Low advance vote in Bonavista-Burin-Trinity byelection

Just over onethousand people took time to vote early in the advance polls for the Dec. 11 byelection in Bonavista-Burin-Trinity.

The turnout of 1,040 is less than half of the 2,874 who voted in advance polls for the 2015general election.

Advance poll numbers were also way down in the three other federal ridings where byelectionsare being held, in Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan no surprise for byelectionsand the pre-Christmas timing.

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The Newfoundland and Labrador riding went to the Liberals in a landslide two years ago, when Judy Footewon the largest margin of victory in the country.

The riding stretches from MusgraveHarbour and Carmanville in the north to St. Lawrence in the south and according to Elections Canada, has 58,696 people on the voters' list.

Churence Rogers, former president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities, is the Liberal candidate.Mike Windsor, who has a degree in education and a diploma in ministry,is running for the Conservatives. Tyler Downey, who works at Memorial University as a researcher, is the NDP candidate.