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Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

|name = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

|province = Newfoundland and Labrador

|image = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.png

|imagemap =

|caption = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi in relation to other districts in St. John's

|coordinates = {{coord |47.600|N|52.691|W|display=title,inline}}

|coordinates_caption =

|coordinates_date =

|prov-status = defunct

|prov-created = 1996

|prov-abolished = 2015

|prov-election-first = 1996

|prov-election-last = 2011

|prov-rep = Lorraine Michael

|prov-rep-link =

|prov-rep-party = NDP

|prov-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

|demo-census-date = 2006

|demo-pop = 11718

|demo-electors = 8137

|demo-electors-date = 2011

|demo-area =

|demo-cd =

|demo-csd =

}}

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi is a former 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.{{cite web|title=Summary of Polling Divisions SIGNAL HILL - QUIDI VIDI|url=http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/PDF/District.Descriptions/Signal%20Hill%20Quidi%20Vidi_Polling%20Division%20Descriptions.pdf|publisher=Elections Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=5 September 2011|date=3 August 2011}}

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

The last MHA was New Democratic Party MHA, Lorraine Michael. This district was also represented by former Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader, Jack Harris from 1990 to 2006. The district was abolished in 2015, and became St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.

Members of the House of Assembly

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

class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

colspan="5" | St. John's East
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st

| 1956–1959

| rowspan=11 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|    

| rowspan=1| James Higgins

| rowspan=11| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd

| 1959–1962

| rowspan=2| James Greene

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 33rd

| 1962–1966

rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th

| 1966–1970

| Gerald Ottenheimer

1970–1971

| rowspan=7| William Marshall

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th

| 1971–1972

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th

| 1972–1975

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th

| 1975–1979

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th

| 1979–1982

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th

| 1982–1985

rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th

| 1985–1986

1986–1989

| {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|    

| Gene Long

| New Democratic

rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st

| 1989–1990

| rowspan=1 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|    

| rowspan=1| Shannie Duff

| rowspan=1| Progressive Conservative

1990–1993

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|    

| rowspan=2| Jack Harris

| rowspan=2| New Democratic

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd

| 1993–1996

colspan="5" | Signal Hill–Quidi Vidi
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd

| 1996–1999

| rowspan=6 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|    

| rowspan=3| Jack Harris

| rowspan=6| New Democratic

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd

| 1999–2003

rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th

| 2003–2006

2006–2007

| rowspan=3| Lorraine Michael

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th

| 2007–2011

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th

| 2011–2015

Results

=Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi=

{{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Lorraine Michael

|align="right"|3,239

|align="right"|65.28

|align="right"|+8.5

|-

{{CANelec |NL |PC |John Noseworthy |1,550 |31.24 |-8.4}}

|-

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Drew Brown|173|3.49|-0.1}}

|}

{{Election box begin | title= 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Lorraine Michael

|align="right"|3,062

|align="right"|56.8

|align="right"|+1.6

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Maria Afonso

|align="right"|2,135

|align="right"|39.6

|align="right"|-5.2

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Maura Beam|196|3.6|+3.6}}

|}[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/riding/033/ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

{{Election box begin | title= By-Election, November 1, 2006

On the resignation of Jack Harris, May, 2006}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|New Democrat

|Lorraine Michael

|align="right"|1,968

|align="right"|55.2

|align="right"| +6.7

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Jerome Kennedy

|align="right"|1,595

|align="right"|44.8

|align="right"| +1.0

|}

{{Election box begin | title= 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|New Democrat

|Jack Harris

|align="right"|2,456

|align="right"|48.5

|align="right"|

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Karen Carroll

|align="right"|2,221

|align="right"|43.8

|align="right"|

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Ray O'Neill |391|7.7}}

|}[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/riding/038/ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="6"|1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

|-

! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party

! style="width: 170px"|Candidate

! style="width: 40px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

! style="width: 40px"|+/-

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat

|Jack Harris

|align=right|2,179

|align=right|41.91

|align=right|-9.2

|-

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Pete Soucy|2,010|38.66|+8.4}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

|Chris O'Brien

|align=right|793

|align=right|15.25

|align=right|-1.2

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Newfoundland and Labrador Party

|Paul David Hillier

|align=right|116

|align=right|2.23

|align=right|+2.2

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Independent

|Shaun Dunn

|align=right|53

|align=right|1.02

|align=right|+1.0

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Independent

|John Whelan

|align=right|48

|align=right|0.92

|align=right|+0.9

{{end}}

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="6"|1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

|-

! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party

! style="width: 170px"|Candidate

! style="width: 40px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

! style="width: 40px"|+/-

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat

|Jack Harris

|align=right|2,800

|align=right|51.07

|align=right|+7.4

|-

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Joan Cook|1,661|30.29|+2.0}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

|Cy Mills

|align=right|902

|align=right|16.45

|align=right|-7.6

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Independent (Terra Nova Greens)

|Jason Crummey

|align=right|120

|align=right|2.19

|align=right|+2.2

{{end}}

=St. John's East=

class="wikitable"

! colspan="6"|1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party

! style="width: 170px"|Candidate

! style="width: 40px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

! style="width: 40px"|+/-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat

|Jack Harris

|align=right|2,336

|align=right|43.67

|align=right

5.6
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Joan Cook|1,728|32.31|+1.5}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

|Sean Fitzgerald

|align=right|1,285

|align=right|24.02

|align=right|+4.1

{{end}}

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="6"|By-Election, December 11, 1990 - Resignation of Shannie Duff

colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party

! style="width: 170px"|Candidate

! style="width: 40px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

! style="width: 40px"|+/-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat

|Jack Harris

|align=right|1,977

|align=right|49.24

|align=right|+12.0

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Barbara Chalker|1,237|30.81|+9.6}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

|John Ottenheimer

|align=right|801

|align=right|19.95

|align=right

21.8

{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

{{CANelec |NL |PC |Shannie Duff |2,397 |41.7 |+6.7}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Gene Long

|align="right"|2,137

|align="right"|37.2

|align="right"

4.58

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Lynette Billard|1,212|21.1

2.12}}
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

class="wikitable"

! colspan="6"|By-Election, 1986 - Resignation of William Marshall

colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party

! style="width: 170px"|Candidate

! style="width: 40px"|Votes

! style="width: 40px"|%

! style="width: 40px"|+/-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat

|Gene Long

|align=right|1,693

|align=right|41.78

|align=right|+5.48

{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

|Shannie Duff

|align=right|1,418

|align=right|35.00

|align=right

15.2

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Rex Murphy | 941 | 23.22|+9.72 }}

{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,738 |50.2

18.3}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Gene Long

|align="right"|1,981

|align="right"|36.3

|align="right"|+17.8

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Hugh Shea|738|13.5|+0.5}}

{{Election box begin | title=1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,021 |68.5 |-2.2}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Nancy Riche

|align="right"|546

|align="right"|18.5

|align="right"|+6.7

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Hugh Coady|382|13.0|-4.4}}

|-

|}

{{Election box begin | title=1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,111 |70.7|–}}

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Jaime Wyatt|520|17.4|}}

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|David Thompson

|align="right"|353

|align="right"|11.8

|align="right"|

|-

|}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/ Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]

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Category:Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts

Category:Politics of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador