Humber—St. George's
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 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1949 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1949 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
Humber—St. George's was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 Burin—Burgeo and Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe ridings.
It consisted of the Districts of St. George's-Port au Port, Humber, and St. Barbe and all the unorganised territory bounded on the North by the District of Humber, on the East by the District of Grand Falls, on the South by the District of Burgeo and LaPoile, and on the West by the District of St. George's-Port au Port.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Richard Kent | 11,930 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton C. Loughlin | 1,451 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 12,526 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bertram Butler | 3,612 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 10,272 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry A. Butler | 5,080 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 13,468 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas J. Cahill | 10,239 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 12,771 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | William J. Smith | 7,887 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Edward Finn | 4,313 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 13,605 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Edward Finn | 4,873 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edna Murphy | 4,295 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Herman Batten | 13,855 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | James G. Tompkins | 8,208 | ||||||
