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{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = Newfoundland and Labrador
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| fed-status          = defunct
| fed-created         = 1966
| fed-abolished       = 1987
| fed-election-first  = 1968
| fed-election-last   = 1984
}}

'''Gander—Twillingate''' was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada, that was represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1968 to 1988. This [[Riding (division)|riding]] was created in 1966 from parts of [[Bonavista—Twillingate]] and [[Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador]] ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into [[Bonavista—Trinity—Conception]] and [[Gander—Grand Falls]] ridings.

The riding initially consisted of the provincial districts of Gander, Lewisporte, Twillingate, Fogo and Bonavista North, and the parts of the provincial districts of Green Bay, Bonavista South and Fortune Bay not included in the electoral districts of Grand Falls White Bay-Labrador, Bonavista-Trinity-Conception and Burin-Burgeo.

==Members of Parliament==

This riding elected the following [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:

{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|Gander—Twillingate<br>''Riding created from'' [[Bonavista—Twillingate]] ''and''<br>[[Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador]]}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1968
| ToYr = 1972
| Assembly# = 28
| CanParty = PC
| PartyTerms# = 2
| RepName = John Lundrigan
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1972
| ToYr = 1974
| Assembly# = 29
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1974
| ToYr = 1979
| Assembly# = 30
| CanParty = Liberal
| PartyTerms# = 4
| RepName = George Baker
| RepLink = George Baker (Canadian politician)
| RepTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1979
| ToYr = 1980
| Assembly# = 31
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1980
| ToYr = 1984
| Assembly# = 32
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1984
| ToYr = 1988
| Assembly# = 33
}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Bonavista—Trinity—Conception]]<br>''and'' [[Gander—Grand Falls]]}}
{{CanMP end}}

==Election results==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1968}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[John Lundrigan]]|10,601}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Charles R.M. Granger|9,016}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Lowell Paulson|352}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1972}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[John Lundrigan]]|12,420}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]|10,396}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Walwin Blackmore|577}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1974}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]|12,722}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Rupert Short|8,021}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Edgar A. Russell|2,143}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]|15,408}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Fred J. Dixon|4,727}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Wallace Bown|4,460}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]|17,465}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Harold Collins|7,788}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Clyde West|2,338}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]|16,100}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eugene Burt|13,076}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Gerry Panting]]|1,138}}
{{end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=234 Riding history for Gander—Twillingate (1966&ndash;1987) from the] [[Library of Parliament]]

{{Ridings in Newfoundland}}
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[[Category:Former federal electoral districts of Newfoundland and Labrador]]