Bonavista South

Bonavista South is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters.^[1]

Bonavista South

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Bonavista South in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,014
Electors (2011)	6,843

It contains the communities of: Bonavista, Spillars Cove, Birchy Cove, Newman's Cove, Amherst Cove, Elliston, Little Catalina, Knights Cove, Stock Cove, King's Cove, Duntara, Keels, Open Hall, Redcliff, Tickle Cove, Plate Cove, Summerville, Princeton, Southern Bay, Charleston, Sweet Bay, Bloomfield, Musgravetown, Lethbridge, Brooklyn, Portland, Jamestown, Winterbrook, Catalina, Port Union and Melrose.

The district is heavily dependent on the fishery, but agriculture and tourism are significant to the local economy.

The district was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by the new district of Bonavista.^[2]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1949–1951		Ted Russell	Liberal
30th	1951–1956		Clyde Brown
31st	1956–1959		Uriah Strickland
32nd	1959–1962		Rossy Barbour
33rd	1962–1966
34th	1966–1971
35th	1971–1972		Jim Morgan	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1979
38th	1979–1982
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993		Aubrey Gover	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996		Roger Fitzgerald	Progressive Conservative
43rd	1996–1999
43rd	1999–2003
44th	2003–2007
45th	2007–2011
46th	2011–2015		Glen Little

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Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Little	2,214	56.14
	New Democratic	Darryl Johnson	1,198	30.38
	Liberal	Johanna Ryan Guy	532	13.49
Total valid votes			3,944	99.74
Total rejected ballots			10	0.26
Turnout			3,954	57.95
Electors on the lists			6,823	–

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	Acclaimed	100.00%	+20.24%
	Liberal	Clayton Hobbs	Withdrew	0.00%	-17.14%

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	4,354	79.58%	–
	Liberal	Betty Fitzgerald	938	17.14%
	NDP	Sam Kelly	179	3.27%

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	4,496	70.87
	Liberal	George Clements	1,768	27.87
	NDP	Shawn Crann	80	1.26

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	4,781	–	–
	Liberal	Kay Young	2,474

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	2,613	–	–
	Liberal	Aubrey Gover	2,235
	NDP	Malon Quinton	147

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1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aubrey Gover	1952
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Fitzgerald	1932	–	–
	NDP	Rex Sheppard	259

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1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James Morgan	2424	–	–
	Liberal	Ancel John Johnson	1193
	NDP	Harry Clarence Faulkner	519

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1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James Morgan	2742	–	–
	Liberal	Cyril Roy Mifflin	992

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