Gander—Twillingate
Federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gander—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1966 |
District abolished | 1987 |
First contested | 1968 |
Last contested | 1984 |
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bonavista—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception and Gander—Grand Falls ridings.
It initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.