Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011, there were 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, St. Shotts, Tors Cove, Trepassey, and Witless Bay. The district is considered a Progressive Conservative (PC) stronghold.

Bordering districts include Conception Bay South, Harbour Main, Mount Pearl-Southlands, Placentia-St. Mary's, and Waterford Valley.

Members of the House of Assembly The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador

Assembly Years Member Party 29th 1949–1951    Peter John Cashin Independent 1951    Progressive Conservative 30th 1951–1952 Augustine Michael Duffy 1952–1956    Myles MurrayLiberal 31st 1956–1959 32nd 1959–1962 33rd 1962–1966 34th 1966–1971 Aiden Joseph Maloney 35th 1971–1972Thomas Mershon DoyleProgressive Conservative 36th 1972–1975 37th 1975–1979Charles J. Power 38th 1979–1982 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1989 41st 1989–1992 1992–1993Loyola Sullivan 42nd 1993–1996 43rd 1996–1999 44th 1999–2003 45th 2003–2006 2007Keith Hutchings 46th 2007–2011 47th 2011–2015 48th 2015–2019 49th 2019–2021 Loyola O'Driscoll 50th 2021–2025 51st 2025–Present

Election results

|NDP |Chris Molloy |align="right"|1.224 |align="right"|24.26 |align="right"|+17.35

|NDP |Grace Bavington |align="right"|351 |align="right"|6.91% |align="right"|+1.95% |}Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

|NDP |Rick Boland |align="right"|183 |align="right"|4.96% |align="right"|-0.19% |}Ferryland byelection February 8, 2007

|NDP |Lois Martin |align="right"|309 |align="right"|5.15 |align="right"|

|Independent |Pilar Riego-Hickey |align="right"|11 |align="right"|0.18 |align="right"|

|NDP |Gerry Ryan |align="right"|147 |align="right"|2.2% |align="right"|

|NDP |V Silk |align="right"|166 |align="right"|0.32% |align="right"|

See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly