Bonavista (electoral district)

Bonavista

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Craig Pardy Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	12,591
Electors (2015)	9,203
Area (km²)	2,175
Census division(s)	Division No. 7
Census subdivision(s)	Bonavista, Duntara, Elliston, Keels, King's Cove, Musgravetown, Port Rexton, Trinity, Trinity Bay North

Bonavista is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election.

Prior to the district's creation in 2015 the area was largely represented by the district of Bonavista South.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
48th	2015–2019		Neil King	Liberal
49th	2019–2021		Craig Pardy	Progressive Conservative
50th	2021–Present

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Craig Pardy	2,117	57.32	+6.89
	Liberal	Christine Gill	944	25.56	-24.00
	Independent	Neil King	562	15.22
	New Democratic	Timothy Whey	70	1.90
Total valid votes			3,693
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+15.45
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Craig Pardy	2,611	50.43	+23.51
	Liberal	Neil King	2,566	49.57	-16.45
Total valid votes			5,177	99.33
Total rejected ballots			35	0.67	+0.09
Turnout			5,212	59.36	+1.28
Eligible voters			8,781
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.98

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil King	3,508	66.01	–
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Little	1,431	26.93	–
	Independent	Johanna Ryan Guy	259	4.88	–
	New Democratic	Adrian Power	116	2.18	–
Total valid votes			5,314	99.42	–
Total rejected ballots			31	0.58	–
Turnout			5,345	58.08	–
Eligible voters			9,203
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		–
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador