Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune

Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Elvis Loveless; Liberal
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District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	8,715
Electors (2011)	6,053

Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. When created in 1975 it was called Fortune-Hermitage. As of 2011, there are 6,053 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district covers a larger section of Newfoundland's south coast. The district includes territory east of Burgeo, and stretches to the end of Fortune Bay near the beginning of the Burin Peninsula.

The district covers a number of communities including: Harbour Breton, Seal Cove, and Hermitage-Sandyville in Connaigre;^[2] St. Albans, Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir, Morrisville, St. Joseph's Cove, and St. Veronica's in Bay d'Espoir; along with Belleoram, Pool's Cove, and St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove (St. Jacques, English Harbour West, Mose Ambrose, Boxey, Coomb's Cove, and Wreck Cove) in Fortune Bay.^[2]

The Miawpukek First Nation reserve of Samiajij Miawpukek (Conne River) in Bay d'Espoir is located in the district.

The district contains intra-provincial ferries servicing Rencontre East,^[2] Gaultois, and McCallum.^[3] Francois, another isolated community in the district, can also be accessed via McCallum through the Francois – Grey River – Burgeo ferry route.

Members of the House of Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Fortune - Hermitage
37th	1975–1979	Jack Winsor	Liberal
38th	1979–1982	Don Stewart	Progressive Conservative
39th	1982–1985	Don Stewart	Progressive Conservative
40th	1985–1989	Roger Simmons	Liberal
41st	1989–1993	Oliver Langdon	Progressive Conservative
42nd	1993–1996	Oliver Langdon	Liberal
Fortune Bay - Cape la Hune
43rd	1996–1999	Oliver Langdon	Liberal
44th	1999–2003
45th	2003–2007
46th	2007–2011	Tracey Perry	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011–2015
48th	2015–2019
49th	2019–2021	Elvis Loveless	Liberal
50th	2021–Present	Elvis Loveless	Liberal

Former District of Hermitage

Assembly	Years		Party
33rd	1962–1966	John Cheeseman	Liberal
34th	1966–1971	Abel Wornell
35th	1971	Harold Piercey
36th	1972-1975	Roy L. Cheeseman	Progressive Conservative

Former District of Fortune/Fortune Bay

Assembly	Years		Party
33rd	1962–1966	H.R.V. Earle	Liberal
34th	1966–1971	H.R.V. Earle
35th	1971	Augustus Oldford
36th	1972-1975	H.R.V. Earle	Progressive Conservative

Former District of Fortune Bay - Hermitage/Fortune and Hermitage

Assembly	Years		Party
29th	1949-1951	John R. Courage	Liberal
30th	1951-1956
31st	1956-1959
32nd	1959-1962

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,868	68.22	+14.84
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Walsh	781	28.52	-18.09
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	89	3.25
Total valid votes			2,738
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+16.47
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,759	53.38	+15.74
	Progressive Conservative	Charlene Walsh	1,536	46.62	-2.42
Total valid votes			3,295	99.49
Total rejected ballots			17	0.51	+0.19
Turnout			3,312	62.00	-5.61
Eligible voters			5,342
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.08

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tracey Perry	1,830	49.04	-18.24
	Liberal	Bill Carter	1,405	37.65	+22.18
	New Democratic	Mildred Skinner	497	13.32	-3.94
Total valid votes			6,732	99.68
Total rejected ballots			12	0.32	+0.01
Turnout			3,744	67.61	+4.15
Eligible voters			5,538
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-20.21

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tracey Perry	2,592	67.27	+4.08
	New Democratic	Susan Skinner	665	17.26	+15.17
	Liberal	Eric Skinner	596	15.47	-19.25
Total valid votes			3,853	99.69
Total rejected ballots			12	0.31
Turnout			3,865	63.45
Eligible voters			6,091

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Tracey Perry	2,539	63.19%	–
Liberal	Elvis Loveless	1,395	34.72%
NDP	Sheldon Hynes	84	2.09%

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oliver Langdon	2,880	58.79%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Colford	2,019	41.21%	–

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oliver Langdon	3,189	69.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Baker	1,353	29.7%	–

References

^ "Summary of Polling Divisions FORTUNE BAY - CAPE LA HUNE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula". Cape Breton Post. Saltwire Network. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

48°03′11″N 56°16′34″W / 48.053°N 56.276°W / 48.053; -56.276

[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions FORTUNE BAY - CAPE LA HUNE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Connaigre-2] "Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula". Cape Breton Post. Saltwire Network. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[3] "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.

[cbcnews-4] Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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v t e Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts
St. John's	Mount Scio St. John's Centre St. John's East-Quidi Vidi St. John's West Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Waterford Valley Windsor Lake
St. John's suburbs	Cape St. Francis Conception Bay East–Bell Island Conception Bay South Mount Pearl North Mount Pearl-Southlands Topsail-Paradise
Avalon Peninsula	Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Ferryland Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Harbour Main Placentia-St. Mary's
Eastern Newfoundland	Bonavista Burin-Grand Bank Placentia West-Bellevue Terra Nova
Central Newfoundland	Baie Verte-Green Bay Exploits Fogo Island-Cape Freels Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Gander Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Lewisporte-Twillingate
Western Newfoundland	Burgeo-La Poile Corner Brook Humber-Bay of Islands Humber-Gros Morne St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows St. George's-Humber Stephenville-Port au Port
Labrador	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Labrador West Lake Melville Torngat Mountains
See also 2021 general election List of elections Politics