Gander—Twillingate
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Gander—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls ridings.
It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | LUNDRIGAN, John Howard | 10,601 | |||
| Liberal | GRANGER, Charles R.M. | 9,016 | |||
| New Democrat | PAULSON, Lowell | 352 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | LUNDRIGAN, John Howard | 12,420 | |||
| Liberal | BAKER, George S. | 10,396 | |||
| New Democrat | BLACKMORE, Walwin | 577 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | BAKER, George Silas | 12,722 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | SHORT, Rupert | 8,021 | |||
| New Democrat | RUSSELL, Edgar A. | 2,143 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | BAKER, George S. | 15,408 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | DIXON, Fred J. | 4,727 | |||
| New Democrat | BOWN, Wallace | 4,460 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | BAKER, George | 17,465 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | COLLINS, Harold | 7,788 | |||
| New Democrat | WEST, Clyde | 2,338 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | BAKER, George | 16,100 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BURT, Eugene | 13,076 | |||
| New Democrat | PANTING, Gerry | 1,138 | |||
