St. John's South—Mount Pearl

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
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	81,944
Electors (2015)	66,936
Area (km²)[1]	503
Pop. density (per km²)	162.9
Census divisions	Division 1
Census subdivisions	St. John's, Mount Pearl, Bay Bulls, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Witless Bay

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 House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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

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 Elections 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).

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. As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 5% of this riding will be moved to St. John's East, and it will gain 3% from Avalon.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of St. John's South—Mount Pearl should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined St. John's South—Mount Pearl had its boundaries legally defined in the 2013 representation order which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
St. John's South Riding created from St. John's West and St. John's East
38th	2004–2006	Loyola Hearn	Conservative
St. John's South—Mount Pearl
39th	2006–2008	Loyola Hearn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011	Siobhán Coady	Liberal
41st	2011–2015	Ryan Cleary	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Seamus O'Regan	Liberal

Election results