St. John's East

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Riding Info

St. John's East covers the part of the capital northeast of a line running along Kenmount Road, Long's Hill, Gower Street, King's Bridge Road, Quidi Vidi Lake and Quidi Vidi Harbour. The riding includes part of Conception Bay South, as well as the towns of Bauline, Flatrock, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Paradise, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Pouch Cove, Torbay and Wabana.

Called St. John's East until the 2004 election, it then became St. John's North. In 2005, it regained its old name when about one-fifth of its population was redistributed to the Avalon riding.

Population: 88,002 (2006 census; an increase of 8.6% since 2001)

Political History

Jack Harris of the NDP won this riding in a landslide in 2008, taking 75 per cent of the vote compared to 13 per cent for Liberal Walter Noel, a margin of more than 26,000 votes. In 2006, Conservative Norman Doyle defeated Liberal Paul Antle by 4,765 votes. Doyle did not seek re-election.

Doyle attained office in 1997 with a 4,800-vote win over the NDP's Ted Warren. He won again in 2000, knocking off Liberal Peter Miller by nearly 10,000 votes. He beat Liberal Walter Noel by 1,730 votes in 2004.

Before Doyle, Liberal Bonnie Hickey held this seat, in 1993 unseating incumbent Ross Reid, a Tory. Reid had won the 1988 election by unseating New Democrat Jack Harris. Before that, Tory James McGrath served as the MP.

• 1949 – PC
• 1953 – LIB
• 1957, 1958, 1962 – PC
• 1963, 1965 – LIB
• 1968-84 inclusive – PC
• 1987 byelection – NDP
• 1988 – PC
• 1993 – LIB
• 1997, 2000 – PC
• 2004, 2006 – CON
• 2008 – NDP

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Demographics

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Candidate Info

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CON – Jerry Byrne

GRN – Robert Miller

LIB – John Allan

NDP – Jack Harris

Jerry Byrne
	Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: Website Twitter Facebook Email 55 Bond St. St. John’s, N.L. A1C 1S9
Birthplace:	Torbay, N.L.
Profession:	Businessperson
Education:	College of the North Atlantic - Diploma in electronics technology, 1971; Memorial University - Bachelor of engineering, 1977

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Robert Miller
	Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: Website Twitter Email 709-690-0696
Profession:	Architectural Engineering Technologist
Education:	Third year student in architectural engineering technology at the College of the North Atlantic.

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John Allan
	Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 1 Website 2 Twitter Facebook Flickr Email 709-725-3474 709-579-0108 279 Portugal Cove Rd. St. John's, N.L. A1B 2N8
Birthplace:	St. John’s
Marital Status:	Married to Cynthia
Children:	Three

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Jack Harris
	Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: Website Facebook Twitter Email 709-753-JACK (5225) 44 Torbay Rd. Newport Building St. John’s, N.L.
Age:	62
Birthplace:	St. John's
Marital Status:	Married
Children:	Three
Education:	Memorial University - BA; University of Alberta - law degree.; London School of Economics - graduate law degree. Admitted to the Newfoundland Bar in 1980.
Political Career:	PROVINCIAL:Elected in St John's East in Dec. 11, 1990, byelection, 1993; Elected in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi in 1996, 1999, 2003; Sept. 23, 2006 - resigned. FEDERAL: Elected in St. John's East byelection on July 20, 1987

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