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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
District created | 1975 |
First contested | 1975 |
Last contested | 2011 |
Demographics | |
Population (2006) | 11,701 |
Electors (2011) | 10,251 |
Kilbride is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 10,251 eligible voters living within the district. [1]
The district was created prior to the 1975 election out of parts of St. John's South and St. John's North. It was abolished in 2015 and replaced by Waterford Valley, Mount Pearl-Southlands, Ferryland, Mount Pearl North and St. John's West.
The district made up the southern portion of the city of St. John's, including the rural neighbourhoods of the Goulds and Kilbride. Agriculture was an important industry in the district.
It was one of the strongest Progressive Conservative (PC) districts in the Newfoundland and Labrador, voting 85% for the Torys in the 2007 election. Since its creation, it had always returned a PC MHA to the House of Assembly.
The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
37th | 1975–1979 | Robert Wells | Progressive Conservative | |
38th | 1979–1982 | Bob Aylward | ||
39th | 1982–1985 | |||
40th | 1985–1989 | |||
41st | 1989–1993 | |||
42nd | 1993–1996 | Ed Byrne | ||
43rd | 1996–1999 | |||
43rd | 1999–2003 | |||
44th | 2003–2007 | |||
45th | 2007–2011 | John Dinn | ||
46th | 2011–2015 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | John Dinn | 3,347 | 58.43% | – | |
NDP | Paul Boundridge | 1,927 | 33.64% | ||
Liberal | Brian Hanlon | 454 | 7.93% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | John Dinn | 4,443 | 84.48% | – | |
NDP | Michelle Broderick | 421 | 8.01% | ||
Liberal | Roger Linehan | 364 | 6.92% | ||
Independent | Paul Perrier | 31 | 0.59% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | John Dinn | 2,744 | 78.83 | +0.55 | |
Liberal | Bob Clarke | 508 | 14.59 | -1.18 | |
NDP | Gemma Schlamp-Hickey | 229 | 6.58 | +0.63 | |
Total | 3,481 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Ed Byrne | 5,315 | – | – | |
Liberal | Joe Wadden | 1,071 | |||
NDP | David Reynolds | 404 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Ed Byrne | 4145 | – | – | |
Liberal | Barbara Howlett | 2,133 | |||
NDP | Lee Ingram | 289 | |||
Independent | Vicki Stuckless | 289 |
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