Mount Pearl-Southlands
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]
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Independent | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 14,386[1] | ||
| Electors (2015) | 9,558 | ||
| Area (km²) | 25[2] | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 1 | ||
| Census subdivisions | 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
The district has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly:
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lane | Independent | 2016- | |
| Liberal | 2015-2016 | ||
Election results
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Paul Lane | 2,823 | 43.7 | |||||
| Liberal | Hasan Hai | 1,826 | 28.3 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gillian Pearson | 1,590 | 24.6 | |||||
| New Democratic | David Brake | 214 | 3.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| 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
- Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission "Mount Pearl-Southlands Legal Description" Check
|url=value (help). Retrieved 17 August 2015. - "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.
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