Ferryland is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 electoral district

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 for the House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

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, Canada

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. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district.

This was the most strongly anti-Confederation area of the province in the late 1940s, but turned Liberal in the 1950s and '60s. It's historically a fishing district, but tourism has been growing. Ferryland contains part of the City of St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

 in the area of Lower Goulds as well as the communities of: Admiral's Cove, Aquaforte, Bay Bulls, Bauline East, Biscay Bay, Brigus South, Burnt Cove, Calvert, Cape Broyle, Cappahayden, Daniel's Point, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Kingman's Cove, La Manche, Mobile, Petty-Harbour-Maddox Cove, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews, St. Michael's, Tors Cove, Trepassey and Witless Bay.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district

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 has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly

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	Member	Party	Term
Keith Hutchings Keith Hutchings Keith Hutchings MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador currently serving as the Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development in the cabinet of Premier Kathy Dunderdale....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...	2007-
Loyola Sullivan Loyola Sullivan Loyola Sullivan served as Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation from 2007 until 2011 and is a former Member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador. Sullivan represented the district of Ferryland from 1992 till 2006.Sullivan was Leader of the Official Opposition between 1996...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...	1992-2006
Charlie Power Charlie Power Charles J. Power was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000. By career, he was a teacher....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...	1975-1992
Thomas Doyle	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...	1971-1975
Aiden Maloney	Liberal	1966-1971
Myles Murray	Liberal	1956-1966
Augustus Duffy	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...	1951-1956
Peter Cashin	Independent	1949-1951

Election results

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|Progressive Conservative
|Keith Hutchings

Keith Hutchings

Keith Hutchings MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador currently serving as the Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development in the cabinet of Premier Kathy Dunderdale....

|align="right"|3,640
|align="right"|72.15
|align="right"|-11.65
|-

|NDP
|Chris Molloy
|align="right"|1.224
|align="right"|24.26
|align="right"|+17.35
|-

|Liberal
|Dianne Randell
|align="right"|181
|align="right"|3.59
|align="right"|-5.7
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative
|Keith Hutchings
|align="right"|4,256
|align="right"|83.8%
|align="right"|+8.7%
|-

|Liberal
|Kevin Bennett
|align="right"|472
|align="right"|9.29%
|align="right"|-10.9%
|-

|NDP
|Grace Bavington
|align="right"|351
|align="right"|6.91%
|align="right"|+1.95%
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative
|Keith Hutchings
|align="right"|2,770
|align="right"|75.10%
|align="right"|-11.24%
|-

|Liberal
|Kevin Bennett
|align="right"|715
|align="right"|19.38%
|align="right"|+10.97%
|-

|NDP
|Rick Boland
|align="right"|183
|align="right"|4.96%
|align="right"|-0.19%
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative
|Loyola Sullivan

Loyola Sullivan

Loyola Sullivan served as Canada's Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation from 2007 until 2011 and is a former Member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador. Sullivan represented the district of Ferryland from 1992 till 2006.Sullivan was Leader of the Official Opposition between 1996...

|align="right"|5,167
|align="right"|86.34
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
|Andrea Kavanagh
|align="right"|504
|align="right"|8.41
|align="right"|
|-

|NDP
|Lois Martin
|align="right"|309
|align="right"|5.15
|align="right"|
|-

|Independent
|Pilar Riego-Hickey
|align="right"|11
|align="right"|0.18
|align="right"|
|}
|Progressive Conservative
|Loyola Sullivan
|align="right"|4,482
|align="right"|66.0%
|align="right"|

|Liberal
|Harold Mulloney
|align="right"|2,141
|align="right"|31.5%
|align="right"|

|NDP
|Gerry Ryan
|align="right"|147
|align="right"|2.2%
|align="right"|
|-
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative
|L Sullivan
|align="right"|4834
|align="right"|68.36%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
|T Best
|align="right"|2237
|align="right"|31.63%
|align="right"|
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative
|L Sullivan
|align="right"|3675
|align="right"|74.00%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
|MC O'Brien
|align="right"|1125
|align="right"|22.65%
|align="right"|

|NDP
|V Silk
|align="right"|166
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="right"|
|}

External links

• Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly