Gander—Twillingate
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1966 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1968 |
| Last contested | 1984 |
Gander—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls ridings.
It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Gander—Twillingate Riding created from Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | John Lundrigan | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | George Baker | Liberal | |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls |
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Election results
[edit]| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lundrigan | 10,601 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles R.M. Granger | 9,016 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Lowell Paulson | 352 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lundrigan | 12,420 | ||||||
| Liberal | George Baker | 10,396 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Walwin Blackmore | 577 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Baker | 12,722 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rupert Short | 8,021 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Edgar A. Russell | 2,143 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Baker | 15,408 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred J. Dixon | 4,727 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Wallace Bown | 4,460 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Baker | 17,465 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Collins | 7,788 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Clyde West | 2,338 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Baker | 16,100 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eugene Burt | 13,076 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Gerry Panting | 1,138 | ||||||