St. John's West

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St. John's West

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1949
District abolished	2003
First contested	1949
Last contested	2000

For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's West (provincial electoral district)

St. John's West was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 2003.

This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Avalon and St. John's South ridings.

It initially consisted of the Districts of Placentia-St. Mary's and Ferryland and a part of St. John's. In 1952, it was redefined to include also the Iona Islands in the District of Placentia West. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the provincial districts of St. John's South, Ferryland, St. Mary's and Placentia East, and those parts of the provincial districts of St. John's West, St. John's North and St. John's Centre not included in the electoral district of St. John's East.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. William J. Browne, Progressive Conservative (1949-1953)
2. James Augustine Power, Liberal (1953-1957)
3. William J. Browne, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
4. Richard Cashin, Liberal (1962-1968)
5. Walter Carter, Progressive Conservative (1968-1975)
6. John C. Crosbie, Progressive Conservative 1975-1993)
7. Jean Payne, Liberal (1993-1997)
8. Charlie Power, Progressive Conservative (1997-2000)
9. Loyola Hearn, Progressive Conservative (2000-2003)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	10,344
	Liberal	Gregory J. Power	9,828

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Augustine Power	9,965
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	9,025

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	10,539
	Liberal	James Augustine Power	8,449
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E.E. Thoms	321

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Joseph Browne	15,953
	Liberal	Leonard Miller	10,338
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E.E. Thoms	240

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Cashin	12,650
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Browne	12,626
	New Democrat	Stanley H. Ross	281

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Cashin	14,724
	Progressive Conservative	Art Harnett	10,997
	New Democrat	James J. Walsh	466

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Cashin	14,481
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer	10,054
	New Democrat	Esau E. Thoms	580
	Social Credit	S. Carey Skinner	115

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	15,379
	Liberal	Richard Cashin	11,150
	New Democrat	John Lorne Connors	597

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	16,818
	Liberal	David Bruce Porter	7,230
	New Democrat	Moses L. Ingram	1,668
	Not affiliated	Hugh J. Shea	1,637

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	14,550
	Liberal	Lilian Bouzane	8,864
	New Democrat	Walter Noel	3,415
	Social Credit	S. Carey Skinner	143

By-election on 18 October 1976 On Mr. Carter's resignation, 3 September 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Crosbie	11,719
	New Democrat	Tom Mayo	8,597
	Liberal	Robert Innes	3,971

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Crosbie	17,236
	Liberal	Patrick O'Flaherty	10,024
	New Democrat	Tom Mayo	9,033

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Crosbie	19,067
	Liberal	Aidan Hennebury	11,423
	New Democrat	J. Michael Maher	3,967
	Marxist-Leninist	Tony Seed	86

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Crosbie	33,696
	Liberal	Walter Carter	8,699
	New Democrat	Nina P. Patey	1,926

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Crosbie	24,194
	Liberal	Genevieve M. Payne	12,787
	New Democrat	Alfred J. Sullivan	2,333

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Payne	24,021
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola Hearn	16,380
	New Democrat	Sharon Walsh	1,740
	Reform	Dana Tucker	1,041
	Natural Law	Guy Harvey	459

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Power	19,393
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	16,317
	New Democrat	Lee Ingram	6,866
	Reform	Harold Silas Ruby	1,113
	Natural Law	Michael Rendell	319

By-election on 15 May 2000 Resignation of Charles J. Power, 31 January 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola Hearn	11,392
	New Democrat	Greg Malone	11,036
	Liberal	Anthony G. Sparrow	8,032
	Canadian Alliance	Frank Hall	1,315
	Not affiliated	E. Sailor White	332

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola Hearn	22,959
	Liberal	Chuck Furey	14,137
	New Democrat	Dave Curtis	4,744
	Canadian Alliance	Eldon Drost	840
	Natural Law	Michael Rendell	141

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for St. John's West (1949–1952) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for St. John's West (1952–1987) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for St. John's West (1987–2003) from the Library of Parliament