It initially consisted of the Districts of Twillingate, Fogo, Bonavista North, and Bonavista South excluding any part of the territory within a radius of five miles from the railway station at Gander.
In 1952, it was expanded to include the unorganized territory bounded on the North and West by the District of Grand Falls, on the South by the Districts of Burgeo and LaPoile and Fortune Bay-Hermitage, on the East by the Districts of Trinity North, Bonavista South and Bonavista North.
bonavista, twillingate, federal, electoral, district, newfoundland, labrador, canada, that, represented, house, commons, canada, from, 1949, 1968, newfoundland, labrador, electoral, districtdefunct, federal, electoral, districtlegislaturehouse, commonsdistrict. Bonavista Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968 Bonavista TwillingateNewfoundland and Labrador electoral districtDefunct federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsDistrict created1949District abolished1966First contested1949Last contested1967 by electionThis riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Bonavista Trinity Conception Burin Burgeo Gander Twillingate and Grand Falls White Bay Labrador ridings It initially consisted of the Districts of Twillingate Fogo Bonavista North and Bonavista South excluding any part of the territory within a radius of five miles from the railway station at Gander In 1952 it was expanded to include the unorganized territory bounded on the North and West by the District of Grand Falls on the South by the Districts of Burgeo and LaPoile and Fortune Bay Hermitage on the East by the Districts of Trinity North Bonavista South and Bonavista North Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External linksMembers of Parliament editThis riding elected the following Members of Parliament Parliament Years Member PartyBonavista Twillingate21st 1949 1953 Frederick Gordon Bradley Liberal22nd 1953 1957 Jack Pickersgill23rd 1957 195824th 1958 196225th 1962 196326th 1963 196527th 1965 1967 1967 1968 Charles GrangerRiding dissolved into Bonavista Trinity Conception Burin Burgeo Gander Twillingate and Grand Falls White Bay LabradorElection results edit1949 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Frederick Gordon Bradley 9 744Progressive Conservative Kenneth S G Dawe 1 4151953 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 10 072Progressive Conservative Edward Russell 2 5641957 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 9 158Progressive Conservative John Charles Pinsent 1 3471958 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 13 670Progressive Conservative Gerald M Winter 4 3231962 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 11 530Progressive Conservative Whitfield Bannister 3 8461963 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 11 748Progressive Conservative Guy H Eveleigh 2 448Independent Liberal Walter Herbert Davis 1 9431965 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Jack Pickersgill 10 113Progressive Conservative William Q Moss 3 687By election on 6 November 1967 On Mr Pickersgill s resignation 19 September 1967Party Candidate VotesLiberal Charles Granger 8 112Progressive Conservative Wilfred Nathan French 6 356Independent Samuel Drover 370See also editList of Canadian federal electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of CanadaExternal links editRiding history for Bonavista Twillingate 1949 1966 from the Library of Parliament Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bonavista Twillingate amp oldid 1148733473, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
