Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011, there were 3,131 eligible voters living within the district.
The district covers remote communities in Southern Labrador that are mostly dependent on fishery. The district includes: Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Capstan Island, Cartwright, Domino, Forteau, L'Anse Amour, L'Anse au Clair, L'Anse au Loup, Lodge Bay, Mary's Harbour, Norman Bay, Paradise River, Pinsent's Arm, Pinware, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, St. Lewis, and West St. Modeste.
The district is considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province; on only one occasion in almost 50 years have voters not elected a Liberal, and even then — in 1996 — it was with a Liberal running as an Independent; Yvonne Jones was a mainstay of the Liberal caucus after that, and served as Liberal party leader from 2007 to 2011. She resigned to take up a seat in the federal House of Commons in 2013. Lisa Dempster was elected as her successor, and has represented the seat since then.
Members of the House of Assembly
Assembly Years Member Party Labrador South 31st 1956–1959George SellarsLiberal 32nd 1959–1962 33rd 1963–1966Gerald I. Hill 34th 1966–1971 35th 1971–1972Joe Harvey 36th 1972-1972 1972–1975 Michael S. Martin Labrador Party Eagle River 37th 1975–1979 Ian StrachanLiberal 38th 1979–1982Eugene Hiscock 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1989 41st 1989–1993Danny Dumaresque 42nd 1993–1996 Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair 43rd 1996–1999 Yvonne Jones Independent 44th 1999–2003Liberal 45th 2003–2007 46th 2007–2011 47th 2011–2013 2013–2015Lisa Dempster 48th 2015–2019 49th 2019–2021 50th 2021–2025 51st 2025–Present
Election results
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
By-election, June 25, 2013Resignation of Yvonne JonesPartyCandidateVotes%+/-NDPJason Spingle70332.97+30.91 Progressive ConservativeDennis Normore28713.46-13.33
|NDP |Bill Cooper |align="right"|44 |align="right"|2.06 |align="right"|
Source:
|Independent |Yvonne Jones |align="right"|1,665 |align="right"|56.83 |align="right"|
Eagle River
|NDP |Jessie Bird |align="right"|293 |align="right"|12.43 |align="right"|–
|NDP |Claude Rumbolt |align="right"|573 |align="right"|22.70 |align="right"|–0.86
|NDP |Claude Rumbolt |align="right"|568 |align="right"|23.56 |align="right"|+19.02
|NDP |Elsie McDonald |align="right"|77 |align="right"|4.54 |align="right"|–
Labrador South
See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007 Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003