Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From 1949 to 1975, the district elected two MHAs.
Between 1972 and the year 2000, it was a Tory stronghold, apart from a two-term Liberal breakthrough in the 1990s.
It includes the southern portion of the town of Conception Bay South and the town of Holyrood, the farthest extern of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. In 2011 the district had 9,005 eligible voters.
In pre-Confederation times when Newfoundland was a colony unto itself, Harbour Main was a district in elections of members of the General Assembly of Newfoundland.Newfoundland Encyclopedia, p. 687 https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/81
Members of the House of Assembly The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
Dual-member district
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Harbour Main—Bell Island 29th 1949–1952 David Ignatius JackmanProgressive Conservative Ronald J. Fahey Progressive Conservative 30th 1952–1956 Philip J. Lewis Liberal Harbour Main 31st 1956–1959 Matthew P. Whelan Liberal Philip J. LewisLiberal 32nd 1959–1962 Albert E. Furey Progressive Conservative 33rd 1962–1966 Clifton Joseph Joy Liberal 34th 1966–1971 John William Mahoney Liberal 35th 1972 Gordon William DaweProgressive Conservative C. William DoodyProgressive Conservative 36th 1972–1975
Single-member district Assembly Years Member Party Harbour Main—Bell Island 37th 1975–1979 C. William Doody Progressive Conservative 38th 1979–1982Norman DoyleProgressive Conservative 39th 1982–1985 Harbour Main 40th 1985–1989Norman DoyleProgressive Conservative 41st 1989–1993 42nd 1993–1996 Don Whelan Liberal Harbour Main—Whitbourne 43rd 1996–1999 Don Whelan Liberal 44th 1999–2003Tom HeddersonProgressive Conservative 45th 2003–2007 Harbour Main 46th 2007–2011Tom HeddersonProgressive Conservative 47th 2011–2015 48th 2015–2019 Betty Parsley Liberal 49th 2019–2021Helen Conway-OttenheimerProgressive Conservative 50th 2021–2025 51st 2025–Present
Election results
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