 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in the St. John's area | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| 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]
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:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bernard Davis | 3,481 | 59.61 | +15.36 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vic Lawlor | 1,224 | 20.96 | -14.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jenn Deon | 1,135 | 19.43 | -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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bernard Davis | 2,761 | 44.25 | -0.79 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Beth Crosbie | 2,217 | 35.53 | +3.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jenn Deon | 1,262 | 20.22 | -2.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,240 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.54 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,274 | 63.64 | +6.79 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 9,858 | – | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.89 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland & Labrador[3] | ||||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bernard Davis | 2,528 | 45.04 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Beth Crosbie | 1,826 | 32.53 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bob Buckingham | 1,259 | 22.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,613 | 99.68 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,631 | 56.86 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,904 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Legal Description" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ 2015 Provincial General Election Report (PDF) (Report). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 2016-07-25.
- ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
| St. John's |  | |
|---|---|---|
| St. John's suburbs | ||
| Avalon Peninsula | ||
| Eastern Newfoundland | ||
| Central Newfoundland | ||
| Western Newfoundland | ||
| Labrador | ||
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