Cape Spear (electoral district)

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district Cape Spear (formerly St. John's South—Mount Pearl) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 99.2% White
Languages: 98.7% English
Religions: 52.8% Catholic, 42.4% Protestant, 3.6% no affiliation
Average income: $25 379

Geography

The district includes the south end of the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl,the Town of Paradise and the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove.

The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's East.

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding for the 39th General Election are:

"All that area consisting of:

(a) that part of the City of St. John's lying southeasterly of the southeasterly limits of the towns of Conception Bay South and Paradise, and southeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of St. John's with Kenmount Road immediately north of the northwesterly limit of the City of Mount Pearl; thence northeasterly and easterly along said road, Freshwater Road and Longs Hill to Gower Street; thence northeasterly along said street to Kings Bridge Road; thence northerly along said road to Rennie's River; thence generally easterly along said river, Quidi Vidi Lake and the channel known locally as Quidi Vidi Gut to Quidi Vidi Harbour;

(b) the City of Mount Pearl; and

(c) the Town of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove. Including all islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."

See also Elections Canada's map of the riding (.PDF).

History

The electoral district of St. John's South—Mount Pearl was created in 2003: 95.1% of the population of the riding came from St. John's West, and 4.9% from St. John's East ridings. As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 5% of this riding would be moved to St. John's East, and it would gain 3% from Avalon.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of St. John's South—Mount Pearl should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.<ref name=report>Template:Citation</ref> The redefined St. John's South—Mount Pearl had its boundaries legally defined in the 2013 representation order which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.<ref name=timeline>Template:Citation</ref>

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, most of St. John's South—Mount Pearl was transferred to the new riding of Cape Spear.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It gained Paradise from Avalon and St. John's East; lost Witless Bay, Bay Bulls and the Southlands and Goulds areas of St. John's to Avalon; and lost the remainder of St. John's Harbour, the Wishingwell Park area and the Ayre Athletic Field area to St. John's East.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Election results

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Cape Spear

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2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	19,467	54.72
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	8,227	23.13
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	7,250	20.38
Template:Canadian party colour \|	People's	631	1.77

St. John's South—Mount Pearl

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2021 election by polling area

2011 federal election redistributed results<ref>Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections</ref>
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	17,925	46.34
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	11,104	28.70
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	9,366	24.21
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Green	280	0.72
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	9	0.02

2011

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2008

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2006

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St. John's South

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2004

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2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Progressive Conservative	18,610	53.65
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	10,526	30.35
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	4,647	13.40
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Alliance	761	2.19
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	142	0.41