Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
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| Population, 2001 | 89,743 |
| Electors | 71,952 |
| Area (km2) | 30,233 |
| Population density (people per km2) | 3 |
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (formerly Bonavista—Exploits) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
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Demographics
Ethnic groups: 97.9% White, 1.6% Aboriginal
Languages: 99.3% English
Religions: 81.0% Protestant, 16.4% Catholic, 1.9% No Affiliation
Average income: $19,829
Geography
The district is in the northeastern part of the Newfoundland Island. Communities include Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Bonavista, Bishop's Falls, Lewisporte, Botwood, Gambo, and Glovertown.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003: 68.6% from Gander—Grand Falls and 31.4% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
- Scott Simms, Liberal (2004-)
Election results
Incumbents are indicated in italics.
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Scott Simms |align="right"|19,866 |align="right"|52.0% |align="right"|+3.8% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Aaron Hynes |align="right"|15,376 |align="right"|40.3% |align="right"|-1.3% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Sandra Cooze |align="right"|2,668 |align="right"|7.0% |align="right"|-1.1% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Judy Davis |align="right"|265 |align="right"|0.7% |align="right"|-0.4% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|38,175 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|190 !align="right"|0.50% !align="right"|-0.03% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|38,365 !align="right"|53.3% !align="right"|+7.0% !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec6 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal ||Scott Simms |Bishop's Falls |align="right"|15,970 |align="right"|48.2% |align="right"|-7.1 |align="right"|$43,462.61 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Rex Barnes |Grand Falls-Windsor |align="right"|13,786 |align="right"|41.6% |align="right"|+7.1 |align="right"|$82,155.08 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Samuel McLean |Gander |align="right"|2,667 |align="right"|8.1% |align="right"|-2.1 |align="right"|$1,870.00 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Ed Sailor White |St. John's |align="right"|367 |align="right"|1.1% |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|$275.00 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row |Independent |John Lannon |Gander |align="right"|344 |align="right"|1.0% |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|— |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=4|Total valid votes !align="right"|33,134 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=4|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|178 !align="right"|0.53% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=4|Turnout !align="right"|33,312 !align="right"|46.30% !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.