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Bonavista—Twillingate was a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the
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. The riding was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception Bonavista—Trinity—Conception was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twilli ...
, Burin—Burgeo, Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings. It initially consisted of the Districts of Twillingate, Fogo, Bonavista North, and Bonavista South excluding any part of the territory within a radius of five miles from the railway station at Gander. In 1952, it was expanded to include the unorganized territory bounded on the North and West by the District of Grand Falls, on the South by the Districts of Burgeo and LaPoile and Fortune Bay-Hermitage, on the East by the Districts of Trinity North, Bonavista South and Bonavista North.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:


Election results


See also

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References


External links


Riding history for Bonavista—Twillingate (1949–1966) from the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonavista-Twillingate Former federal electoral districts of Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1949 1949 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador 1968 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador Constituencies disestablished in 1968