Harbour Main

For the community, see Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Harbour Main

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Harbour Main in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Betty Parsley Liberal
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2015
Demographics
Population (2006)	12,107
Electors (2011)	9,005

Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs.

Historically a Tory stronghold, apart from a two-term Liberal breakthrough in the 1990s. It includes the southern portion of the town of Conception Bay South and the town of Holyrood, the farthest extern of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 the district has 9,005 eligible voters.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Harbour-Main/Harbour Main-Bell Island

	Member	Party	Term
	Betty Parsley	Liberal	2015-
	Tom Hedderson	Progressive Conservative	1999-2015
	Don Whelan	Liberal	1993-1999
	Norman Doyle	Progressive Conservative	1979-1993
	William Doody	Progressive Conservative	1971-1979
	Gordon Dawe	Progressive Conservative	1971-1975
	John Mahoney	Liberal	1966-1971
	Clifton Joy	Liberal	1962-1966
	Albert Furey	Progressive Conservative	1959-1962
	Matthew Whalen	Liberal	1956-1959
	Phillip J. Lewis	Liberal	1951-1971
	David I. Jackman	Progressive Conservative	1949-1956
	Ronald J. Fahey	Progressive Conservative	1949-1951

Election results

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Betty Parsley	2,253	39.40	+28.18
	Progressive Conservative	Curtis Buckle	1,998	34.9	-34.73
	New Democratic	Raymond Flaherty	1,381	24.20	+5.05
	Independent	Ted Noseworthy	85	1.50
Total valid votes			5,717	100.0
	Liberal gain		Swing

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	3,600	69.63	-13.09
	New Democratic	Mike Maher	990	19.15	+13.32
	Liberal	Bern Hickey	580	11.22	-0.19
Total valid votes			5,170	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.21

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	4,606	82.78	+12.07
	Liberal	Kevin Slaney	635	11.41	-10.57
	New Democratic	Jean Dandenault	323	5.81	-1.50
Total valid votes			5,564	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	4769	70.71%	–
	Liberal	Fred Akerman	1482	21.98%
	NDP	Eugene Conway	493	7.31%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hedderson	3670	54.91%	–
	Liberal	Wanda Dawe	2502	37.43%
	NDP	Fred Akerman	511	7.64%

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly