Burin-Placentia West

Burin-Placentia West was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district was known as Placentia West prior to 1975. As of 2011 there were 7,673 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Burin-Placentia West

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Burin-Placentia West in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,444
Electors (2011)	7,673

Primarily a fishing district with the Marystown Shipyard and offshore fabrication yard an important part of the economy. Like many other districts, it has faced some tough economic times. Production has dropped at OCI's Marystown fish plant and work at the shipyard has been erratic.

The main communities are Marystown, Burin and Rushoon.

Other communities include Baine Harbour, Beau Bois, Boat Harbour, Brookside, Fox Cove-Mortier, Garnish Pond, Jean de Baie, Parker's Cove, Petite Fort, Port au Bras, Red Harbour, Red Island, Rock Harbour, South East Bight, and Spanish Room.

The district was abolished in 2015 into Placentia West-Bellevue and Burin-Grand Bank.

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		Patrick Canning	Liberal
30th	1951–1956
31st	1956–1959
32nd	1959–1962
33rd	1962–1966
34th	1966–1971
35th	1971–1972
36th	1972–1975		Leo Barry	Progressive Conservative
37th	1975–1979		Patrick Canning	Liberal
38th	1979–1982		Don Hollett
39th	1982–1985		Glenn Tobin	Progressive Conservative
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993
42nd	1993–1996
43rd	1996–1999		Mary Hodder	Liberal
43rd	1999–2003
44th	2003–2007		Clyde Jackman	Progressive Conservative
45th	2007–2011
46th	2011–2015

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Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Clyde Jackman	2,538	48.45
	New Democratic	Julie Mitchell	2,498	47.69
	Liberal	Jacqueline Mullett	202	3.86
Total valid votes			5,238	99.77
Total rejected ballots			12	0.23
Turnout			5,250	69.00
Electors on the lists			7,591	–

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Clyde Jackman	3,141	59.24
	New Democratic	Julie Mitchell	1,704	32.14
	Liberal	George Brake	457	8.62
Total valid votes			5,302	99.73
Total rejected ballots			14	0.27
Turnout			5,316	69.36
Electors on the lists			7,664	–

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clyde Jackman	3450	55.05%	+49.18%
	Liberal	Sam Synard	2133	34.03%	-19.27%
	NDP	Wayne Butler	684	10.91%	-35.79%

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Hodder	3469	53.30%	-18.99%
	NDP	Wayne Butler	2658	40.83%	+40.83%
	Progressive Conservative	Dominic Lundrigan	382	5.87%	-21.84%

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Hodder	4944	72.29%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Keating	1895	27.71%	–