Bonavista—Burin—Trinity

Bonavista—Burin—Trinity

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Churence Rogers Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2017
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	74,116
Electors (2015)	61,475
Area (km²)	16,806.97
Pop. density (per km²)	4.4
Census divisions	Division No. 1, Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 7, Division No. 8
Census subdivisions	Arnold's Cove, Baine Harbour, Bay de Verde, Bay L'Argent, Bonavista, Burin, Carmanville, Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Clarenville, Come By Chance, Division No. 1, Subd. A, Division No. 1, Subd. E, Division No. 1, Subd. F, Division No. 1, Subd. G, Division No. 1, Subd. H, Division No. 1, Subd. Y, Division No. 2, Subd. C, Division No. 2, Subd. D, Division No. 2, Subd. E, Division No. 2, Subd. F, Division No. 2, Subd. G, Division No. 2, Subd. H, Division No. 2, Subd. I, Division No. 2, Subd. J, Division No. 2, Subd. K, Division No. 2, Subd. L, Division No. 3, Subd. A, Division No. 7, Subd. A, Division No. 7, Subd. B, Division No. 7, Subd. D, Division No. 7, Subd. E, Division No. 7, Subd. F, Division No. 7, Subd. G, Division No. 7, Subd. I, Division No. 7, Subd. J, Division No. 7, Subd. K, Division No. 7, Subd. L, Division No. 7, Subd. M, Division No. 7, Subd. N, Division No. 8, Subd. L, Division No. 8, Subd. M, Dover, Duntara, Eastport, Elliston, English Harbour East, Frenchman's Cove, Fortune, Fox Cove-Mortier, Gambo, Garnish, Glovertown, Grand Bank, Grand le Pierre, Greenspond, Hant's Harbour, Happy Adventure, Hare Bay, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight-Islington, Heart's Desire, Indian Bay, Keels, King's Cove, Lamaline, Lawn, Lewin's Cove, Little Bay East, Lord's Cove, Lumsden, Marystown, Musgrave Harbour, Musgravetown, New Perlican, New-Wes-Valley, Norman's Cove-Long Cove, Old Perlican, Parkers Cove, Point au Gaul, Point May, Port Blandford, Port Rexton, Red Harbour, Rushoon, Salmon Cove, Salvage, Sanringham, Sandy Cove, Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, Southern Harbour, St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine, St. Brendan's, St. Lawrence, Sunnyside, Terra Nova, Terrenceville, Traytown, Trinity (Trinity Bay), Trinity Bay North, Whiteway, Whitebourne, Winterland, Winterton

Bonavista—Burin—Trinity is a federal electoral district on Newfoundland Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Bonavista—Burin—Trinity was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's (41%), Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (37%) and Avalon (22%).

Demographics

According to the 2011 National Household Survey, Bonavista—Burin—Trinity is the most Christian riding in Canada with 97% of the population claiming to have a Christian affiliation. It is also the only riding in Canada where less than 3% of the population has no religious affiliation.

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 97.4% White, 2.0% Indigenous, 0.6% Other
Languages: 99.2% English, 0.3% French, 0.5% Other
Religions: 97.0% Christian, 0.2% Other, 2.8% None
Median income: $20,964 (2010)
Average income: $28,908 (2010)

Geography

The riding contains the Bonavista Bay area, the Burin Peninsula and the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland.

History

The riding of Bonavista—Burin—Trinity was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon
42nd	2015–2017		Judy Foote	Liberal
	2017–present		Churence Rogers

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election
The 2019 general election will be held on October 21.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Churence Rogers	–	–	–	–
	Conservative	Mike Windsor	–	–	–	–
	New Democratic		–	–	–	–
	Green		–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			58,771

Main article: By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament § Bonavista—Burin—Trinity

Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017 Resignation of Judy Foote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Churence Rogers	8,717	69.22	-12.58
	Conservative	Mike Windsor	2,878	22.85	+12.78
	New Democratic	Tyler James Downey	598	4.75	-2.54
	Libertarian	Shane Stapleton	262	2.08	N/A
	Green	Tyler Colbourne	138	1.10	+0.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit			12,593	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			12,593	21.43	-35.94
Eligible voters			58,771
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.68

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy M. Foote	28,704	81.80	+27.33	$40,957.22
	Conservative	Mike Windsor	3,534	10.07	–20.43	$7,929.44
	New Democratic	Jenn Brown	2,557	7.29	–6.66	$616.65
	Green	Tyler John Colbourne	297	0.85	–0.03	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,092	100.00		$214,042.22
Total rejected ballots			173	0.49	–
Turnout			35,265	57.36	–
Eligible voters			61,475
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+23.88
Source: Elections Canada,

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	16,805	54.46
	Conservative	9,412	30.50
	New Democratic	4,303	13.95
	Green	270	0.88
	Others	66	0.21