St. John's East (provincial electoral district)

St. John's East was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 8,063 eligible voters living within the district. The district was abolished in 2015 as Newfoundland and Labrador reduced the number of districts. Portions of the district are now within the district of St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.

Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Triple-Member District (1832–1928)

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party St. John's 1st 1832–1833 John KentLiberal Patrick KoughConservative William ThomasConservative1833–1836 William CarsonLiberal 2nd 1836–1840 Patrick MorrisLiberal1840–1842Laurence O'Brien 3rd 1842–1843John V. Nugent 1843–1848Robert John Parsons Sr. 4th 1848–1850John Kent 1850–1852Philip Francis Little 5th 1852–1855 St. John's East 6th 1855–1857 John KentLiberal Robert John Parsons Sr.Liberal Peter WinserLiberal 1857–1859John Kavanagh7th 1859–18618th 1861–18659th 1865–1869 Conservative10th 1869–1873 William P. WalshAnti-Confederation Anti-Confederation James JordanAnti-Confederation11th 1873–1874John Joseph DearinRobert John Kent12th 1874–187813th 1878–1882 Michael J. O'MaraLiberal Robert John Parsons Jr.Conservative Liberal14th 1882–1885 John Joseph DearinConservative Conservative15th 1885–1886 Michael J. O'MaraLiberal Ambrose SheaLiberal Liberal1886–1887Thomas J. Murphy1887–1889Robert John Parsons Jr.16th 1889–1890John Joseph DearinJeremiah Halleran1890–1893 Vacant17th 1893–1894 James Patrick FoxLiberal Lawrence O'Brien FurlongConservative1894–1897John P. FoxCharles Hutton18th 1897–1899 LiberalThomas J. Murphy1899–1900John Dwyer19th 1900–190420th 1904–1908James M. KentGeorge Shea21st 1908–190922nd 1909–191323rd 1913–1916 William J. HigginsPeople's1916–1917 Vacant1917–1919 Vacant24th 1919–1923 Cyril J. FoxLiberal-Progressive Nicholas VinnicombeLiberal-ProgressiveLiberal-Progressive25th 1923–1924Liberal-Labour-ProgressiveLiberal-Labour-ProgressiveLiberal-Labour-Progressive26th 1924–1928 Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Conservative Progressive

Dual-Member District (1928–1956) Legislature Years Member Party Member Party St. John's City East 27th 1928–1932 Frederick C. AlderdiceLiberal-Conservative Progressive Gerald G. ByrneLiberal-Conservative Progressive St. John's East 28th 1932–1934 Gerald G. ByrneUnited Newfoundland Edward EmersonUnited Newfoundland Commission of Government (1934–1949)Edgar Hickman, Gordon Higgins, and Robert Brown Job elected to the Newfoundland National Convention as the members for St. John's City East 29th 1949–1951 John Higgins Progressive Conservative Frank Fogwill Progressive Conservative 30th 1952–1956 James D. Higgins

Single-Member District (1956–2015)

Assembly Years Member Party St. John's Centre 31st 1956–1959 Augustine M. Duffy Progressive Conservative 32nd 1959–1962 United Newfoundland Party 33rd 1962–1966 Anthony Murphy Progressive Conservative 34th 1966–1971 35th 1971–1972 36th 1972–1975 37th 1975–1979 Patrick McNicholas 38th 1979–1982 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1989 41st 1989–1993 Hubert Kitchen Liberal 42nd 1993–1996 St. John's East 43rd 1996–1999 John Ottenheimer Progressive Conservative 44th 1999–2003 45th 2003–2007 46th 2007–2011 Ed Buckingham 47th 2011–2015 George Murphy New Democratic See St. John's East-Quidi Vidi

Election results

|NDP |George Murphy |align="right"|2,766 |align="right"|52.11 |align="right"|+35.51

|NDP |Gemma Schlamp-Hickey |align="right"|864 |align="right"|16.60 |align="right"|

|NDP |Bruce Clarke |align="right"|864 |align="right"|14.54 |align="right"|

|NDP |Barry Darby |align="right"|600 |align="right"|10.08 |align="right"|

|NDP |Sean Murray |align="right"|796 |align="right"|12.94 |align="right"|

See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

St. John's East (provincial electoral district)

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