Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi in relation to other districts in St. John's
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1996
District abolished	2015
First contested	1996
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,718
Electors (2011)	8,137

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,137 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district includes the east end of the downtown St. John's, and runs north to Newfoundland Drive. The residential mix ranges from apartments and refurbished townhouses in the older part of the city to the edges of suburban subdivisions in the east end.

The current MHA is the New Democratic Party leader, Lorraine Michael. This district was also represented by Former Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader, Jack Harris from 1990 to 2006.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

	Member	Party	Term
	Lorraine Michael	New Democrat	2006–2015
	Jack Harris	New Democrat	1995-2006

St. John's East

Member	Party	Term
Jack Harris	New Democrat	1990-1995
Shannie Duff	Progressive Conservative	1989-1990
William Marshall	Progressive Conservative	1970-1989
Gerald Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative	1966-1970
James Greene	Progressive Conservative	1959-1966
James Higgins	Progressive Conservative	1956-1959

Results

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
NDP	Lorraine Michael	3,239	65.28	+8.5
Progressive Conservative	John Noseworthy	1,550	31.24	-8.4
Liberal	Drew Brown	173	3.49	-0.1

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
NDP	Lorraine Michael	3,062	56.8	+1.6
Progressive Conservative	Maria Afonso	2,135	39.6	-5.2
Liberal	Maura Beam	196	3.6	+3.6

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By-Election, November 1, 2006 On the resignation of Jack Harris, May, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democrat	Lorraine Michael	1,968	55.2	+6.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jerome Kennedy	1,595	44.8	+1.0

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,456	48.5
Progressive Conservative	Karen Carroll	2,221	43.8
Liberal	Ray O'Neill	391	7.7

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,179	41.91	-9.2
	Liberal	Pete Sousey	2,010	38.66	+8.4
	Progressive Conservative	Chris O'Brien	793	15.25	-1.2
	Newfoundland and Labrador Party	Paul David Hillier	116	2.23	+2.2
	Independent	Shaun Dunn	53	1.02	+1.0
	Independent	John Whelan	48	0.92	+0.9

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,800	51.07	+7.4
	Liberal	Joan Cook	1,661	30.29	+2.0
	Progressive Conservative	Cy Mills	902	16.45	-7.6
	Independent	Jason Crummey	120	2.19	+2.2

St. John's East

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,336	43.67	-5.6
	Liberal	Joan Cook	1,728	32.31	+1.5
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Fitzgerald	1,285	24.02	+4.1

By-Election, December 11, 1990 - Resignation of Shannie Duff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	1,977	49.24	+12.0
	Liberal	Barbara Chalker	1,237	30.81	+9.6
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	801	19.95	-21.8

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1989
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Shannie Duff	2,397	41.7	-8.5
NDP	Gene Long	2,137	37.2	+0.9
Liberal	Lynette Billard	1,212	21.1	+7.7

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1985
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	William Marshall	2,738	50.2	-18.3
NDP	Gene Long	1,981	36.3	+17.8
Liberal	Hugh Shea	738	13.5	+0.5

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1982
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	William Marshall	2,021	68.5	-2.2
NDP	Nancy Riche	546	18.5	+6.7
Liberal	Hugh Coady	382	13.0	-4.4

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Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1979
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	William Marshall	2,111	70.7	–
Liberal	Jaime Wyatt	520	17.4
NDP	David Thompson	353	11.8

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References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions SIGNAL HILL - QUIDI VIDI" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
↑ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
1 2 3 4 Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

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