Central Newfoundland (electoral district)

Central Newfoundland (formerly Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%).^[3]

Central Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Central Newfoundland from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Clifford Small Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	74,201
Electors (2025)[2]	63,112
Area (km²)[1]	38,674.01
Pop. density (per km²)	1.9
Census subdivision(s)	Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Lewisporte, Bishop's Falls, Springdale, Botwood, Twillingate, Fogo Island, Harbour Breton, Baie Verte

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election, held October 19, 2015.^[4]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Central Newfoundland.^[5]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[6]

Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 7% Indigenous
Languages: 98.9% English
Religions: 86.3% Christian (19% Catholic, 17.5% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 17% Anglican, 14.6% Methodist and Wesleyan, 12.6% United Church), 13.2% No religion
Median income: $32,400 (2020)
Average income: $41,520 (2020)

History

The riding of Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon. It was the first election result called for in the 2015 and 2019 Canadian federal election.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
42nd	2015–2019		Scott Simms	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Clifford Small	Conservative
Central Newfoundland
45th	2025–present		Clifford Small	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Election by Polling Area

2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Clifford Small	21,975	54.08	+7.19
	Liberal	Lynette Powell	17,696	43.55	−2.46
	New Democratic	Darian Vincent	965	2.37	−4.73
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,636	98.80
Total rejected ballots			492	1.20
Turnout			41,128	64.95
Eligible voters			63,320
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+4.83
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Clifford Small	14,927	46.89	+11.55	$59,241.94
	Liberal	Scott Simms	14,646	46.01	−2.30	$41,577.53
	New Democratic	Jamie Ruby	2,261	7.10	−5.25	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,834	97.86		$124,135.56
Total rejected ballots			695	2.14	-0.07
Turnout			32,529	51.12	-3.80
Registered voters			63,631
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.93
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	16,514	48.31	-26.52	$48,943.91
	Conservative	Alex Bracci	12,081	35.34	+17.02	none listed
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	4,224	12.36	+6.26	$6,009.07
	Green	Byron White	1,363	3.99	+3.24	$5,899.33
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,182	97.80	-1.79	120,385.86
Total rejected ballots			770	2.20	+1.79
Turnout			34,952	55.59	-0.12
Eligible voters			62,880
	Liberal hold		Swing		-26.51
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	26,523	74.82	+19.90	$53,460.35
	Conservative	Kevin O'Brien	6,479	18.28	–12.04	$151,187.70
	New Democratic	Claudette Menchenton	2,175	6.14	–7.49	$3,416.01
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	271	0.76	–0.12	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,448	99.59		$238,355.39
Total rejected ballots			145	0.41	–
Turnout			35,593	55.71	–
Eligible voters			63,891
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+15.97
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,805	54.92
	Conservative	8,724	30.31
	New Democratic	3,920	13.62
	Green	254	0.88
	Independent	74	0.26

Student vote results

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clifford Small	1,591	57.05
	Liberal	Lynette Powell	966	34.64
	New Democratic	Darian Vincent	232	8.32
Total votes			2,789	100.1
Source: Student Vote Canada[17]

2021

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Scott Simms	550	43.48
	Conservative	Clifford Small	404	31.94
	New Democratic	Jamie Ruby	311	24.58
Total votes			1,265	100
Source: Student Vote Canada[18]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Simms	887	41.76	-25.02
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	518	24.39	+10.72
	Conservative	Alex Bracci	418	19.68	+4.41
	Green	Byron White	301	14.17	+9.89
Total votes			2,124	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[19]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Scott Simms	796	66.78
	Conservative	Kevin George O'Brien	182	15.27
	New Democratic	Claudette Menchenton	163	13.67
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	51	4.28
Total votes			1,165	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[20]

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada