; Liberal
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District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2006)	4,713
Electors (2011)	3,131
Census division(s)	Division No. 10
Census subdivision(s)	Cartwright, Charlottetown, Division No. 10, Subdivision A, Division No. 10, Subdivision B, Forteau, L'Anse-au-Clair, L'Anse-au-Loup, Mary's Harbour, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 3,131 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district covers remote communities in Southern Labrador that are mostly dependent on fishery. The district includes: Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Capstan Island, Cartwright, Domino, Forteau, L'Anse Amour, L'Anse au Clair, L'Anse au Loup, Lodge Bay, Mary's Harbour, Norman Bay, Paradise River, Pinsent's Arm, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, West St. Modeste and William's Harbour.

The district is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province; on only one occasion in 32 years have voters not elected a Liberal, and even then – in 1996 – it was with a Liberal running as an Independent; Yvonne Jones has been a mainstay of the Liberal caucus since, and served as Liberal party leader from 2007 to 2011.

Members of the House of Assembly

Labrador South

Member	Party	Term
George Sellars	Liberal	1956-1962
Gerald I. Hill	Liberal	1962-1971
Josiah Boyd Harvey	Liberal	1971-1972
Michael S. Martin	Labrador Party	1972-1975

Eagle River

	Party	Term
Ian Strachan	Liberal	1975-1979
Eugene Hiscock	Liberal	1979-1989
Danny Dumaresque	Liberal	1989-1996

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

	Party	Term
Yvonne Jones	Independent	1996-1999
Yvonne Jones	Liberal	1999–2013
Lisa Dempster	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lisa Dempster	1,132	67.22	-25.8
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Normore	552	32.78	+29.6
Total valid votes			1,684	100
Total rejected ballots			24
Turnout			1,708	58.8
Eligible voters			2,905
	Liberal hold		Swing		-27.71

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lisa Dempster	1,405	93.05	+39.48
	New Democratic	Jennifer Deon	57	3.77	-29.20
	Progressive Conservative	Jason MacKenzie	48	3.18	-10.29
Total valid votes			1,510	99.60
Total rejected ballots			6	0.40
Turnout			1,516	49.48
Eligible voters			3,064
	Liberal hold		Swing		+34.34

By-election, June 25, 2013 Resignation of Yvonne Jones
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Lisa Dempster	1,142	53.56	-24.24
	NDP	Jason Spingle	703	32.97	+30.91
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	287	13.46	-13.33
	Liberal hold		Swing		-24.24

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,516	71.14	-1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Acreman	571	26.79	-0.33
	NDP	Bill Cooper	44	2.06
Total valid votes			2,131	100.0
Difference			945	44.35
Total rejected ballots			2	0.09
Turnout			2,133	67.87
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.58

Source: [1]

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,736	72.88	+12.90
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	646	27.12	-4.73

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,514	59.98	-25.47
Progressive Conservative	Dennis Normore	804	31.85	+17.30
Labrador Party	Frank Pye	206	8.16	+8.16

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvonne Jones	1,832	85.45	+43.37
	Progressive Conservative	Sharon Moores	312	14.55	+13.12

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Yvonne Jones	1,665	56.83
Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,233	42.08
Progressive Conservative	Berkley Bursey	42	1.43	–

Eagle River

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,578	66.95
Progressive Conservative	Michael Kelly	486	20.62	–
NDP	Jessie Bird	293	12.43

1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,540	60.02
	Progressive Conservative	Reginald Hancock	1,026	39.98	–

1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	1,170	46.35
Progressive Conservative	Stanley Pike	782	30.98	–
NDP	Claude Rumbolt	573	22.70

1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	1,316	54.58
NDP	Claude Rumbolt	568	23.56
Progressive Conservative	Philip Stone	527	21.86	–

1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Eugene Hiscock	865	51.00
Progressive Conservative	Claude Rumbolt	754	44.46	–
NDP	Elsie McDonald	77	4.54

1975 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Strachan	962	62.18
	Progressive Conservative	Churchill White	585	37.82	–

Labrador South

Labrador South by-election, August 31, 1972
Void Election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labrador Party	Michael Martin	1.047	50.65
Liberal	Josiah Harvey	899	43.05
Progressive Conservative	Edward Kersey	132	6.30	–

1972 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Harvey	933	50.03
	Labrador Party	Michael Martin	932	49.97

1971 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Josiah Harvey	890	47.52
Labrador Party	Michael Martin	807	43.09
Progressive Conservative	Edward Kean	176	9.40	–

1966 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	1,129	90.39
	Progressive Conservative	Leace Critch	120	9.61	–

1962 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	acc.

Labrador South by-election, March 19, 1962
Death of George Sellars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald I. Hill	acc.

1959 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sellars	1,061	90.84
	Progressive Conservative	Roderick Roberts	107	9.16	–

1956 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sellars	acc.

References

^ "Summary of Polling Divisions CARTWRIGHT - L'ANSE AU CLAIR" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

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[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions CARTWRIGHT - L'ANSE AU CLAIR" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

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