St. John's West (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, 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 House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 2004.

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

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—Mount Pearl 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. John's West
21st	1949–1953		William Joseph Browne	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957		James Augustine Power	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958		William Joseph Browne	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Richard Cashin	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Walter C. Carter	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1975
	1976–1979		John Crosbie
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Jean Payne	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Charlie Power	Progressive Conservative
	2000–2000		Loyola Hearn
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Avalon and St. John's South

Election results

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

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

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

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

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	16,818
	Liberal	David Bruce Porter	7,230
	New Democratic	Moses L. Ingram	1,668
	Independent	Hugh J. Shea	1,637

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Carter	14,550
	Liberal	Lilian Bouzane	8,864
	New Democratic	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 Democratic	Tom Mayo	8,597
	Liberal	Robert Innes	3,971

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

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

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

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

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

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Power	19,393
	Liberal	Rex Gibbons	16,317
	New Democratic	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 Democratic	Greg Malone	11,036
	Liberal	Anthony G. Sparrow	8,032
	Alliance	Frank Hall	1,315
	Independent (Extreme Wrestling)	Ed Sailor White	332

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

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