Lewisporte-Twillingate
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 13,501 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 10,366 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,725 | ||
| Census division | Division No. 8 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Baytona, Birchy Bay, Campbellton, Comfort Cove-Newstead, Cottlesville, Crow Head, Embree, Lewisporte, Little Burnt Bay, Summerford, Twillingate | ||
Lewisporte-Twillingate is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election.[1][2]
The district was created following the 2015 redistribution and the elimination of the district of The Isles of Notre Dame and Lewisporte.[1] The town of Lewisporte is the largest population centre in the district.[3]
Members of the House of Assembly
The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48th | 2015–2019 | Derek Bennett | Liberal | |
| 49th | 2019–2021 | |||
| 50th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 51st | 2025–present | Mark Butt | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted) View source data.
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Butt | 2,570 | 49.30 | +11.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Bennett | 2,552 | 48.95 | -13.48 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steven Kent | 76 | 1.46 | |||||
| Independent | Stacy Coish | 15 | 0.29 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,213 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.61 | ||||||
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| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Bennett | 2,593 | 62.44 | +8.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rhonda Lee Simms | 1,560 | 37.56 | -8.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,153 | 99.50 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,174 | 41.06 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,166 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.44 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved March 3, 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved March 27, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Bennett | 3,190 | 54.0 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Krista Freake | 2,717 | 46.0 | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Bennett | 3,254 | 53.88 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Derrick Dalley | 2,686 | 44.48 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Hillary Bushell | 99 | 1.64 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,039 | 99.74 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 6,055 | 58.41 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,366 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[5] | ||||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Liberal Jim Bennett loses nomination in new district of Lewisporte-Twillingate". CBC News, August 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ↑ https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/newfoundland-labrador/2025/results/#/riding/27301
- ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. July 25, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2018.