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Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe

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Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe (formerly known as Humber—St. Barbe) was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in the 1976 redistribution as "Humber—St. Barbe" from parts of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe" in 1978.

It was abolished in the 1987 redistribution when it was redistributed into Burin—St. George's and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Riding created from Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
31st  1979–1980     Fonse Faour New Democratic
32nd  1980–1984     Brian Tobin Liberal
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Burin—St. George's and
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

Election results

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New Democratic Fonse Faour 15,872
Liberal George Billard 8,782
Progressive Conservative George Hutchings 5,941
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Brian Tobin 13,170
New Democratic Fonse Faour 9,535
Progressive Conservative Ben Alexander 6,852
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Brian Tobin 17,409
Progressive Conservative Mike Monaghan 16,916
New Democratic Ken Gould 1,530
Independent Derek Ernest Woodman 196

See also

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