St. John's East

For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's East (provincial electoral district) or St. John's North (provincial electoral district).

St. John's East (French: St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949.

It covers a part of St. John's. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North".^[2]

In the 2015 federal election, Nick Whalen defeated incumbent MP Jack Harris who held the seat since 2008.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 97.2% White
Languages: 97.7% English, 1.9% Other
Religions: 47.1% Catholic, 46.0% Protestant, 4.9% No affiliation
Average income: $28 969

Geography

The district includes the extreme northeastern part of the Avalon Peninsula including the northern half of the City of St. John's, and the eastern half of the Town of Conception Bay South. It also includes Bell Island, Little Bell Island and Kelly's Island.

The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's South—Mount Pearl.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for this riding as of the 39th General Election are:

"All that area consisting of:

(a) the towns of Bauline, Flatrock, Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove, Paradise, Portugal Cove – St. Philip's, Pouch Cove, Torbay and Wabana;

(b) that part of the Town of Conception Bay South lying northeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southeasterly limit of the Town of Conception Bay South with Conway Brook; thence generally northerly along said brook and Long Pond Harbour to Conception Bay; and

(c) that part of the City of St. John's lying northwesterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of St. John's with Kenmount Road; 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. Including Bell Island, Little Bell Island, Kelly's Island and all the other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above described area."

See the map of the St. John's East riding.

History

The riding was created when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949 and has historically been a conservative stronghold. St. John's East was won by Liberal Bonnie Hickey in 1993 election, who was defeated by Progressive Conservative Norman Doyle in the 1997 election. Doyle held the riding for the PCs and then the Conservatives, but stood down in 2008 and was replaced in a landslide by Jack Harris, the current New Democratic Party incumbent.

As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 21% of this riding will be moved into Avalon, and it will gain 5% from St. John's South—Mount Pearl.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
St. John's East
21st	1949–1953	Gordon Higgins	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957	Allan Fraser	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Joseph O'Keefe	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Joseph O'Keefe	Liberal
28th	1968–1972	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1986
33rd	1987–1988	Jack Harris	New Democratic
34th	1988–1993	Ross Reid	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bonnie Hickey	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Norman Doyle	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2003		Progressive Conservative
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Jack Harris	New Democratic
41st	2011–2015	Jack Harris	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Nick Whalen	Liberal

Election results

St. John's East, 2013 Representation Order

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of St. John's East should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[3] The redefined St. John's East had its boundaries legally defined in the 2013 representation order which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nick Whalen	20,974	46.73	+38.96	–
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	20,328	45.29	-25.36	–
	Conservative	Deanne Stapleton	2,938	6.55	-13.90	–
	Green	David Anthony Peters	500	1.11	-0.02	–
	Communist	Sean Burton	140	0.31	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,880	100.0		$198,664.41
Total rejected ballots			111	0.25	–0.06
Turnout			44,991	68.69	+10.84
Eligible voters			65,499
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+32.16
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	26,042	70.65
	Conservative	7,538	20.45
	Liberal	2,863	7.77
	Green	415	1.13

St. John's East, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	31,388	71.22	-3.33	$68,045.84
	Conservative	Jerry Byrne	9,198	20.87	+11.61	$85,207.91
	Liberal	John Allan	3,019	6.85	-5.73	$53,539.40
	Green	Robert Miller	467	1.06	-0.32	$335.14
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,072	100.0	–	$85,537.94
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			136	0.31	+0.32
Turnout			44,208	57.85	+0.96
Eligible voters			76,424
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-7.47
Sources:^[8]^[9]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	30,881	74.55	+57.03	$78,829
	Liberal	Walter Noel	5,211	12.58	-22.37	$51,030
	Conservative	Craig Westcott	3,836	9.26	-37.30	$79,772
	Progressive Canadian	Shannon Tobin	578	1.40	–	none listed
	Green	Howard Story	570	1.38	+0.40	none listed
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Les Coultas	347	0.84	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,423	100.0	$81,734
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			137	0.33	-0.06
Turnout			41,560	56.89	-4.6
Eligible voters			73,053
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+39.70

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	19,110	46.56	+5.16	$72,442
	Liberal	Paul Antle	14,345	34.95	-1.70	$71,682
	New Democratic	Mike Kehoe	7,190	17.52	-2.25	$14,072
	Green	Stephen Eli Harris	402	0.98	-1.19	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,047	100.0	–	$74,567
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			111	0.27	-0.04
Turnout			41,158	60.50	+4.88
Eligible voters			68,026
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.43

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	15,073	41.40	-12.50	$67,414
	Liberal	Walter Noel	13,343	36.65	+4.07	$70,872
	New Democratic	Janine Piller	7,198	19.77	+7.09	$17,703
	Green	Scott Vokey	791	2.17	–	$564
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,405	100.0	–	$72,255
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			114	0.31
Turnout			36,519	55.62	-1.47
Eligible voters			65,660
	Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-8.28
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	17,752	51.26
	Liberal	11,282	32.58
	New Democratic	4,391	12.68
	Alliance	913	2.64
	Others	290	0.84

Previous elections

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Doyle	23,606	53.22	+14.24
	Liberal	Peter Miller	13,835	31.19	+4.02
	New Democratic	Carol Cantwell	5,395	12.16	-15.93
	Alliance	Garry Hartle	1,144	2.58	-1.88
	Independent	Judy Day	254	0.57
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	122	0.28	-0.15
Total valid votes			44,356	100.00

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Doyle	17,286	38.98	-2.83
	New Democratic	Ted Warren	12,460	28.09	+21.62
	Liberal	Bonnie Hickey	12,048	27.17	-17.27
	Reform	David Tulett	1,977	4.46	+1.56
	Green	Jonathan C. Whalen	388	0.87
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	191	0.43	-0.42
Total valid votes			44,350	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bonnie Hickey	19,511	44.44	+25.38
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Reid	18,355	41.81	-2.32
	New Democratic	Bob Buckingham	2,839	6.47	-28.83
	Reform	J. Leonard Barron	1,271	2.90
	National	Bill Vetter	1,211	2.76
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	374	0.85
	Christian Heritage	Bob Tremblett	339	0.77	-0.75
Total valid votes			43,900	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Reid	21,503	44.13	+9.16
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	17,198	35.30	-10.98
	Liberal	Jim Baird	9,285	19.06	+1.84
	Christian Heritage	Robert Tremblett	739	1.52
Total valid votes			48,725	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 20 July 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the resignation of Hon. James McGrath, 4 September 1986
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	15,842	46.28	+39.72
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas V. Hickey	11,971	34.97	-43.33
	Liberal	Steve Neary	5,894	17.22	+2.9
	Rhinoceros	Peter Francis Quinlan	527	1.54
Total valid votes			34,234	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	30,866	78.30	+17.04
	Liberal	Elizabeth Reynolds	5,644	14.32	-11.15
	New Democratic	Christine Oliver	2,584	6.56	-5.60
	Libertarian	Paul Paquet	325	0.82
Total valid votes			39,419	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	20,007	61.26	+2.83
	Liberal	Ernest J. Bishop	8,320	25.47	+3.17
	New Democratic	George P. Corbett	3,973	12.16	-7.11
	Independent	Ann Margaret Barney	270	0.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Hodge	91	0.28
Total valid votes			32,661	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	20,262	58.43	+2.25
	Liberal	John Dustan	7,734	22.30	-11.48
	New Democratic	Stratford G. Canning	6,684	19.27	+10.04
Total valid votes			34,680	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	16,941	56.18	-4.29
	Liberal	Norman Whalen	10,187	33.78	+0.06
	New Democratic	George Corbett	2,783	9.23	+3.90
	Independent	J. Wayne Saint John	242	0.80
Total valid votes			30,153	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	17,728	60.47	-0.46
	Liberal	Margaret Dunn	9,887	33.72	-1.72
	New Democratic	R. Graham Kelly	1,563	5.33	+2.12
	Social Credit	Norman W. King	139	0.47	+0.05
Total valid votes			29,317	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	18,153	60.93	+19.79
	Liberal	Joseph O'Keefe	10,558	35.44	-20.53
	New Democratic	Mary Summers	956	3.21	+1.13
	Social Credit	Norman W. King	126	0.42	-0.39
Total valid votes			29,793	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph O'Keefe	16,182	55.97	+4.48
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	11,894	41.14	-7.37
	New Democratic	Cyril W. Strong	602	2.08	Ø
	Social Credit	Norman William King	233	0.81	Ø
Total valid votes			28,911	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph O'Keefe	14,768	51.49	+5.92
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	13,911	48.51	-3.82
Total valid votes			28,679	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	14,821	52.33	-13.09
	Liberal	Brian White	12,907	45.57	+11.95
	New Democratic	James J. Walsh	435	1.54	Ø
	Social Credit	Eric Dixon Cave Hiscock	158	0.56	Ø
Total valid votes			28,321	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	17,894	65.42	+12.22
	Liberal	Gregory O'Grady	9,197	33.62	-13.18
	Independent Liberal	David Ignatius Jackman	263	0.96	Ø
Total valid votes			27,354	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	10,312	53.20	+18.82
	Liberal	Allan Fraser	9,073	46.80	+4.1
Total valid votes			19,385	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Fraser	8,310	42.70	-1.21
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Higgins	6,691	34.38	-20.62
	Independent	Peter John Cashin	4,459	22.91	Ø
Total valid votes			19,460	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Higgins	9,912	55.00
	Liberal	Ambrose John Dalton Shea	7,913	43.91
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William W. Gillies	197	1.09
Total valid votes			18,022	100.00

References

"(Code 10006) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
St. John's East riding from Elections Canada
Riding history for St. John's East (1949–1952) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for St. John's East (1952–1987) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for St. John's East (1987–2003) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for St. John's North (2003–2004) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for St. John's East (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament
Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

Notes

Federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Historical federal ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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