Mount Scio
47°33′36″N 52°42′41.2″W / 47.56000°N 52.711444°W
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in the St. John's area | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,482[1] | ||
| Electors (2015) | 8,648 | ||
| Area (km²) | 35[2] | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 1 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | St. John's, Paradise | ||
Mount Scio is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,482 people living in the district.[1]
Mount Scio includes part of the town of Paradise and the part of the city of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Mount Scio was previously the district of St. John's North. The district also includes parts of the former districts of Mount Pearl North, St. John's East and Topsail.[2]
Former Liberal Cabinet Minister Dale Kirby was the district's MHA from 2015 until he retired in 2019. Sarah Stoodley, a insurance firm communications specialist, was elected for the Liberal Party in 2019.
Members of the House of Assembly
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Kirby | Liberal | 2015-2018 | |
| Independent | 2018-2019 | ||
| Sarah Stoodley | Liberal | 2019- | |
Election results
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Sarah Stoodley | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Damian Follett | |||||||
| New Democratic | Sheilagh O'Leary | |||||||
| NL Alliance | Andrea Newbury | |||||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | |||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sarah Stoodley | 1,981 | 41.68 | -5.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Power | 1,769 | 37.22 | +9.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jason R. Mercer | 597 | 12.56 | -12.98 | ||||
| NL Alliance | Graydon Pelley | 406 | 8.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,753 | 99.69 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.31 | -0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,768 | 54.51 | +7.69 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 8,747 | – | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3] | ||||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Dale Kirby | 1,899 | 47.09 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rhonda Churchill Herder | 1,104 | 27.37 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sean Panting | 1,030 | 25.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,033 | 99.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,049 | 46.82 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 8,648 | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Mount Scio Legal Description" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Mount Scio Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
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