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**Placentia—St. Mary's**
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly; provincial electoral district
Population (2006)	11115
Electors (2007)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1995 (from Placentia, St. Mary’s-the Capes and Harbour Main districts)
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Placentia—St. Mary’s is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Placentia and St. Mary’s includes the former U.S. naval base at Argentia, as well as Voisey Bay Nickel's planned processing facility at Long Harbour. Communities include: Admiral's Beach, Angel's Cove, Argentia, Branch, Coote Pond, Colinet, Cuslett, Dunville, Forest Field, Freshwater, Fox Harbour, Gaskiers, Great Barasway, Harricott, Jerseyside, Little Barasway, Mall Bay, Mitchell's Brook, Mount Carmel, New Bridge, North Harbour, O'Donnells, Patrick's Cove, Peter's River, Placentia, Point Verde, Point Le Haye, Point Lance, Riverhead, Ship Cove, Ship Harbour, St. Bride's, St. Catherine's, St. Mary's, St. Joseph's, St. Shott's, St. Stephen's and St. Vincent's.

Placentia and St. Mary’s is a Tory stronghold, but many constituents backed rebel MHA Fabian Manning, who was ejected from the PC caucus in 2005 after splitting with Premier Danny Williams on fisheries policies. It is an economically troubled area.

[edit] Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	3086	79.17%
	NDP	Jennifer Coultas	812	20.83%

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By-election, February 21, 2006 On the resignation of Fabian Manning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Felix Collins	2,247	46.3
	Independent	Nick Careen	1,641	33.8
	Liberal	Kevin Power	931	19.2
	NL First	Tom Hickey	31	0.6
Total			4,850

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fabian Manning	3,746
	Liberal	Kevin Power	1812
	NDP	Janet Stringer	152

[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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