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 Canadian House of Commons since 1949.
It covers a part of St. John's, Newfoundland. Since 1997, it has been represented by Norman Doyle. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North". [1]

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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. St. John's East was won by Liberal Bonnie Hickey in 1993 election, who was defeated by Progressive Conservastive Norman Doyle in the 1997 election. Doyle is now the Conservative Party incumbent in the riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Dominion of Newfoundland prior to 1949''
21st	1949-1953		Gordon Higgins	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957		Allan Fraser	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958		James Aloysius McGrath 1st term	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965		Joseph O'Keefe	Liberal
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972		James Aloysius McGrath 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1986
	1986-1987	''vacant''
1987 By-election	1987-1988		Jack Harris	New Democrat
34th	1988-1993		Ross Reid	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997		Bonnie Hickey	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Norman Doyle	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 41 047
! align="right" | 100.0%
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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total rejected ballots
! align="right" | 111
! align="right" | 0.27%
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|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Turnout
! align="right" | 41 158
! align="right" | 61.5%
! align="right" | +7.1%


|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
!align="right" | 36 405
!align="right" | 54.4%
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 44 356
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 44 350


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 43 900


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 48 725


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 34 234


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 39 419


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 32 661


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 34 680


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 30 153


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 29 317


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 29 793


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 28 911


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 28 679


|-
! colspan="3" align="right"| Total valid votes
! align="right" | 28 321


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! colspan="3" align="right"| Total valid votes
! align="right" | 27 354


|-
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 19 385


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 19 460


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 18 022

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ 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