Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%).[2]

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Scott Simms Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	77,680
Electors (2019)	62,880
Area (km²)[1]	43,596
Pop. density (per km²)	1.8
Census subdivision(s)	Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Fogo Island, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Lewisporte, Springdale, Twillingate

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census and Canada 2011 Census[4][5]

Languages: 99.7% English, 0.2% French

Religions (2011): 92.9% Christian (19.90% Catholic, 19.64% Anglican, 19.04% Pentecostal, 15.12% United Church, 18.78% Other), 0.21% Other, 6.7% No religion

Median Income (2015): $26,810

History

The riding of Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon. It was the first election result called for in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Riding created from Random—Burin—St. George's, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte and Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
42nd	2015–2019		Scott Simms	Liberal
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 general election

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	16,514	48.3	-26.52	$48,943.91
	Conservative	Alex Bracci	12,081	35.3	+17.02	none listed
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	4,224	12.4	+6.26	$6,009.07
	Green	Byron White	1,363	4.0	+3.24	$5,899.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,182	100.0		120,385.86
Total rejected ballots			770	2.2	+1.79
Turnout			34,952	55.6	+0.11
Eligible voters			62,880
	Liberal hold		Swing		-21.77
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 general election

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	26,523	74.82	+19.90	$53,460.35
	Conservative	Kevin O'Brien	6,479	18.28	–12.04	$151,187.70
	New Democratic	Claudette Menchenton	2,175	6.14	–7.49	$3,416.01
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	271	0.76	–0.12	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,448	100.00		$238,355.39
Total rejected ballots			145	0.41	–
Turnout			35,593	55.71	–
Eligible voters			63,891
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+15.97
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,805	54.92
	Conservative	8,724	30.31
	New Democratic	3,920	13.62
	Green	254	0.88
	Independent	74	0.26

Student Vote Results

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Simms	887	41.76	-25.02
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	518	24.39	+10.72
	Conservative	Alex Bracci	418	19.68	+4.41
	Green	Byron White	301	14.17	+9.89
Total Votes			2,124	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[11]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Scott Simms	796	66.78
	Conservative	Kevin George O'Brien	182	15.27
	New Democratic	Claudette Menchenton	163	13.67
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	51	4.28
Total Votes			1,165	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada[12]

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Coast of Bays--Central--Notre Dame [Federal electoral district], Newfoundland and Labrador and Newfoundland and Labrador [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-05-08). "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
11. "Student Vote Canada 2019". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
12. "Student Vote". Retrieved 2020-09-23.