Election Results
In the 2011 election, the Liberal candidate was the incumbent MP, Scott Andrews, a former municipal councillor from Conception Bay South. He defeated the Tory candidate, Senator Fabian Manning of St. Bride's, for the second election in a row. Manning was the Conservative MP for this riding from 2006 to 2008, when he lost to Andrews.
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Scott Andrews | 16,008 | 43.97 | -1.31 | ||
| Conservative | Fabian Manning | 14,749 | 40.51 | +5.35 | ||
| New Democratic | Matthew Martin Fuchs | 5,157 | 14.16 | -3.22 | ||
| Independent | Randy Wayne Dawe | 276 | 0.76 | – | ||
| Green | Matt Crowder | 218 | 0.60 | -1.57 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,408 | 100.00 | – | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 166 | 0.45 | -0.34 | |||
| Turnout | 36,574 | 57.42 | -5.62 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Scott Andrews | 14,866 | 45.28 | +6.70 | $71,493 | |
| Conservative | Fabian Manning | 11,542 | 35.16 | -16.39 | $76,115 | |
| New Democratic | Randy Wayne Dawe | 5,707 | 17.38 | +8.31 | $25,153 | |
| Green | Dave Aylward | 714 | 2.17 | +1.37 | $766 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 32,829 | 100.00 | $82,453 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 262 | 0.79 | -0.86 | |||
| Turnout | 33,091 | 51.80 | -7.40 | |||
| Eligible voters | 63,882 | – | – | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Fabian Manning | 19,132 | 51.55 | +22.24 | $72,044 | |
| Liberal | Bill Morrow | 14,318 | 38.58 | -19.76 | $46,082 | |
| New Democratic | Eugene Conway | 3,365 | 9.07 | -1.91 | $1,100 | |
| Green | Shannon Hillier | 297 | 0.80 | -0.57 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,112 | 100.00 | $76,596 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 623 | 1.65 | +0.59 | |||
| Turnout | 37,735 | 59.20 | +9.40 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | R. John Efford | 18,335 | 58.34 | – | $74,192 | |
| Conservative | Rick Dalton | 9,211 | 29.31 | – | $51,085 | |
| New Democratic | Michael Kehoe | 3,450 | 10.98 | – | $2,472 | |
| Green | Don C. Ferguson | 430 | 1.37 | – | $746 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 31,246 | 100.00 | $74,947 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 336 | 1.06 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,762 | 49.80 | ||||
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