HISTORY
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created July 2020; updated February 2025
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created July 2020; updated February 2025
The Town of Wabana
The photo below is of the building at 14 Middleton Avenue that now houses the offices of the Town of Wabana. At the time the photo was taken, c. 1963, it was the Vocational Training School, then later, the Bell Island Campus of Cabot College. The Town Council moved to the building sometime in the mid-1990s. This photo is #6 of the Southey slides, A&SC, MUN Library.
Before 1949, less than two dozen municipalities in Newfoundland were incorporated. Following Confederation with Canada, new Government assistance programs for incorporated towns was the deciding factor for the incorporation of many towns wishing to finance expensive projects such as water and sewer systems and road paving.
A plebiscite was held in 1949 asking the people of Bell Island if they favoured the establishment of a town council. The Front, Lance Cove and Freshwater voted to remain unincorporated. The Governor-in-Council of the Newfoundland Government issued a proclamation on August 30, 1950 setting up the Town of Wabana, which took in the area surrounding the iron ore mines, as well as the area known as The East End. A few years later, the area known as The Front voted to become part of the Town of Wabana.
The name Wabana was taken from the name (an Abnaki Indian word for east light) that Thomas Cantley had given the mining operation when mining got started in the summer of 1895. This was fitting because the town boundaries took in the area of the mine locations. At first, the boundary was drawn along the line of brooks [going south to Main Brook] and took in all the area around the mines, which included the bulk of the Island's population. A year or two later, the boundary was extended on petition to include the Mercer Street-Memorial Street Area. The boundaries as they stand today are laid out in the 1996 Municipalities Act below:
A plebiscite was held in 1949 asking the people of Bell Island if they favoured the establishment of a town council. The Front, Lance Cove and Freshwater voted to remain unincorporated. The Governor-in-Council of the Newfoundland Government issued a proclamation on August 30, 1950 setting up the Town of Wabana, which took in the area surrounding the iron ore mines, as well as the area known as The East End. A few years later, the area known as The Front voted to become part of the Town of Wabana.
The name Wabana was taken from the name (an Abnaki Indian word for east light) that Thomas Cantley had given the mining operation when mining got started in the summer of 1895. This was fitting because the town boundaries took in the area of the mine locations. At first, the boundary was drawn along the line of brooks [going south to Main Brook] and took in all the area around the mines, which included the bulk of the Island's population. A year or two later, the boundary was extended on petition to include the Mercer Street-Memorial Street Area. The boundaries as they stand today are laid out in the 1996 Municipalities Act below:
The Boundaries of the Town of Wabana
Under the Authority of Section 3 of the Municipalities Act
and the Subordinate Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act,
Consolidated Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 492/96,
as set out in the Schedule
Under the Authority of Section 3 of the Municipalities Act
and the Subordinate Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act,
Consolidated Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 492/96,
as set out in the Schedule
Schedule
Beginning at a point at highwater mark in the south shoreline of Freshwater Cove, that point being located at the mouth of Main Brook where the east bank of Main Brook intersects the south shoreline of Freshwater Cove at highwater mark;
Then running in a generally easterly direction along the sinuosities of the north shoreline of Bell Island via Redman's Head to the most easterly point of Eastern Head;
Then running in a generally southerly direction along the sinuosities of the east shoreline of Bell Island via Poll's Head, Long Harry Point and Pulpit Head to the most southerly point of the Beach;
Then running in a generally southwesterly direction along the sinuosities of the south shoreline of Bell Island via the Ferry Terminal and the Dominion Pier to a point at highwater mark on the Scotia Pier, that point being located south 28° east a distance of 150 metres, more or less, from a point in the western limit of the Scotia Road;
Then running along the western limit of the Scotia Road to its intersection with the north bank of Main Brook;
Then running along the north bank of Main Brook to the outflow at West Dam;
Then running along the south side of West Dam Pond to the point where Main Brook flows into it;
Then running south 60° west a distance of 1,150 metres, more or less, to the eastern side of the brook flowing into Scot's Gulch;
Then running along the east side of the brook to its point of intersection with the north shoreline of Bell Island;
Then running in a generally northeasterly direction along the sinuosities of the north shoreline of Bell Island via Scot's Gulch, Ochre Cove, Youngster's Gulch, Upper Grebe's Nest, Gravel Head, Grebe's Nest, Gull Island North Head, Gull Island South Head and Freshwater Cove to the point of beginning.
All bearings being referred to grid north.
Source: https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/regulations/rc960492.htm (website accessed Oct. 24, 2022).
Beginning at a point at highwater mark in the south shoreline of Freshwater Cove, that point being located at the mouth of Main Brook where the east bank of Main Brook intersects the south shoreline of Freshwater Cove at highwater mark;
Then running in a generally easterly direction along the sinuosities of the north shoreline of Bell Island via Redman's Head to the most easterly point of Eastern Head;
Then running in a generally southerly direction along the sinuosities of the east shoreline of Bell Island via Poll's Head, Long Harry Point and Pulpit Head to the most southerly point of the Beach;
Then running in a generally southwesterly direction along the sinuosities of the south shoreline of Bell Island via the Ferry Terminal and the Dominion Pier to a point at highwater mark on the Scotia Pier, that point being located south 28° east a distance of 150 metres, more or less, from a point in the western limit of the Scotia Road;
Then running along the western limit of the Scotia Road to its intersection with the north bank of Main Brook;
Then running along the north bank of Main Brook to the outflow at West Dam;
Then running along the south side of West Dam Pond to the point where Main Brook flows into it;
Then running south 60° west a distance of 1,150 metres, more or less, to the eastern side of the brook flowing into Scot's Gulch;
Then running along the east side of the brook to its point of intersection with the north shoreline of Bell Island;
Then running in a generally northeasterly direction along the sinuosities of the north shoreline of Bell Island via Scot's Gulch, Ochre Cove, Youngster's Gulch, Upper Grebe's Nest, Gravel Head, Grebe's Nest, Gull Island North Head, Gull Island South Head and Freshwater Cove to the point of beginning.
All bearings being referred to grid north.
Source: https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/regulations/rc960492.htm (website accessed Oct. 24, 2022).
Below is an early 1900s map of Bell Island, drawn decades before the Town of Wabana was incorporated, however, it has most of the landmarks named in the Boundaries Schedule above. "Scotia Road" is marked on this map as "N.S.S.&C.Co. Tramway." What we now know as "West Dam" is called "N.S.S.&C.Co. Upper Dam" on this map. Main Brook is not named, but it is clearly marked and you can see it running into the Upper Dam, then along to the Lower Dam and from there east to Freshwater Cove. The western boundary of the Town of Wabana follows the straight line that is marked out on the map as the western boundary of the Dominion Iron & Steel Co. property.
Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives, Bell Island Map Collection, MG19 B-58 334.
Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives, Bell Island Map Collection, MG19 B-58 334.
THE FIRST COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WABANA
On Saturday, September 16, 1950, the first election of councilors for the new Town of Wabana was held. Out of a possible electorate of 2,600 citizens, only 898, approximately 34%, exercised their right to vote. Of 23 candidates, the following 7 were elected (descriptions in brackets are from The Daily News, Sept. 20, 1950):
Michael J. Hawco, 511 votes (SPCA Agent, formerly Government Health Inspector);
William H. White, 400 votes (literary-minded);
Pierre Coxworthy, 371 votes (businessman, veteran of WWII);
Martin Rose, 308 votes (a leading businessman, former Company employee, branched out on his own about 25 years ago);
William T. Jardine, 293 votes (mine foreman, WWII Royal Artillery);
Gerald C. Tucker, 289 votes (young businessman, WWII Royal Artillery);
Maxwell Hutchings, 284 votes (formerly chair of Company's Safety Committee, resigned a few months ago to start his own business, WWII Flight-Lieutenant; candidate for National Convention; campaign manager for Liberal Party).
The first meeting of the new council was held on September 20, 1950. At the second meeting, held on September 22, 1950, the newly-elected councillors chose Maxwell Hutchings to be Mayor, and Pierre Coxworthy to be Deputy Mayor. Michael J. Hawco was chosen to be Town Manager. One of the first contributions to the funds of the new Council was $10,000 from DOSCO.
Prior to the establishment of the Town of Wabana, traffic control for Bell Island had been the responsibility of the Bell Island branch of the National Safety League. Beginning in September 1950, the control of traffic within the Town area belonged to the Council which, under the Local Government Act, now had the power to make regulations to govern traffic within the Town. "For the remainder of the Island, the Safety League continued to keep a watchful eye on motor traffic in conjunction with the police." (Source: The Daily News, October 4, 1950, p. 4)
The newspaper clipping below is of the first Wabana Town Council members in 1950. Photo courtesy of Lydia Bennett.
Michael J. Hawco, 511 votes (SPCA Agent, formerly Government Health Inspector);
William H. White, 400 votes (literary-minded);
Pierre Coxworthy, 371 votes (businessman, veteran of WWII);
Martin Rose, 308 votes (a leading businessman, former Company employee, branched out on his own about 25 years ago);
William T. Jardine, 293 votes (mine foreman, WWII Royal Artillery);
Gerald C. Tucker, 289 votes (young businessman, WWII Royal Artillery);
Maxwell Hutchings, 284 votes (formerly chair of Company's Safety Committee, resigned a few months ago to start his own business, WWII Flight-Lieutenant; candidate for National Convention; campaign manager for Liberal Party).
The first meeting of the new council was held on September 20, 1950. At the second meeting, held on September 22, 1950, the newly-elected councillors chose Maxwell Hutchings to be Mayor, and Pierre Coxworthy to be Deputy Mayor. Michael J. Hawco was chosen to be Town Manager. One of the first contributions to the funds of the new Council was $10,000 from DOSCO.
Prior to the establishment of the Town of Wabana, traffic control for Bell Island had been the responsibility of the Bell Island branch of the National Safety League. Beginning in September 1950, the control of traffic within the Town area belonged to the Council which, under the Local Government Act, now had the power to make regulations to govern traffic within the Town. "For the remainder of the Island, the Safety League continued to keep a watchful eye on motor traffic in conjunction with the police." (Source: The Daily News, October 4, 1950, p. 4)
The newspaper clipping below is of the first Wabana Town Council members in 1950. Photo courtesy of Lydia Bennett.
Timeline of Mayors of the Town of Wabana
September 1950 to July 1955: Max Hutchings
July 1955 to October 1965: Dr. Walter Templeman
November 1965 to April 1966: Brian Murphy
May 1966 to November 1966: Bernard Downey
December 1966-April 1967: ?
May 1967 to September 1967: Max Boone
September 1967 to December 1968: ?
January 1968 to November 1973: Frank Pendergast
November 1973 to November 1974: Raymond Gendreau
November 1974-November 1977: ?
November 1977 to July 1980: Frank Pendergast
July 1980 to January 1981: Edward Murphy
February 1981 to November 1981: Maria Dwyer
November 1981 to September 1983: Peter Kent
September 1983 to August 1987: Dr. Walter Tucker
August 1987 to April 1993: Kevin McCarthy
April 1993 to November 1993: Charles Bown
November 1993 to September 1995: Ambrose Rose
September 1995 to June 2024: Gary Gosine
September 2024 to --- : Philip Tobin
Source: Town of Wabana website (July 2020)
July 1955 to October 1965: Dr. Walter Templeman
November 1965 to April 1966: Brian Murphy
May 1966 to November 1966: Bernard Downey
December 1966-April 1967: ?
May 1967 to September 1967: Max Boone
September 1967 to December 1968: ?
January 1968 to November 1973: Frank Pendergast
November 1973 to November 1974: Raymond Gendreau
November 1974-November 1977: ?
November 1977 to July 1980: Frank Pendergast
July 1980 to January 1981: Edward Murphy
February 1981 to November 1981: Maria Dwyer
November 1981 to September 1983: Peter Kent
September 1983 to August 1987: Dr. Walter Tucker
August 1987 to April 1993: Kevin McCarthy
April 1993 to November 1993: Charles Bown
November 1993 to September 1995: Ambrose Rose
September 1995 to June 2024: Gary Gosine
September 2024 to --- : Philip Tobin
Source: Town of Wabana website (July 2020)
Michael J. Hawco was the first Town Manager from 1950 to about 1956.
Hubert W. Butler was Town Manager from about 1956 until he retired in 1971.
Hubert W. Butler was Town Manager from about 1956 until he retired in 1971.
Town Council Office Locations, 1950 to 2023
The first Town of Wabana office was located in rooms above Walter Squire's Store on Main Street, next to the CLB Armoury. [Information from Doug Butler, son of former Town Manager, Hubert Butler.] The photo below of the shuttered shop is from A&SC, MUN Library, the Alex Stacey Collection, photo #479. The exterior stairs to the upper floor, where the Town Council offices would have been, were located on the right of the building. In this photo, demolition of the building seems to have been started and the stairs already removed. This would have been around 1967 or so. From the newspaper clipping below, we know that the Council office had moved to the former DOSCO Survey Office at the corner of No. 2 Road and Town Square by 1959.
The newspaper clipping below is from the Daily News Year End Review, Dec. 31, 1959. It shows the second Wabana Town Council Office located in the former DOSCO Survey Office, which is still standing, on Town Square where it meets No. 2 Road. The Town Council moved from there to the former Vocational School/Cabot College in the mid-1990s. (In 2023, this building is owned by Tourism Bell Island and is known as "The Red Building." It houses the "Bell Island Music Hall of Memories.")
Some Early History of the Town of Wabana
The following information about the Wabana Town Council's first seven years is from "Wabana Bell Island: Report on the Municipal Plan, January 1958" by Canadian-British Engineering Consultants, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In July, 1956, the consulting firm had been contracted by the Town of Wabana to work in cooperation with the Provincial Town Planning Authority and Dominion Wabana Ore Limited in planning "revisions and authorized extensions to the Townsite of Wabana."(This was at the culmination of DOSCO's 22-million-dollar expansion and modernization program for Wabana Mines when all was looking rosy for a bright future for Bell Island. Alas, by the time the report was presented in 1958, things were already starting to turn in the wrong direction for the mines. Closures started in 1959 with No. 6 Mine, continued in 1962 with No. 4 Mine, and concluded in 1966 with No. 3 Mine.)
The Town of Wabana was incorporated on August 29, 1950. Its boundary was drawn along the line of brooks [going south to Main Brook] and took in all the area around the mines, which included the bulk of the Island's population. A year or two later, the boundary was extended on petition to include the Mercer Street-Memorial Street Area.
Before the incorporation of the municipality, no form of local government existed. There were only a few local road boards to deal with the maintenance of certain roads. Education was managed by the various religious denominations, public health and some of the main road systems by the provincial government, and policing by the R.C.M.P.
The main services provided by the Council are [in 1958] garbage and waste removal, road maintenance including snow removal, street lighting, and fire protection. The Council also employs a full-time police officer. The provision of a municipal water supply and sewerage system has been one of the main concerns of the Council since its early days.
In 1957, the bulk of the Council's revenue comes from Provincial Government grants. The Municipal Service Fee comprises a poll tax of only $7.50 per year for residents of the town, and $5.00 per year for residents of Bell Island living outside the boundaries of the Town, but employed within the Municipality. There is no tradition of tax payment, and difficulty is experienced in collecting even this small sum. The business tax is limited to $1,000 per year so that an important industry such as the Mining Company is required to pay no more than this.
Of Bell Island's total population of approximately 12,000 [in 1957], about 8,000 live within the Municipal boundaries. Approximate population figures for each area are:
In Wabana:
Central Area 3,600
The Green 1,150
West Mines 1,100 [from Scotia Road to Ford Street on south side of West Mines Road]
West No. 1 700 [Scotia No. 1, ie. north side of West Mines Road]
The Valley 450
Middleton Ave & Butlerville 450
Total 7,950 approx. 8,000
Outside Wabana, but within Area of Planning Control:
East End 400
The Front 1,200
Area West of Dominion East
Tramway [now Steve Neary Blvd] 900
Total 2,500 2,500
Outside Area of Planning Control [ie. Lance Cove to Freshwater] 1,400
(Census 1956: 11,724) Total Bell Island 11,900
Transportation in 1957:
In 1957, apart from a school bus service, there was no regular bus service, only an "occasional" bus that ran from Town Square to the west of the Island, but it had no fixed schedule.
There were about 12 taxis on the Island. The charge per passenger from the ferry landing to "the town" was 50 cents.
There is an hourly ferry service between Portugal Cove and the Island, taking 20 minutes, operated by the Newfoundland Transportation Company, with two vessels: Elmer Jones and Kipowa carrying about 20 and 6 vehicles respectively, as well as passengers. The charge for a heavy truck loaded is $14,00 and this is reflected in the increased price of goods on the Island. Inclement weather may prevent a crossing and in 1957 frozen seas interrupted the service for several weeks.
There is no regular air service, but a flight by helicopter from Torbay Airport near St. John's to the Playing Field in the centre of the town takes 10 minutes.
Utility Services in 1957:
Electric power is supplied both for industrial and domestic consumption by the Newfoundland Light and Power Co. Ltd. through three submarine cables from St. Philips (on the main coast 3 miles distant) to a substation at Dominion Pier. From there, overhead lines carry the power all over the Island.
Telephone service is provided by Avalon Telephone Company and covers the Island. Overhead wiring shares the electricity poles. An automatic exchange is being installed to replace the present call system.
Water for industrial and fire protection purposes is obtained by the mining company from its 20,000,000 gallon reservoir at West Dam in the centre of the Island, and by pumping from sumps in the Mine slopes. For its domestic supply, the Company has three deep-wells drilled to a maximum depth of 950 feet, from which approximately 150,000 gallons of water per day are pumped and distributed through a system of 4-inch mains. These are designed to supply Company-owned Staff houses, dryhouses and office buildings, but many unauthorized private connections have also been made. Most of the houses on the Green and in Bennett Street and the Company-built houses at Scotia Ridge and the Dominion Ranges have this water supply.
Regarding sewerage, there is no existing sewerage system. Buildings are served either by privies or by cesspools or septic tanks. Some Company-owned buildings are connected in groups to communal septic tanks. Owing to the lack of topsoil in the area of the town, and its general impermeability of the subsoil, existing conditions are a matter of concern to the health authorities.
Regarding garbage disposal, the town dump used to be situated on open fields immediately to the east of the Green. After complaints from the inhabitants of the nuisance and of the danger from burning debris blown by the wind, in 1957, the dump was moved to abandoned cuttings in the extreme northeast of the Island, where it is periodically covered with rock rubble. There are other cuttings west of No. 6 Mine also suitable for the purpose, and it is also intended to use the cuttings between the Green and Central area while they are being back-filled by the Company.
The Town of Wabana was incorporated on August 29, 1950. Its boundary was drawn along the line of brooks [going south to Main Brook] and took in all the area around the mines, which included the bulk of the Island's population. A year or two later, the boundary was extended on petition to include the Mercer Street-Memorial Street Area.
Before the incorporation of the municipality, no form of local government existed. There were only a few local road boards to deal with the maintenance of certain roads. Education was managed by the various religious denominations, public health and some of the main road systems by the provincial government, and policing by the R.C.M.P.
The main services provided by the Council are [in 1958] garbage and waste removal, road maintenance including snow removal, street lighting, and fire protection. The Council also employs a full-time police officer. The provision of a municipal water supply and sewerage system has been one of the main concerns of the Council since its early days.
In 1957, the bulk of the Council's revenue comes from Provincial Government grants. The Municipal Service Fee comprises a poll tax of only $7.50 per year for residents of the town, and $5.00 per year for residents of Bell Island living outside the boundaries of the Town, but employed within the Municipality. There is no tradition of tax payment, and difficulty is experienced in collecting even this small sum. The business tax is limited to $1,000 per year so that an important industry such as the Mining Company is required to pay no more than this.
Of Bell Island's total population of approximately 12,000 [in 1957], about 8,000 live within the Municipal boundaries. Approximate population figures for each area are:
In Wabana:
Central Area 3,600
The Green 1,150
West Mines 1,100 [from Scotia Road to Ford Street on south side of West Mines Road]
West No. 1 700 [Scotia No. 1, ie. north side of West Mines Road]
The Valley 450
Middleton Ave & Butlerville 450
Total 7,950 approx. 8,000
Outside Wabana, but within Area of Planning Control:
East End 400
The Front 1,200
Area West of Dominion East
Tramway [now Steve Neary Blvd] 900
Total 2,500 2,500
Outside Area of Planning Control [ie. Lance Cove to Freshwater] 1,400
(Census 1956: 11,724) Total Bell Island 11,900
Transportation in 1957:
In 1957, apart from a school bus service, there was no regular bus service, only an "occasional" bus that ran from Town Square to the west of the Island, but it had no fixed schedule.
There were about 12 taxis on the Island. The charge per passenger from the ferry landing to "the town" was 50 cents.
There is an hourly ferry service between Portugal Cove and the Island, taking 20 minutes, operated by the Newfoundland Transportation Company, with two vessels: Elmer Jones and Kipowa carrying about 20 and 6 vehicles respectively, as well as passengers. The charge for a heavy truck loaded is $14,00 and this is reflected in the increased price of goods on the Island. Inclement weather may prevent a crossing and in 1957 frozen seas interrupted the service for several weeks.
There is no regular air service, but a flight by helicopter from Torbay Airport near St. John's to the Playing Field in the centre of the town takes 10 minutes.
Utility Services in 1957:
Electric power is supplied both for industrial and domestic consumption by the Newfoundland Light and Power Co. Ltd. through three submarine cables from St. Philips (on the main coast 3 miles distant) to a substation at Dominion Pier. From there, overhead lines carry the power all over the Island.
Telephone service is provided by Avalon Telephone Company and covers the Island. Overhead wiring shares the electricity poles. An automatic exchange is being installed to replace the present call system.
Water for industrial and fire protection purposes is obtained by the mining company from its 20,000,000 gallon reservoir at West Dam in the centre of the Island, and by pumping from sumps in the Mine slopes. For its domestic supply, the Company has three deep-wells drilled to a maximum depth of 950 feet, from which approximately 150,000 gallons of water per day are pumped and distributed through a system of 4-inch mains. These are designed to supply Company-owned Staff houses, dryhouses and office buildings, but many unauthorized private connections have also been made. Most of the houses on the Green and in Bennett Street and the Company-built houses at Scotia Ridge and the Dominion Ranges have this water supply.
Regarding sewerage, there is no existing sewerage system. Buildings are served either by privies or by cesspools or septic tanks. Some Company-owned buildings are connected in groups to communal septic tanks. Owing to the lack of topsoil in the area of the town, and its general impermeability of the subsoil, existing conditions are a matter of concern to the health authorities.
Regarding garbage disposal, the town dump used to be situated on open fields immediately to the east of the Green. After complaints from the inhabitants of the nuisance and of the danger from burning debris blown by the wind, in 1957, the dump was moved to abandoned cuttings in the extreme northeast of the Island, where it is periodically covered with rock rubble. There are other cuttings west of No. 6 Mine also suitable for the purpose, and it is also intended to use the cuttings between the Green and Central area while they are being back-filled by the Company.
Some things of note:
The area of Bell Island that took in the No. 3, No. 6 and No. 2 Mines and Town Square was often referred to during the mining years as "The Mines." People who lived at The Front of the Island would use the phrase "going in to The Mines" when they were telling someone they were going to the business district to shop or visit a doctor, or going to visit someone who lived in that general area.
In the 1921 Census, "The Mines" generally referred to the neighbourhoods that took in The Green and The Valley to the north, Scotia Ridge and Ten Commandments Range to the west, Armoury Road and Main Street to the East, and anything north of the Main Brook.
In the 1935 Census, Scotia Ridge and The Valley area were listed separately from the areas listed as "The Mines."
West Mines was listed separately in both.
The area of Bell Island that took in the No. 3, No. 6 and No. 2 Mines and Town Square was often referred to during the mining years as "The Mines." People who lived at The Front of the Island would use the phrase "going in to The Mines" when they were telling someone they were going to the business district to shop or visit a doctor, or going to visit someone who lived in that general area.
In the 1921 Census, "The Mines" generally referred to the neighbourhoods that took in The Green and The Valley to the north, Scotia Ridge and Ten Commandments Range to the west, Armoury Road and Main Street to the East, and anything north of the Main Brook.
In the 1935 Census, Scotia Ridge and The Valley area were listed separately from the areas listed as "The Mines."
West Mines was listed separately in both.
Here are the roads that Elections Newfoundand & Labrador lists for the Town of Wabana in 2021:
Polling Station 33 with 252 registered electors:
Bridal Avenue; Court House Hill; Craig Avenue; Davidson Avenue; Downing Street; Gosine's Road; Hedd's Lane; Kavanagh's Lane (Odd and even numbers 1 to 24, east of Wabana boundary); Lahey's Lane; Lance Cove Road (Odd and even numbers 1 to 45); Memorial Street (Odd and even numbers 91 to 137); Mercer Street; Nish Jackman Drive; Old Pier Road; Pitts' Lane; Renown Street; Shea's Lane; Sixth Street; Tennis Court Road; and Wood's Avenue.
Polling Station 35 with 285 registered electors:
Airport Road; Brian House Way; Butlerville Road; Byrne Street; Conway Street; Crane's Lane; Dobbin's Road; Farrell Street; Foley's Road; Ford Street; French Lane; Galway Street; Gouthro Street; Hart Street; Hunt's Street; Hussey's Street; Jenkin's Road; Matthew's Road; McCarthy Street; McDonald Road; Middleton Avenue (Even numbers 2 to 226, odd numbers 1 to 207); Noseworthy's Hill; Pasture Road; Reid's Road; Scotia Road; Vokey's Road; West Mines Road; West Track Road; Whalen Street; and Young Street.
Polling Station 36 with 254 registered electors:
Bown Street; Fifth Street; Fourth Street; Grammar Street; McDougal Street; Petrie's Hill; Rideout's Road; Ten Commandments Range; Third Street; and Wall Street. [Wall Street?]
Polling Station 37 with 316 registered electors:
Backview Street; Basha's Lane; Cabot Street; Carter's Avenue; Exile Street; Farm Road; Fleming Street; Gear's Lane; Greenview Street; Hibb's Road; Joy's Lane; Knights of Columbus Drive; Martin's Road; No. 2 Road (Including Dr. Walter Templeman Health Centre and Pond's Manor, 36 No. 2 Road); No. 2 Back Road; No. 2 Cove Road; No. 6 Range; No. 6 Road; No. 6 Range Extension; Theatre Avenue; Tremblett's Road; Two Cove Road; Valley Loop; Valley Crescent; Valley Road; Valley Hill Road; and Wiseman's Lane.
Polling Station 38 with 212 registered electors:
Barnes Road; Butler's Lane; Churchill's Lane; Coomb's Lane; Delahunty's Lane; East No. 1 Loop; East No. 1 Road; Gilbert Street; Gull Island Road; Guy Street; Incinerator Road; Jackman's Lane; Kavanagh's Road; Kitchen's Lane; Lighthouse Road; McGrath's Road; Normore Crescent; Noseworthy's Lane; Perry's Lane; and Quigley's Line.
Polling Station 39 with 223 registered electors:
Armoury Road; Blackmore Road; Cahill's Lane; Carbage's Loop; Church Street; Colbourne Street; East End Road; Fitzgerald's Lane; Greenwood Avenue; King's Avenue; Main Street; Newman's Lane; Post Office Road; Skane's Lane; Snow's Lane; St. Pat's Lane; and Tucker Street.
Polling Station 40 with 188 registered electors:
Beach Hill; Beach Lane (Odd and even numbers 11 and higher); Bennett Street; Bowdring's Road; Cemetery Hill; Cemetery Lane; Compressor Hill; Dosco Hill; Dwyer's Lane; Hearn's Road; Long Harry Road; Memorial Street (Odd and even numbers 2 to 89); Murphy's Hill; Murphy's Lane; Railroad Street; Searle's Lane; Steve Neary Boulevard; The Beach (Odd and even numbers 1 to 10); and Warford's Lane.
Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador, 2021 Provincial General Elections Report, pp. 100-101 (website accessed October 28, 2022).
Polling Station 33 with 252 registered electors:
Bridal Avenue; Court House Hill; Craig Avenue; Davidson Avenue; Downing Street; Gosine's Road; Hedd's Lane; Kavanagh's Lane (Odd and even numbers 1 to 24, east of Wabana boundary); Lahey's Lane; Lance Cove Road (Odd and even numbers 1 to 45); Memorial Street (Odd and even numbers 91 to 137); Mercer Street; Nish Jackman Drive; Old Pier Road; Pitts' Lane; Renown Street; Shea's Lane; Sixth Street; Tennis Court Road; and Wood's Avenue.
Polling Station 35 with 285 registered electors:
Airport Road; Brian House Way; Butlerville Road; Byrne Street; Conway Street; Crane's Lane; Dobbin's Road; Farrell Street; Foley's Road; Ford Street; French Lane; Galway Street; Gouthro Street; Hart Street; Hunt's Street; Hussey's Street; Jenkin's Road; Matthew's Road; McCarthy Street; McDonald Road; Middleton Avenue (Even numbers 2 to 226, odd numbers 1 to 207); Noseworthy's Hill; Pasture Road; Reid's Road; Scotia Road; Vokey's Road; West Mines Road; West Track Road; Whalen Street; and Young Street.
Polling Station 36 with 254 registered electors:
Bown Street; Fifth Street; Fourth Street; Grammar Street; McDougal Street; Petrie's Hill; Rideout's Road; Ten Commandments Range; Third Street; and Wall Street. [Wall Street?]
Polling Station 37 with 316 registered electors:
Backview Street; Basha's Lane; Cabot Street; Carter's Avenue; Exile Street; Farm Road; Fleming Street; Gear's Lane; Greenview Street; Hibb's Road; Joy's Lane; Knights of Columbus Drive; Martin's Road; No. 2 Road (Including Dr. Walter Templeman Health Centre and Pond's Manor, 36 No. 2 Road); No. 2 Back Road; No. 2 Cove Road; No. 6 Range; No. 6 Road; No. 6 Range Extension; Theatre Avenue; Tremblett's Road; Two Cove Road; Valley Loop; Valley Crescent; Valley Road; Valley Hill Road; and Wiseman's Lane.
Polling Station 38 with 212 registered electors:
Barnes Road; Butler's Lane; Churchill's Lane; Coomb's Lane; Delahunty's Lane; East No. 1 Loop; East No. 1 Road; Gilbert Street; Gull Island Road; Guy Street; Incinerator Road; Jackman's Lane; Kavanagh's Road; Kitchen's Lane; Lighthouse Road; McGrath's Road; Normore Crescent; Noseworthy's Lane; Perry's Lane; and Quigley's Line.
Polling Station 39 with 223 registered electors:
Armoury Road; Blackmore Road; Cahill's Lane; Carbage's Loop; Church Street; Colbourne Street; East End Road; Fitzgerald's Lane; Greenwood Avenue; King's Avenue; Main Street; Newman's Lane; Post Office Road; Skane's Lane; Snow's Lane; St. Pat's Lane; and Tucker Street.
Polling Station 40 with 188 registered electors:
Beach Hill; Beach Lane (Odd and even numbers 11 and higher); Bennett Street; Bowdring's Road; Cemetery Hill; Cemetery Lane; Compressor Hill; Dosco Hill; Dwyer's Lane; Hearn's Road; Long Harry Road; Memorial Street (Odd and even numbers 2 to 89); Murphy's Hill; Murphy's Lane; Railroad Street; Searle's Lane; Steve Neary Boulevard; The Beach (Odd and even numbers 1 to 10); and Warford's Lane.
Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador, 2021 Provincial General Elections Report, pp. 100-101 (website accessed October 28, 2022).