St. John's West (provincial electoral district)

St. John’s West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,741 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

St. John's West

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Siobhán Coady Liberal
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,805
Electors (2011)	7,741
Area (km²)	10
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	St. John's

The district is largely residential and middle class and includes the Cowan Heights area. Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.

The district is represented by Cabinet Minister Siobhan Coady.

From 1949 to 1975, it elected two MHAs through Block voting. Since 1975 it has elected a single MHA through First past the post.

Members of the House of Assembly

The following members of the House of Assembly have been elected in St. John's West:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1949–1951		James Spratt	Liberal
			Oliver Vardy
30th	1949–1951
	1951–1956		Peter Cashin	Progressive Conservative
	1951–1956		Malcolm Hollett
31st	1956–1959
32nd	1959–1962		Joseph R. Smallwood	Liberal
33rd	1962–1966		William G. Adams
34th	1966–1969		John Crosbie
	1969–1971			Progressive Conservative
35th	1972
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1977
	1977–1979		Hubert Kitchen	Liberal
38th	1979–1982		Hal Barrett	Progressive Conservative
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993		Rex Gibbons	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996
43rd	1996–1997
	1997–1999		Sheila Osborne	Progressive Conservative
44th	1999–2003
45th	2003–2007
46th	2007–2011
47th	2011–2015		Dan Crummell
48th	2015–2019		Siobhán Coady	Liberal
49th	2019–2021
50th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,679	57.82	+12.13
	Progressive Conservative	Kristina Ennis	1,484	32.03	-10.19
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	470	10.14	-1.94
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.16
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,393	45.69	-0.32
	Progressive Conservative	Shane Skinner	2,211	42.22	+15.42
	New Democratic	Brenda Walsh	633	12.09	-15.10
Total valid votes			5,237	99.37
Total rejected ballots			33	0.63	+0.18
Turnout			5,270	57.31	+1.73
Electors on the lists			9,195	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.87
Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador[2]

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	2,342	46.01	+26.76
	New Democratic	Earle McCurdy	1,384	27.19	-10.21
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Crummell	1,364	26.80	-16.55
Total valid votes			5,090	99.55
Total rejected ballots			23	0.45	+0.23
Turnout			5,113	55.59	-4.01
Eligible voters			9,198
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.66
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[3]

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Crummell	2,004	43.35	-29.33
	New Democratic	Chris Pickard	1,729	37.40	+30.50
	Liberal	George Joyce	890	19.25	-1.17
Total valid votes			4,623	99.78
Total rejected ballots			10	0.22
Turnout			4,633	59.60
Eligible voters			7,774

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	3,623	72.68	-0.47
	Liberal	George Joyce	1,018	20.42	-0.08
	New Democratic	Joan Scott	344	6.90	-0.39

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	4,557	72.21	–
	Liberal	Tom Hann	1,294	20.50
	NDP	Raj Sharan	460	7.29

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1999 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila Osborne	3,206	49.8	–
	Liberal	Tom Moore	2,532	39.3
	NDP	Pat Lynch	683	10.6

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1996 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	4,152
	Progressive Conservative	Bren Kelly	1,648	–	–
	NDP	Pat Lynch	651

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1993 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	3,094
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Sears	2,485	–	–
	NDP	Bonnie MacGillivray	835

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1989 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	3,389
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Barrett	2,583	–	–
	NDP	Larry Power	380

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1985 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Barrett	3,382	–	–
	Liberal	Gerald Moore	1,595
	NDP	Thomas O'Leary	1,508

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1982 Newfoundland general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Barrett	2,475	–	–
	Liberal	Ronald Pumphrey	755
	NDP	Ronald Lewis	225

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