Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Clifford Small; Conservative
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	74,201
Electors (2021)	63,217
Area (km²)	38,674.01
Pop. density (per km²)	1.9
Census subdivision(s)	Bishop's Falls, Botwood, Fogo Island, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Lewisporte, Springdale, Twillingate

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 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]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Central Newfoundland.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 7% Indigenous
Languages: 98.9% English
Religions: 86.3% Christian (19% Catholic, 17.5% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 17% Anglican, 14.6% Methodist and Wesleyan, 12.6% United Church), 13.2% No religion
Median income: $32,400 (2020)
Average income: $41,520 (2020)

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 and 2019 Canadian federal election.

Parliament	Years		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	2019–2021	Scott Simms	Liberal
44th	2021–present	Clifford Small	Conservative

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)

2021

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Clifford Small	14,927	46.89	+11.55	$59,241.94
	Liberal	Scott Simms	14,646	46.00	-2.31	$41,577.53
	New Democratic	Jamie Ruby	2,261	7.10	-5.26	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,834	97.86	+0.06	$124,135.56
Total rejected ballots			695	2.14	-0.06
Turnout			32,529	51.46	-4.13
Registered voters			63,217
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.93
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]^[8]

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Simms	16,514	48.31	-26.52	$48,943.91
	Conservative	Alex Bracci	12,081	35.34	+17.02	none listed
	New Democratic	Noel Joe	4,224	12.36	+6.26	$6,009.07
	Green	Byron White	1,363	3.99	+3.24	$5,899.33
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,182	97.80	-1.79	120,385.86
Total rejected ballots			770	2.20	+1.79
Turnout			34,952	55.59	-0.12
Eligible voters			62,880
	Liberal hold		Swing		-26.51
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2015

v t e 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	99.59		$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^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
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^[14]

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^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2022
^ Report – Newfoundland and Labrador
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Newfoundland and Labrador".
^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
^ "Confirmed candidates — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ "Student Vote Canada 2019". Retrieved September 23, 2020.
^ "Student Vote". Retrieved September 23, 2020.

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[ReferenceA-1] Statistics Canada: 2022

[report-2] Report – Newfoundland and Labrador

[timeline-3] Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts

[4] "New Federal Electoral Map for Newfoundland and Labrador".

[5] "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".

[6] "Confirmed candidates — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2021.

[8] "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

[9] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[10] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[11] "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.

[12] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[13] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[14] "Student Vote Canada 2019". Retrieved September 23, 2020.

[15] "Student Vote". Retrieved September 23, 2020.

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v t e Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

Demographics

History

Election results

2021

2019

2015

Student vote results

2019

2015

See also

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