Random—Burin—St. George's

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**Random—Burin—St. George's**
Canadian Federal electoral district
Random—Burin—St. George's in relation to the other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings ridings.
Member of Parliament		Bill Matthews Liberal
Population (2001)	76 089
Electors (2006)	57 869
Area (km²)	38 281
Pop. density (per km²)	1.99
Riding created	2003, from Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
Census divisions	Division No. 2 Division No. 3 Division No. 4 Division No. 6
Subdivisions	Towns: Burgeo Burin Channel—Port aux Basques Clarenville Fortune Grand Bank Isle aux Morts Kippens Marystown Ramea St. Alban's St. George's St. Lawrence Stephenville Stephenville Crossing Villages: Harbour Breton, Kippens, Lawn, Milltown—Head of Bay d'Espoir First Nations reserves: Samiajij Miawpukek

Random—Burin—St. George's is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian
Languages: 98.5% English
Religions: 54.6% Protestant, 43.8% Catholic, 1.3% No affiliation
Average income: $19 018

[edit] Geography

The district includes the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, the Stephenville area, the Burin Peninsula, and the west-central coast of Trinity Bay including Random Island, Brunette Island, Long Island, Merasheen Island, Red Island and the Ramea Islands.

The neighbouring ridings are Avalon, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, as well as the French Collectivité d'outre-mer (Overseas Community) of St-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

According to Elections Canada, the boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election are:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying southerly and westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of Port au Port Bay; thence easterly in a straight line to Georges Lake; thence easterly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian 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 generally 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; thence southerly along Trinity Bay to the easterly production in Trinity Bay of the northerly limit of the Town of Sunnyside; thence westerly along said production and said northerly limit to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1); thence southerly along said highway to the northerly limit of the Town of Come By Chance; thence westerly and southerly along the northerly and westerly limits of said town to the shoreline of Placentia Bay; thence southerly along the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay and Placentia Bay to a point approximately 20 km west of Cape St. Mary's. Including Random Island, Ireland's Eye, Merasheen Island, Red Island, Long Island, Green Island, Brunette Island, Penguin Islands, Ramea Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

See the map of the Random—Burin—St. George's riding (.PDF).

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 87.1% of the population of the riding came from Burin—St. George's, 12.9% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, and 0.1% from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte. The incumbent for Burin—St. George's riding was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte prior to 2004
38th	2004-2006	Bill Matthews	Liberal
39th	2006-	Bill Matthews	Liberal

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	13 652	45.49	-1.28
	Conservative	Cynthia Downey	12 232	40.76	+22.55
	New Democrat	Amanda Will	3702	12.34	-20.95
	Green	Mark Brennan	426	1.42	-0.37
Total valid votes			30 012	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			131	0.43%
Turnout			30 143	52.5%	+6.4%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	12 383	46.77	-1.0
	New Democrat	Desmond McGrath	8797	33.29	+28.7
	Conservative	Larry Peckford	4820	18.21	-7.2
	Green	Justin Dollimont	474	1.79	Ø
Total valid votes			26 474

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Liberal	Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor \| Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte \| Labrador \| Random—Burin—St. George's
Conservative	Avalon \| St. John's East \| St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon \| Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor \| Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte \| Labrador \| Random—Burin—St. George's \| St. John's East \| St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan \| Charlottetown \| Egmont \| Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso \| Central Nova \| Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley \| Dartmouth—Cole Harbour \| Halifax \| Halifax West \| Kings—Hants \| Sackville—Eastern Shore \| South Shore—St. Margaret's \| Sydney—Victoria \| West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst \| Beauséjour \| Fredericton \| Fundy Royal \| Madawaska—Restigouche \| Miramichi \| Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe \| New Brunswick Southwest \| Saint John \| Tobique—Mactaquac