St. Barbe is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011, there were 7,064 eligible voters living within the district. The district was abolished in 2015 and replaced by St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows."8 notable Liberals uncontested in provincial election race". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, June 22, 2015.
An area along the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula, the district has significant economic disparity among various communities. While most of the towns with Gros Morne National Park, and the town of Port Saunders, which is a government service centre have fared very well economically, other towns such as Bird Cove have lost more than 50% of their population since the 1992 cod moratorium.
The tourist season runs from late May until late October. While the principal tourism driver is Gros Morne National Park, the season continues into late October as this is a popular big game hunting destination for primarily US hunters. Up to a dozen big game outfitters operate from the area employing hundreds of guides, cooks, and others. The area has fish processing plants in Woody Point, Rocky Harbour, Cow Head, River of Ponds, Port au Choix, New Ferrole and Black Duck Cove. Various species including shrimp, turbot and crab are processed locally, while many other species such as lobster, herring, mackerel and halibut are shipped out with little to no processing done.
It included the communities of St. Barbe, Bartlett's Harbour, Bellburns, Bird Cove, Black Duck Cove, Blue Cove, Brig Bay, Castor River North, Castor River South, Cow Head, Daniel's Harbour, Eddie's Cove West, Forrester's Point, Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook, Hawke's Bay, New Ferrole, Norris Point, Parsons Pond, Pigeon Cove, Plum Point, Pond Cove, Port aux Choix, Port Saunders, Portland Creek, Reef's Harbour, River of Ponds, Rocky Harbour St. Pauls, Sally's Cove, Shoal Cove West, Three Mile Rock, Trout River, Wiltondale, and Woody Point.CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
Members of the House of Assembly MemberPartyTermJim BennettLiberal2011–2015Wallace YoungProgressive Conservative2001–2011Chuck FureyLiberal1985–2000Everett OsmondProgressive Conservative1982–1985Trevor BennettLiberal1979–1982Ed MaynardProgressive Conservative1975–1979James R. ChalkerLiberal1956–1962Reginald SparkesLiberal1949–1956
St. Barbe North MemberPartyTermFrederick B. RoweLiberal1972–1975James R. ChalkerLiberal1962–1972
St. Barbe South MemberPartyTermEdward MaynardProgressive Conservative1971–1975Gerald MyrdenLiberal1966–1971William SmithProgressive Conservative1962–1966
Election results
|NDP |Diane Ryan |align="right"|437 |align="right"|10.84% |align="right"|
|NDP |B. Gary Noel |align="right"|196 |align="right"|4.62% |align="right"| |}Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|NDP |Holly Patey |align="right"|293 |align="right"|6.08 |align="right"| |}Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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