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.^[1] 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.

St. John's East

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. John's East in relation to other districts in St. John's
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,739
Electors (2011)	8,063

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:

For MHAs elected to the old St. John's East between 1956 and 1995 see Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

St. John's Centre (1956-1995), St. John's East since 1995

Dual-Member District

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
St. John's Centre
29th	1949–1951		John Higgins	Progressive Conservative		Frank Fogwill	Progressive Conservative
30th	1952–1956		James D. Higgins

Single-Member District

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		Paddy 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
43rd	1999–2003
44th	2003–2007
45th	2007–2011		Ed Buckingham
46th	2011–2015		George Murphy	New Democratic

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Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	George Murphy	2,766	52.11	+35.51
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Buckingham	2,175	40.98	-29.14
	Liberal	Michael Duffy	367	6.91	-6.38
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+32.32

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Buckingham	3,649	70.11	–
	NDP	Gemma Schlamp-Hickey	864	16.60
	Liberal	Peter Adams	692	13.29

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	4,151	69.85	–
	NDP	Bruce Clarke	864	14.54
	Liberal	George Murphy	862	14.50
	Independent	Steve Durant	66	1.11

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	3,774	63.40
	Liberal	Tom McGrath	1,559	26.19
	NDP	Barry Darby	600	10.08

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	2,989	48.61	–
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,340	38.05
	NDP	Sean Murray	796	12.94

1993 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,990
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Stapleton	2,464	–	–
	NDP	Fraser March	874

1989 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,967
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,838	–	–
	NDP	Vicky Silky	625

1985 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	3,332	–	–
	Liberal	Mary Frances Philpott	2,229
	NDP	Nina Patey	976

1982 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2357	–	–
	Liberal	John Slattery	657
	NDP	Pobert Harry E. Cuff	293