Placentia West-Bellevue

Placentia West-Bellevue is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election.^[1]

Placentia West-Bellevue

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Jeff Dwyer Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,554
Electors (2015)	9,698
Area (km²)	4,645
Census division(s)	Division No. 1, Division No. 2, Division No. 3
Census subdivision(s)	Arnold's Cove, Baine Harbour, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Come By Chance, Division No. 1, Subd. A, Division No. 2, Subd. C, Division No. 2, Subd. D, Division No. 2, Subd. I, Division No. 2, Subd. J, Division No. 2, Subd. K, Division No. 2, Subd. L, Division No. 3, Subd. A, English Harbour East, Grand le Pierre, Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights, Marystown, Norman's Cove-Long Cove, Parker's Cove, Red Harbour, Rushoon, Southern Harbour, Sunnyside, Terrenceville

The district was created following the 2015 redistribution which saw the elimination of the district of Bellevue. The district was largely preceded by the district of Burin-Placentia West which was abolished in 2015. Marystown is the largest population centre in the district.^[2][3][4][5]

The district contains an intra-provincial ferry servicing South East Bight.^[6][7][8]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
48th	2015-2019		Mark Browne	Liberal
49th	2019–2021		Jeff Dwyer	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	Jeff Dwyer	2,965	54.32	-1.45
	Liberal	Sam Synard	2,304	42.21	-2.02
	New Democratic	Carolyn Davis	189	3.46
Total valid votes			5,458
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.28
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	Jeff Dwyer	3,363	55.77	+22.02
	Liberal	Mark Browne	2,667	44.23	-19.47
Total valid votes			6,030	99.10
Total rejected ballots			55	0.90	+0.63
Turnout			6,085	65.71	+6.54
Eligible voters			9,261
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.75

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Browne	3,645	63.70	–
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Peach	1,931	33.75	–
	New Democratic	Bobbie Warren	146	2.55	–
Total valid votes			5,722	99.72	–
Total rejected ballots			16	0.28	–
Turnout			5,738	59.17	–
Eligible voters			9,698
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		–
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[9]