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**Exploits**
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; provincial electoral district
Population (2006)	10,166
Electors (2007)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1975
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

In central Newfoundland on Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north. Most of the population lives in the southern centres of Botwood and Bishop's Falls.

Forestry is the major source of income.

To the north, Exploits includes communities in Notre Dame Bay such as Cottrell's Cove, but most of the population lives in southern centres such as Botwood and Bishop's Falls. Communities include: Bishop's Falls, Bishop's Falls South, Botwood, Charles Brook, Cottrell's Cove, Fortune Harbour, Glover’s Harbour, Leading Tickles West, Moore's Cove, Northern Arm, Peterview, Phillip's Head, Pleasantview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay, Ritter's Arm and Wooddale.

The district was formerly represented by Liberal Premier Roger Grimes.

[edit] Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	3396	72.39%
	Liberal	Jody Fancey	1295	27.61%

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By-election: June 23, 2005 On resignation of Roger Grimes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Clayton Forsey	2,605	55.2
	Liberal	George Saunders	1,958	41.5
	NDP	John Whelan	159	3.4
Total			4,722	100%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Grimes	3218	56.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Forsey	2346	40.93%
	NDP	John Whelan	168	2.93%

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[edit] External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

^ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
^ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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[cbcnews-0] Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

[cbcnews2-1] Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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