Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Paul Connors (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Avalon, the riding that includes Carbonear
From Newfoundland and Labrador come 7 MPs, 4 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada. Locally, Carbonear is run as a town. This page names no head of council for Carbonear, as no open list of councils exists in Newfoundland and Labrador. Carbonear’s riding for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t shown: the province’s boundary file states no licence, so it can’t be reused.
Three governments, and who does what
Carbonear, 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 Carbonear 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 Carbonear, from the most recent elections.
- 1Carbonear 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 Carbonear votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Carbonear council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. Elected on 30 September 2025, Carbonear council is up again on 25 September 2029. It is the last Tuesday in September every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. 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.
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
Paul Connors is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. Mapped onto today’s Avalon, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 51%; in 2025 Paul Connors 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
In 2021 Ken McDonald won Avalon, as the Liberal Party of Canada had in 2019
Counts for Avalon within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Kenneth McDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) had taken it in 2019 with 46%. Ken McDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) took Avalon in 2021 with 50% of the vote, 5,870 votes ahead of Matthew Chapman (Conservative Party of Canada). Turnout in Avalon was 53% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
All 4 candidates in Avalon, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McDonald | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,608 | 50.1% |
| Matthew Chapman | Conservative Party of Canada | 12,738 | 34.3% |
| Carolyn Davis | New Democratic Party | 5,151 | 13.9% |
| Lainie Stewart | People's Party of Canada | 647 | 1.7% |
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 Carbonear 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. 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.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
Questions about how Carbonear is run
Who is the MP for Carbonear?
For Carbonear, it’s Paul Connors (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Avalon.
Which party won Carbonear in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Ken McDonald (Liberal Party of Canada), in Avalon; Avalon has elected Paul Connors since.
Who is the MHA for Carbonear?
This page can’t say which riding Carbonear is in; the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador lists every MHA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Carbonear?
The head of Carbonear’s 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).