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APPENDIX 1
Newfoundland Referendum September, 1997

Electoral District

% Population

Voted

Voted

% Population

% Population

% Population

Notes

Voted1

Yes1

No2

Roman
Catholic2

Penten-
costal2

Rom.
Cath. &
Penten-
costal

Baie Verte

45.2

57.9

42.1

23.0

25.0

48.0

48 Provincial District

Bay of Island

47.4

78.6

21.4

34.0

4.0

38.0

28 of 48 Districts > 50% voter turnout

Bellevue

49.4

75.4

24.6

36.0

6.0

42.0

47 of 48 Districts > 50% voted YES

Bonavista North

41.4

87.8

12.2

1.0

9.0

10.0

 

Bonavista South

38.4

76.4

23.6

18.0

5.0

23.0

Largest Denomination Group/district

Burgeo & La Poile

30.3

93.6

6.4

4.0

2.0

6.0

Roman Catholic = 28 Districts

Burin-Placentia West

47.2

64.7

35.3

59.0

2.0

61.0

Pentecostal = 4 Districts

Cape St. Francis

68.0

63.4

36.6

60.0

1.0

61.0

Anglican = 9 Districts

Carbonear-Harbour Grace

51.0

71.4

28.6

28.0

7.0

35.0

United Church = 6 Districts

Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair

45.0

71.4

28.6

18.0

13.0

31.0

Other Protestant = 1 District

Conception Bay E. & Belle Isla

58.2

74.0

26.0

44.0

2.0

46.0

 

Conception Bay South

52.4

76.3

23.7

31.0

4.0

35.0

Roman Catholic Districts:

Exploits

53.0

63.7

36.3

16.0

26.0

42.0

27 of 28 Districts > 50% voted YES

Ferryland

49.6

58.4

41.6

85.0

1.0

86.0

20 of 28 > 50% voter turnout

Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune

41.7

82.2

17.8

34.0

2.0

36.0

13 Districts > 50% population = Roman Cath.

Gander

58.1

84.2

15.8

27.0

7.0

34.0

12 of 13 Districts voted > 50% YES

Grand Bank

44.9

75.4

24.6

38.0

1.0

39.0

 

Grand Falls - Buchans

65.9

68.9

31.1

36.0

12.0

48.0

Pentecostal Districts:

Harbour Main - Whitbourne

51.2

54.7

45.3

60.0

4.0

64.0

4 of 4 Districts > 50% voted YES

Humber East

66.3

79.5

20.5

34.0

5.0

39.0

3 of 4 Districts > 50% voter turnout

Humber Valley

51.9

77.6

22.4

11.0

16.0

27.0

 

Humber West

54.6

76.8

23.2

37.0

5.0

42.0

 

Kilbride

59.1

68.8

31.2

57.0

2.0

59.0

 

Labrador West

55.7

76.0

24.0

41.0

8.0

49.0

 

Lake Melville

46.7

76.4

23.6

30.0

7.0

37.0

 

Lawisporte

57.2

59.9

40.1

9.0

34.0

43.0

 

Mount Pearl

68.1

78.6

21.4

40.0

3.0

43.0

 

Placentia & St. Mary's

46.2

43.8

56.2

91.0

0.0

91.0

 

Port au Port

48.4

50.4

49.6

78.0

3.0

81.0

 

Port de Grave

54.6

85.3

14.7

9.0

5.0

14.0

 

St. Barbe

41.6

84.9

15.1

29.0

5.0

34.0

 

St. George's Stephenville East

41.4

67.5

32.5

70.0

2.0

72.0

 

St. John's Centre

59.4

64.7

35.3

58.0

1.0

59.0

 

St. John's East

79.7

68.9

31.1

50.0

0.0

50.0

 

St. John's North

66.6

71.1

28.9

48.0

4.0

52.0

 

St. John's South

56.7

67.8

32.2

61.0

1.0

62.0

 

St. John's West

67.5

75.6

24.4

52.0

3.0

55.0

 

Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi

64.3

75.0

25.0

50.0

1.0

51.0

 

Terre Nova

47.5

87.5

12.5

11.0

6.0

17.0

 

The Straits & White Bay North

44.3

73.2

26.8

15.0

22.0

37.0

 

Topsail

69.5

80.4

19.6

34.0

3.0

37.0

 

Torngat Mountains

47.4

80.0

20.0

17.0

7.0

24.0

 

Trinity - Bay de Verde

51.2

84.5

15.5

20.0

3.0

23.0

 

Trinity North

48.6

90.0

10.0

9.0

4.0

13.0

 

Twillingate & Fogo

41.2

68.8

31.2

12.0

20.0

32.0

 

Virginia Waters

71.3

76.1

23.9

44.0

2.0

46.0

 

Waterford Valley

58.0

78.7

21.3

43.0

4.0

47.0

 

Windsor - Springdale

56.3

56.8

43.2

15.0

32.0

47.0

 

Sources: 1 - Newfoundland 1997 Plebiscite Official Results

 2 - Statistics Canada 1991 Census