St. John's East
St. John's East (; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. It covers a part of St. John's. For a brief period in 2003 and 2004, it was known as "St. John's North". In the 2019 federal election, former NDP MP Jack Harris defeated incumbent MP Nick Whalen in a rematch of the 2015 election. Harris retired in 2021, and Liberal Joanne Thompson won the seat. Demographics. Ethnic groups: 97.2% White  Languages: 97.7% English, 1.9% Other Religions: 47.1% Catholic, 46.0% Protestant, 4.9% No affiliation Average income: $28 969 Geography. The district includes the extreme northeastern part of the Avalon Peninsula including the northern half of the City of St. John's, and the eastern half of the Town of Conception Bay South. It also includes Bell Island, Little Bell Island and Kelly's Island. The neighbouring ridings are Avalon and St. John's South—Mount Pearl. According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for this riding as of the 39th General Election are: See the map of the St. John 's East riding. History. The riding was created when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949 and has historically been a conservative stronghold. St. John's East was won by Liberal Bonnie Hickey in 1993 election, who was defeated by Progressive Conservative Norman Doyle in the 1997 election. Doyle held the riding for the PCs and then the Conservatives, but stood down in 2008 and was replaced in a landslide by New Democrat, Jack Harris. Harris held the riding until his defeat in the 2015 election by Nick Whalen. That result was considered one of the biggest surprises of the 2015 election . As of the 2012 electoral redistribution, 21% of this riding will be moved into Avalon, and it will gain 5% from St. John's South—Mount Pearl. Members of Parliament. This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: