Humber-Bay of Islands

Humber-Bay of Islands is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2015, the district has 13,412 eligible voters.^[1]

Humber-Bay of Islands

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Humber-Bay of Islands in relation to other district in Newfoundland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Eddie Joyce Independent
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	9,936
Electors (2015)	13,412

It contains the towns of Irishtown, Hughes Brook, Summerside, Meadows, Gillams, McIvers, Cox's Cove, Mount Moriah, York Harbour, Lark Harbour, and Humber Arm South (Benoit's Cove, Frenchmen's Cove, Halfway Point, and Wood's Island).

While historically, the Curling area of Corner Brook was part of the district. The district was reconfigured in 2015 to include the Humbermouth area of the City of Corner Brook, while maintaining the north and south shores of the Bay of Islands and the Curling area of the city. The Humbermouth area of Corner Brook was previously included in the district of Humber East.

While not a wealthy district, Humber-Bay of Islands is more economically vibrant than other rural districts. Its economy is driven by the fishery and tourism, to a limited extent. Many residents work in Corner Brook.

This district was home to back-to-back premiers. Immediately after becoming leader of the Liberals, Brian Tobin chose this district, vacated by Clyde Wells.^[2] Former Liberal Cabinet Minister Eddie Joyce is currently MHA; he was re-elected as an Independent in 2019.^[3]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Bay of Islands
37th	1975-1979		Luke Woodrow	Progressive Conservative
38th	1979-1982
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989		Ted Blanchard
41st	1989		Eddie Joyce	Liberal
	1989-1993		Clyde Wells
42nd	1993-1996
43rd	1996-1999		Brian Tobin
44th	1999-2003		Eddie Joyce
45th	2003-2007
46th	2007-2011		Terry Loder	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011-2015		Eddie Joyce	Liberal
Humber - Bay of Islands
48th	2015-2018		Eddie Joyce	Liberal
	2018-2019			Independent
49th	2019-2021
50th	2021-Present

Election results

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

Humber-Bay of Islands

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddie Joyce	2,988	71.60	+4.41
	Liberal	Stelman Flynn	741	17.76	+0.56
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Marche	444	10.64	+0.03
Total valid votes			4,173
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Independent hold		Swing		+1.93
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[4]

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddie Joyce	4,172	67.19	–
	Liberal	Brian Dicks	1,068	17.20	-67.3
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Patrick Holden	659	10.61	+0.3
	New Democratic	Shawn A. Hodder	310	4.99	-0.2
Total valid votes			6,209	100
Total rejected ballots			74
Turnout			6,283	62.7	+10.0
Eligible voters			10,028
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		+67.26

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	4,622	84.53
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald Jesseau	564	10.31
	New Democratic	Conor Curtis	282	5.16
Total valid votes			5,468	99.54
Total rejected ballots			25	0.46
Turnout			5,493	52.75
Eligible voters			10,414

Bay of Islands

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2,760	51.22	+5.62
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2,003	37.18	-15.25
	New Democratic	Tony Adey	625	11.60	+9.63
Total valid votes			5,388	99.66
Total rejected ballots			18	0.34
Turnout			5,406	69.98
Electors on the lists			7,725	–

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2,854	52.43	+3.00
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2,482	45.60	-1.33
	New Democratic	Charles Murphy	107	1.97	-1.67
Total valid votes			5,444	99.63
Total rejected ballots			20	0.37
Turnout			5,464	73.45
Electors on the lists			7,439	–

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2907	49.43	-8.13
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Monaghan	2760	46.93	+15.77
	NDP	Dave (Bud) Quigley	214	3.64	-7.64

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	3164	57.56	-8.11
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hunt	1713	31.16	+3.69
	NDP	Israel Hann	620	11.28	+4.43

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	3997	65.67
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hunt	1672	27.47	–
	NDP	Hayward Pardy	417	6.85

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
• Newfoundland & Labrardor Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions HUMBER-BAY OF ISLANDS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
2. "Former minister calls Liberal collapse 'catastrophic'". CBC News. October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
3. "8 notable Liberals uncontested in provincial election race". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, June 22, 2015.
4. "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.