Sheilagh O'Leary

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Sheilagh O'Leary MHA
In a 2024 interview
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
Incumbent
Assumed office November 3, 2025
	New Democratic	Sheilagh O'Leary	2,886	49.90	+7.87
	Liberal	John Whelan	2,458	42.50	-0.45
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Cepovski	440	7.61	-7.42
Total valid votes			5,784
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.17
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v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election : Mount Scio
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarah Stoodley	2,011	46.60	+4.93
	Progressive Conservative	Damian Follett	1,152	26.70	-10.52
	New Democratic	Sheilagh O'Leary	1,074	24.89	+12.33
	NL Alliance	Andrea Newbury	60	1.39	-7.15
	Independent	Larry Borne	18	0.42
Total valid votes			4,315
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.72
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved March 3, 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved March 27, 2021.

By-election April 9, 2014 On the resignation of Kathy Dunderdale, February 28, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cathy Bennett	1932	39.88	+30.33
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Breen	1892	39.05	-20.99
	NDP	Sheilagh O'Leary	1021	21.07	-9.35
Total valid votes			4,895
Rejected
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+25.66

2021 St. John's Deputy Mayor election
	Vote	%
Sheilagh O'Leary (X)	Acclaimed

2017 St. John's Deputy Mayor election
Candidate	Vote	%
Sheilagh O'Leary	30,689	84.21
Michelle Worthman	5,753	15.79

2013 St. John's Mayor election
Candidate	Vote	%
Dennis O'Keefe (X)	20,047	56.68
Sheilagh O'Leary	14,735	41.66
Geoff Chaulk	589	1.67

2009 St. John's at-large councillor election
Candidate	Vote	%
Sheilagh O'Leary	24,056	19.82
Sandy Hickman (X)	17,562	14.47
Tom Hann (X)	17,079	14.07
Gerry Colbert (X)	16,183	13.34
Bernard Davis	15,078	12.43
Simon Lono	14,705	12.12
Tom Badcock	8,650	7.13
Barry Buckle	4,352	3.59
Stephen Nolan	3,684	3.04

References

1. MacEachern, Daniel (January 5, 2015). "Sheilagh O'Leary". The Telegram . Retrieved October 15, 2025.
2. "Newfoundland and Labrador 2025 live results". CBC News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
3. Ballard, Christopher (August 28, 2025). "'Thank you St. John's': Deputy Mayor Sheilagh O'Leary steps down from council". The Telegram (SaltWire Network). Retrieved October 15, 2025.
4. https://nl.ndp.ca/sheilagh-oleary/
5. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/newfoundland-labrador/2025/results/#/riding/27310