Exploits (electoral district)

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

In central Newfoundland on the 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.

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, Glovers 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.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1975-1976	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stephen Mulrooney	Liberal
	1976-1979	rowspan="4"Template:Canadian party colour|	Hugh Twomey	Progressive Conservative
38th	1979-1982
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour|	Roger Grimes	Liberal
42nd	1993-1996
43rd	1996-1999
44th	1999-2003
45th	2003-2005
	2005-2007	rowspan="3"Template:Canadian party colour|	Clayton Forsey	Progressive Conservative
46th	2007-2011
47th	2011-2015
48th	2015-2019	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jerry Dean	Liberal
49th	2019-2021	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour|	Pleaman Forsey	Progressive Conservative
50th	2021-Present

Election results

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Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

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2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

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By-election: June 23, 2005 On resignation of Roger Grimes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
PC	Clayton Forsey	2,605	55.2
NDP	John Whelan	159	3.4
Total			4,722	100%

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	John Whelan	168	2.93%

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1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Arnold Best	633

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly