Mount Pearl South

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Mount Pearl South
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Mount Pearl South in relation to other districts in St. John's
Coordinates: 47°30′04″N52°48′25″W / 47.501°N 52.807°W / 47.501; -52.807
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created1975
District abolished2015
First contested 1975
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2006)11,960
Electors (2011)8,114

Mount Pearl South is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to the 2007 provincial election, the district was known as Mount Pearl. Mount Pearl South has seen an expansion in big-box retail outlets in recent years. In 2011, there were 8,114 eligible voters living within the district. [1]

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The district was created in 1975 and was a Tory stronghold for two decades, with Progressive Conservative Neil Windsor holding the seat from 1975 to 1995. The seat went Liberal in 1996 when Brian Tobin won a large majority government, but returned to the Progressive Conservatives, under Dave Denine, in 2003 when the party swept back to power. Denine won again in the 2007 election.

Dave Denine retired just before the writ was dropped in 2011. The 2011 Election was contested between Progressive Conservative nominee Paul Lane, a Mount Pearl city councillor, New Democrat John Riche, a Real Estate Agent and Liberal Norm Snelgrove, a civic administrator. Paul Lane won the 2011 contest by 700 votes on October 11, 2011 and remained the district's MHA until its dissolution.

On January 20, 2014 Paul Lane announced he was leaving the governing PC Party to sit with the Opposition Liberal Party. [2] In 2015, an electoral district boundary review resulted in the districts dissolution, with its territory being incorporated into Mount Pearl-Southlands.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district had elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
37th 1975–1979   Neil Windsor Progressive Conservative
38th 1979–1982
39th 1982–1985
40th 1985–1989
41st 1989–1993
42nd 1993–1996
43rd 1996–1999   Julie Bettney Liberal
43rd 1999–2003
44th 2003–2007   Dave Denine Progressive Conservative
45th 2007–2011
46th 2011–2014 Paul Lane
2014–2015   Liberal

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Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Paul Lane2,37554.61-29.73
  NDP John Riche1,67538.51+31.78
Liberal Norm Snelgrove2996.88-2.05
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Denine 4,16384.34+3.04
Liberal Bill Reid4418.93-2.53
  NDP Tom McGinnis3326.73-0.51
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Mount Pearl
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Denine5,66281.30–
Liberal Wayne Ralph79811.46
  NDP Roy Locke5047.24

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References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions Mount Pearl South" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Tory MHA Paul Lane crossing the floor". NTV. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles
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