Bonavista—Twillingate
# Bonavista—Twillingate

Bonavista—Twillingate was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Burin—Burgeo, Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador ridings.

It initially consisted of the Districts of Twillingate, Fogo, Bonavista North, and Bonavista South excluding any part of the territory within a radius of five miles from the railway station at Gander.

In 1952, it was expanded to include the unorganized territory bounded on the North and West by the District of Grand Falls, on the South by the Districts of Burgeo and LaPoile and Fortune Bay-Hermitage, on the East by the Districts of Trinity North, Bonavista South and Bonavista North.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bonavista—Twillingate |||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Frederick Gordon Bradley | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1967 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| 27th | 1967–1968 | Charles Granger | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Burin—Burgeo, Gander—Twillingate and Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador |||||

## Election results

1949 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Frederick Gordon Bradley | 9,744 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Kenneth S.G. Dawe | 1,415 |

1953 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 10,072 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Edward Russell | 2,564 |

1957 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 9,158 |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Charles Pinsent | 1,347 |

1958 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 13,670 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gerald M. Winter | 4,323 |

1962 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 11,530 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Whitfield Bannister | 3,846 |

1963 Canadian federal election :

| Candidate | Votes |
| - | - |
| Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 11,748 |
| Progressive Conservative | Guy H. Eveleigh | 2,448 |
| Independent Liberal | Walter Herbert Davis | 1,943 |

1965 Canadian federal election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jack Pickersgill | 10,113 |
| | Progressive Conservative | William Q. Moss | 3,687 |

By-election on 6 November 1967

On Mr. Pickersgill's, resignation, 19 September 1967 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Charles Granger | 8,112 |
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred Nathan French | 6,356 |
| Independent | Samuel Drover | 370 |
