Labrador West (electoral district)
- Labrador West (electoral district)
Infobox Canadian provincial riding
name = Labrador West
province = Newfoundland and Labrador
legislature = Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
member-type = MHA
party-colour = Progressive Conservative
member = Jim Baker
member-party = Progressive Conservative
census-date = 2006
pop = 9638
election-date = 2007
electors =
area =
popdens =
created = 1975 (formerly known as Menihek)
cdivision =
muns = Churchill Falls, Labrador City, Wabush
Labrador West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Known as the iron ore capital of Canada with two modern mining communities: Labrador City and Wabush. With both mines unionized, the area is considered a strong base of labour support.
It was one of only two districts in Newfoundland (the other being Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) to return a New Democratic MHA, and has been traded between the Tories and NDP since its creation. It has never returned a Liberal MHA.
External links
* [http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/ Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]
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