Mount Pearl South

Mount Pearl South
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Mount Pearl South in relation to other districts in St. John's
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,960
Electors (2011)	8,114

Mount Pearl South is a prosperous, mostly suburban provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to the 2007 provincial election, the district was known as Mount Pearl. Mount Pearl South has seen an expansion in big-box retail outlets in recent years. As of 2011, there are 8,114 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

The district was created in 1975 and was a Tory stronghold for two decades, with Progressive Conservative Neil Windsor holding the seat from 1975 to 1995. The seat went Liberal in 1996 when Brian Tobin won a large majority government, but returned to the Progressive Conservatives, under Dave Denine, in 2003 when the party swept back to power. Denine won again in the 2007 election.

Dave Denine retired just before the writ was dropped in 2011. The 2011 Election was contested between Progressive Conservative nominee Paul Lane, a Mount Pearl city councillor, New Democrat John Riche, a Real Estate Agent and Liberal Norm Snelgrove, a civic administrator. Paul Lane won the 2011 contest by 700 votes on October 11, 2011 and remains the district's MHA.

On January 20, 2014 Paul Lane announced he was leaving the governing PC Party to sit with the Opposition Liberal Party.^[2]

Members of the House of Assembly

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

Member	Party	Term
Paul Lane	Liberal	2014–2015
Paul Lane	Progressive Conservative	2011–2014
Dave Denine	Progressive Conservative	2003-2011
Julie Bettney	Liberal	1996-2003
Neil Windsor	Progressive Conservative	1975-1995

^[3]

Election results

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Paul Lane	2,375	54.61	-29.73
NDP	John Riche	1,675	38.51	+31.78
Liberal	Norm Snelgrove	299	6.88	-2.05

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Dave Denine	4,163	84.34	+3.04
Liberal	Bill Reid	441	8.93	-2.53
NDP	Tom McGinnis	332	6.73	-0.51

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003: Mount Pearl
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Dave Denine	5,662	81.30	–
Liberal	Wayne Ralph	798	11.46
NDP	Roy Locke	504	7.24

References

↑ "Summary of Polling Divisions Mount Pearl South" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
↑ "Tory MHA Paul Lane crossing the floor". NTV. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ CBC news NL votes 2007 district profiles

External links

Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Electoral Districts

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See also: 2015 general election List of elections Politics

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