Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9674922@N04/ Lucia · CC0Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Central Newfoundland, the riding that includes Baie Verte
Locally, Baie Verte is run as a town. In Newfoundland and Labrador, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Baie Verte’s mayor isn’t named. With no licence on the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s ridings map, Baie Verte isn’t placed in a riding here. Of the 7 Commons seats from Newfoundland and Labrador, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 4.
Three governments, and who does what
Baie Verte, a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.nl.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
There is no county government over Baie Verte; Division No. 8 is a census division, not a council.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Baie Verte, from the most recent elections.
- 1Baie Verte councilTown
- 2House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador–
- 3House of CommonsCentral Newfoundland
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Baie Verte votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Baie Verte council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. The last general elections came on 14 October 2025 for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The council elected on 30 September 2025 serves until 25 September 2029, when Baie Verte council is chosen again. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the last Tuesday in September every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MHA.
Find your MHA on the legislature’s site
assembly.nl.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Clifford Small represents Central Newfoundland in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Central Newfoundland · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
- Conservative Party of Canada3
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Clifford Small was first elected in 2021; the current Parliament is Clifford Small’s 2nd. Mapped onto today’s Central Newfoundland, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 47%; in 2025 Clifford Small kept the seat in the same hands.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame changed hands in 2021, to Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada)
Under the 2013 boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections, Baie Verte sat in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame; the 2025 election put it in Central Newfoundland.
In 2021, 51% of electors cast a ballot in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, under the national 63%. Across Canada’s 338 ridings, only 6 were won by a smaller share. It had changed hands since 2019, when Scott Simms (Liberal Party of Canada) won with 48%. In 2021, Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame went to Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada) on 47%; Scott Simms (Liberal Party of Canada) finished 281 votes behind.
All 3 candidates in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Small | Conservative Party of Canada | 14,927 | 46.9% |
| Scott Simms | Liberal Party of Canada | 14,646 | 46.0% |
| Jamie Ruby | New Democratic Party | 2,261 | 7.1% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Baie Verte is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.gov.nl.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
Questions about how Baie Verte is run
Who is the MP for Baie Verte?
Baie Verte is in Central Newfoundland, represented by Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada).
Which party won Baie Verte in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada), in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame; Clifford Small represents Central Newfoundland today.
Who is the MHA for Baie Verte?
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s website names each MHA by riding; the riding of Baie Verte has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Baie Verte?
Ask the municipality itself: Baie Verte, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).