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Bonavista—Trinity—Conception (electoral District)
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Trinity—Conception ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Avalon (electoral district), Avalon, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, Bonavista—Exploits and Random—Burin—St. George's ridings. It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Trinity North, Trinity South, Bay de Verde, Carbonear, Harbour Grace and Port de Grave, and part of the provincial district of Bonavista South. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception (electoral District)
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Trinity—Conception ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Avalon (electoral district), Avalon, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, Bonavista—Exploits and Random—Burin—St. George's ridings. It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Trinity North, Trinity South, Bay de Verde, Carbonear, Harbour Grace and Port de Grave, and part of the provincial district of Bonavista South. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Rooney
Richard David Rooney (August 13, 1937 – November 9, 2006) was a Canadian politician. Born in Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, he was a teacher before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Bonavista—Trinity—Conception in the 1972 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected three more times in 1974, 1979, and 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ... before being defeated in the 1984 election. External links * 1937 births 2006 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador {{NewfoundlandandLabrador-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province. 96 of Ontario's 107 provincial electoral districts, roughly those outside Northern Ontario, remain coterminous with their federal counterparts. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Efford
Ruben John Efford (January 6, 1944 – January 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He first served as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) from 1985 to 2001, representing Port de Grave (electoral district), Port de Grave electoral district and also serving as cabinet minister of various portfolios. After losing the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership elections#2001 leadership convention, 2001 leadership convention of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he went into federal politics and served as a Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) from 2002 until 2006 for the Liberal Party of Canada. He initially represented Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, before switching to Avalon (electoral district), Avalon after Redistribution (election), electoral redistribution prior to the 2004 Canadian federal election, 2004 federal election. Early life Ruben John Efford was born on January 6, 1944, in Port de Grave, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tobin
Brian Vincent Tobin (born October 21, 1954) is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a cabinet minister in Jean Chrétien's Liberal government. Early life, education, and family Tobin was born in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He studied political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, but did not complete his degree. He worked a brief stint as a TV news announcer with NBC (now NTV) before joining the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador as a political aide to former federal Member of Parliament (MP) and federal cabinet minister Don Jamieson. Tobin is married to Jodean (Smith) and they have three children: Heather, Adam, and Jack. Political career Tobin was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the 1980 election. He was re-elected in the 1984 election even though Brian Mulroney' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Mifflin
Rear-Admiral#Canada, Rear-Admiral Fred J. Mifflin, (February 6, 1938 – October 5, 2013) was a rear admiral in the Canadian Forces and a politician. Mifflin was born in Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Bonavista, Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, in 1938. Naval career Mifflin joined the RCN in 1954 after serving as a Sea Cadet and rose through the ranks as an officer: * Executive officer 1968–1969 * Command secretary, Maritime Command 1969–1970 * Commanding officer 1970–1972 * Captain, National Defence Headquarters Evaluation Branch 1973–1976 * Commander, First Canadian Destroyer Squadron 1976–1978 * Director of Maritime Requirements 1978–1979 * Director, National Defence Headquarters Secretariat 1979–1981 * Chief of staff, Maritime Command Headquarters, Plans and Ops 1981–1984 * Chief of staff, Maritime Command Headquarters, Personnel 1984–1985 * Rear admiral and deputy commander, Maritime Command 1985–1987 Political career After retiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrissey Johnson
Frederick Morrissey Johnson (21 October 1932 – 14 July 2003) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Little Catalina, Newfoundland and became a business manager, businessman and master mariner by career. Johnson studied at the Newfoundland College of Marine Navigation and the Newfoundland College of Fisheries. He served as president of Claymorr Shipping Ltd. and Johnson Combined Enterprises Ltd. and became a director of the Newfoundland Shipowner's Association. He was a maritime captain particularly in the seal hunting industry. Since protests and restrictions towards the seal hunt escalated, Johnson conducted his last sealing voyage in April 1983.Republished as: Johnson was first elected at the Bonavista—Trinity—Conception electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. He lost the riding in the 1988 federal election to Fred Mifflin of the Liberal party The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lundrigan
John Howard Lundrigan (January 10, 1939 – March 5, 2009) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Gander—Twillingate in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1974. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. In his parliamentary career, Lundrigan is best remembered for having been on the receiving end of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's famous "fuddle duddle" comment of 1971. In the 1974 election, Lundrigan ran in the district of Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, but was defeated by that riding's incumbent MP, Dave Rooney. He was later elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly for the electoral district of Grand Falls-Buchans, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Moores Frank Duff Moores (February 18, 1933 – July 10, 2005) served as the second premier of Newfoundland. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1972 until his retirement in 1979. Moores was also a success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Drover
Samuel Drover (1911 in Hodge's Cove, Trinity Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland – June 20, 2005) was a longtime member of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and founded the Newfoundland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a social democratic political party. Drover was educated in Hodge's Cove and at Memorial University. He taught school from 1929 until 1938, when he joined the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Drover tried to enlist in the Royal Air Force in 1942 but was not accepted. He then joined the Newfoundland Ranger Force, serving until 1949. He was originally elected as a Liberal member of the House of Assembly in the 1949 election, which was the first after the dominion of Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation as a province. He was re-elected in 1951. Drover became disenchanted with Premier Joey Smallwood's government because he believed that it ignored the problems of rural poverty. He crossed the floor to the CCF in 1955, becoming the first C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Moores
Frank Duff Moores (February 18, 1933 – July 10, 2005) served as the second premier of Newfoundland. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1972 until his retirement in 1979. Moores was also a successful businessman in both the fishing industry and federal lobbying. Early life and education Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, Moores was educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario. He then briefly attended Boston University in the fall of 1951, but left two months later after an argument with one of his professors. He later worked briefly in the Boston fish industry and then returned to Newfoundland, where he worked in his father's fish plant. His father, Silas Moores, was a wealthy businessman in that industry. Expansion of family business Moores worked with his father to expand the family business, North East Fisheries, to the stage that it became the largest fish processor in Newfoundland by the early 1960s and employed 2,000 people. With his fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' ( county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 federal electoral districts in Canada. In provincial and territorial legislatures, the provinces and territories each set their own number of electoral districts independently of their federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
