Virginia Waters-Pleasantville

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Virginia Waters-Pleasantville
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
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Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA
 
 		 
Bernard Davis
Liberal
District created2015
First contested 2015
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)14,152 [1]
Electors (2015)9,904
Area (km²)15 [2]
Census division(s) Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s) St. John's

Virginia Waters-Pleasantville is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,152 people living in the district. [1]

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Virginia Waters-Pleasantville includes part of the city of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The district includes parts of the former districts of St. John's East, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, and Virginia Waters. [2]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
48th 2015-2019 Bernard Davis Liberal
49th 2019-2021
50th 2021–Present

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernard Davis 3,48159.61+15.36
Progressive Conservative Vic Lawlor1,22420.96-14.57
New Democratic Jenn Deon1,13519.43-0.79
Total valid votes 5,840
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +14.96
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
"NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernard Davis 2,76144.25-0.79
Progressive Conservative Beth Crosbie2,21735.53+3.00
New Democratic Jenn Deon1,26220.22-2.21
Total valid votes6,240 99.46
Total rejected ballots34 0.54+0.22
Turnout 6,27463.64 +6.79
Electors on the lists 9,858–
Liberal hold Swing -1.89
Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador [3]
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Bernard Davis 2,52845.04
Progressive Conservative Beth Crosbie1,82632.53
New Democratic Bob Buckingham1,25922.43
Total valid votes5,61399.68
Total rejected ballots180.32
Turnout5,63156.86
Eligible voters9,904
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [4]

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Walter Noel is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to Newfoundland's House of Assembly as the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Pleasantville in 1989, and re-elected in 1993. Noel was re-elected with the assistance of local Nfld Reform Party of Canada organizers. Noel also worked on the campaign to stop the Wells administration from privatizing Nfld & Lab Hydro. During this campaign, Noel worked again with local Reform Party of Canada organizers, also with St. John’s deputy mayor at the time, Andy Wells, former PC leader, Lynn Verge, former NDP leader, Jack Harris, members of the local Nfld Arts community such as, Greg Malone and Anita Best, former head of Nfld & Lab Hydro, Cyril Abery and Nfld historian, John Fitzgerald. He was elected to represent the new Virginia Waters district in 1996 and 1999. Noel attempted two political comebacks, running for the Liberal Party of Canada unsuccessfully in the 2004 and 2008 federal elections.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ↑ 2015 Provincial General Election Report (PDF) (Report). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 2016-07-25.
  3. ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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