Burin—St. George's

Federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Burin—St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	2003
First contested	1979
Last contested	2004

Burin—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burin—Burgeo, Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Random—Burin—St. George's.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Burin—Burgeo and Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
31st	1979–1979	Don Jamieson	Liberal
31st	1979–1980	Roger Simmons
32nd	1980–1984	Roger Simmons
33rd	1984–1988	Joseph Price	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Roger Simmons	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Roger Simmons	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Bill Matthews	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Bill Matthews	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Random—Burin—St. George's

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Don Jamieson	14,960
	New Democratic	Ross Senior	3,943
	Progressive Conservative	Allen Evans	2,366

Canadian federal by-election, September 19, 1979 Resignation of Don Jamieson
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	10,434
	New Democratic	Dave Mackinnon	4,587
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	4,308

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	14,979
	Progressive Conservative	James Oxford	3,522
	New Democratic	Peter Fenwick	2,929

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Price	13,184
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	12,885
	New Democratic	L. Joseph Edwards	1,767

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	18,527
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Price	17,488
	New Democratic	L. Joseph Edwards	2,299

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	24,600
	Progressive Conservative	Paul A. Gallant	4,935
	New Democratic	Mark Noseworthy	757
	Natural Law	Michael Rendell	418

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Matthews	13,884
	Liberal	Roger Simmons	11,715
	New Democratic	David A. Sullivan	4,784

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Matthews	14,603
	Independent	Sam Synard	7,891
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Pottle	5,799
	Alliance	Peter Fenwick	1,511
	New Democratic	David Sullivan	924

External links

Riding history for Burin—St. George's (1976–1996) from Library of Parliament
Riding history for Burin—St. George's (1996–2003) from Library of Parliament

Federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal

Avalon
Bonavista—Burin—Trinity
Labrador
Long Range Mountains
St. John's East
St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Conservative

Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame

v t e Historical federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Bonavista—Exploits Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor Bonavista—Trinity—Conception Bonavista—Twillingate Burin—Burgeo Burin—St. George's Gander—Grand Falls Gander—Twillingate Grand Falls—White Bay Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Humber—St. George's Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe Random—Burin—St. George's St. John's East\|St. John's North St. John's South St. John's West Trinity—Conception

Historical federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador