Legislature House of Commons District created 1949 Last contested 2015 Province Newfoundland and Labrador | MP Nick Whalen
Liberal First contested 1949 District webpage profile, map Elector 65,499 | |
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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 House of Commons of Canada since 1949.
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- Demographics
- Geography
- History
- Members of Parliament
- St Johns East 2013 Representation Order
- St Johns East 19492004
- References
It covers a part of St. John's. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North".
In the 2015 federal election, Nick Whalen defeated incumbent MP Jack Harris who held the seat since 2008.
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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: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.
As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 21% of this riding will be moved into Avalon, and it will gain 5% from St. John's South—Mount Pearl.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
St. John's East, 2013 Representation Order
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of St. John's East should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined St. John's East had its boundaries legally defined in the 2013 representation order which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.
St. John's East, 1949–2004
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.