St. John's South—Mount Pearl

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St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
St. John's South—Mount Pearl in relation to other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Loyola Hearn Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	81,938
Electors (2006)	64,543
Area (km²)	406
Pop. density (per km²)	201.8
Census divisions	Division No. 1
Census subdivisions	St. John's, Mount Pearl

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

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

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Geography

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

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

According to Election 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).

[edit] History

The electoral district 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. John's West and St. John's East prior to 2004
38th	2004-2006		Loyola Hearn	Conservative
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Loyola Hearn	16,644	44.68	+5.11
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	12,295	33.00	-2.26
	New Democrat	Peg Norman	8079	21.69	-2.02
	Green	Barry Crozier	235	0.63	-0.83
Total valid votes			37,253	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			124	0.33%
Turnout			37,371	58.3%	+5.7%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Loyola Hearn	13,330	39.57	-16.2
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	11,879	35.26	+5.0
	New Democrat	Peg Norman	7989	23.71	+10.3
	Green	Steve Willcott	493	1.46	Ø
Total valid votes			33,691	52.6%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• St. John's South—Mount Pearl riding from Elections Canada
• Riding history for St. John's South (2003–2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for St. John's South—Mount Pearl (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Election Financial Reports from Elections Canada

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