St. John's South (provincial electoral district)

St. John's South

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. John's South in relation to other districts in St. John's
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,832
Electors (2011)	7,923

St. John’s South is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,923 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Historically working class in nature, St. John's South includes increasingly prosperous residential pockets. The district covers the traditional "west end" of St. John's (now geographically closer to the centre, due to city expansion), the western section of the downtown core and the south side of the harbour to Cape Spear, including the neighbourhood of Shea Heights. In the 2007 redistribution, four per cent of Kilbride was added.^[2]

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:

	Member	Party	Term
	Tom Osborne	Liberal	2013–2015
		Independent	2012-2013
		Progressive Conservative	1996-2012
	Tom Murphy	Liberal	1989-1996
	John Collins	Progressive Conservative	1975-89
	Robert Wells	Progressive Conservative	1972-1975
	Hugh J. Shea	Progressive Conservative	1971-1972
	John A. Nolan	Liberal	1966-1971
	Rex Renouf	Progressive Conservative	1962-1966
	John R. O'Dea	United Newfoundland Party	1959-1962
	Rex Renouf	Progressive Conservative	1957-1959
	William Browne	Progressive Conservative	1956-1957

^[2]

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	2,966	57.90%	–
	NDP	Keith Dunne	1,994	38.92%
	Liberal	Trevor Hickey	163	3.18%

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	3887	79.6%	–
	NDP	Clyde Bridger	571	11.69%
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	425	8.7%

^[3]

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	4,532	–	–
	Liberal	Dennis O'Keefe*	756
	NDP	Tom McGinnis	676

^[4]

• Dennis O'Keefe who ran as the Liberal candidate is not the same Dennis O'Keefe that is currently Mayor of St. John's.

Newfoundland general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	4,041	66.32%	–
	Liberal	Patrick Kennedy	1563	25.65%
	NDP	Judy Vanata	374	6.14%
	Independent	Jason Crummey	101	1.66%

^[5]

Newfoundland general election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	2,521	42.17%	–
	Liberal	Tom Murphy	2,417	40.43%
	NDP	Sue Skipton	858	14.35%
	Independent	Bill Maddigan	155	2.59%

^[5]

Newfoundland general election, 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tom Murphy	2,432	47.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Quinlan	2,040	40.24%	–
	NDP	Bert Pitcher	576	11.36%

^[5]

Newfoundland general election, 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Murphy	2107
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Atkinson	2105	–	–
	NDP	Linda Hyde	679

^[6]

Newfoundland general election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	John Collins	2466	–	–
	Liberal	Dolores Linehan	1145
	NDP	Bob Matthews	924

^[6]

Newfoundland general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	John Collins	2286	–	–
	Liberal	Ernest Antle	582
	NDP	Barbara Roberts	235

^[6]

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S SOUTH" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
2. CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
3. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
4. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
5. General Election Reports. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
6. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links

• Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly