St. John's East (provincial electoral district)

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.

St. John's East

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. John's East in relation to other districts in St. John's
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,739
Electors (2011)	8,063

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

St. John's Centre (1956-1995), St. John's East since 1995

	Member	Party	Term
	John Higgins	Progressive Conservative	1949-1951
	Frank Fogwill	Progressive Conservative	1949-1956
	James D. Higgins	Progressive Conservative	1951-1959
	Augustine M. Duffy	Progressive Conservative	1956-1959
	Augustine M. Duffy	United Newfoundland Party	1959-1962
	Anthony Murphy	Progressive Conservative	1962-1979
	Paddy McNicholas	Progressive Conservative	1979-1989
	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal	1989-1996
	John Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative	1996-2007
	Ed Buckingham	Progressive Conservative	2007-2011
	George Murphy	New Democrat	2011–2015

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Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	George Murphy	2,766	52.11	+35.51
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Buckingham	2,175	40.98	-29.14
	Liberal	Michael Duffy	367	6.91	-6.38
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+32.32

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Buckingham	3,649	70.11	–
	NDP	Gemma Schlamp-Hickey	864	16.60
	Liberal	Peter Adams	692	13.29

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	4,151	69.85	–
	NDP	Bruce Clarke	864	14.54
	Liberal	George Murphy	862	14.50
	Independent	Steve Durant	66	1.11

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	3,774	63.40
	Liberal	Tom McGrath	1,559	26.19
	NDP	Barry Darby	600	10.08

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	2,989	48.61	–
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,340	38.05
	NDP	Sean Murray	796	12.94

1993 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,990
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Stapleton	2,464	–	–
	NDP	Fraser March	874

1989 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,967
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,838	–	–
	NDP	Vicky Silky	625

1985 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	3,332	–	–
	Liberal	Mary Frances Philpott	2,229
	NDP	Nina Patey	976

1982 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2357	–	–
	Liberal	John Slattery	657
	NDP	Pobert Harry E. Cuff	293

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S EAST" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
2. CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
3. "District Profiles - St. John's East". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly