Placentia-St. Mary's

Placentia—St. Mary's is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,361 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Placentia—St. Mary's

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Placentia—St. Mary's in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Coordinates:	47.249°N 53.587°W / 47.249; -53.587
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Sherry Gambin-Walsh Liberal
District created	1995
First contested	1996
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,115
Electors (2011)	7,361
Census subdivision(s)	Placentia

Placentia and St. Mary's includes the former U.S. naval base at Argentia, as well as Voisey Bay Nickel's planned processing facility at Long Harbour. Communities include: Admiral's Beach, Angel's Cove, Argentia, Branch, Coote Pond, Colinet, Cuslett, Dunville, Forest Field, Freshwater, Fox Harbour, Gaskiers, Great Barasway, Harricott, Jerseyside, Little Barasway, Mall Bay, Mitchell's Brook, Mount Carmel, New Bridge, North Harbour, O'Donnells, Patrick's Cove, Peter's River, Placentia, Point Verde, Point Le Haye, Point Lance, Riverhead, Ship Cove, Ship Harbour, St. Bride's, St. Catherine's, St. Mary's, St. Joseph's, St. Stephen's and St. Vincent's.

Placentia and St. Mary's is a Tory stronghold, but many constituents backed rebel MHA Fabian Manning, who was ejected from the PC caucus in 2005 after splitting with Premier Danny Williams on fisheries policies.^[2] The district is currently held by Liberal MHA and former Cabinet Minister Sherry Gambin-Walsh.^[3][4]

Members of the House of Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Placentia and St. Mary's
29th	1949-1951		Leonard J. Miller	Progressive Conservative
30th	1951-1956		Greg Power	Liberal
Placentia East
31st	1956-1959		Greg Power	Liberal
32nd	1959-1962		Alain Frecker
33rd	1962-1966
34th	1966-1971
35th	1972		Joseph R. Smallwood
36th	1972-1975		Fintan Aylward	Progressive Conservative
37th	1975-1979		William Patterson
38th	1979-1982
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993		William Hogan	Liberal
42nd	1993-1996		Nick Careen	Progressive Conservative
Placentia - St. Mary's
43rd	1996-1999		Anthony Sparrow	Liberal
44th	1999-2003		Fabian Manning	Progressive Conservative
45th	2003-2006
	2006-2007		Felix Collins
46th	2007-2011
47th	2011-2015
48th	2015-2019		Sherry Gambin-Walsh	Liberal
49th	2019-2021
50th	2021-Present

Former District of St. Mary's/St. Mary's - The Capes

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
St. Mary's
31st	1956-1959		Dr. James McGrath	Liberal
32nd	1959-1961
33rd	1962-1966
34th	1966-1971
35th	1972		Gerald Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972-1975
St. Mary's - The Capes
37th	1975-1979		Walter C. Carter	Progressive Conservative
38th	1979
	1979-1982		Derrick Hancock	Liberal
39th	1982-1985		Loyola Hearn	Progressive Conservative
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993
42nd	1993-1996		Fabian Manning

Election results

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

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sherry Gambin-Walsh	2,552	50.85	+3.45
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Manning	2,336	46.54	+8.04
	NL Alliance	Clem J. Whittle	131	2.61
Total valid votes			5,019
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.30
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	Sherry Gambin-Walsh	2,764	47.4
	Progressive Conservative	Hilda Whelan	2,245	38.5
	Independent	Steve Thorne	824	14.1
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sherry Gambin-Walsh	3,789	66.00	+45.09
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Manning	1,751	30.50	-19.36
	New Democratic	Peter Beck	197	3.40	-25.83
Total valid votes			5,737	100.0
	Liberal gain		Swing

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	2,516	49.86	-29.31
	New Democratic	Trish Dodd	1,475	29.23	+9.23
	Liberal	Todd Squires	1,055	20.91	+20.91
Total valid votes			5,046	100.0

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	3,086	79.17	–
	NDP	Jennifer Coultas	812	20.83
Total			3,098	100.0%

By-election, February 21, 2006 On the resignation of Fabian Manning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	2,247	46.3	–
	Independent	Nick Careen	1,641	33.8
	Liberal	Kevin Power	931	19.2
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Tom Hickey	31	0.6
Total			4,850	100.0%

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fabian Manning	3,746	65.60	–
	Liberal	Kevin Power	1,812	31.73
	NDP	Janet Stringer	152	2.66
Total			5,710	100.0%

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fabian Manning	3,579	54.8%	–
	Liberal	Anthony Sparrow	2,938	45.0%
Total			6,517	100.0%

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