Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor

Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	84,735
Electors (2011)	69,828
Area (km²)	27,140.84
Census division(s)	Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Bonavista, Bishop's Falls, Lewisporte, Botwood, New-Wes-Valley, Twillingate, Gambo, Glovertown

Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (formerly Bonavista—Exploits) was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2015.

81.0% of its population was Protestant, the highest proportion in Canada. In the 2011 federal election, this riding had the highest percentage of Liberal votes in the nation, with nearly 60% of voters backing Liberal candidate Scott Simms.

Demographics[edit]

Ethnic groups:

98.4% White¹

1.6% First Peoples

Immigrant population: 0.92%

Languages:²

97.0% English

3.0% bilingual

Religions:

81.0% Protestant

16.4% Catholic

1.9% no affiliation

0.6% other Christian

The riding had the highest proportion of Protestants in Canada.

Post-secondary education: 31.3%
Average individual income: $19 829
Average household income: $40 677
Unemployment: 28.9%

¹ Statistics Canada's category of "Non-visible minority" includes First Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), and has been reduced accordingly.
² Based on ability to speak.

Geography[edit]

The neighbouring ridings were Avalon, Random—Burin—St. George's, and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic definition of this riding was:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying generally easterly and northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point midway between the towns of Triton and Leading Tickles in Notre Dame Bay; thence southerly in said bay to Seal Bay; thence southerly in a straight line to Frozen Ocean Lake at approximate latitude 49°11'N and approximate longitude 55°41'W; thence westerly in a straight line to Hinds Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake [now Beothuk Lake]; thence southerly in a straight line to a point in Victoria Lake at latitude 48°15'N and approximate longitude 57°21'W; thence easterly to the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1) with Route No. 230; thence easterly along Route No. 230 to Route No. 230A; thence easterly in a straight line to Ocean Pond; thence southeasterly in a straight line to British Harbour at the entrance of Smith Sound on the north shoreline of Trinity Bay; thence southeasterly to said bay. Including Exploits Islands, North and South Twillingate Islands, New World Island, Change Islands, Fogo Island, Funk Island, Cottel Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

History[edit]

The electoral district was created in 2003: 68.6% from Gander—Grand Falls and 31.4% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception. Following the 2012 electoral redistribution, this riding was dissolved and divided between Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (67%) and Bonavista—Burin—Trinity (33%), with the new boundaries taking effect at the 2015 federal election.

Member of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Bonavista—Exploits Riding created from Gander—Grand Falls and Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
38th	2004–2006	Scott Simms	Liberal
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
39th	2006–2008	Scott Simms	Liberal
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame and Bonavista—Burin—Trinity

Election results[edit]