- Bonavista—Twillingate
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Newfoundland and Labrador
caption =
fed-status = defunct
fed-created = 1949
fed-abolished = 1966
fed-election-first = 1949
fed-election-last = 1965Bonavista—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in
Newfoundland and Labrador ,Canada , that was represented in theCanadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.This 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 andGrand 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.
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=54 Riding history for Bonavista—Twillingate (1949–1966) from the]
Library of Parliament
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