Cape Spear (electoral district)

"St. John's South" redirects here. For the provincial electoral district, see St. John's South (provincial electoral district).

Cape Spear (formerly St. John's South—Mount Pearl) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Cape Spear

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tom Osborne Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	81,979
Electors (2025)[2]	69,102
Area (km²)[1]	503
Pop. density (per km²)	163
Census division(s)	Division 1
Census subdivision(s)	St. John's (part), Paradise, Mount Pearl, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 99.2% White
Languages: 98.7% English
Religions: 52.8% Catholic, 42.4% Protestant, 3.6% no affiliation
Average income: $25 379

Geography

The district includes the south end of the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl,the Town of Paradise and the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove.

The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's East.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election are:

"All that area consisting of:

(a) that part of the City of St. John's lying southeasterly of the southeasterly limits of the towns of Conception Bay South and Paradise, and southeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of St. John's with Kenmount Road immediately north of the northwesterly limit of the City of Mount Pearl; thence northeasterly and easterly along said road, Freshwater Road and Longs Hill to Gower Street; thence northeasterly along said street to Kings Bridge Road; thence northerly along said road to Rennie's River; thence generally easterly along said river, Quidi Vidi Lake and the channel known locally as Quidi Vidi Gut to Quidi Vidi Harbour;

(b) the City of Mount Pearl; and

(c) the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove. Including all islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

See also Elections Canada's map of the riding (.PDF).

History

The electoral district of St. John's South—Mount Pearl was created in 2003: 95.1% of the population of the riding came from St. John's West, and 4.9% from St. John's East ridings. As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 5% of this riding would be moved to St. John's East, and it would gain 3% from Avalon.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of St. John's South—Mount Pearl should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[3] The redefined St. John's South—Mount Pearl 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 19 October 2015.^[4]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, most of St. John's South—Mount Pearl was transferred to the new riding of Cape Spear.^[5] It gained Paradise from Avalon and St. John's East; lost Witless Bay, Bay Bulls and the Southlands and Goulds areas of St. John's to Avalon; and lost the remainder of St. John's Harbour, the Wishingwell Park area and the Ayre Athletic Field area to St. John's East.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. John's South Riding created from St. John's West and St. John's East
38th	2004–2006		Loyola Hearn	Conservative
St. John's South—Mount Pearl
39th	2006–2008		Loyola Hearn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011		Siobhán Coady	Liberal
41st	2011–2015		Ryan Cleary	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Seamus O'Regan	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
Cape Spear
45th	2025–present		Tom Osborne	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in St. John's South, St. John's South-Mount Pearl (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Cape Spear

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Osborne	31,388	68.25	+13.53
	Conservative	Corey Curtis	11,844	25.75	+5.37
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	2,446	5.32	−17.81
	Animal Protection	Mike Peach	170	0.37	N/A
	Green	Kaelem Tingate	140	0.30	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,988	99.03
Total rejected ballots			451	0.97
Turnout			46,439	66.90
Eligible voters			69,413
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+4.08
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,467	54.72
	New Democratic	8,227	23.13
	Conservative	7,250	20.38
	People's	631	1.77

St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Graph of election results in St. John's South-Mount Pearl (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 election by polling area

2021

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	19,478	56.17	+5.04	$92,438.10
	New Democratic	Ray Critch	8,113	23.40	-3.38	$25,603.86
	Conservative	Steve Hodder	6,447	18.59	-0.51	$8,313.27
	People's	Georgia Faith Stewart	638	1.84	+1.02	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,676	98.82		$105,099.33
Total rejected ballots			414	1.18	-0.26
Turnout			35,090	52.63	-8.37
Registered voters			66,677
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.21
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	20,793	51.13	−6.73	$58,125.56
	New Democratic	Anne Marie Anonsen	10,890	26.78	−9.98	$25,130.37
	Conservative	Terry Martin	7,767	19.10	+14.53	$56,978.54
	Green	Alexandra Hayward	740	1.82	+1.01	$0.00
	People's	Benjamin Ruckpaul	335	0.82	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	David Jones	141	0.35	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,666	98.57		$100,487.58
Total rejected ballots			592	1.43	+1.13
Turnout			41,258	61.42	−5.71
Eligible voters			67,170
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.62
Source: Elections Canada[11]

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	25,992	57.86	+29.16	$124,533.70
	New Democratic	Ryan Cleary	16,467	36.76	–9.58	$98,225.69
	Conservative	Marek Krol	2,047	4.57	–19.64	$24,331.40
	Green	Jackson McLean	365	0.81	+0.09	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,801	100.00		$201,093.98
Total rejected ballots			133	0.30
Turnout			44,934	67.13
Eligible voters			66,936
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.37
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	17,925	46.34
	Liberal	11,104	28.70
	Conservative	9,366	24.21
	Green	280	0.72
	Others	9	0.02

2011

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ryan Cleary	18,681	47.92	+7.36	$67,211.17
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	11,130	28.55	-14.77	$81,760.42
	Conservative	Loyola Sullivan	8,883	22.79	+10.24	$78,347.37
	Green	Rick Austin	291	0.75	-1.11	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,985	100.0	–	$82,628.65
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			108	0.28	+0.01
Turnout			39,093	58.97	+7.02
Eligible voters			66,294
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.06
Sources:[15][16]

2008

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	14,920	43.32	+10.32	$63,155.64
	New Democratic	Ryan Cleary	13,971	40.56	+18.87	$18,947.03
	Conservative	Merv Wiseman	4,324	12.55	-32.13	$63,115.88
	Green	Ted Warren	643	1.86	+1.23	$172.03
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Greg Byrne	402	1.16	–	$2,908.17
	Independent	Terry Christopher Butler	179	0.51	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,439	100.0	–	$80,167
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			92	0.27	-0.06
Turnout			34,531	51.95
Eligible voters			66,467
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		-4.28

2006

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Loyola Hearn	16,644	44.68	+5.11	$67,639.04
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	12,295	33.00	-2.26	$68,791.05
	New Democratic	Peg Norman	8,079	21.69	-2.02	$40,492.63
	Green	Barry Crozier	235	0.63	-0.83	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,253	100.0	–	$73,776
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			124	0.33	+0.03
Turnout			37,371	57.90	+5.42
Eligible voters			64,543
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.68

St. John's South

Graph of election results in St. John's South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2004

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Loyola Hearn	13,330	39.57	-16.27	$63,090.26
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	11,879	35.26	+4.91	$63,121.27
	New Democratic	Peg Norman	7989	23.71	+10.31	$36,839.75
	Green	Steve Willcott	493	1.46	–	$184.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,691	100.0	–	$72,104
Total rejected, declined and unmarked ballots			103	0.30
Turnout			33,794	52.48	-1.38
Eligible voters			64,397
	Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-10.59
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	18,610	53.65
	Liberal	10,526	30.35
	New Democratic	4,647	13.40
	Alliance	761	2.19
	Others	142	0.41

Student vote results

Results of the Canadian student vote.

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tom Osborne	1,391	44.63
	Conservative	Corey Curtis	983	31.54
	Animal Protection	Mike Peach	301	9.66
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	278	8.92
	Green	Kaelem Tingate	164	5.26
Total votes			3,117	100.1
Source: Student Vote Canada[17]

2021

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	880	41.65
	New Democratic	Ray Critch	654	30.95
	Conservative	Steve Hodder	384	18.17
	People's	Georgia Faith Stewart	195	9.23
Total votes			2,113	100
Source: Student Vote Canada[18]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	1,498	38.03	-16.91
	New Democratic	Anne Marie Anonsen	944	23.97	-8.42
	Conservative	Terry Martin	574	14.57	+9.41
	Green	Alexandra Hayward	445	11.3	3.78
	People's	Benjamin Ruckpaul	259	6.58	New
	Christian Heritage	David Jones	219	5.56	New
Total valid votes			3,939	100.0
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2015

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Seamus O'Regan	1,257	54.94	+22.45
	New Democratic	Ryan Cleary	741	32.39	-5.18
	Green	Jackson McLean	172	7.52	-4.9
	Conservative	Marek Krol	118	5.16	-12.34
Total valid votes			2,288	100.0
[20]

2011

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Ryan Cleary	614	37.57
	Liberal	Siobhan Coady	531	32.49
	Conservative	Loyola Sullivan	286	17.5
	Green	Rick Austin	203	12.42
Total valid votes			1,634	100.0
[21]

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada