Riding profile

Central Newfoundland

Federal riding — NL · Rural · atlantic

The question

Central Newfoundland: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
57%
Mean margin (pts)
1.4
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 45.3%
  • Liberal 45.0%
  • NDP 2.2%
  • Green 0.8%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Niagara WestConservative61 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Liberal NDP Green
HereCentral Newfoundland 45.3%45.0%2.2%0.8%
Provincial averageNewfoundland and Labrador 31.9% +13.5 56.0% −11.1 3.8% −1.7 0.8% −0.1
National averageCanada 32.1% +13.2 48.0% −3.0 10.6% −8.4 2.7% −2.0

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Central Newfoundland, a rural riding in Newfoundland and Labrador, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 45% vote share, against 45% for the Liberal Party, and the race could swing. Linguistic profile: 0% francophone, 100% anglophone.

Sitting member

Clifford Small

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
10.4 pts
Turnout
64.2%
Margin shift vs current projection
-9.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Clifford Small Elected Conservative 21,975 54.1 Restauranteur
Lynette Powell Liberal 17,696 43.5 Family Physician
Darian Vincent NDP 965 2.4 Retail Worker

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.1%
  • Anglophone 99.5%
  • Non-francophone (other) 0.4%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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