St. John's Centre

St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. As of 2011 there were 7,846 eligible voters living within the district.

The district is bounded largely by Columbus Drive to the west, LeMarchant Road to the south, Parade Street to the east and Empire Avenue to the north. The residents are mostly working and middle-class.

Since 1972, voters in the district have elected a member on the government side. A Progressive Conservative bastion for many years after Confederation, and an anti-Confederation area before that, St. John’s Centre shifted Liberal during the Wells and Tobin eras, though by fairly small margins. New Democratic Party candidates have historically outperformed their party's overall results in this district as well. In 2003, former City Councillor Shawn Skinner won back the district for the Progressive Conservatives, beating Liberal Finance Minister Joan Marie Aylward, when the party swept back to power. In 2007 Skinner easily held the seat, while the New Democrats overtook the Liberals to come in second place.