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

St. John's East was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 8,063 eligible voters living within the district. The district was abolished in 2015 as Newfoundland and Labrador reduced the number of districts. Portions of the district are now within the district of St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.
Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs.

## Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:
For MHAs elected to the old St. John's East between 1956 and 1995 see Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi

### Dual-Member District

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| St. John's Centre ||||||||
| 29th | 1949–1951 | John Higgins | Progressive Conservative | Frank Fogwill | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1952–1956 | James D. Higgins | Progressive Conservative | Frank Fogwill | Progressive Conservative |

### Single-Member District

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| St. John's Centre |||||
| 31st | 1956–1959 | Augustine M. Duffy | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1959–1962 | Augustine M. Duffy | United Newfoundland Party |
| 33rd | 1962–1966 | Anthony Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1966–1971 | Anthony Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1971–1972 | Anthony Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 36th | 1972–1975 | Anthony Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 1975–1979 | Paddy McNicholas | Progressive Conservative |
| 38th | 1979–1982 | Paddy McNicholas | Progressive Conservative |
| 39th | 1982–1985 | Paddy McNicholas | Progressive Conservative |
| 40th | 1985–1989 | Paddy McNicholas | Progressive Conservative |
| 41st | 1989–1993 | Hubert Kitchen | Liberal |
| 42nd | 1993–1996 | Hubert Kitchen | Liberal |
| St. John's East |||||
| 43rd | 1996–1999 | John Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 1999–2003 | John Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative |
| 44th | 2003–2007 | John Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative |
| 45th | 2007–2011 | Ed Buckingham | Progressive Conservative |
| 46th | 2011–2015 | George Murphy | New Democratic |

## Election results

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| NDP | George Murphy | 2,766 | 52.11 | +35.51 |
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Buckingham | 2,175 | 40.98 | -29.14 |
| Liberal | Michael Duffy | 367 | 6.91 | -6.38 |
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +32.32 |
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Buckingham | 3,649 | 70.11 | – |
| NDP | Gemma Schlamp-Hickey | 864 | 16.60 | |
| Liberal | Peter Adams | 692 | 13.29 | |
2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | John Ottenheimer | 4,151 | 69.85 | – |
| NDP | Bruce Clarke | 864 | 14.54 | |
| Liberal | George Murphy | 862 | 14.50 | |
| Independent | Steve Durant | 66 | 1.11 | |
1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Progressive Conservative | John Ottenheimer | 3,774 | 63.40 |
| Liberal | Tom McGrath | 1,559 | 26.19 |
| NDP | Barry Darby | 600 | 10.08 |
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | John Ottenheimer | 2,989 | 48.61 | – |
| Liberal | Hubert Kitchen | 2,340 | 38.05 | |
| NDP | Sean Murray | 796 | 12.94 | |
1993 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Hubert Kitchen | 2,990 | | |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Stapleton | 2,464 | – | – |
| NDP | Fraser March | 874 | | |
1989 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Hubert Kitchen | 2,967 | | |
| Progressive Conservative | Patrick McNicholas | 2,838 | – | – |
| NDP | Vicky Silky | 625 | | |
1985 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Patrick McNicholas | 3,332 | – | – |
| Liberal | Mary Frances Philpott | 2,229 | | |
| NDP | Nina Patey | 976 | | |
1982 Newfoundland general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | Patrick McNicholas | 2357 | – | – |
| Liberal | John Slattery | 657 | | |
| NDP | Pobert Harry E. Cuff | 293 | | |