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Bonavista (electoral District)
Bonavista is a provincial electoral district (Canada), 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 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 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 Electoral district (Canada), district has elected the following Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Members of the House of Assembly: Election results References

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Bonavista Electoral District Map
Bonavista can refer to: Geography *Cape Bonavista, a headland in Newfoundland, Canada *Bonavista Peninsula, a peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada *Bonavista Bay, a bay of the island of Newfoundland, Canada Places Australia *Bonavista, Queensland, a town in the Whitsunday Region, Australia Canada *Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Newfoundland, Canada *Lake Bonavista, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Spain *Bonavista (El Pla del Penedès), village in El Pla del Penedès, Barcelona (province), Catalonia, Spain. *Bonavista (Tarragona), neighborhood of Tarragona, Spain. Electoral districts *Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Bonavista—Twillingate, a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, former federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Bonavista South, a provincial elec ...
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Newfoundland And Labrador House Of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador), Confederation Building in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Monarchy in Newfoundland and Labrador, King of Canada in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s as the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit near the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold. Homes of Legislature Before 1850 the legislature has sat at various loca ...
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Glen Little (politician)
Glen Little is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. Little was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represented the electoral district of Bonavista South from 2011 until 2015. In the 2015 provincial election, Little ran in the redistributed district of Bonavista, but lost to Liberal Neil King."Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"
, November 30, 2015.


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50th General Assembly Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was elected at the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on March 25, 2021, to elect members of the 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. Under the province's fixed election date law, the vote was tentatively scheduled for Oct ... and sworn-in April 12, 2021. Seating Plan ''Current as of September 2022'' List of members References Terms of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly, 50 Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly, 50 {{NewfoundlandLabrador-stub ...
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Progressive Conservative Party Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party was founded in 1949 and most recently formed the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador from the 2003 general election until the 2015 general election. The party has served as the official opposition to the government of Newfoundland and Labrador since 14 December 2015. On 31 March 2021, MHA David Brazil was appointed interim leader. History Origins The party originated before Newfoundland's confederation with Canada as the Responsible Government League (RGL). The RGL campaigned for responsible government to return to Newfoundland, after being suspended in 1934. In the 1948 referendum, Newfoundland narrowly voted to join Canada as its tenth province. Following the referendum, federal parties started organizing in Newfoundland and most members of the RGL decided to align themselves with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, ...
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49th General Assembly Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was elected on May 16, 2019. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on June 10, 2019. The Assembly was dissolved on January 15, 2021 after premier Andrew Furey called a snap election held on February 13. Seating plan List of current members References {{reflist 47 2019 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador 2019 in Newfoundland and Labrador 2020 in Newfoundland and Labrador 2019 in Canadian politics 2020 in Canadian politics Minority governments ...
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Liberal Party Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the provincial branch, and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador since December 14, 2015. The NL Liberals were re-elected to a majority government in the 2021 provincial election. Origins The party originated in 1948 as the Newfoundland Confederate Association. At this time, Newfoundland was being governed by a Commission of Government appointed by the Government of the United Kingdom. The NCA was an organization campaigning for Newfoundland to join Canadian confederation. Joey Smallwood was the NCA's chief organizer and spokesman, and led the winning side of the 1948 Newfoundland referendum on Confederation. The Joey Smallwood era (1949–1972) Following the referendum victory, the NCA reorganized itself as the new province's Liberal Party under Smallwood's leadership. ...
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Neil King (politician)
Neil King is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Bonavista in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party from 2015 until 2019."Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"
, November 30, 2015.
He was elected in the 2015 provincial election for the district of Bonavista and was defeated in the 2019 provincial election. In the

48th General Assembly Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The 48th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on November 30, 2015. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in December 14, 2015. The Liberals under Dwight Ball Dwight Ball (born December 21, 1957) is a Canadian politician who was the 13th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 14, 2015, to August 19, 2020, and an MHA. He represented the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundla ... had a majority government during this parliament which lasted until the 2019 provincial election. Members Seating plan Standings changes in the 48th Assembly References {{Newfoundland and Labrador politics 47 ...
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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 (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ...
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Bonavista South
Bonavista South is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters. It contains the communities of: Bonavista, Spillars Cove, Birchy Cove, Newman's Cove, Amherst Cove, Elliston, Little Catalina, Knights Cove, Stock Cove, King's Cove, Duntara, Keels, Open Hall, Redcliff, Tickle Cove, Plate Cove, Summerville, Princeton, Southern Bay, Charleston, Sweet Bay, Bloomfield, Musgravetown, Musgravetown, Lethbridge, Brooklyn, Portland, Jamestown, Winterbrook, Catalina, Port Union and Melrose. The district is heavily dependent on the fishery, but agriculture and tourism are significant to the local economy. The district was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by the new district of Bonavista.
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2015 Newfoundland And Labrador General Election
The 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, held on November 30, 2015, elected members of the 48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party which had governed since 2003 election, was defeated by the Liberal Party, which won a majority in the new assembly. The election had been scheduled for October 13, 2015, under Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly Act, mandating a fixed election day on the second Tuesday in October in the fourth calendar year after the previous election. However, the House of Assembly amended the act in June 2015, to delay the election until November 30, 2015, so that the election campaign would not overlap with the federal election scheduled on October 19, 2015. Following the result of the election no party with the word "Conservative" in its name formed the government in either a provincial or federal jurisdiction in Canada for the first time since 1943. At the time --with 55.2% of eligible voter ...
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