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St. John's East (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see St. John's East (provincial electoral district) and St. John's North (provincial electoral district).
St. John's East (French: St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1949 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 85,697 | ||
Electors (2019) | 66,063 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 363 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 236.1 | ||
Census division(s) | Division 1 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | St. John's, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Paradise, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Subdivision 1R, Torbay, Wabana |
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It covers a part of St. John's. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North".[2]
In the 2019 federal election, former NDP MP Jack Harris defeated incumbent MP Nick Whalen in a rematch of the 2015 election. Harris retired in 2021, and Liberal Joanne Thompson won the seat.[3]