Gander—Twillingate

Gander—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls ridings.

Gander—Twillingate

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1987
First contested	1968
Last contested	1984

The riding initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Gander—Twillingate Riding created from Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
28th	1968–1972		John Lundrigan	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		George Baker	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Lundrigan	10,601
	Liberal	Charles R.M. Granger	9,016
	New Democratic	Lowell Paulson	352

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Lundrigan	12,420
	Liberal	George Baker	10,396
	New Democratic	Walwin Blackmore	577

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Baker	12,722
	Progressive Conservative	Rupert Short	8,021
	New Democratic	Edgar A. Russell	2,143

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Baker	15,408
	Progressive Conservative	Fred J. Dixon	4,727
	New Democratic	Wallace Bown	4,460

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Baker	17,465
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Collins	7,788
	New Democratic	Clyde West	2,338

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Baker	16,100
	Progressive Conservative	Eugene Burt	13,076
	New Democratic	Gerry Panting	1,138

See also

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