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Gander (electoral district)

FieldValue
nameGander
provinceNewfoundland and Labrador
coordinates
image[[File:Gander electoral district map.svg300px]]
prov-statusactive
prov-created1967
prov-election-first1971
prov-election-last2025
prov-repBettina Ford
prov-rep-partyLiberal
demo-census-date2011
demo-pop14725
demo-electors9874
demo-electors-date2015
demo-area3250
demo-cdDivision No. 6, Division No. 7
demo-csdAppleton, Benton, Gambo, Gander, Glenwood

|prov-status = active |prov-created = 1967 |prov-election-first = 1971 |prov-election-last = 2025 |prov-rep = Bettina Ford |prov-rep-party = Liberal |demo-census-date = 2011 |demo-pop = 14725 |demo-electors = 9874 |demo-electors-date = 2015 |demo-area = 3250 |demo-cd = Division No. 6, Division No. 7 |demo-csd = Appleton, Benton, Gambo, Gander, Glenwood Gander is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

It includes the town of Gander and the surrounding communities of Appleton, Gambo, Glenwood, and Benton. Gander, which has an airport and military history, is a service centre for a large region of the province. Voters in Gander often swing between the Liberal and Progressive Conservative columns, often electing members who sat on the government benches, making it an important swing district in the province.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
34th1966–1967Charles Ronald McKay Granger
1967–1971NLPCbackground}}Harold Anthony CollinsProgressive Conservative
35th1972
36th1972–1975
37th1975–1979
38th1979–1982NLPCbackground}}Hazel Rose Newhook
39th1982–1985
40th1985–1989NLLiberalbackground}}Winston Baker
41st1989–1993
42nd1993–1995
1995–1996Gary VeyLiberal
43rd1996–1999NLLiberalbackground}}Sandra Kelly
44th1999–2003
45th2003–2007NLPCbackground}}Kevin George O'Brien
46th2007–2011
47th2011–2015
48th2015–2019NLLiberalbackground}}John Haggie
49th2019–2021
50th2021–2025
50th2025–presentBettina Ford

Election results

References

References

  1. (25 July 2016). "2015 Provincial General Election Report". [[Elections Newfoundland and Labrador]].
  2. (8 June 2012). "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 11, 2011". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  3. (7 July 2008). "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 9, 2007". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  4. (9 July 2004). "Report on the October 21, 2003 General Election". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  5. (9 November 1999). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly, February 9, 1999". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  6. (28 October 1996). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly, February 22, 1996". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  7. (10 June 1996). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Gander By-Election, October 10, 1995". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  8. (1994). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Second General Assembly, May 3, 1993". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  9. (1989). "Election Statistics 1989". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  10. (22 October 1985). "Election Returns 1985". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  11. (25 August 1982). "Election Returns 1982". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  12. (12 October 1979). "Election Returns 1979". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  13. (30 April 1976). "Election Returns 1975". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  14. (1973). "General Election Returns, March 24, 1972". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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