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 defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of its final contest in 2011, there were 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] The district was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by Waterford Valley.

Members of the House of Assembly[edit]

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

Assembly	Years		Party
31st	1956–1957	William Browne	Progressive Conservative
31st	1957–1959	Rex Renouf	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1959–1962	John R. O'Dea	United Newfoundland Party
33rd	1962–1966	Rex Renouf	Progressive Conservative
34th	1966–1971	John A. Nolan	Liberal
35th	1971–1972	Hugh J. Shea	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972–1975	Robert Wells
37th	1975–1979	John Collins
38th	1979–1982
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993	Tom Murphy	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996	Tom Murphy	Liberal
43rd	1996–1999	Tom Osborne	Progressive Conservative
43rd	1999–2003
44th	2003–2007
45th	2007–2011
46th	2011–2012
	2012–2013		Independent
	2013–2015		Liberal

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Election results[edit]

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	2,966	57.90%	–
NDP	Keith Dunne	1,994	38.92%
Liberal	Trevor Hickey	163	3.18%

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	3887	79.6%	–
NDP	Clyde Bridger	571	11.69%
Liberal	Rex Gibbons	425	8.7%

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Tom Osborne	4,532	–	–
Liberal	Dennis O'Keefe*	756
NDP	Tom McGinnis	676

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

1999 Newfoundland general election
	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%

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1996 Newfoundland general election
	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%

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1993 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tom Murphy	2,432	47.97%
Progressive Conservative	Jerome Quinlan	2,040	40.24%	–
NDP	Bert Pitcher	576	11.36%

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1989 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Thomas Murphy	2107
Progressive Conservative	Douglas Atkinson	2105	–	–
NDP	Linda Hyde	679

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1985 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	John Collins	2466	–	–
Liberal	Dolores Linehan	1145
NDP	Bob Matthews	924

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1982 Newfoundland general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	John Collins	2286	–	–
Liberal	Ernest Antle	582
NDP	Barbara Roberts	235

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References[edit]

^ "Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S SOUTH" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
^ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c General Election Reports Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links[edit]

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S SOUTH" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

[nlgovdist-2] CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles

[cbcnews-3] Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

[cbcnews2-4] Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

[govnl-5] General Election Reports Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Elections Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved April 6, 2011.

[govnl2-6] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

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