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**Labrador West**
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; provincial electoral district
Population (2006)	9638
Electors (2007)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1975 (formerly known as Menihek)
Census divisions
Subdivisions	Churchill Falls, Labrador City, Wabush

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

Known as the iron ore capital of Canada with two modern mining communities: Labrador City and Wabush. With both mines unionized, the area is considered a strong base of labour support.

It was one of only two districts in Newfoundland (the other being Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) to return a New Democratic MHA, and has been traded between the Tories and NDP since its creation. It has never returned a Liberal MHA.

It was also the first district in Newfoundland and Labrador to elect an NDP to the House of Assembly, this was Peter Fenwick who was the Newfoundland NDP Leader at the time.

[edit] MHAs

Jim Baker, PC, (February 2007-Present)
Randy Collins, NDP, (1999-February 2007)
Perry Canning, Liberal, (1996-1999)
Alec Snow, PC, (1989-1996)
Peter Fenwick, NDP, (1984-1989)
Peter Walsh, PC, (1979-1982)

[edit] Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Baker (Inc.)	2204	50.8%
	NDP	Darrel J. Brenton	1848	41.59%
	Liberal	Karen Oldford	287	6.61%

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By-election, February 13, 2007 resignation of Randy Collins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Baker	1,666	41.6
	NDP	Darrel Brenton	1,240	31.0
	Labrador Party	Ron Barron	670	16.7
	Liberal	Karen Oldford	427	10.7

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Randy Collins (Inc.)	2,762
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Letto	1,142
	Labrador Party	Ern Condon	631
	Liberal	Doris Sacrey	423

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Randy Collins	2,700
	Liberal	Perry Canning (Inc.)	2,544
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Whitten	400

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
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Contents

[edit] MHAs

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

[edit] External links