Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe

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Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1976
District abolished 1987
First contested 1979
Last contested 1984

Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe (formerly known as Humber—St. Barbe) was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in the 1976 redistribution as "Humber—St. Barbe" from parts of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe" in 1978.

It was abolished in the 1987 redistribution when it was redistributed into Burin—St. George's and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe prior to 1976
31st 1979–1980     Fonse Faour New Democratic Party
32nd 1980–1984     Brian Tobin Liberal
33rd 1984–1988

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
New Democratic Fonse Faour 15,872
Liberal George Billard 8,782
Progressive Conservative George Hutchings 5,941
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Brian Tobin 13,170
New Democratic Fonse Faour 9,535
Progressive Conservative Ben Alexander 6,852
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Brian Tobin 17,409
Progressive Conservative Mike Monaghan 16,916
New Democratic Ken Gould 1,530
Independent Derek Ernest Woodman 196

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