Jim Lester (Canadian politician)
Canadian politician
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Jim Lester is a Canadian politician who served as the Newfoundland and Labrador Member of the House of Assembly for Mount Pearl North from 2017 to 2021.
Jim Lester | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Mount Pearl North | |
| In office November 21, 2017 – March 27, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Kent |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Stoyles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Lester ran in the 2015 provincial election in Mount Pearl-Southlands, but lost to Liberal candidate Paul Lane.[1][2] Following the resignation of Steve Kent in 2017, Lester won the PC nomination in Mount Pearl North and subsequently defeated Liberal Jim Burton.[3]
In 2018, Lester endorsed Ches Crosbie in the 2018 provincial PC leadership race.[4]
Lester was re-elected in the 2019 provincial election.[5] In the 2021 provincial election, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Lucy Stoyles.[6][7][8]
Lester's family owns and operates the agritourism venture Lester's Farm Inc.[1]
Electoral record
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Mount Pearl North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lucy Stoyles | 3,038 | 58.41 | +11.72 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 1,733 | 33.32 | -11.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donn Sears | 430 | 8.27 | +1.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,201 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +11.50 | ||||||
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| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Mount Pearl North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lucy Stoyles | 2,428 | 46.69 | +9.50 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 2,319 | 44.60 | -4.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer McCreath | 337 | 6.48 | +0.42 | ||||
| NL Alliance | William Neville | 116 | 2.23 | -5.27 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,200 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,228 | 49.64 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,531 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +7.07 | ||||||
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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 2,907 | 49.2 | |||||
| Liberal | Nicole Kieley | 2,196 | 37.2 | |||||
| NL Alliance | William Neville | 443 | 7.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Carol Reade | 358 | 6.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 2,064 | 46.89 | -4.59 | |
| Liberal | Jim Burton | 1,129 | 25.65 | -16.77 | |
| New Democratic | Nicole Kieley | 1,088 | 24.72 | +18.61 | |
| Independent | Hudson Stratton | 121 | 2.75 | ||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.09 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,402 | 99.62 | |||
| Total rejected and declined votes | 17 | 0.38 | |||
| Turnout | 4,419 | 44.30 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 9,976 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Paul Lane | 2,559 | 47.4 | – | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Lester | 2,318 | 42.9 | – | |
| New Democratic | Roy Locke | 522 | 9.7 | – | |
