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. In 2011, there were 6,053 eligible voters living within the district.
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; 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. Francois, another isolated community in the district, can also be accessed via McCallum through the Francois – Grey River – Burgeo ferry route.
Members of the House of Assembly
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! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
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! colspan="5" | Fortune - Hermitage
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| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th
| 1975–1979
| |
| Jack Winsor
| Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th
| 1979–1982
| rowspan="2" }|
| rowspan="2" |Don Stewart
| rowspan="2" |Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th
| 1982–1985
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th
| 1985–1989
| |
| Roger Simmons
| Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st
| 1989–1993
| }|
| rowspan="2" |Oliver Langdon
| Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd
| 1993–1996
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| Liberal
|-
! colspan="5" | Fortune Bay - Cape la Hune
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd
| 1996–1999
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Oliver Langdon
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th
| 1999–2003
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th
| 2003–2007
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th
| 2007–2011
| rowspan="3" }|
| rowspan="3" |Tracey Perry
| rowspan="3" |Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th
| 2011–2015
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th
| 2015–2019
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th
| 2019–2021
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Elvis Loveless
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th
| 2021–2025
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" |51st
|2025–present
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Former District of Hermitage
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! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
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| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 33rd
| 1962–1966
| rowspan="3" |
| John Cheeseman
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th
| 1966–1971
| Abel Wornell
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th
| 1971
| Harold Piercey
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th
| 1972–1975
| |
| Roy L. Cheeseman
| Progressive Conservative
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Former District of Fortune/Fortune Bay
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! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 33rd
| 1962–1966
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="2" |H.R.V. Earle
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th
| 1966–1971
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th
| 1971
| Augustus Oldford
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th
| 1972–1975
| |
| H.R.V. Earle
| Progressive Conservative
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Former District of Fortune Bay - Hermitage/Fortune and Hermitage
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! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 29th
| 1949–1951
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |John R. Courage
| rowspan="4" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 30th
| 1951–1956
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st
| 1956–1959
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd
| 1959–1962
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Election results
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|NDP
|Sheldon Hynes
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|2.09%
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See also
- List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links
- Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly