Mount Pearl-Southlands is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2016 there are 14,386 people living in the district.[1]
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in the St. John's area | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Independent | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 14,386[1] | ||
| Electors (2015) | 9,558 | ||
| Area (km²) | 25[2] | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 1 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Mount Pearl, St. John's | ||
Mount Pearl-Southlands includes part of the City of Mount Pearl and the Southlands portion of the City of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Mount Pearl-Southlands was previously the district of Mount Pearl South. The district also includes parts of the former district of Kilbride[2] and a small part of Mount Pearl North.
Members of the House of Assembly
editThe district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48th | 2015–2016 | Paul Lane | Liberal | |
| 2016–2019 | Independent | |||
| 49th | 2019–2021 | |||
| 50th | 2021–Present | |||
Election results
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Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Paul Lane | 3,445 | 59.60 | +15.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Karla Hayward | 1,386 | 23.98 | -4.32 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Grant | 797 | 13.79 | -10.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cara Krista Winsor | 152 | 2.63 | -0.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,780 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Independent hold | Swing | +10.09 | ||||||
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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Paul Lane | 2,823 | 43.75 | |||||
| Liberal | Hasan Hai | 1,826 | 28.30 | -19.10 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gillian Pearson | 1,590 | 24.64 | -18.29 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Brake | 214 | 3.32 | -6.35 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,435 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.49 | +0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,485 | 63.24 | +6.53 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,255 | |||||||
| Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | +31.42 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Lane | 2,559 | 47.40 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 2,318 | 42.93 | |||||
| New Democratic | Roy Locke | 522 | 9.67 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,399 | 99.61 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,420 | 56.71 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,558 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[3] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission "Mount Pearl-Southlands Legal Description". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b "Mount Pearl-Southlands Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.