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Ferryland (electoral district)

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District created
  
1975

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Newfoundland and Labrador

First contested
  
1975

Population (2006)
  
11,901


Legislature
  
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

MHA
  
Keith Hutchings Progressive Conservative

Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district.

This was the most strongly anti-Confederation area of the province in the late 1940s, but turned Liberal in the 1950s and 1960s. It is historically a fishing district, but tourism has been growing. Ferryland contains part of the City of St. John's in the area of Lower Goulds as well as the communities of: Admiral's Cove, Aquaforte, Bay Bulls, Bauline East, Biscay Bay, Brigus South, Burnt Cove, Calvert, Cape Broyle, Cappahayden, Daniel's Point, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Kingman's Cove, La Manche, Mobile, Petty-Harbour-Maddox Cove, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews, St. Michael's, Tors Cove, Trepassey and Witless Bay.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

References

Ferryland (electoral district) Wikipedia