Topsail-Paradise

Topsail–Paradise is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,830 people living in the district.^[1]

Topsail–Paradise

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Paul Dinn Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,830[1]
Electors (2019)	10,119
Area (km²)	25[2]
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	Conception Bay South, Paradise

Topsail–Paradise includes part of the town of Paradise and the part of the town of Conception Bay South. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Topsail–Paradise was previously the district of Topsail. The district also includes former parts of the districts of Conception Bay East-Bell Island and Conception Bay South.^[2]

Geography

The constituency is named after the community of Topsail in Conception Bay South, and the town of Paradise.

Members of the House of Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
48th	2015–2019		Paul Dinn	Progressive Conservative
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)

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn	3,036	50.59	-10.39
	Liberal	Ken Carter	2,525	42.08	+13.13
	New Democratic	Kathleen Burt	440	7.33
Total valid votes			6,001
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.76
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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn	3,476	60.98	-0.19
	Liberal	Patricia Hynes-Coates	1,650	28.95	-4.69
	NL Alliance	Lori Best-Moore	574	10.07
Total valid votes			5,700	99.46
Total rejected ballots			31	0.54	+0.32
Turnout			5,731	54.75	+19.74
Eligible voters			10,467
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.25

Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, January 24, 2019 Resignation of Paul Davis, November 2, 2018
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn[3]	2,204	61.17	+2.87
	Liberal	Patricia Hynes-Coates[4]	1,212	33.64	-3.21
	New Democratic	Kathleen Burt[5]	187	5.19	+0.34
Total valid votes			3,603	99.78
Total rejected ballots			8	0.22	-0.24
Turnout			3,611	35.01	-22.56
Eligible voters			10,313
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.04

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Davis	3,381	58.30
	Liberal	Rex Hillier	2,137	36.85
	New Democratic	Chris Bruce	281	4.85
Total valid votes			5,799	99.54
Total rejected ballots			27	0.46
Turnout			5,826	57.57
Eligible voters			10,119
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[6]