The Isles of Notre Dame

The Isles of Notre Dame, formerly called Twillingate and Fogo, is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,990 eligible voters.[1]

The Isles of Notre Dame
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
The Isles of Notre Dame in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created1996
First contested1996
Last contested2011
Demographics
Population (2006)10,160
Electors (2011)6,990

The district was created prior to the 1996 election from Twillingate and part of Fogo. The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Lewisporte-Twillingate[2][3] and Fogo Island-Cape Freels.

This district was represented by former Liberal party leader, Gerry Reid from 1996 to 2007.[4][5]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

 MemberPartyTerm
 Derrick DalleyProgressive Conservative2007–2015
 Gerry ReidLiberal1996-2007

Twillingate

 MemberPartyTerm
 Walter CarterLiberal1985-1996
 Ida M. ReidProgressive Conservative1982-1985
 William RoweLiberal1977-1982
 Joey SmallwoodReform Liberal1975-1977
 Herbert GillettLiberal1972-1975
 William AdamsLiberal1971-1972
 Leslie CurtisLiberal1949-1971

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Election results

The Isles of Notre Dame

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDerrick Dalley2,76467.65%
LiberalDanny Dumaresque1,07026.19%
 NDPTree Walsh2526.17%
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDerrick Dalley237150.07%+5.82
LiberalGerry Reid236449.93%-5.82

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Twillingate and Fogo

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGerry Reid294155.75-10.07
Progressive ConservativeDerrick Dalley234444.25+15.39

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1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGerry Reid334365.82
Progressive ConservativeGerald McKenna146628.86
 IndependentDallas Mitchell2705.32

Boundary description

The District of The Isles of Notre Dame shall consist of and include all that part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to include the islands of Twillingate, New World Island, Change Islands, Fogo Island and the following adjacent islands: Black Island, Western Indian Island, Eastern Indian Island and Bacalhao Island.

Communities

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