St. George's-Stephenville East

St. George's-Stephenville East is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. Created in 1995 from the districts of St. George's and Stephenville. In 2011, there were 7,861 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

St. George's-Stephenville East

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. George's-Stephenville East in relation to other districts in Newfoundland
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1995
First contested	1996
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,878
Electors (2011)	7,861
Census division(s)	Division No. 3, Division No. 4, Division No. 5
Census subdivision(s)	Division No. 3, Subd. H, Division No. 4, Subd. A, Division No. 4, Subd. B, Division No. 4, Subd. C, Division No. 4, Subd. D, Division No. 5, Subd. A, Division No. 5, Subd. C, Gallants, Stephenville, Stephenville Crossing, St. George's

The district runs the length of Bay St. George (excluding Port au Port Peninsula) and all along the district of Humber West. Apart from parts of Stephenville, the district includes communities of Barachois Brook, Benoit's Siding, Black Duck Siding, Cape Anguille, Cartyville, Coal Brook, Codroy, Codroy Pond, Cold Brook, Doyles, Flat Bay, Great Codroy, Gypsumville, Heatherton, Highlands, Jeffrey's, Journois Brook, Loch Leven, Loch Lomond, Maidstone, Mattis Point, McDougals, McKay's, Millville, Noels Pond, O'Regan's, Red Rocks, Robinsons, Robinson's Station, St. Andrew, St. David's, St. Fintan's, St. George's, St. Teresa, St. Teresa's Station, Searston, South Branch, Stephenville Crossing, The Block, Tompkins, Upper Ferry, and Woodville.^[2]

The district was abolished in 2015, and was succeeded by the new district of Stephenville-Port au Port.

Members of the House of Assembly

St. George's-Stephenville East/Stephenville

	Member	Party	Term
	Scott Reid	Liberal	2014–2015
	Joan Shea (Burke)	Progressive Conservative	2003-2014
	Kevin Aylward	Liberal	1985-2003
	Fred Stagg	Progressive Conservative	1979-1985
	William MacNeil	Liberal	1975-1979

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St. George's/ St. Georges-Port-au-port

	Member	Party	Term
	Bud Hulan	Liberal	1993-1996
	Larry Short	Liberal	1989-1993
	Ron Dawe	Progressive Conservative	1979-1989
	Hazel McIsaac	Liberal	1975-1979[3]
	Alexander Dunphy	Progressive Conservative	1971-1975
	William J. Keough	Liberal	1949-1971

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Election results

By-election August 26, 2014 On the resignation of Joan Shea, June 2, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Reid	2211	59.15	+26.43
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Childs	948	25.36	-23.95
	NDP	Bernice Hancock	579	15.49	-1.03
Total valid votes			3,739
Rejected
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+25.19

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Burke	2,104	49.31	-25.44
	Liberal	Kevin Aylward	1,396	32.72	+7.46
	NDP	Bernice Hancock	705	16.52	N/A
	Independent	Dean Simon	62	1.45	N/A
Total valid votes			4,267
Rejected			20	0.47	-0.05
Turnout			4,287	53.86	-4.99
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.45

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Burke	3,143	74.74	+22.11
	Liberal	George Lee	1,062	25.26	-19.05
Total valid votes			4,205
Rejected			22	0.52	+0.18
Turnout			4,227	58.86	-11.38
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+20.58

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Burke	2,927	52.63	+12.43
	Liberal	Ron Dawe	2,464	44.31	-8.35
	Independent	Nancy Critchley	170	3.06
Total valid votes			5,561
Rejected			19	0.34	-0.07
Turnout			5,580	70.23	+13.98
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.39

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1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Aylward	2,546	52.66	-9.02
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Muise	1,944	40.21	+11.35
	Newfoundland and Labrador First	Dave Johnson	345	7.14	–
Total valid votes			4,835
Rejected			20	0.41	+0.17
Turnout			4,855	56.26	-9.76
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.18

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1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Aylward	3,505	61.68
	Progressive Conservative	Cec Stein	1,650	28.86	–
	Independent	Roy Spencer	538	9.47	–
Total valid votes			5,683
Rejected			14	0.25
Turnout			5,697	66.01

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