Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 8,137 eligible voters living within the district.
The district included the east end of the downtown St. John's, and ran north to Newfoundland Drive. The residential mix ranged from apartments and refurbished townhouses in the older part of the city to the edges of suburban subdivisions in the east end.
The last MHA was New Democratic Party MHA, Lorraine Michael. This district was also represented by former Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader, Jack Harris from 1990 to 2006. The district was abolished in 2015, and became St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.
Members of the House of Assembly The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly: Assembly Years Member Party St. John's East 31st 1956–1959 James Higgins Progressive Conservative 32nd 1959–1962 James Greene 33rd 1962–1966 34th 1966–1970 Gerald Ottenheimer 1970–1971 William Marshall 35th 1971–1972 36th 1972–1975 37th 1975–1979 38th 1979–1982 39th 1982–1985 40th 1985–1986 1986–1989 Gene Long New Democratic 41st 1989–1990 Shannie Duff Progressive Conservative 1990–1993 Jack Harris New Democratic 42nd 1993–1996 Signal Hill–Quidi Vidi 43rd 1996–1999 Jack Harris New Democratic 43rd 1999–2003 44th 2003–2006 2006–2007 Lorraine Michael 45th 2007–2011 46th 2011–2015
Results
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
|NDP |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|3,239 |align="right"|65.28 |align="right"|+8.5
|NDP |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|3,062 |align="right"|56.8 |align="right"|+1.6
|Progressive Conservative |Maria Afonso |align="right"|2,135 |align="right"|39.6 |align="right"|-5.2
|}Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
|New Democrat |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|1,968 |align="right"|55.2 |align="right"| +6.7
|Progressive Conservative |Jerome Kennedy |align="right"|1,595 |align="right"|44.8 |align="right"| +1.0
|New Democrat |Jack Harris |align="right"|2,456 |align="right"|48.5 |align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative |Karen Carroll |align="right"|2,221 |align="right"|43.8 |align="right"|
|}Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6"|1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 40px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat |Jack Harris |align=right|2,179 |align=right|41.91 |align=right|-9.2
| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative |Chris O'Brien |align=right|793 |align=right|15.25 |align=right|-1.2
| style="width: 185px"| Newfoundland and Labrador Party |Paul David Hillier |align=right|116 |align=right|2.23 |align=right|+2.2
| style="width: 185px"| Independent |Shaun Dunn |align=right|53 |align=right|1.02 |align=right|+1.0
| style="width: 185px"| Terra Nova Greens |John Whelan |align=right|48 |align=right|0.92 |align=right|+0.9
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general electionPartyCandidateVotes%+/-New DemocratJack Harris2,80051.07+7.4 Progressive ConservativeCy Mills90216.45-7.6 Terra Nova GreensJason Crummey1202.19+2.2
St. John's East 1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general electionPartyCandidateVotes%+/-New DemocratJack Harris2,33643.67-5.6 Progressive ConservativeSean Fitzgerald1,28524.02+4.1
By-Election, December 11, 1990 - Resignation of Shannie DuffPartyCandidateVotes%+/-New DemocratJack Harris1,97749.24+12.0 Progressive ConservativeJohn Ottenheimer80119.95-21.8
NDPGene Long2,13737.2-4.58Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
By-Election, 1986 - Resignation of William MarshallPartyCandidateVotes%+/-New DemocratGene Long1,69341.78+5.48 Progressive ConservativeShannie Duff1,41835.00-15.2
NDPGene Long1,98136.3+17.8
NDPNancy Riche54618.5+6.7
NDPDavid Thompson35311.8
See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly