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.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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 Election Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election are:
: "All that area consisting of:
:: (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;
:: (b) the City of Mount Pearl; and
:: (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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''St. John's West and St. John's East prior to 2004''
38th	2004-2006		Loyola Hearn	Conservative
39th	2006-

Election results

|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 37,253
! align="right" | 100.0%
! align="right" |
|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total rejected ballots
! align="right" | 124
! align="right" | 0.33%
! align="right" |
|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Turnout
! align="right" | 37,371
! align="right" | 58.3%
! align="right" | +5.7%


|- bgcolor="white"
! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 33,691
! align="right" | 52.6%
! align="right" |

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ St. John's South—Mount Pearl riding from Elections Canada

★ Riding history for St. John's South (2003–2004) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for St. John's South—Mount Pearl (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament

★ Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada