Trinity—Conception

Trinity—Conception was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception riding.

Trinity—Conception

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1949
District abolished	1966
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

It consisted of the Districts of Trinity North, Trinity South, Carbonear-Bay de Verde, Harbour Grace, and Port de Grave.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Trinity—Conception
21st	1949–1953		Leonard Stick	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		James Roy Tucker
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leonard Stick	10,929
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Cramm	3,149

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leonard Stick	8,814
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Ernest Simmons	2,704
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edgar Alexander Russell	707

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leonard Stick	8,360
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur E. Harnett	3,707

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Roy Tucker	12,599
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur E. Harnett	8,897

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Roy Tucker	12,104
	Progressive Conservative	Albert B. Butt	6,996

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Roy Tucker	12,331
	Progressive Conservative	Albert B. Butt	4,856

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Roy Tucker	10,377
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph G. Noel	4,656
	Independent Liberal	Samuel Drover	1,022
	New Democratic	Harold Horwood	560

See also

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