Virginia Waters (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Virginia Water.

Provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Virginia Waters Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district

Virginia Waters in relation to the other St. John's districts

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created| 1995
District abolished| 2015
First contested| 1996
Last contested| 2014
Demographics
Population (2006)| 11,943
Electors (2011)| 9,938
Census division(s)| Division 1
Census subdivision(s)| St. John's

Virginia Waters is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district was represented by former premier Kathy Dunderdale.

A residential district in the northeast end of St. John's, the area included Airport Heights, Wedgewood Park, residential areas off Newfoundland Drive, as well as a fairly wealthy enclave near Virginia Lake. The district was created in 1995 from parts of the districts of Pleasantville, St. John's East Extern and Mount Scio Road-Bell Island.[1] Virginia Waters retained 80 per cent of its original territory in the 2007 redistribution, while taking in 14 per cent of Cape St. Francis. In 2011 there were 9,938 eligible voters living within the district.[2][3]

The district was abolished in 2015, into new districts of Windsor Lake and Virginia Waters-Pleasantville.

## Members of the House of Assembly

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

Assembly  | Years  | Member  | Party

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43rd | 1996–1999  |     | Walter Noel | Liberal
44th | 1999–2003
45th | 2003–2007  |     | Kathy Dunderdale | Progressive Conservative
46th | 2007–2011
47th | 2011–2014
2014–2015  |     | Cathy Bennett | Liberal

## Election results

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By-election April 9, 2014 On the resignation of Kathy Dunderdale, February 28, 2014  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Cathy Bennett | 1,932 | 39.88 | +30.33
| Progressive Conservative | Danny Breen | 1,892  | 39.05  | -20.99
| NDP | Sheilagh O'Leary  | 1,021  | 21.07  | -9.35
Total valid votes  | 4,895 | 99.84
Rejected  | 8 | 0.16 | -0.14
Turnout  | 4,853 | 49.25 | -6.14
Eligible voters  | 9,853
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +25.66
2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Kathy Dunderdale | 3,371 | 60.04 | -13.01
| NDP | Dave Sullivan  | 1,708  | 30.42  | +17.59
| Liberal | Sheila Miller | 536 | 9.55 | +1.80
Total valid votes  | 5,615 | 99.70
Rejected  | 17 | 0.30 | +0.09
Turnout  | 5,632 | 55.39 | -0.73
Eligible voters  | 10,168
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -15.30
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Kathy Dunderdale | 4,043 | 73.04 | +14.95
| NDP | David Sullivan  | 710  | 12.83  | +3.60
| Liberal | Drew Brown | 429 | 7.75 | -24.92
| Independent | Fred Wilcox  | 353  | 6.38  | \-
Total valid votes  | 5,535 | 99.78
Rejected  | 12 | 0.22 | +0.05
Turnout  | 5,547 | 56.12 | -13.03
Eligible voters  | 9,885
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +5.67

^ Change is not from redistributed results.

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Kathy Dunderdale | 4,193 | 58.10 | +21.77
| Liberal | Walter Noel | 2,358 | 32.67 | -14.76
| NDP | David Sullivan  | 666  | 9.23  | -4.92
Total valid votes  | 7,217 | 99.83
Rejected  | 12 | 0.17 | -0.01
Turnout  | 7,229 | 69.14 | -3.94
Eligible voters  | 10,455
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.27
1999 Newfoundland general election[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Walter Noel | 2,973 | 47.43 | -8.24
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Walsh | 2,277 | 36.33 | +0.41
| NDP | Amanda Will  | 887  | 14.15  | +5.74
| Independent | Deanne Stapleton  | 131  | 2.09  |
Total valid votes  | 6,268 | 99.82
Rejected  | 11 | 0.18 | -0.01
Turnout  | 6,279 | 73.08 | -3.14
Eligible voters  | 8,592
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.32
1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Walter Noel | 3,639 | 55.67
| Progressive Conservative | Bev LeMoine | 2,348 | 35.92
| NDP | Bob Buckingham  | 550  | 8.41
Total valid votes  | 6,537 | 99.82
Rejected  | 12 | 0.18
Turnout  | 6,549 | 76.22
Eligible voters  | 8,592
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[6]

## References

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1. ^ "CBC.ca | Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007 | District Profiles". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
2. ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions VIRGINIA WATERS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
3. ^ a b "District Profile - Virginia Waters". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
4. ^ "District Profile - Virginia Waters". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
5. ^ Robert Jenkins (9 November 1999). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly February 9, 1999" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 99–100. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
6. ^ https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ElectionReports/PDF/General.Elections/GEreport1996.pdf [dead link]

## External links

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* Elections Newfoundland and Labrador Website
* Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Preceded by

Humber West

|  Constituency represented by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
2010-2014  | Succeeded by

Humber East

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Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts

St. John's|

* Mount Scio
* St. John's Centre
* St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
* St. John's West
* Virginia Waters-Pleasantville
* Waterford Valley
* Windsor Lake

St. John's suburbs|

* Cape St. Francis
* Conception Bay East–Bell Island
* Conception Bay South
* Mount Pearl North
* Mount Pearl-Southlands
* Topsail-Paradise

Avalon Peninsula|

* Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde
* Ferryland
* Harbour Grace-Port de Grave
* Harbour Main
* Placentia-St. Mary's

Eastern Newfoundland|

* Bonavista
* Burin-Grand Bank
* Placentia West-Bellevue
* Terra Nova

Central Newfoundland|

* Baie Verte-Green Bay
* Exploits
* Fogo Island-Cape Freels
* Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
* Gander
* Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
* Lewisporte-Twillingate

Western Newfoundland|

* Burgeo-La Poile
* Corner Brook
* Humber-Bay of Islands
* Humber-Gros Morne
* St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows
* St. George's-Humber
* Stephenville-Port au Port

Labrador|

* Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
* Labrador West
* Lake Melville
* Torngat Mountains

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