Harbour Main
Provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the community, see Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs.
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Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1949 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 14,885 | ||
Electors (2015) | 10,208 | ||
Area (km²) | 435 | ||
Census division(s) | Division No. 1 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Avondale, Brigus, Clarke's Beach, Colliers, Conception Bay South (part), Conception Harbour, Cupids, Division No. 1, Subd. M, Division No. 1, Subd. N, Division No. 1, Subd. O (part), Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Holyrood, North River, South River |
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Between 1972 and the year 2000, it was a Tory stronghold, apart from a two-term Liberal breakthrough in the 1990s.
It includes the southern portion of the town of Conception Bay South and the town of Holyrood, the farthest extern of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 the district has 9,005 eligible voters.[1]