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Burin—St. George's

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Burin—St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished2003
First contested1979
Last contested2004

Burin—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burin—Burgeo, Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Random—Burin—St. George's.

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Burin—Burgeo and Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
31st  1979–1979     Don Jamieson Liberal
 1979–1980 Roger Simmons
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Joseph Price Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993     Roger Simmons Liberal
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000     Bill Matthews Progressive Conservative
37th  2000–2004     Liberal
Riding dissolved into Random—Burin—St. George's

Election results

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Don Jamieson 14,960
New Democratic Ross Senior 3,943
Progressive Conservative Allen Evans 2,366
Canadian federal by-election, September 19, 1979
Resignation of Don Jamieson
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Roger Simmons 10,434
New Democratic Dave Mackinnon 4,587
Progressive Conservative Walter Carter 4,308
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Roger Simmons 14,979
Progressive Conservative James Oxford 3,522
New Democratic Peter Fenwick 2,929
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joe Price 13,184
Liberal Roger Simmons 12,885
New Democratic L. Joseph Edwards 1,767
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Roger Simmons 18,527
Progressive Conservative Joe Price 17,488
New Democratic L. Joseph Edwards 2,299
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Roger Simmons 24,600
Progressive Conservative Paul A. Gallant 4,935
New Democratic Mark Noseworthy 757
Natural Law Michael Rendell 418
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Bill Matthews 13,884
Liberal Roger Simmons 11,715
New Democratic David A. Sullivan 4,784
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Bill Matthews 14,603
Independent Sam Synard 7,891
Progressive Conservative Fred Pottle 5,799
Alliance Peter Fenwick 1,511
New Democratic David Sullivan 924

See also

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