Mount Pearl-Southlands

Mount Pearl-Southlands

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Paul Lane Independent
District created	2015
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2016)	14,386[1]
Electors (2015)	9,558
Area (km²)	25[2]
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	Mount Pearl, St. John's

Mount Pearl-Southlands is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2016 there are 14,386 people living in the district.[1]

Mount Pearl-Southlands includes part of the City of Mount Pearl and the Southlands portion of the City of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Mount Pearl-Southlands was previously the district of Mount Pearl South. The district also includes parts of the former district of Kilbride[2] and a small part of Mount Pearl North.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
48th	2015–2016		Paul Lane	Liberal
	2016–2019			Independent
49th	2019–2021
50th	2021–Present

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Lane	3,445	59.60	+15.85
	Liberal	Karla Hayward	1,386	23.98	-4.32
	Progressive Conservative	Cindy Grant	797	13.79	-10.85
	New Democratic	Cara Krista Winsor	152	2.63	-0.69
Total valid votes			5,780
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Independent hold		Swing		+10.09
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Lane	2,823	43.75
	Liberal	Hasan Hai	1,826	28.30	-19.10
	Progressive Conservative	Gillian Pearson	1,590	24.64	-18.29
	New Democratic	David Brake	214	3.32	-6.35
Total valid votes			6,435	99.51
Total rejected ballots			32	0.49	+0.11
Turnout			6,485	63.24	+6.53
Eligible voters			10,255
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		+31.42

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Lane	2,559	47.40
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Lester	2,318	42.93
	New Democratic	Roy Locke	522	9.67
Total valid votes			5,399	99.61
Total rejected ballots			21	0.39
Turnout			5,420	56.71
Eligible voters			9,558
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[3]

References

1. Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission "Mount Pearl-Southlands Legal Description". Retrieved 17 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
2. "Mount Pearl-Southlands Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
3. "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.