Exploits (electoral district)

Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Exploits

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Pleaman Forsey Progressive Conservative
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	12,667
Electors (2015)	9,456
Area (km²)	3,945
Pop. density (per km²)	3.2
Census division(s)	Division No. 6, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Grand Falls-Windsor (part), Leading Tickles, Norris Arm, Northern Arm, Peterview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay

In central Newfoundland on the Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north. Most of the population lives in the southern centres of Botwood and Bishop's Falls.

To the north, Exploits includes communities in Notre Dame Bay such as Cottrell's Cove, but most of the population lives in southern centres such as Botwood and Bishop's Falls. Communities include: Bishop's Falls, Bishop's Falls South, Botwood, Charles Brook, Cottrell's Cove, Fortune Harbour, Glovers Harbour, Leading Tickles West, Moore's Cove, Northern Arm, Peterview, Phillip's Head, Pleasantview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay, Ritter's Arm and Wooddale.

The district was formerly represented by Liberal Premier Roger Grimes.^[1]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1975-1976		Stephen Mulrooney	Liberal
	1976-1979		Hugh Twomey	Progressive Conservative
38th	1979-1982
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993		Roger Grimes	Liberal
42nd	1993-1996
43rd	1996-1999
44th	1999-2003
45th	2003-2005
	2005-2007		Clayton Forsey	Progressive Conservative
46th	2007-2011
47th	2011-2015
48th	2015-2019		Jerry Dean	Liberal
49th	2019-2021		Pleaman Forsey	Progressive Conservative
50th	2021-Present

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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pleaman Forsey	2,641	54.80	+5.36
	Liberal	Rodney Mercer	2,178	45.20	+12.10
Total valid votes			4,819
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.37
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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pleaman Forsey	2,874	49.44	+2.40
	Liberal	Jerry Dean	1,924	33.10	-17.06
	Independent	Gloria Cooper	1,015	17.46	-
Total valid votes			5,813	99.71
Total rejected ballots			17	0.29	-0.12
Turnout			5,830	64.67	+8.48
Eligible voters			9,015
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.73

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jerry Dean	2,654	50.16%	+34.22
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	2,489	47.04%	-21.68
	New Democratic	Bridget Henley	148	2.80%	-12.53
Total valid votes			5,291	100%

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	2,819	68.72%	-3.67
	Liberal	Jim Samson	654	15.94%	-11.67
	New Democratic	Grant Hameon	629	15.33%
Total valid votes			4,102	100%

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	3,396	72.39%	–
	Liberal	Jody Fancey	1,295	27.61%

^[2]

By-election: June 23, 2005 On resignation of Roger Grimes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Clayton Forsey	2,605	55.2
	Liberal	George Saunders	1,958	41.5
	NDP	John Whelan	159	3.4
Total			4,722	100%

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Grimes	3,218	56.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	2,346	40.93%	–
	NDP	John Whelan	168	2.93%

^[3]

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Grimes	2,526
	Progressive Conservative	Gonzo Gillingham	1,944	–	–
	NDP	Arnold Best	633