Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune

Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 
 
Elvis Loveless
Liberal
District created1975
First contested1975
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2006)8,715
Electors (2011)6,053

Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. When created in 1975 it was called Fortune-Hermitage. As of 2011, there are 6,053 eligible voters living within the district.[1]

The district covers a larger section of Newfoundland's south coast. The district includes territory east of Burgeo, and stretches to the end of Fortune Bay near the beginning of the Burin Peninsula.

The district covers a number of communities including: Harbour Breton, Seal Cove, and Hermitage-Sandyville in Connaigre;[2] St. Albans, Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir, Morrisville, St. Joseph's Cove, and St. Veronica's in Bay d'Espoir; along with Belleoram, Pool's Cove, and St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove (St. Jacques, English Harbour West, Mose Ambrose, Boxey, Coomb's Cove, and Wreck Cove) in Fortune Bay.[2]

The Miawpukek First Nation reserve of Samiajij Miawpukek (Conne River) in Bay d'Espoir is located in the district.

The district contains intra-provincial ferries servicing Rencontre East,[2] Gaultois, and McCallum.[3] Francois, another isolated community in the district, can also be accessed via McCallum through the Francois – Grey River – Burgeo ferry route.

  1. ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions FORTUNE BAY - CAPE LA HUNE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c "Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula". Cape Breton Post. Saltwire Network. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.