# St. John's South (provincial electoral district)

St. John's South is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of its final contest in 2011, there were 7,923 eligible voters living within the district.
The riding was created prior to the 1956 election out of parts of St. John's West and Ferryland.
Historically working class in nature, St. John's South includes increasingly prosperous residential pockets. The district covers the traditional "west end" of St. John's (now geographically closer to the centre, due to city expansion), the western section of the downtown core and the south side of the harbour to Cape Spear, including the neighbourhood of Shea Heights. In the 2007 redistribution, four per cent of Kilbride was added. The district was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by Waterford Valley.

## Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 31st | 1956–1957 | William Browne | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1957–1959 | Rex Renouf | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1959–1962 | John R. O'Dea | United Newfoundland Party |
| 33rd | 1962–1966 | Rex Renouf | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1966–1971 | John A. Nolan | Liberal |
| 35th | 1971–1972 | Hugh J. Shea | Progressive Conservative |
| 36th | 1972–1975 | Robert Wells | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 1975–1979 | John Collins | Progressive Conservative |
| 38th | 1979–1982 | John Collins | Progressive Conservative |
| 39th | 1982–1985 | John Collins | Progressive Conservative |
| 40th | 1985–1989 | John Collins | Progressive Conservative |
| 41st | 1989–1993 | Tom Murphy | Liberal |
| 42nd | 1993–1996 | Tom Murphy | Liberal |
| 43rd | 1996–1999 | Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 1999–2003 | Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative |
| 44th | 2003–2007 | Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative |
| 45th | 2007–2011 | Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative |
| 46th | 2011–2012 | Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative |
| 46th | 2012–2013 | Tom Osborne | Independent |
| 46th | 2013–2015 | Tom Osborne | Liberal |

## Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Osborne | 2,966 | 57.90% | – |
| NDP | Keith Dunne | 1,994 | 38.92% | |
| Liberal | Trevor Hickey | 163 | 3.18% | |
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Osborne | 3887 | 79.6% | – |
| NDP | Clyde Bridger | 571 | 11.69% | |
| Liberal | Rex Gibbons | 425 | 8.7% | |
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Osborne | 4,532 | – | – |
| Liberal | Dennis O'Keefe* | 756 | | |
| NDP | Tom McGinnis | 676 | | |
* Dennis O'Keefe who ran as the Liberal candidate is not the same Dennis O'Keefe that served as Mayor of St. John's.
1999 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Osborne | 4,041 | 66.32% | – |
| Liberal | Patrick Kennedy | 1563 | 25.65% | |
| NDP | Judy Vanata | 374 | 6.14% | |
| Independent | Jason Crummey | 101 | 1.66% | |
1996 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Osborne | 2,521 | 42.17% | – |
| Liberal | Tom Murphy | 2,417 | 40.43% | |
| NDP | Sue Skipton | 858 | 14.35% | |
| Independent | Bill Maddigan | 155 | 2.59% | |
1993 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Tom Murphy | 2,432 | 47.97% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jerome Quinlan | 2,040 | 40.24% | – |
| NDP | Bert Pitcher | 576 | 11.36% | |
1989 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Thomas Murphy | 2107 | | |
| Progressive Conservative | Douglas Atkinson | 2105 | – | – |
| NDP | Linda Hyde | 679 | | |
1985 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | John Collins | 2466 | – | – |
| Liberal | Dolores Linehan | 1145 | | |
| NDP | Bob Matthews | 924 | | |
1982 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | John Collins | 2286 | – | – |
| Liberal | Ernest Antle | 582 | | |
| NDP | Barbara Roberts | 235 | | |