Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe

      Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
      Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
      Defunct federal electoral district
      Legislature House of Commons
      District created 1976
      First contested 1979
      Last contested 1984

      Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe (formerly known as Humber—St. Barbe) was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.

      This riding was created in the 1976 redistribution as "Humber—St. Barbe" from parts of Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe" in 1978.

      It was abolished in the 1987 redistribution when it was redistributed into Burin—St. George's and Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte ridings.

      Members of Parliament

      This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

      Parliament Years Member Party
      Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe prior to 1976
      31st 1979–1980     Fonse Faour New Democratic Party
      32nd 1980–1984     Brian Tobin Liberal
      33rd 1984–1988
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      Election results

      Canadian federal election, 1979
      Party Candidate Votes
      New Democratic Fonse Faour 15,872
      Liberal George Billard 8,782
      Progressive Conservative George Hutchings 5,941
      Canadian federal election, 1980
      Party Candidate Votes
      Liberal Brian Tobin 13,170
      New Democratic Fonse Faour 9,535
      Progressive Conservative Ben Alexander 6,852
      Canadian federal election, 1984
      Party Candidate Votes
      Liberal Brian Tobin 17,409
      Progressive Conservative Mike Monaghan 16,916
      New Democratic Ken Gould 1,530
      Independent Derek Ernest Woodman 196
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