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Random—Burin—St. George's is the name of a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its population is 76,089. (2001) Map (http://www.elections.ca/scripts/fedrep/searchengine/PDF2/10/10005.pdf)
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Demographics
Ethnic Groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian
Languages: 98.5% English
Religions: 54.6% Protestant, 43.8% Catholic, 1.3% No Affiliation
Average Income: $19,018
Geography
The district includes the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, the Stephenville area, the Burin Peninsula, and the west-central coast of Trinity Bay including Random Island. Communities include Stephenville, Marystown, Channel-Port aux Basques, Clarenville, Grand Bank, Burin, Harbour Breton, Burgeo, Fortune and Stephenville Crossing. The area is 38,281 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 87.1% from Burin—St. George's, 12.9% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, and 0.1% from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte. The incumbent for the majority of the riding is Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Results
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Bill Matthews |align="right"|12,383 |align="right"|46.8 |align="right"|-1.0 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |N.D.P. |Desmond McGrath |align="right"|8,797 |align="right"|33.2 |align="right"|+28.7 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Larry Peckford |align="right"|4,820 |align="right"|18.2 |align="right"|-7.2 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Justin Dollimont |align="right"|474 |align="right"|1.8 |align="right"|n/a |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|26,474 !align="right"| !align="right"| |}
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.