Random—Burin—St. George's
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Image:Random-Burin-St. George's.png 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. Its population in 2001 was 76,089, of which 57,477 are eligible to vote. Map
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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
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. Communities include Stephenville, Marystown, Channel-Port aux Basques, Clarenville, Grand Bank, Burin, Harbour Breton, Burgeo, Fortune and Stephenville Crossing. The area is 38,281 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003: 87.1% of the population of the ridign cane from Burin—St. George's, 12.9% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, and 0.1% from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte. The incumbent for the majority of the riding was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Election results
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Bill Matthews |align="right"|13,652 |align="right"|45.5% |align="right"|-1.3% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Cynthia Downey |align="right"|12,232 |align="right"|40.8% |align="right"|+22.0% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Amanda Will |align="right"|3,702 |align="right"|12.3% |align="right"|-20.9% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Mark Brennan |align="right"|426 |align="right"|1.4% |align="right"|-0.4% |align="right"| |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|30,012 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|131 !align="right"|0.43% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|30,143 !align="right"|52.5% !align="right"|+6.4% !align="right"| Template:End
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Bill Matthews |align="right"|12,383 |align="right"|46.8 |align="right"|-1.0 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Desmond McGrath |align="right"|8,797 |align="right"|33.2 |align="right"|+28.7 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Larry Peckford |align="right"|4,820 |align="right"|18.2 |align="right"|-7.2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Justin Dollimont |align="right"|474 |align="right"|1.8 |align="right"|n/a |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|26,474 !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.