Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe

Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador and Humber—St. George's ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Burin—St. George's and Humber—St. Barbe ridings.

It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Port au Port, Humber East, Humber West, St. Barbe South and St. Barbe North, and that part of the provincial district of St. George's not included in the electoral district of Burin-Burgeo.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Jack Marshall, Progressive Conservative (1968–1978)
• Fonse Faour, New Democrat (1978–1979)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Marshall	9,765
	Liberal	Herman Maxwell Batten	9,482
	New Democratic	Calvin Morris Hillyard	3,276

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Marshall	16,378
	Liberal	G.C. Meech Matthews	10,200
	New Democratic	Calvin Morris Hillyard	1,666

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Marshall	16,500
	Liberal	Jim Campbell	10,049
	New Democratic	Ann Robbins	1,279

By-election on 16 October 1978 On Mr. Marshall's resignation, 23 March 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Fonse Faour	12,386
	Liberal	George Billard	10,322
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Brown	5,851

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe (1966–1976) from the Library of Parliament