St._John's_West_(provincial_electoral_district)

St. John's West (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

St. John’s West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,741 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

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St. John's West

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district

Location in the St. John's area

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

MHA

Siobhán Coady
Liberal

District created

1949

First contested

1949

Last contested

2021

Demographics

Population (2006)

11,805

Electors (2011)

7,741

Area (km²)

Census division(s)

Division No. 1

Census subdivision(s)

St. John's

The district is largely residential and middle class and includes the Cowan Heights area. Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.

The district is represented by Cabinet Minister Siobhan Coady.

From 1949 to 1975, it elected two MLAs through Block voting. Since 1975 it has elected a single MLA through First past the post.

Members of the House of Assembly

The following members of the House of Assembly have been elected in St. John's West:

More information Assembly, Years ...

Assembly	Years		Party
29th	1949–1951	James Spratt	Liberal
29th	1949–1951	Oliver Vardy
30th	1949–1951	Oliver Vardy
	1951–1956	Peter Cashin	Progressive Conservative
	1951–1956	Malcolm Hollett
31st	1956–1959	Malcolm Hollett
32nd	1959–1962	Joseph R. Smallwood	Liberal
33rd	1962–1966	William G. Adams
34th	1966–1969	John Crosbie
34th	1969–1971		Progressive Conservative
35th	1972
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1977
37th	1977–1979	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal
38th	1979–1982	Hal Barrett	Progressive Conservative
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993	Rex Gibbons	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996
43rd	1996–1997
43rd	1997–1999	Sheila Osborne	Progressive Conservative
44th	1999–2003
45th	2003–2007
46th	2007–2011
47th	2011–2015	Dan Crummell
48th	2015–2019	Siobhán Coady	Liberal
49th	2019–2021
50th	2021–present

Election results

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Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

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v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,679	57.82	+12.13
	Progressive Conservative	Kristina Ennis	1,484	32.03	-10.19
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	470	10.14	-1.94
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.16
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

More information 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Party ...

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,393	45.69	-0.32
	Progressive Conservative	Shane Skinner	2,211	42.22	+15.42
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	633	12.09	-15.10
Total valid votes			5,237	99.37
Total rejected ballots			33	0.63	+0.18
Turnout			5,270	57.31	+1.73
Electors on the lists			9,195	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.87
Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador^[2]

More information 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Party ...

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,342	46.01	+26.76
	New Democratic	Earle McCurdy	1,384	27.19	-10.21
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Crummell	1,364	26.80	-16.55
Total valid votes			5,090	99.55
Total rejected ballots			23	0.45	+0.23
Turnout			5,113	55.59	-4.01
Eligible voters			9,198
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.66
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador^[3]

More information 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Party ...

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Crummell	2,004	43.35	-29.33
	New Democratic	Chris Pickard	1,729	37.40	+30.50
	Liberal	George Joyce	890	19.25	-1.17
Total valid votes			4,623	99.78
Total rejected ballots			10	0.22
Turnout			4,633	59.60
Eligible voters			7,774

More information 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Party ...

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	3,623	72.68	-0.47
	Liberal	George Joyce	1,018	20.42	-0.08
	New Democratic	Joan Scott	344	6.90	-0.39

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	4,557	72.21	–
Liberal	Tom Hann	1,294	20.50
NDP	Raj Sharan	460	7.29

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1999 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	3,206	49.8	–
Liberal	Tom Moore	2,532	39.3
NDP	Pat Lynch	683	10.6

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1996 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Rex Gibbons	4,152
Progressive Conservative	Bren Kelly	1,648	–	–
NDP	Pat Lynch	651

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1993 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Rex Gibbons	3,094
Progressive Conservative	Paul Sears	2,485	–	–
NDP	Bonnie MacGillivray	835

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1989 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Rex Gibbons	3,389
Progressive Conservative	Hal Barrett	2,583	–	–
NDP	Larry Power	380

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1985 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Harold Barrett	3,382	–	–
Liberal	Gerald Moore	1,595
NDP	Thomas O'Leary	1,508

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1982 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Harold Barrett	2,475	–	–
Liberal	Ronald Pumphrey	755
NDP	Ronald Lewis	225

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References

[1]
"Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S WEST" (PDF). 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
[2]
https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2015.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
[3]
"2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
[4]
Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
[5]
Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
[6]
General Election Reports Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador.
[7]
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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