Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Avalon, which takes in Bay Bulls, is held by Paul Connors (Liberal Party of Canada)
4 of the 7 MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador belong to the Liberal Party of Canada. Locally, Bay Bulls is run as a town. In Newfoundland and Labrador, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Bay Bulls’ mayor isn’t named. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Bay Bulls in a riding.
Three governments, and who does what
Bay Bulls, 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.
The census places Bay Bulls in Division No. 1, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Bay Bulls, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bay Bulls councilTown
- 2House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador–
- 3House of CommonsAvalon
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 Bay Bulls votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Bulls council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose Bay Bulls council on 30 September 2025 and will again on 25 September 2029. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the last Tuesday in September every four years. 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. This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms.
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
Paul Connors represents Avalon in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Avalon · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
- Conservative Party of Canada3
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Avalon puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 51%; Paul Connors held it for the party in 2025. Paul Connors is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote.
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
In 2021, St. John's South—Mount Pearl re-elected Seamus O'Regan of the Liberal Party of Canada
Results in St. John's South—Mount Pearl, the riding Bay Bulls belonged to on the 2013 map used in 2019 and 2021; since 2025 it votes in Avalon.
At 53%, fewer of St. John's South—Mount Pearl voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Seamus O'Regan already held it after the 2019 election, won with 51%. Seamus O'Regan (Liberal Party of Canada) took St. John's South—Mount Pearl in 2021 with 56% of the vote, 11,365 votes ahead of Ray Critch (New Democratic Party).
All 4 candidates in St. John's South—Mount Pearl, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seamus O'Regan | Liberal Party of Canada | 19,478 | 56.2% |
| Ray Critch | New Democratic Party | 8,113 | 23.4% |
| Steve Hodder | Conservative Party of Canada | 6,447 | 18.6% |
| Georgia Faith Stewart | People's Party of Canada | 638 | 1.8% |
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 Bay Bulls 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
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- 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.
Questions about how Bay Bulls is run
Who is the MP for Bay Bulls?
Paul Connors (Liberal Party of Canada) sits for Avalon, the riding Bay Bulls is in.
Which party won Bay Bulls in the 2021 federal election?
St. John's South—Mount Pearl went to Seamus O'Regan (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Paul Connors has been the MP for Avalon.
Who is the MHA for Bay Bulls?
Bay Bulls’ riding isn’t placed on this page; the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s members page lists every MHA by riding.
Who heads the council in Bay Bulls?
The head of Bay Bulls’ council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
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).