Editing Labrador (electoral district)

{{short description|Federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{essay-like|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Labrador
| province            = Newfoundland and Labrador
| image               = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Canadian federal electoral districts/2025/Labrador.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|zoom=4|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=[[File:Labrador Riding Map 2013.png|x100px]]}}
| caption             = Interactive map of riding boundaries from the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]]
| fed-status          = active
| fed-district-number = 10004
| fed-created         = 1949
| fed-abolished       = 
| fed-election-first  = 1949
| fed-election-last   = 2025
| fed-rep             = Philip Earle
| fed-rep-link        = 
| fed-rep-party       = Liberal
| fed-rep-party-link  = Liberal Party of Canada
| demo-pop-ref        = <ref name="ReferenceA">[[#2011fed|Statistics Canada]]: 2011</ref>
| demo-area-ref       = <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| demo-electors-ref   = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2025/2025-04-22-x6/html/extra6-eng.html|title=Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 6|publisher=Government of Canada|date=April 22, 2025|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>
| demo-census-date    = [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]
| demo-pop            = 26655
| demo-electors       = 19893
| demo-electors-date  = 2025
| demo-area           = 294330
| demo-cd             = [[Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10]], [[Division No. 11, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 11]]
| demo-csd            = [[Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cartwright]], [[Charlottetown, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador|Charlottetown]], [[Division No. 10, Subdivision A, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10, Subdivision A]], [[Division No. 10, Subdivision B, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10, Subdivision B]], [[Division No. 10, Subdivision C, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10, Subdivision C]], [[Division No. 10, Subdivision D, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10, Subdivision D]], [[Division No. 10, Subdivision E, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10, Subdivision E]], [[Division No. 11, Subdivision C, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 11, Subdivision C]], [[Division No. 11, Subdivision E, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 11, Subdivision E]], [[Forteau, Newfoundland and Labrador|Forteau]], [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]], [[Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador|Hopedale]], [[Labrador City]], [[L'Anse-au-Clair]], [[L'Anse-au-Loup]], [[Makkovik]], [[Mary's Harbour]], [[Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador|Nain]], [[Natuashish]], [[North West River, Newfoundland and Labrador|North West River]], [[Pinware, Newfoundland and Labrador|Pinware]], [[Port Hope Simpson]], [[Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador|Postville]], [[Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Bay]], [[Rigolet]], [[Sheshatshiu]], [[St. Lewis, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Lewis]], [[Wabush]], [[West St. Modeste]]
}}

'''Labrador''' (formerly known as '''Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador''' and '''Grand Falls—White Bay''') is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada, that has been represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] since 1949.

The [[Riding (division)#Canada|riding]] covers all of [[Labrador]] and, with just 26,000 people located in the riding, it is the least populous in Canada.<ref>[http://www.punditsguide.ca/census_e.php Pundits Guide]</ref> From 2005 to 2011, the riding was represented by [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] MP [[Todd Russell]].  He was defeated by [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Peter Penashue]] in the 2011 federal election.<ref name="Innnu leader">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-leader-delivers-conservatives-from-n-l-shutout-1.976524|title=Innu leader delivers Conservatives from N.L. shutout|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2011-05-02|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> Following allegations of irregularities in his campaign spending, Penashue announced on March 14, 2013 that he would resign his seat and run again as a candidate in a new [[by-election]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peter-penashue-quits-over-campaign-donations-1.1335297 "Peter Penashue quits over campaign donations"]. [[CBC News]], March 14, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peter-penashue-campaign-took-in-28-ineligible-contributions-1.1313425 |title=Peter Penashue campaign took in 28 ineligible contributions - Politics - CBC News |first=Laura |last=Payton |work=cbc.ca |year=2013 |access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref>  Penashue subsequently lost the by-election to Liberal candidate [[Yvonne Jones]]. Jones was re-elected in the 2015, 2019, and 2021 federal elections. The riding is viewed as a Liberal stronghold.

The riding contains a large [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|indigenous]] population, including the Inuit self-governing territory of [[Nunatsiavut]], as well as two [[Innu]] [[Indian reserve|reserves]] [[Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation|Sheshatshiu]] and [[Mushuau Innu First Nation|Natuashish]]. The [[Voisey's Bay Mine|Voisey's Bay nickel mine]], near Nain, is also in the riding.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/storywrappers/myregion-elections.html?e=nlvotes2011&ridingcreationdate=2011/08/03&ridingstoryprefix=nlvotes11-district-&ridingNumber=045&ecsResults=true| title = CBC My Region - Torngat Mountains}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vale.com/canada/en/business/mining/nickel/vale-canada/voiseys-bay/pages/voiseys-bay-mine-expansion-project.aspx|title=Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion|date=2017|website=vale.com|access-date=May 20, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/voiseys-bay-underground-iron-ore-1.5262346|title=Voisey's Bay underground development hits 10% completion|date=Aug 28, 2019 |first=|last=|publisher=CBC News|access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref>

All six indigenous communities on the North Coast are inaccessible by road and may be reached only by air or sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/indigenous-leaders-asking-that-access-to-labrador-be-sealed-off/|title=Indigenous leaders asking that access to Labrador be sealed off|access-date=Oct 16, 2020|first=Angel|last=Moore|date=Apr 5, 2020|website=APTN News }}</ref>

==Demographics==
This riding is the least populous in Canada. Citing the region's highly distinct identity and seeing it as a community of interest they have the legal duty to respect, successive electoral boundary commissions have used their ability to make exceptions to the general electoral quotient to maintain Labrador as a separate riding.

In earlier representation orders, it was joined with communities on the [[Great Northern Peninsula]] of the island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]].

'''Ethnic groups:''' 65.1% White, 34.9% Native Canadian <br />
'''Languages (2016):''' 86.4% English, 5.6% Innu, 2.3% Naskapi, 1.5% French, 1.4% Inuktitut, 1.3% Tagalog, 0.1% German, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Spanish<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109983&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2016&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=| title = First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data| date = August 2, 2017}} </ref><br />
'''Religions:''' 67.4% Protestant, 28.4% Catholic, 3.4% No affiliation <br />
'''Average income:''' $27 138

==Geography==
The district includes all of Labrador, including [[Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Belle Isle]], [[North Aulatsivik Island|North]] and [[South Aulatsivik Island]].

The neighbouring ridings are [[Nunavut (electoral district)|Nunavut]], [[Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou]], [[Manicouagan (electoral district)|Manicouagan]], and [[Long Range Mountains (electoral district)|Long Range Mountains]].

According to [[Elections Canada]], the boundaries of this riding for the [[2006 Canadian federal election|39th General Election]] (2006) are:

:"Consisting of all that part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador known as Labrador, including [[Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador|Belle Isle]]."

The [[Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012|2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution]] concluded that the electoral boundaries of Labrador should be preserved with no boundary changes for future elections.<ref name=report>{{Citation|url=http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=nfld&dir=now/reports&document=index&lang=e|title=Report – Newfoundland and Labrador}}</ref>

See the [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130727030907/http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/maps/C10004.pdf map of the Labrador riding].

==History==
[[File:Grand Falls--White Bay--Labrador.png|thumb|The old riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador in the 1966 representation order]]

The electoral district was created in 1949 upon the admission of Newfoundland to Canada. Between 1949 and 1988, this district was attached to the Island of Newfoundland, where more than half of its electorate resided. Liberal MP [[Bill Rompkey]] held the seat from 1972 till his appointment to the [[Senate of Canada]] in 1995. [[Lawrence D. O'Brien]] was later elected in a by-election and held the district until his death in 2004.

A by-election was held on May 24, 2005, with the result tipping the balance of the evenly split [[38th Canadian Parliament|38th Parliament]]. The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate, [[Todd Russell]], who was heavily favoured, ended up winning, but with a reduced percentage from the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]].

On December 16, 2004, MP Lawrence O'Brien died of cancer, the next year Prime Minister Paul Martin called a by-election for May 24, 2005. There was a possibility the by-election would not be held because of a non-confidence vote the week prior. The non-confidence vote would have toppled the government sending Canadians to the polls, which would have superseded the by-election.  However, the motion failed by one vote, ensuring the by-election.

The seat has traditionally been a Liberal stronghold, and O'Brien always carried the riding with comfortable pluralities. However, the federal Liberals had lost popularity in [[Atlantic Canada]] since the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]] largely because of disputes with the Progressive Conservative provincial governments of these provinces, especially that of Newfoundland and Labrador over the relationship between offshore oil revenues and equalization payments.

Historically, governing parties fare poorly in federal by-elections. However, this by-election was especially significant because of the make-up of the [[38th Canadian Parliament]]. Following the 2004 election, the Liberals and the [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] held 154 seats together, or exactly half of the 308-seat [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. After Liberal MP [[Carolyn Parrish]] was expelled from that party, the two parties' combined total (prior to O'Brien's death) had been reduced to 153 (or 152 who are eligible to vote since the Speaker was elected as a Liberal). The Liberals were anxious to retain the seat, as its loss would have left the opposition [[Conservative Party of Canada]] or the [[Bloc Québécois]] as the only viable partners for the Liberals to get legislation passed in the House. Former Liberal MP [[David Kilgour]] had left the party, further reducing its strength.

Since the general election, it had been suggested that the New Democratic Party refrain from contesting by-elections in seats where the Liberals were strong but the NDP are not, to avoid [[spoiler effect|splitting the vote]] and thus help improve the chances securing a better position for the NDP in the House. Labrador would certainly be a prime example of such a seat — the NDP finished a distant fourth in the 2004 election. However, historically the NDP has been adamant in contesting all by-elections, and NDP leader [[Jack Layton]] showed little interest in any such proposal. The NDP nominated Frances Fry on April 23 feeling it had a chance in this seat because of the Liberal fall in polls and the fact that the [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|provincial NDP]] had one of its two seats in Labrador.

In the end, the Liberals picked up an easy victory, as expected, but while their actual vote total did not go down by much, their percentage of the vote went down over 10 points from the previous election as turnout was over 9% more than in the 2004 election. This high turnout is virtually unheard of for by-elections which normally have extremely poor turnouts. The additional voters appear to have been brought out by the tense national political situation and mostly voted for the Conservatives who picked up nearly 17 percentage points and the New Democrats who also increased their vote total.

===Members of Parliament===
This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:

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{{CanMP nodata|Grand Falls—White Bay}}
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| FromYr = 1949
| ToYr = 1953
| Assembly# = 21
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
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{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1953
| ToYr = 1957
| Assembly# = 22
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 7
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1957
| ToYr = 1958
| Assembly# = 23
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1958
| ToYr = 1962
| Assembly# = 24
| RepName = [[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]]
| RepTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1962
| ToYr = 1963
| Assembly# = 25
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1963
| ToYr = 1965
| Assembly# = 26
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1965
| ToYr = 1966
| Assembly# = 27
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1966
| ToYr = 1968
| RepName = Andrew Chatwood
| RepTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1968
| ToYr = 1972
| Assembly# = 28
| CanParty = PC
| RepName = Ambrose Peddle
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1972
| ToYr = 1974
| Assembly# = 29
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Bill Rompkey
| RepTerms# = 5
| PartyTerms# = 5
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1974
| ToYr = 1979
| Assembly# = 30
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1979
| ToYr = 1980
| Assembly# = 31
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1980
| ToYr = 1984
| Assembly# = 32
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1984
| ToYr = 1988
| Assembly# = 33
}}
{{CanMP nodata|Labrador}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1988
| ToYr = 1993
| Assembly# = 34
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Bill Rompkey
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 9
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1993
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 1997
| RepName = Lawrence D. O'Brien
| RepTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1997
| ToYr = 2000
| Assembly# = 36
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2000
| ToYr = 2004
| Assembly# = 37
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2004
| ToYr = 2004
| Assembly# = 38
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2006
| RepName = Todd Russell
| RepTerms# = 3
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2006
| ToYr = 2008
| Assembly# = 39
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2011
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2011
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 41
| CanParty = Conservative
| RepName = Peter Penashue
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2015
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Yvonne Jones
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 5
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2015
| ToYr = 2019
| Assembly# = 42
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2019
| ToYr = 2021
| Assembly# = 43
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2021
| ToYr = 2025
| Assembly# = 44
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2025
| ToYr = present
| RepName = Philip Earle
| RepTerms# = 1
| Assembly# = 45
}}
{{CanMP end}}

==Election results==
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 | y3=,,,,0.1024,0.0397,,0.0813,0.0279,0.0615,0.2171,0.4237,0.2232,0.1261,0.1132,0.0392,0.1981,0.3779,0.1238,0.0964,0.0989,0.0908,0.1785,0.1983,0.1919,0.1438,0.2450,0.238
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 | y7=,,,,,,0.0617
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 | y9=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0.0320
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| caption=Graph of election results in Grand Falls—White Bay, Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador, Labrador (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
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===Labrador===
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 | y4=,,,,,0.0201,0.0064,0.0072,0.0391,0.0130,,,0.0200
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====2025====
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Labrador}}

[[File:2021 Canadian Federal Election in Labrador.svg|thumb|400x400px|2021 results by polling area]]

====2021====

{{2021 Canadian federal election/Labrador}}

====2019====

{{2019 Canadian federal election/Labrador}}

====2015====

{{2015 Canadian federal election/Labrador}}

====2013 by-election====

{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Labrador}}

====2011====

{{2011 Canadian federal election/Labrador}}

====2008====

{{CANelec/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Todd Russell]]| 5,426| 70.28| +19.75| $26,887}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Phyllis Artiss | 1,378| 17.85| +8.77|$5,886 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Lacey Lewis| 615| 7.97| -31.70|$15,728 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green| Nyssa Christine McLeod| 302| 3.91| +3.19|<small>''none listed''</small> }}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 7,721|100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;|$81,667 }}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots| 66| 0.85| +0.40}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout| 7,787|38.60|-19.8 }}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters| 20,175}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+5.49}}
{{end}}

====2006====

{{CANelec/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Todd Russell]]|5,768|50.53|-0.95| $40,903.10}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Joseph Goudie|Joe Goudie]]|4,528|39.67|+7.34| $36,381.98}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jacob Edward Larkin|1,037|9.08|-0.81| $164.95}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gail Zwicker|82|0.72|+0.08|<small>''none listed''</small> }}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|11,415|100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;| $75,653}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots|52|0.45|-0.10}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|11,467|57.99|+4.55 }}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|19,774}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-4.14}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Changes are from the 2005 by-election</small>}}
{{end}}

====2005 by-election====

{{CANelec/top|CA|May 24, 2005|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes|reason=Death of [[Lawrence D. O'Brien]], 16 December 2004}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Todd Russell]]|5,438|51.48|-10.75|$53,970.30 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Graham Letto]]|3,415|32.33|+16.56| $73,509.62}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Frances Fry|1,045|9.89|+0.25| $26,121.42}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|[[Ern Condon]]|598|5.66|-4.69|$254.00 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Jason Crummey|68|0.64|-1.37| $78.45}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 10,564|100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;| $74,995}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots|58|0.55|+0.03}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout |10,622 |53.44 |+8.62}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|19,876}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-13.6}}
{{end}}

====2004====
{{CANelec/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Lawrence D. O'Brien]]|5,524|62.23|-6.76|$35,586.52}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Merrill Strachan|1,400|15.77|-2.85|$17,120.09}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|[[Ern Condon]]|919|10.35|&ndash;| $62.50}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Shawn Crann|856|9.64|-2.74|<small>''none listed''</small>}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|[[Lori-Ann Martino]]|178|2.01|&ndash;| $135.00}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 8,877|100.0 &nbsp;|&ndash;|  $73,792}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots|46|0.52}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,923|44.82| }}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|19,909}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-1.96}}
{{CANelec/note|<small>Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.</small>}}
{{end}}

====2000====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Lawrence D. O'Brien]]|7,153|68.99|+18.37}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Amanda Will|1,284|12.38|-25.41}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Hayward Broomfield|1,254|12.09|+5.20}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Eugene Burt|677|6.53|+1.84}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|10,368|100.00 }}
{{CANelec/note|Changes for the Canadian Alliance are based on the 1997 results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.}}
{{end}}

====1997====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Lawrence D. O'Brien]]|6,182|50.62|+10.15}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Randy Collins]]|4,615|37.79|+17.98}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Mike Patton|842|6.89|-1.81}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Stephane Girardin|573|4.69|-25.69}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|12,212| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1996 by-election====

{{CANelec/top|CA|1996|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Lawrence D. O'Brien]]|4,032|40.47|-36.64}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|John Michael McGrath|3,027|30.38| }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Randy Collins]]|1,974|19.81|+15.89}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Darlene Gear-White|867|8.70|-10.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Alain Roy|63|0.63| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|9,963|100.00 }}
{{CANelec/note|Called on Bill Rompkey's appointment to the Senate.}}
{{end}}

====1993====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|8,724|77.11|+23.61}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Wayne Piercey|2,146|18.97|-14.06}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Barry Knight|444|3.92|-7.40}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|11,314|100.00 }}
{{end}}

====1988====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|7,126|53.50|+8.37}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Joseph Goudie]]|4,400|33.03|-9.23}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Evelyn Riggs|1,508|11.32|-1.29}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|[[Ern Condon]]|286|2.15| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|13,320|100.00 }}
{{end}}

===Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador===
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 | width=700
 | height=300
 | type=line
 | xAxisTitle=Year
 | yAxisTitle=Vote share
 | xAxisMin=1953
 | xAxisMax=1984
 | yAxisMin=0
 | yAxisMax=0.8
 | yAxisFormat=%
 | legend=Legend
 | y1Title=Liberal
 | y2Title=PC
 | y3Title=NDP
 | y4Title=Social Credit
 | x=1953,1957,1958,1962,1963,1965,1966,1968,1972,1974,1979,1980,1984
 | y1=0.7326,0.7541,0.6172,0.6555,0.7066,0.7096,0.7304,0.4681,0.5764,0.5482,0.4609,0.5267,0.4513
 | y2=0.2674,0.2459,0.3828,0.2421,0.2537,0.2287,0.1883,0.5040,0.3621,0.2347,0.1155,0.2501,0.4226,0.3303
 | y3=,,,0.1024,0.0397,,0.0813,0.0279,0.0615,0.2171,0.4237,0.2232,0.1261
 | y4=,,,,,0.0617
 | colors=#DC241f,#3686ff,#FAA61A,#90EE90
 | showSymbols=true}}
| caption=Graph of election results in Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| align=center
}}

====1984====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|12,938|45.13|-7.54}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Peter J. Walsh|12,114|42.26|+17.25}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Ern Condon]]|3,616|12.61|-9.71}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|28,668| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1980====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|15,530|52.67|+6.58}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Ray Hawco|7,375|25.01|+13.46}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Ern Condon]]|6,582|22.32|-20.05}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|29,487| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1979====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|13,639|46.09|-8.73}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bryan Blackmore|12,538|42.37|+20.66}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Calvin Osmond|3,418|11.55|-11.92}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|29,595| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1974====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1974|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|12,689|54.82|-2.82}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Jim Corp Janes|5,433|23.47|-12.74}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Donald J. Head|5,026|21.71|+15.56}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|23,148| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1972====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1972|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bill Rompkey]]|14,274|57.64|+10.83}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Ambrose Peddle]]|8,968|36.21|-14.19}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Earle R. Boone|1,523|6.15|+3.36}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|24,765| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1968====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1968|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Ambrose Peddle]]|10,322|50.40|+31.57}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Andrew Chatwood|9,587|46.81|-26.23}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Austin Scott|571|2.79|-5.34}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|20,480| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1966 by-election====

{{CANelec/top|CA|19 September 1966|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Resignation of [[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]], 1 August 1966}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Andrew Chatwood]]|9,754|73.04|+2.08}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Thomas Fenwick Pitcher|2,515|18.83|-4.04}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Lorne Campbell Snell|1,086|8.13|  }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|13,355| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1965====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1965|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]]|17,933|70.96|+0.30}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Thomas Fenwick Pitcher|5,779|22.87|-2.50}}
{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Harold W. Parsons|1,560|6.17|  }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|25,272| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1963====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1963|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]]|18,233|70.66|+5.11}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Cyril C. Pelley|6,545|25.37|+1.16}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Kitchener Pritchett|1,025|3.97|-6.27}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|25,803|100.00 }}
{{end}}

====1962====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1962|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]]|16,401|65.55|+3.83}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Wolfred Nelson|6,057|24.21|-14.07}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|William Joseph Gillies|2,561|10.24| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|25,019| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1958====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1958|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Charles Granger (politician)|Charles Granger]]|16,328|61.72|-13.69}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|David Gordon Decker|10,129|38.28|+13.69}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|26,457| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1957====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1957|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne]]|11,681|75.41|+2.15}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Bloomfield|3,810|24.59|-2.15}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|15,491| 100.00}}
{{end}}

====1953====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1953|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne]]|13,653|73.26|-13.49}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Henry George Hicks|4,984|26.74|+13.49}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|18,637|100.00 }}
{{end}}

===Grand Falls—White Bay===
====1949====

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1949|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne]]|12,301|86.75}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|James Pond|1,879|13.25}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|14,180|100.00}}
{{end}}

== Student vote results ==
=== 2025 ===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2025|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Philip Earle|363|47.51}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Ella Wallace|290|37.96}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Marius Normore|111|14.53}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total votes|746|100}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote Canada 2025|url=https://studentvote.ca/results/home/district_results/59/14/4|access-date=2025-05-03|language=en}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}
=== 2021===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Amy Norman|111|46.25}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Yvone Jones|66|27.50}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Shane Dumaresque|50|20.83}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Shannon Champion|13|5.42}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total votes|240|100}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote Canada 2021|url=https://studentvote.ca/results/district_results/38/8/4 |access-date=2025-05-16|language=en}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

=== 2019 ===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2019|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Yvonne Jones|433|38.94|-28.61}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Michelene Gray|355|31.92|+12.14}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Larry Flemming|209|18.79|+6.12}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Tyler Colbourne|105|10.34|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total Valid Votes|3,263|100.0|&nbsp;}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote Canada 2019|url=https://studentvote.ca/results/district_results/33/8/4|access-date=2020-09-24|language=en}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Yvonne Jones|560|67.55|+20.09}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Edward Rudkowski|164|19.78|+7.25}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Peter Penashue|105|12.67|-18.67}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total Valid Votes|829|100.0|&nbsp;}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Vote|url=https://studentvote.ca/results/home/district_results/7/8/10004|access-date=2020-09-24|language=en}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

=== 2011 ===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Todd Russell|159|47.46}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Peter Penashue|105|31.34}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jacob Larkin|42|12.53}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|George C.R. Barrett|29|8.65}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total Valid Votes|335|100.0}}
{{Canadian election result/source|Source: Student Vote Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Results|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/2011/results/district.php?id=103&province=NL|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506073415/http://www.studentvote.ca/2011/results/district.php?id=103&province=NL|archive-date=2015-05-06|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Student Vote Canada}}</ref>|}}
{{end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

==References==
*{{SCref|unit=fed|name=2011fed|accessdate=2011-03-03|10004}}

===Notes===
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=labrador&DGUIDlist=2013A000410004&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0] from [[Elections Canada]]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=244 Riding history for Grand Falls—White Bay (1949–1952)] from the [[Library of Parliament]]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=245 Riding history for Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador (1952–1987)] from the [[Library of Parliament]]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=908 Riding history for Labrador (1987– )] from the [[Library of Parliament]]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/welcome.aspx?lang=e Election Financial Reports] from [[Elections Canada]]

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{{Ridings in Atlantic Canada}}
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