St. John's Centre

St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
	Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Jim Dinn; New Democratic
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District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,354
Electors (2015)	9,732
Area (km²)	5
Census division	Division No. 1
Census subdivision	St. John's (part)

St. John's Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. In 2011, there were 7,846 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

MHA

Jim Dinn
New Democratic

District created1956

First contested1956

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The district is bounded largely by Columbus Drive to the west, LeMarchant Road to the south, Parade Street to the east and Empire Avenue to the north. The residents are mostly working and middle-class.

Historically voters in the district have elected a member on the government side. A Progressive Conservative bastion for many years after Confederation, and an anti-Confederation area before that, St. John's Centre shifted Liberal during the Wells and Tobin eras, though by fairly small margins. In 2011, NDP star candidate Gerry Rogers defeated PC cabinet minister Shawn Skinner.^[2]^[3]^[4] She was re-elected in 2015 and became NDP leader in 2018.^[5]^[6] Rogers retired in 2019; however, former Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association president Jim Dinn held the seat for the NDP.^[7]^[8] Dinn became interim NDP leader in 2021,^[9] and permanent leader in 2023.^[10]

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Assembly	Years		Party
31st	1956–1959	Augustine Michael Duffy	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1959–1962	Augustine Michael Duffy	United Newfoundland
33rd	1962–1966	Anthony Joseph Murphy	Progressive Conservative
34th	1966–1971
35th	1972–1972
36th	1972–1975
37th	1975–1979
38th	1979–1982	Patrick McNicholas
39th	1982–1985
40th	1985–1989
41st	1989–1993	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal
42nd	1993–1996	Hubert Kitchen
43rd	1996–1999	Joan Marie Aylward
44th	1999–2003	Joan Marie Aylward
45th	2003–2007	Shawn Skinner	Progressive Conservative
46th	2007–2011	Shawn Skinner	Progressive Conservative
47th	2011–2015	Gerry Rogers	New Democratic
48th	2015–2019	Gerry Rogers
49th	2019–2021	Jim Dinn
50th	2021–2025
51st	2025–present

2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Dinn	2,398	62.16	+9.78
	Liberal	Gemma Hickey	1,003	26.00	-7.60
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Duggan	457	11.85	-2.18
Total valid votes			3,858
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.69
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v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Dinn	1,991	52.38	+5.45
	Liberal	Gemma Hickey	1,277	33.60	+8.06
	Progressive Conservative	Robyn LeGrow	533	14.02	-13.51
Total valid votes			3,801	99.01
Total rejected ballots			38	0.99
Turnout			3,839	38.92
Eligible voters			9,864
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.30
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	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Dinn	2,218	46.93	-0.70
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Galgay	1,301	27.53	+16.89
	Liberal	Seamus O'Keefe	1,207	25.54	-16.19
Total valid votes			4,726	99.56
Total rejected ballots			21	0.44	-0.12
Turnout			4,747	48.60	+0.99
Electors on the lists			9,767	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.80
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador^[12]

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerry Rogers	2,195	47.64	-6.80
	Liberal	Lynn Sullivan	1,923	41.73	+39.42
	Progressive Conservative	Kathie Hicks	490	10.63	-32.62
Total valid votes			4,608	99.44	–
Total rejected ballots			26	0.56	–
Turnout			4,634	47.62	-14.90
Eligible voters			9,732
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-23.11
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador^[13]

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1979 Newfoundland general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McNicholas	2,173	60.14	+0.56
	Liberal	Hugh Joseph Shea	773	21.39	-2.69
	New Democratic	Valerie Anne Summers	449	12.43	+12.43
	Independent	Lewis Murphy	128	3.54	+3.54
	Independent	Dorothy Mary Wyatt	90	2.49	+2.49
Total valid votes			3,613	99.23	–
Total rejected ballots			28	0.77	–
Turnout			3,641	79.41	+13.33
Eligible voters			4,585
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.63
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador^[23]