St. John's South—Mount Pearl
St. John's South redirects here. For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's South (provincial electoral district)
St. John's South—Mount Pearl (French: St. John's-Sud—Mount Pearl; formerly St. John's South) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
Demographics
Ethnic groups: 99.2% White
Languages: 98.7% English
Religions: 52.8% Catholic, 42.4% Protestant, 3.6% No affiliation
Average income: $25 379
Geography
The district includes the south end of the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl, and the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove.
The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's East.
According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election are:
- "All that area consisting of:
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- (a) that part of the City of St. John's lying southeasterly of the southeasterly limits of the towns of Conception Bay South and Paradise, and southeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of St. John's with Kenmount Road immediately north of the northwesterly limit of the City of Mount Pearl; thence northeasterly and easterly along said road, Freshwater Road and Longs Hill to Gower Street; thence northeasterly along said street to Kings Bridge Road; thence northerly along said road to Rennie's River; thence generally easterly along said river, Quidi Vidi Lake and the channel known locally as Quidi Vidi Gut to Quidi Vidi Harbour;
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- (b) the City of Mount Pearl; and
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- (c) the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove. Including all islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."
See also Elections Canada's map of the riding (.PDF).
History
The electoral district was created in 2003: 95.1% of the population of the riding came from St. John's West, and 4.9% from St. John's East ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Liberal |
Siobhán Coady |
14,920 |
43.32 |
+10.32 |
$63,367 |
| |
New Democrat |
Ryan Cleary |
13,971 |
40.56 |
+18.87 |
$22,271 |
| |
Conservative |
Merv Wiseman |
4,324 |
12.55 |
-32.13 |
$62,659 |
| |
Green |
Ted Warren |
643 |
1.86 |
+1.23 |
$122 |
| |
NLF |
Greg Byrne |
402 |
1.16 |
|
$2,908 |
| |
Independent |
Terry Christopher Butler |
179 |
0.51 |
|
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| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
34,439 |
100.00 |
|
$80,167 |
| Total rejected ballots |
92 |
0.27 |
|
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| Turnout |
34,531 |
51.95 |
|
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| |
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Swing |
-21.2 |
|
See also
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