Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In central Newfoundland on the Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north. Most of the population lives in the southern centres of Botwood and Bishop's Falls.
To the north, Exploits includes communities in Notre Dame Bay such as Cottrell's Cove, but most of the population lives in southern centres such as Botwood and Bishop's Falls. Communities include: Bishop's Falls, Bishop's Falls South, Botwood, Charles Brook, Cottrell's Cove, Fortune Harbour, Glovers Harbour, Leading Tickles West, Moore's Cove, Northern Arm, Peterview, Phillip's Head, Pleasantview, Point Leamington, Point of Bay, Ritter's Arm, and Wooddale.
The district was formerly represented by Liberal Premier Roger Grimes.
Members of the House of Assembly The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly: Assembly Years Member Party 37th 1975–1976 Stephen Mulrooney Liberal 1976–1979Hugh TwomeyProgressive Conservative 38th 1979–1982 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1989 41st 1989–1993 Roger GrimesLiberal 42nd 1993–1996 43rd 1996–1999 44th 1999–2003 45th 2003–2005 2005–2007Clayton ForseyProgressive Conservative 46th 2007–2011 47th 2011–2015 48th 2015–2019 Jerry Dean Liberal 49th 2019–2021Pleaman ForseyProgressive Conservative 50th 2021–2025 51st 2025–Present
Election results
|}Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|PC |Clayton Forsey |align="right"|2,605 |align="right"|55.2 |align="right"|
| style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Whelan |align="right"|159 |align="right"|3.4 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,722 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|
|NDP |John Whelan |align="right"|168 |align="right"|2.93% |align="right"| |}Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|NDP |Arnold Best |align="right"|633 |align="right"| |align="right"|
See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly