Topsail-Paradise
Provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Topsail–Paradise is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011 there were 14,830 people living in the district.[1]
 Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in the St. John's area | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | ||
| MHA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,830[1] | ||
| Electors (2019) | 10,119 | ||
| Area (km²) | 25[2] | ||
| Census division | Division No. 1 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Conception Bay South, Paradise | ||
Topsail–Paradise includes part of the town of Paradise and the part of the town of Conception Bay South. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Topsail–Paradise was previously the district of Topsail. The district also includes former parts of the districts of Conception Bay East-Bell Island and Conception Bay South.[2]
Geography
The constituency is named after the community of Topsail in Conception Bay South, and the town of Paradise.
Members of the House of Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48th | 2015–2019 | Paul Davis | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2019-2019 | Paul Dinn | |||
| 49th | 2019–2021 | |||
| 50th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 51st | 2025–Present | |||
Election results
View source data.
Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn | 3,031 | 48.0% | |||||
| Liberal | Dan Bobbett | 2,929 | 46.4% | |||||
| New Democratic | Tyler Bourne | 353 | 5.6% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| [3] | ||||||||
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn | 3,036 | 50.59 | -10.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Carter | 2,525 | 42.08 | +13.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Burt | 440 | 7.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,001 | 98.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,103 | 55.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 6,103 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.76 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 Report" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2025. | ||||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn | 3,476 | 60.98 | -0.19 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Hynes-Coates | 1,650 | 28.95 | -4.69 | ||||
| NL Alliance | Lori Best-Moore | 574 | 10.07 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,700 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.54 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,731 | 54.75 | +19.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,467 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.25 | ||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, January 24, 2019 Resignation of Paul Davis, November 2, 2018 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn[4] | 2,204 | 61.17 | +2.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Hynes-Coates[5] | 1,212 | 33.64 | -3.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Burt[6] | 187 | 5.19 | +0.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,603 | 99.78 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.22 | -0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,611 | 35.01 | -22.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,313 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +3.04 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Davis | 3,381 | 58.30 | |||||
| Liberal | Rex Hillier | 2,137 | 36.85 | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Bruce | 281 | 4.85 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,799 | 99.54 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,826 | 57.57 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,119 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[7] | ||||||||