St. John's East

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St. John's East
St. John's-Est

Canadian Federal electoral district
St. John's East in relation to the other Newfoundland ridings.
Member of Parliament		Norman Doyle Conservative
Population (2001)	81 007
Electors (2006)	68 026
Area (km²)	400
Pop. density (per km²)	202.5
Riding created	1949, admission of Newfoundland into Canada
Census divisions	Division No. 1
Subdivisions	Cities: St. John's (north of Kenmount and Freshwater Roads and Quidi Vici Lake) Towns: Bauline Conception Bay South (east of Conway Brook) Flatrock Logy Bay—Middle Cove—Outer Cove Paradise Pouch Cove 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, 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 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	19 110	46.56	+5.16
	Liberal	Paul Antle	14 345	34.95	-1.70
	New Democrat	Mike Kehoe	7190	17.52	-2.25
	Green	Stephen Eli Harris	402	0.98	-1.19
Total valid votes			41 047	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.27%
Turnout			41 158	61.5%	+7.1%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Doyle	15 073	41.40	-14.40
	Liberal	Walter Noel	13 343	36.65	+5.46
	New Democrat	Janine Piller	7198	19.77	+7.61
	Green	Scott Vokey	791	2.17	Ø
Total valid votes			36 405	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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Doyle	23 606	53.22	+14.24
	Liberal	Peter Miller	13 835	31.19	+4.02
	New Democrat	Carol Cantwell	5395	12.16	-15.93
	Canadian Alliance	Garry Hartle	1144	2.58	-1.88
	Independent	Judy Day	254	0.57	Ø
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	122	0.28	-0.15
Total valid votes			44 356

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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Doyle	17 286	38.98	-2.83
	New Democrat	Ted Warren	12 460	28.09	+21.62
	Liberal	Bonnie Hickey	12 048	27.17	-17.27
	Reform	David Tulett	1977	4.46	+1.56
	Green	Jonathan C. Whalen	388	0.87	Ø
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	191	0.43	-0.42
Total valid votes			44 350

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bonnie Hickey	19 511	44.44	+25.38
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Reid	18 355	41.81	-2.32
	New Democrat	Bob Buckingham	2839	6.47	-28.83
	Reform	J. Leonard Barron	1271	2.90	Ø
	National	Bill Vetter	1211	2.76	Ø
	Natural Law	Michael Rayment	374	0.85	Ø
	Christian Heritage	Bob Tremblett	339	0.77	-0.75
Total valid votes			43 900

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Reid	21 503	44.13	+9.16
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	17 198	35.30	-10.98
	Liberal	Jim Baird	9285	19.06	+1.84
	Christian Heritage	Robert Tremblett	739	1.52	Ø
Total valid votes			48 725

By-election on 20 July 1987 On the resignation of Hon. James McGrath, 4 September 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	15 842	46.28	+39.72
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas V. Hickey	11 971	34.97	-43.33
	Liberal	Steve Neary	5894	17.22	+2.9
	Rhino	Peter Francis Quinlan	527	1.54	Ø
Total valid votes			34 234

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	30 866	78.30	+17.04
	Liberal	Elizabeth Reynolds	5644	14.32	-11.15
	New Democrat	Christine Oliver	2584	6.56	-5.60
	Libertarian	Paul Paquet	325	0.82	Ø
Total valid votes			39 419

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	20 007	61.26	+2.83
	Liberal	Ernest J. Bishop	8320	25.47	+3.17
	New Democrat	George P. Corbett	3973	12.16	-7.11
	Independent	Ann Margaret Barney	270	0.83	Ø
	Marxist-Leninist	Carol Hodge	91	0.28	Ø
Total valid votes			32 661

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	20 262	58.43	+2.25
	Liberal	John Dustan	7734	22.30	-11.48
	New Democrat	Stratford G. Canning	6684	19.27	+10.04
Total valid votes			34 680

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	16 941	56.18	-4.29
	Liberal	Norman Whalen	10 187	33.78	+0.06
	New Democrat	George Corbett	2783	9.23	+3.90
	Independent	J. Wayne Saint John	242	0.80	Ø
Total valid votes			30 153

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	17 728	60.47	-0.46
	Liberal	Margaret Dunn	9887	33.72	-1.72
	New Democrat	R. Graham Kelly	1563	5.33	+2.12
	Social Credit	Norman W. King	139	0.47	+0.05
Total valid votes			29 317

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	18 153	60.93	+19.79
	Liberal	Joseph O'Keefe	10 558	35.44	-20.53
	New Democrat	Mary Summers	956	3.21	+1.13
	Social Credit	Norman W. King	126	0.42	-0.39
Total valid votes			29 793

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph O'Keefe	16 182	55.97	+4.48
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	11 894	41.14	-7.37
	New Democrat	Cyril W. Strong	602	2.08	Ø
	Social Credit	Norman William King	233	0.81	Ø
Total valid votes			28 911

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	14 821	52.33	-13.09
	Liberal	Brian White	12 907	45.57	+11.95
	New Democrat	James J. Walsh	435	1.54	Ø
	Social Credit	Eric Dixon Cave Hiscock	158	0.56	Ø
Total valid votes			28 321

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	17 894	65.42	+12.22
	Liberal	Gregory O'Grady	9197	33.62	-13.18
	Independent Liberal	David Ignatius Jackman	263	0.96	Ø
Total valid votes			27 354

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McGrath	10 312	53.20	+18.82
	Liberal	Allan Fraser	9073	46.80	+4.1
Total valid votes			19 385

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Fraser	8310	42.70	-1.21
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Higgins	6691	34.38	-20.62
	Independent	Peter John Cashin	4459	22.91	Ø
Total valid votes			19 460

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Higgins	9912	55.00	Ø
	Liberal	Ambrose John Dalton Shea	7913	43.91	Ø
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William W. Gillies	197	1.09	Ø
Total valid votes			18 022

[edit] See also

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

[edit] 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

Federal Ridings in Newfoundland and Labrador
Liberal	Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's
Conservative	Avalon | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon | Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan | Charlottetown | Egmont | Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso | Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sackville—Eastern Shore | South Shore—St. Margaret's | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst | Beauséjour | Fredericton | Fundy Royal | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | New Brunswick Southwest | Saint John | Tobique—Mactaquac