St. John's East

St. John's East

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. John's East in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jack Harris NDP
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	88,002
Electors (2011)	73,053
Area (km²)	400
Pop. density (per km²)	220
Census divisions	Division No. 1
Census subdivisions	St. John's, Conception Bay South, Paradise, Portugal Cove – St. Philip's, Torbay, Wabana

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. Since 2008, it has been represented by Jack Harris, who also represented the seat briefly in the 1980s. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North".

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.

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 McGrath	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		Joseph O'Keefe	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1986
	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
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Jack Harris	New Democratic
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	31,388	71.22	-3.33
	Conservative	Jerry Byrne	9,198	20.87	+11.61
	Liberal	John Allan	3,019	6.85	-5.73
	Green	Robert Miller	467	1.06	-0.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,072	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			136	0.31	0.32
Turnout			44,208	58.77	+0.88	–
Eligible voters			75,218	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	30,881	74.55	+57.03	$80,403
	Liberal	Walter Noel	5,211	12.58	-22.37	$52,826
	Conservative	Craig Westcott	3,836	9.26	-37.30	$79,024
	Progressive Canadian	Shannon Tobin	578	1.40	–
	Green	Howard Story	570	1.38	+0.40
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Les Coultas	347	0.84	Ø
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,423	100.00	$81,734
Total rejected ballots			137	0.33	-0.06
Turnout			41,560	56.89	-4.6
Eligible voters			73,053	–	–
	New Democratic Party gain from Conservative		Swing	-47%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	19,110	46.56	+5.16	$73,098
	Liberal	Paul Antle	14,345	34.95	-1.70	$73,917
	New Democratic	Mike Kehoe	7,190	17.52	-2.25	$14,912
	Green	Stephen Eli Harris	402	0.98	-1.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,047	100.00	$74,567
Total rejected ballots			111	0.27
Turnout			41,158	61.5	+7.1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	15,073	41.40	-14.40	$67,660
	Liberal	Walter Noel	13,343	36.65	+5.46	$71,183
	New Democratic	Janine Piller	7,198	19.77	+7.61	$17,704
	Green	Scott Vokey	791	2.17	–	$564
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,405	100.00	$72,255
Turnout			'	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.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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

By-election on 20 July 1987 On the resignation of Hon. James McGrath, 4 September 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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	%	±pp
	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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• 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