St. John's Centre

St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	St. John's Centre in relation to other districts in St. John's
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,354
Electors (2015)	9,732
Area (km²)	5
Census divisions	Division No. 1
Census subdivisions	St. John's (part)

St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. As of 2011 there were 7,846 eligible voters living within the district.[1]

The district is bounded largely by Columbus Drive to the west, LeMarchant Road to the south, Parade Street to the east and Empire Avenue to the north. The residents are mostly working and middle-class.

Historically voters in the district have elected a member on the government side. A Progressive Conservative bastion for many years after Confederation, and an anti-Confederation area before that, St. John’s Centre shifted Liberal during the Wells and Tobin eras, though by fairly small margins. In 2011, NDP star candidate Gerry Rogers defeated PC cabinet minister Shawn Skinner. She was re-elected in 2015 and became NDP leader in 2018. Rogers retired in 2019 but former Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association president Jim Dinn held the seat for the NDP.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:

Assembly	Years		Party
31st	1956–1959	Augustine Michael Duffy	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1959-1962	Augustine Michael Duffy	United Newfoundland
33rd	1962-1966	Anthony Joseph Murphy	Progressive Conservative
34th	1966-1971
35th	1972
36th	1972-1975
37th	1975-1979
38th	1979-1982	Patrick McNicholas	Progressive Conservative
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1993	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal
42nd	1993-1996	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal
43rd	1996-1999	Joan Marie Aylward	Liberal
44th	1999-2003	Joan Marie Aylward	Liberal
45th	2003-2007	Shawn Skinner	Progressive Conservative
46th	2007-2011	Shawn Skinner	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011-2015	Gerry Rogers	New Democratic
48th	2015-2019	Gerry Rogers	New Democratic
49th	2019–present	Jim Dinn	New Democratic

Election results

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Jim Dinn	2,218	46.9
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Galgay	1,301	27.5
	Liberal	Seamus O'Keefe	1,207	25.5
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–
Source: Elections Canada[2]

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerry Rogers	2,195	47.64	-6.80
	Liberal	Lynn Sullivan	1,923	41.73	+39.42
	Progressive Conservative	Kathie Hicks	490	10.63	-32.62
Total valid votes			4,608	99.44	–
Total rejected ballots			26	0.56	–
Turnout			4,634	47.62	-14.90
Eligible voters			9,732
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-23.11
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[3]

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerry Rogers	2,569	54.44	+39.52
	Progressive Conservative	Shawn Skinner	2,041	43.25	-33.24
	Liberal	Carly Bigelow	109	2.31	-6.28
Total valid votes			4,719	99.73	–
Total rejected ballots			13	0.27	–
Turnout			4,732	62.52	+4.63
Eligible voters			7,569
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+36.22
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[4]

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shawn Skinner	3,332	76.49	+21.30
	New Democratic	Jane Robinson	650	14.92	-0.84
	Liberal	Lori Ann Campbell-Martino	374	8.59	-20.46
Total valid votes			4,356	99.41	–
Total rejected ballots			26	0.59	–
Turnout			4,382	57.89	-2.42
Eligible voters			7,569
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.07
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[5]

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shawn Skinner	3,349	55.19	+15.61
	Liberal	Joan Marie Aylward	1,763	29.05	-13.22
	New Democratic	Carol Cantwell	956	15.76	-2.39
Total valid votes			6,068	99.33	–
Total rejected ballots			41	0.67	–
Turnout			6,109	59.68	-0.57
Eligible voters			10,236
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.42
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[6]

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Marie Aylward	2,609	42.27	-0.78
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Brown	2,443	39.58	+1.96
	New Democratic	Valerie Long	1,120	18.15	-1.18
Total valid votes			6,172	99.29	–
Total rejected ballots			44	0.71	–
Turnout			6,216	60.25	-5.63
Eligible voters			10,317
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.37
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[7]

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Marie Aylward	2,579	43.05	-4.20
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Brown	2,254	37.62	-1.32
	New Democratic	Wayne Lucas	1,158	19.33	+5.52
Total valid votes			5,991	99.42	–
Total rejected ballots			35	0.58	–
Turnout			6,026	65.88	-0.11
Eligible voters			9,147
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.76
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[8]

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,990	47.25	+1.11
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Stapleton	2,464	38.94	-5.20
	New Democratic	Fraser March	874	13.81	+4.09
Total valid votes			6,328	99.45	–
Total rejected ballots			35	0.55	–
Turnout			6,363	65.99	-13.53
Eligible voters			9,643
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.16
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[9]

1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Kitchen	2,967	46.14	+12.04
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,838	44.14	-6.83
	New Democratic	Vicki Silk	625	9.72	-5.21
Total valid votes			6,430	99.84	–
Total rejected ballots			10	0.16	–
Turnout			6,440	79.52	+5.97
Eligible voters			8,099
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.44
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[10]

1985 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	3,332	50.97	-20.30
	Liberal	Mary Frances Philpott	2,229	34.10	+14.23
	New Democratic	Nina Patey	976	14.93	+6.07
Total valid votes			6,537	99.68	–
Total rejected ballots			21	0.32	–
Turnout			6,558	73.55	+0.75
Eligible voters			8,916
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-17.27
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[11]

1982 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,357	71.27	+11.13
	Liberal	John L. Slattery	657	19.87	-1.52
	New Democratic	Robert Harry E. Cuff	293	8.86	-3.57
Total valid votes			3,307	99.07	–
Total rejected ballots			31	0.93	–
Turnout			3,338	72.80	-6.61
Eligible voters			4,585
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.33
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[12]

1979 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,173	60.14	+0.56
	Liberal	Hugh Joseph Shea	773	21.39	-2.69
	New Democratic	Valerie Anne Summers	449	12.43	+12.43
	Independent	Lewis Murphy	128	3.54	+3.54
	Independent	Dorothy Mary Wyatt	90	2.49	+2.49
Total valid votes			3,613	99.23	–
Total rejected ballots			28	0.77	–
Turnout			3,641	79.41	+13.33
Eligible voters			4,585
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.63
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[13]

1975 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Joseph Murphy	2,366	59.58	-16.88
	Liberal	William Doyle	956	24.08	+0.54
	Reform Liberal	John Coyle	649	16.34	+16.34
Total valid votes			3,971	99.45	–
Total rejected ballots			22	0.55	–
Turnout			3,993	66.08	-7.53
Eligible voters			6,043
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.71
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[14]

1972 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Joseph Murphy	3,580	76.46	+9.03
	Liberal	Denis Murphy	1,102	23.54	-5.41
Total valid votes			4,682	99.19	–
Total rejected ballots			38	0.81	–0.15
Turnout			4,720	73.61	-12.98
Eligible voters			6,412
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.22
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[15]

1971 Newfoundland general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Joseph Murphy	3,708	67.43
	Liberal	Leonard Levitz	1,592	28.95
	Independent	David Owens	109	1.98
	New Democratic	Graham Kelly	90	1.64
Total valid votes			5,499	99.05
Total rejected ballots			53	0.95
Turnout			5,552	86.59
Eligible voters			6,412
Source: Canadian Elections Database[16]

References

"Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S CENTRE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
"2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report on the Provincial General Election, October 11, 2011" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report on the Provincial General Election, October 9, 2007" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report on the October 21, 2003 General Election" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly, February 9, 1999" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 November 1999. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly, February 22, 1996" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Second General Assembly, May 3, 1993" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Election Statistics 1989" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1989. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Election Returns 1985" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 22 October 1985. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Election Returns 1982" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 August 1982. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Election Returns 1979" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 12 October 1979. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
"Election Returns 1975" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 30 April 1976. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
"General Election Returns, March 24, 1972" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1973. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
"1971 Newfoundland and Labrador Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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[1] "Summary of Polling Divisions ST. JOHN'S CENTRE" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

[3] "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[4] "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 11, 2011" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[5] "Report on the Provincial General Election, October 9, 2007" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[6] "Report on the October 21, 2003 General Election" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[7] "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly, February 9, 1999" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 9 November 1999. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[8] "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly, February 22, 1996" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[9] "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Second General Assembly, May 3, 1993" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[10] "Election Statistics 1989" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1989. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[11] "Election Returns 1985" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 22 October 1985. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[12] "Election Returns 1982" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 August 1982. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[13] "Election Returns 1979" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 12 October 1979. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

[14] "Election Returns 1975" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 30 April 1976. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

[15] "General Election Returns, March 24, 1972" (PDF). Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. 1973. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

[16] "1971 Newfoundland and Labrador Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2019.