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Random—Burin—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

Random—Burin—St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Random—Burin—St. George's in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	69,192
Electors (2011)	57,209
Area (km²)[2]	34,095.30
Census division(s)	Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 4, Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Stephenville, Marystown, Clarenville, Channel-Port aux Basques, Grand Bank, Burin

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian
Languages: 98.5% English
Religions: 54.6% Protestant, 43.8% Catholic, 1.3% No affiliation
Average income: $19 018

Geography

The district included the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, the Stephenville area, the Burin Peninsula, and the west-central coast of Trinity Bay including Random Island, Brunette Island, Long Island, Merasheen Island, Red Island and the Ramea Islands.

The neighbouring ridings were Avalon, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte.

According to Elections Canada, the boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election were:

"All that area consisting of that part of the Island of Newfoundland lying southerly and westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of Port au Port Bay; thence easterly in a straight line to Georges Lake; thence easterly in a straight line to the mouth of Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to a point in Victoria Lake at latitude 48°15'N and approximate longitude 57°21'W; thence generally easterly to the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1) with Route No. 230; thence easterly along Route No. 230 to Route No. 230A; thence easterly in a straight line to Ocean Pond; thence southeasterly in a straight line to British Harbour at the entrance of Smith Sound on the north shoreline of Trinity Bay; thence southeasterly to said bay; thence southerly along Trinity Bay to the easterly production in Trinity Bay of the northerly limit of the Town of Sunnyside; thence westerly along said production and said northerly limit to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1); thence southerly along said highway to the northerly limit of the Town of Come By Chance; thence westerly and southerly along the northerly and westerly limits of said town to the shoreline of Placentia Bay; thence southerly along the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay and Placentia Bay to a point approximately 20 km west of Cape St. Mary's. Including Random Island, Ireland's Eye, Merasheen Island, Red Island, Long Island, Green Island, Brunette Island, Penguin Islands, Ramea Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 87.1% of the population of the riding came from Burin—St. George's, 12.9% from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, and 0.1% from Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte. The incumbent for Burin—St. George's riding was Bill Matthews of the Liberal Party of Canada. Following the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was dissolved and divided between Bonavista—Burin—Trinity (45%), Long Range Mountains (44%) and Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame (11%), with the new boundaries taking effect at the 2015 federal election.

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Random—Burin—St. George's Riding created from Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
38th	2004–2006	Bill Matthews	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Bill Matthews	Liberal
40th	2008–2011	Judy Foote	Liberal
41st	2011–2015	Judy Foote	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, Long Range Mountains and Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Election results

Random—Burin—St. George's, 2003 Representation Order

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy Foote	12,914	49.65	-4.10	$31,470.79
	Conservative	John Ottenheimer	8,322	32.00	+11.49	$58,392.45
	New Democratic	Stella Magalios	4,465	17.17	-6.60	$9.13
	Green	Tanya Gutmanis	307	1.18	-0.80	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,008	100.0	–	$94,623.02
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			120	0.46	+0.06
Turnout			26,128	45.80	+4.73
Eligible voters			57,047
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.80
Sources:[3][4]

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judy Foote	12,557	53.75	+8.26	$27,863.09
	New Democratic	Terry White	5,553	23.77	+11.43	$5,574.70
	Conservative	Herb Davis	4,791	20.51	-20.25	$86,684.21
	Green	Kaitlin Wainwright	462	1.98	+0.56	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			23,363	100.0	–	$91,604
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			122	0.52	+0.09
Turnout			23,495	41.07	-11.4
Eligible voters			57,209
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.17

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	13,652	45.49	-1.28	$24,312.48
	Conservative	Cynthia Downey	12,232	40.76	+22.55	$27,919.55
	New Democratic	Amanda Will	3,702	12.34	-20.95	$842.43
	Green	Mark A. Brennan	426	1.42	-0.37	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,012	100.0	–	$85,393
Total rejected ballots			131	0.43	-0.09
Turnout			30,143	52.09	+7.18
Eligible voters			57,869
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.92

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	12,383	46.77	-1.03	$32,788.03
	New Democratic	Desmond McGrath	8,797	33.29	+28.76	$29,123.91
	Conservative	Larry Peckford	4,820	18.21	-7.18	$35,579.47
	Green	Justin Dollimont	474	1.79	–	$468.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,474	100.0	–	$83,804
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			139	0.52
Turnout			26,613	44.91	-12.34
Eligible voters			59,256
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-14.90
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	16,523	47.80
	Independent	7,702	22.28
	Progressive Conservative	7,211	20.86
	Alliance	1,567	4.53
	New Democratic	1,565	4.53

References

"(Code 10005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

External links

Random—Burin—St. George's riding from Elections Canada
Riding history for Random—Burin—St. George's (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

v t e Federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Liberal	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Conservative	Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

Historical federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Bonavista—Exploits
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
Bonavista—Twillingate
Burin—Burgeo
Burin—St. George's
Gander—Grand Falls
Gander—Twillingate
Grand Falls—White Bay
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
Humber—St. George's
Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
Random—Burin—St. George's
St. John's North
St. John's South
St. John's West
Trinity—Conception

v t e Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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