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Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (formerly Bonavista—Exploits) is the name of a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its population is 89,743. (2001) Map (http://www.elections.ca/scripts/fedrep/searchengine/PDF2/10/10002.pdf)
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Demographics
Ethnic Groups: 97.9% White, 1.6% Aboriginal
Languages: 99.3% English
Religions: 81.0% Protestant, 16.4% Catholic, 1.9% No Affiliation
Average Income: $19,829
Geography
The district is in the northeastern part of the Newfoundland Island. Communities include Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Bonavista, Bishop's Falls, Lewisporte, Botwood, Gambo, and Glovertown. The area is 30,233 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 68.6% from Gander—Grand Falls and 31.4% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception.
Members:
- Scott Simms, Liberal (2004-)
Results
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Scott Simms |align="right"|15,970 |align="right"|48.2 |align="right"|-7.1 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Rex Barnes |align="right"|13,786 |align="right"|41.6 |align="right"|+7.1 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |N.D.P. |Samuel McLean |align="right"|2,667 |align="right"|8.1 |align="right"|-2.1 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Ed Sailor White |align="right"|367 |align="right"|1.1 |align="right"|n/a Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row |Independent |John Lannon |align="right"|344 |align="right"|1.0 |align="right"|n/a |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|33,134 !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.