St. John's East (provincial electoral district)

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

St. John's East is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 8,063 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Relatively affluent. Includes the campus of Memorial University, the Churchill Square area, the lands between Military Road in south and Higgins Line in the North.

Until 1996, the seat was called St. John's Centre; the former district of St. John's East is now largely in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.^[2]

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

^[2]

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
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

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007^[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

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
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

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	3,774	63.40
	Liberal	Tom McGrath	1,559	26.19
	NDP	Barry Darby	600	10.08

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	2,989	48.61	–
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,340	38.05
	NDP	Sean Murray	796	12.94

Newfoundland general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,990
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Stapleton	2,464	–	–
	NDP	Fraser March	874

Newfoundland general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,967
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,838	–	–
	NDP	Vicky Silky	625

Newfoundland general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	3,332	–	–
	Liberal	Mary Frances Philpott	2,229
	NDP	Nina Patey	976

Newfoundland general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2357	–	–
	Liberal	John Slattery	657
	NDP	Pobert Harry E. Cuff	293

References

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

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

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