Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans

Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Chris Tibbs; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	9,924
Electors (2011)	7,450

Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 2006, the district was Grand Falls-Buchans, while expanded slightly in all directions it took in no major municipalities.^[1] As of 2011, there are 7,450 eligible voters living within the district.^[2]

In the heart of central Newfoundland. Includes part of the town of Grand Falls-Windsor to the north and stretches westward. Badger, Buchans, Buchans Junction, Crooked Lake, Millertown and Red Indian Lake are in the district. Forestry and mining are major industries.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years		Party
Grand Falls
29th	1949-1951	Edward S. Spencer	Liberal
30th	1951-1956
31st	1956-1959
32nd	1959-1962	Raymond W. Guy
33rd	1962-1966	Ambrose Peddle	Progressive Conservative
34th	1966-1971	Frederick W. Rowe	Liberal
35th	1971	Aubrey Senior	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972-1975	Aubrey Senior
37th	1975-1979	John Lundrigan
38th	1979-1982	Len Simms
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993
42nd	1993-1995
42nd	1995-1996	Mike Mackey
Grand Falls - Buchans
43rd	1996-1999	Anna Thistle	Liberal
44th	1999-2003
45th	2003-2007
Grand Falls - Windsor - Buchans
46th	2007-2011	Susan Sullivan	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011-2015	Susan Sullivan	Progressive Conservative
48th	2015-2019	Al Hawkins	Liberal
49th	2019-2021	Chris Tibbs	Progressive Conservative
50th	2021-Present	Chris Tibbs	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Results as Grand Falls—Windsor—Buchans

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	Chris Tibbs	2,735	59.24	+6.08
	Liberal	Debbie Ball	1,776	38.47	-8.37
	New Democratic	Holly Pike	106	2.30
Total valid votes			4,617
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.23
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	Chris Tibbs	2,935	53.16	+29.54
	Liberal	Al Hawkins	2,586	46.84	-6.71
Total valid votes			5,521	98.71
Total rejected ballots			72	1.29	+0.23
Turnout			5,593	60.75	+6.11
Eligible voters			9,207
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.13

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Al Hawkins	2,607	53.55%	+21.46
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Whiffen	1,150	23.62%	-38.00
	Independent	Rex Barnes	962	19.76%
	New Democratic	Meghan Keating	149	3.06%	-3.23
Total valid votes			4,868	100.0

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Sullivan	2,957	61.62%	-10.21
	Liberal	Wayne Morris	1,540	32.09%	+27.86
	New Democratic	John Whelan	302	6.29%	-17.64
Total valid votes			4,799	100.0

2007 general election, November 6, 2007
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Susan Sullivan	2,767	71.83
NDP	Junior C. Downey	922	23.93
Liberal	John J. Woodrow	163	4.23

Results as Grand Falls—Buchans

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Anna Thistle	3,921
	Progressive Conservative	Paula Flood	2,331
	NDP	Gerry Tobin	370

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Anna Thistle	3,551
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Woolridge	2,349
	NDP	Bob Buckingham	188

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Anna Thistle	3,441
Progressive Conservative	Mike Mackey	2,321	–	–
NDP	Joe Tremblett	1,087

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Results as Grand Falls

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	3,470	–	–
Liberal	Edward Langdon	1,421
NDP	John Mackey	297

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1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	3,400	64.9	–
	Liberal	Jim Hornell	1,841	35.1

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1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	2,208	44.3	–
NDP	Bryan Blackmore	2,167	43.4
Liberal	George Anderson	615	12.3

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1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Simms	2,786	70.7	–
	Liberal	Walter Clarke	1,153	29.3

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1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	2,556	58.7	–
Liberal	Roger Grimes	1,346	30.9
NDP	Andrew Barker	449	3.8

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References

^ "Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^ "Summary of Polling Divisions GRAND FALLS - WINDSOR-BUCHANS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

[1] "Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

[2] "Summary of Polling Divisions GRAND FALLS - WINDSOR-BUCHANS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[govnl2-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

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