St. John's East (provincial electoral district) explained

St. John's East
Province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1949
Prov-Election-First:1949
Prov-Election-Last:2011
Prov-Rep:George Murphy
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
Demo-Census-Date:2006
Demo-Pop:11739
Demo-Electors:8063
Demo-Electors-Date:2011

St. John's East was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 8,063 eligible voters living within the district.[1] The district was abolished in 2015 as Newfoundland and Labrador reduced the number of districts. Portions of the district are now within the district of St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.

Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

For MHAs elected to the old St. John's East between 1956 and 1995 see Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

Dual-Member District

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
St. John's Centre
1949–1951   John HigginsProgressive Conservative   Frank FogwillProgressive Conservative
1952–1956James D. Higgins

Single-Member District

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
St. John's Centre
31st1956–1959   Augustine M. DuffyProgressive Conservative
32nd1959–1962   United Newfoundland Party
33rd1962–1966   Anthony MurphyProgressive Conservative
34th1966–1971
35th1971–1972
36th1972–1975
37th1975–1979Paddy McNicholas
38th1979–1982
39th1982–1985
40th1985–1989
41st1989–1993   Hubert KitchenLiberal
42nd1993–1996
St. John's East
43rd1996–1999   John OttenheimerProgressive Conservative
43rd1999–2003
44th2003–2007
45th2007–2011Ed Buckingham
46th2011–2015   George MurphyNew Democratic
[2]

Election results

|- |NDP|George Murphy|align="right"|2,766|align="right"|52.11|align="right"|+35.51|-|-|}

|-|- |NDP|Gemma Schlamp-Hickey|align="right"|864|align="right"|16.60|align="right"||-

|NDP|Bruce Clarke|align="right"|864|align="right"|14.54|align="right"||-|Independent|Steve Durant|align="right"|66|align="right"|1.11|align="right"|

|NDP|Barry Darby|align="right"|600|align="right"|10.08|align="right"||-

|NDP|Sean Murray|align="right"|796|align="right"|12.94|align="right"||-

|NDP|Fraser March|align="right"|874|align="right"||align="right"||-

|NDP|Vicky Silky|align="right"|625|align="right"||align="right"||-

|NDP|Nina Patey|align="right"|976|align="right"||align="right"||-

|NDP|Pobert Harry E. Cuff|align="right"|293|align="right"||align="right"||-

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S EAST. Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 4 September 2011. 3 August 2011.
  2. http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/ridings/ CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles