Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |
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Coordinates: | 47.600°N 52.691°W / 47.600; -52.691 |
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 |
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.