Baie Verte-Green Bay

Baie Verte-Green Bay (formerly Baie Verte-Springdale) is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 it has 8,067 eligible voters.^[1] The district was redistributed in 2015. On March 1, 2024, MHA Warr resigned this seat.

It contains the communities of:

LaScie, Little Bay, Little Bay Islands, Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North, Middle Arm, Miles Cove, Ming's Bight, Nippers Harbour, Pacquet, Pilley's Island, Port Anson, Robert's Arm, Seal Cove, South Brook, Springdale, Tilt Cove, Triton

, Westport, Woodstock, Harbour Round, Purbeck's Cove, Wild Cove, Sheppardville, St. Patricks, Round Harbour, Shoe Cove, Smith's Harbour, Snooks Arm, Harry's Harbour, Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove, Silverdale, and Rattling Brook.

The economy depends heavily on fishing and sealing. While sealing has done well in recent years, the ground fishery remains poor. Mining operations are taking place in

mineral exploration

continues in the area.

The district has voted Progressive Conservative since 1982, with the exception of a by-election and the 2015, 2019 and 2021 elections. The district's borders shifted slightly south and west in the new redistribution, taking in small parts of the

Grand Falls-Buchans

districts.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years		Party
Baie Verte - White Bay
37th	1975-1979	Tom Rideout	Liberal
38th	1979-1980		Liberal
38th	1980-1982		Progressive Conservative
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1991
41st	1991-1993	Harold Small	Liberal
Baie Verte
42nd	1993-1996	Paul Shelley	Progressive Conservative
43rd	1996-1999
44th	1999-2003
45th	2003-2007
Baie Verte - Springdale
46th	2007-2008	Tom Rideout	Progressive Conservative
46th	2008-2011	Kevin Pollard
47th	2011-2015	Kevin Pollard
Baie Verte - Green Bay
48th	2015-2019	Brian Warr	Liberal
49th	2019-2021
50th	2021-2024

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, 2024 Resignation of Brian Warr
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal
	Progressive Conservative	Lin Paddock
	New Democratic

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Warr	2,158	52.06	+2.34
	Progressive Conservative	Lin Paddock	1,987	47.93	+14.80
Total valid votes			4,145
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.23
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Warr	2,809	49.7	-6.4
	Progressive Conservative	Neville Robinson	1,872	33.1	-6.3
	NL Alliance	Ben Callahan	968	17.1	+17.1
Total valid votes			5,649	100
Total rejected ballots			23
Turnout			60.0
Eligible voters			9,460

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Warr	3,130	56.09	+18.31
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Pollard	2,197	39.37	-13.42
	New Democratic	Matt Howse	253	4.53	-4.90
Total valid votes			5,580	100%

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Pollard	2,553	52.79	-3.11
	Liberal	Neil Ward	1,827	37.78	+2.61
	New Democratic	Tim Howse	456	9.43	+0.46
Total valid votes			4,835	99.75
Total rejected ballots			12	0.25
Turnout			4,847	59.78
Electors on the lists			8,107	–

Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, August 27, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Pollard	1,979	55.90
	Liberal	Shaun Lane	1,245	35.17
	New Democratic	Tim Howse	316	8.97
Total valid votes			3,540

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Rideout	3,388	75.50
	Liberal	Neil Ward	798	17.78
	New Democratic	Tim Howse	301	6.70
Total valid votes			4,487	99.51
Total rejected ballots			22	0.49
Turnout			4,509	55.78
Electors on the lists			8,083	–

Results as Baie Verte

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Shelley	3045	74.25	+13.08
	Liberal	Maurice Budgell	927	22.60	-15.98
	Independent	William Day	114	2.78	+2.78
Total

1999 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Shelley	3152	61.17	+1.12
	Liberal	Gerald Burton	1988	38.58	-1.37

1996 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Shelley	3578	60.05	–
	Liberal	Bud Hulan	2380	39.95

External links

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

References

^ "Summary of Polling Divisions BAIE VERTE - SPRINGDALE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

49°48′42″N 56°16′26″W / 49.8117°N 56.2738°W / 49.8117; -56.2738

[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions BAIE VERTE - SPRINGDALE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts
St. John's	Mount Scio St. John's Centre St. John's East-Quidi Vidi St. John's West Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Waterford Valley Windsor Lake
St. John's suburbs	Cape St. Francis Conception Bay East–Bell Island Conception Bay South Mount Pearl North Mount Pearl-Southlands Topsail-Paradise
Avalon Peninsula	Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Ferryland Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Harbour Main Placentia-St. Mary's
Eastern Newfoundland	Bonavista Burin-Grand Bank Placentia West-Bellevue Terra Nova
Central Newfoundland	Baie Verte-Green Bay Exploits Fogo Island-Cape Freels Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Gander Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Lewisporte-Twillingate
Western Newfoundland	Burgeo-La Poile Corner Brook Humber-Bay of Islands Humber-Gros Morne St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows St. George's-Humber Stephenville-Port au Port
Labrador	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Labrador West Lake Melville Torngat Mountains
See also 2021 general election List of elections Politics