Conception Bay East–Bell Island

Conception Bay East – Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Location in St. John's
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	David Brazil; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1985
First contested	1985
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,885
Electors (2015)	10,641
Area (km²)	100
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	Paradise, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's, Wabana, Division No. 1, Subd. R

Conception Bay East–Bell Island is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 11,011 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Primarily a suburban district within the St. John's Metropolitan Area, the district includes Bell Island (which is linked by a ferry service to the rest of the district),^[2]^[3] the town of Portugal Cove–St. Philip's, part of the town of Paradise, and the watershed area along Thorburn Road.

Members of the House of Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Mount Scio-Bell Island
40th	1985-1989	Leo Barry	Liberal
41st	1989-1993	Jim Walsh
42nd	1993-1996	Jim Walsh
Conception Bay East - Bell Island
43rd	1996-1999	Jim Walsh	Liberal
44th	1999-2003	Jim Walsh	Liberal
45th	2003-2007	Dianne Whalen	Progressive Conservative
46th	2007-2010	Dianne Whalen
46th	2010-2011	David Brazil
47th	2011-2015
48th	2015-2019
49th	2019-2021
50th	2021–present

Assembly	Years		Party
31st	1956-1959	Joseph O'Driscoll	Liberal
32nd	1959-1962	Richard J. Greene	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1963-1966	Stephen A. Neary	Liberal
34th	1966-1971
35th	1971-1972
36th	1972-1975

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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	3,215	56.19	-17.60
	Liberal	Lynn Hammond	1,893	33.08	+6.87
	New Democratic	Gavin Will	614	10.73
Total valid votes			5,722
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.23
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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	4,365	73.8	+14.6
	Liberal	Cyril Hayden	1,551	26.2	-0.9
Total valid votes			5,916	100
Total rejected ballots			109
Turnout			6,025	55.6
Eligible voters			10,844

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	3,463	59.22	+4.22
	Liberal	Danny Dumaresque	1,582	27.05	+23.22
	New Democratic	Bill Kavanagh	803	13.73	-27.44
Total valid votes			5,848	100.00

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	3,059	55.00	-11.28
	New Democratic	Bill Kavanagh	2,290	41.17	+14.97
	Liberal	Kim Ploughman	213	3.83	-3.68

By-Election - December 2, 2010 On the death of Dianne Whalen, October 3, 2010^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	David Brazil	2,638	66.28%	-5.51%
NDP	George Murphy	1,043	26.20%	+15.96%
Liberal	Joy Buckle	299	7.51%	-10.46%

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Dianne Whalen	3,991	71.79%	–
Liberal	Linda Goodyear	999	17.97%
NDP	Gavin Will	569	10.24%

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Dianne Whalen	4,147	56.28%	+26.41%
Liberal	Jim Walsh	1,870	25.38%	-14.81%
NDP	Ken Kavanagh	1,180	16.02%	+0.58%
Independent	Doug Cole	171	2.32%	+2.32%

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Jim Walsh	2,426	40.19%	-8.20%
Progressive Conservative	Doug Cole	1,803	29.87%	-7.06%
NDP	Ken Kavanagh	932	15.44%	+10.18
Newfoundland and Labrador First	Sue Kelland-Dyer	876	14.51%	+14.51%

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Jim Walsh	2,909	48.39%
Progressive Conservative	Doug Cole	2,220	36.93%	–
Independent	Ken Kavanagh	566	9.42%
NDP	David Sullivan	316	5.26%

^ "Summary of Polling Divisions CONCEPTION BAY EAST - BELL ISLAND" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Wilhelm, Henrike (July 29, 2021). "Bell Island residents reaching 'boiling point' over spotty ferry service". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ "Bell Island residents demand broken ferry service be fixed". SaltWire Network. August 7, 2021 [August 6, 2021]. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ PC David Brazil wins N.L. byelection
^ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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