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{{Infobox Canada electoral district
|name                = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
|province            = Newfoundland and Labrador
|image               = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.png
|imagemap            =
|caption             = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi in relation to other districts in St. John's
|coordinates         = {{coord |47.600|N|52.691|W|display=title,inline}}
|coordinates_caption =
|coordinates_date    =
|prov-status         = defunct
|prov-created        = 1996
|prov-abolished      = 2015
|prov-election-first = 1996
|prov-election-last  = 2011
|prov-rep            = [[Lorraine Michael]]
|prov-rep-link       =
|prov-rep-party      = NDP
|prov-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
|demo-census-date    = 2006
|demo-pop            = 11718
|demo-electors       = 8137
|demo-electors-date  = 2011
|demo-area           =
|demo-cd             =
|demo-csd            =
}}
'''Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi''' is a former [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,137 eligible voters living within the district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary of Polling Divisions SIGNAL HILL - QUIDI VIDI|url=http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/PDF/District.Descriptions/Signal%20Hill%20Quidi%20Vidi_Polling%20Division%20Descriptions.pdf|publisher=Elections Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=5 September 2011|date=3 August 2011}}</ref>
The district included the east end of the [[downtown St. John's]], and ran north to Newfoundland Drive. The residential mix ranged from apartments and refurbished townhouses in the older part of the city to the edges of suburban subdivisions in the east end.
The last [[Newfoundland House of Assembly|MHA]] was [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] MHA, [[Lorraine Michael]]. This district was also represented by former [[Newfoundland and Labrador NDP]] leader, [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]] from 1990 to 2006. The district was abolished in 2015, and became [[St. John's East-Quidi Vidi]].
==Members of the House of Assembly==
The [[Electoral district (Canada)|district]] has elected the following [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|members of the House of Assembly]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
! colspan="5" | '''''St. John's East'''''
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[31st General Assembly of Newfoundland|31st]]
| 1956–1959
| rowspan=11 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|  &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan=1| [[James D. Higgins|James Higgins]]
| rowspan=11| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland|32nd]]
| 1959–1962
| rowspan=2| [[James Greene (Canadian politician)|James Greene]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland|33rd]]
| 1962–1966
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[34th General Assembly of Newfoundland|34th]]
| 1966–1970
| [[Gerald Ottenheimer]]
|-
| 1970–1971
| rowspan=7| [[William Marshall (Canadian politician)|William Marshall]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[35th General Assembly of Newfoundland|35th]]
| 1971–1972
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[36th General Assembly of Newfoundland|36th]]
| 1972–1975
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[37th General Assembly of Newfoundland|37th]]
| 1975–1979
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[38th General Assembly of Newfoundland|38th]]
| 1979–1982
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[39th General Assembly of Newfoundland|39th]]
| 1982–1985
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[40th General Assembly of Newfoundland|40th]]
| 1985–1986
|-
| 1986–1989
| {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|  &nbsp; &nbsp;
| [[Gene Long]]
| [[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]]
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[41st General Assembly of Newfoundland|41st]]
| 1989–1990
| rowspan=1 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|  &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan=1| [[Shannie Duff]]
| rowspan=1| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
| 1990–1993
| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|  &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan=2| [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
| rowspan=2| [[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland|42nd]]
| 1993–1996
|-
! colspan="5" | '''''Signal Hill–Quidi Vidi '''''
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland|43rd]]
| 1996–1999
| rowspan=6 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|  &nbsp; &nbsp;
| rowspan=3| [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
| rowspan=6| [[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|43rd]]
| 1999–2003
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|44th]]
| 2003–2006
|-
| 2006–2007
| rowspan=3| [[Lorraine Michael]]
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|45th]]
| 2007–2011
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|46th]]
| 2011–2015
|-
|}
==Results==
===Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|[[Lorraine Michael]]
|align="right"|3,239
|align="right"|65.28
|align="right"|+8.5
|-
{{CANelec |NL |PC |[[John Noseworthy]] |1,550 |31.24 |-8.4}}
|-
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Drew Brown|173|3.49|-0.1}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title= [[2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Lorraine Michael
|align="right"|3,062
|align="right"|56.8
|align="right"|+1.6
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Maria Afonso
|align="right"|2,135
|align="right"|39.6
|align="right"|-5.2
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Maura Beam|196|3.6|+3.6}}
|}<ref name=cbcnews>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/riding/033/ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2007]. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref>
{{Election box begin | title= [[By-Election]], November 1, 2006
On the resignation of [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]], May, 2006}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|Lorraine Michael
|align="right"|1,968
|align="right"|55.2
|align="right"| +6.7
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Jerome Kennedy]]
|align="right"|1,595
|align="right"|44.8
|align="right"| +1.0
|}
{{Election box begin | title= [[2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
|[[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
|align="right"|2,456
|align="right"|48.5
|align="right"|
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Karen Carroll
|align="right"|2,221
|align="right"|43.8
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Ray O'Neill |391|7.7}}
|}<ref name=cbcnews2>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/riding/038/ Newfoundland & Labrador Vote 2003]. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|[[1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 185px"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrat]]
|Jack Harris
|align=right|2,179
|align=right|41.91
|align=right|-9.2
|-
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Snook (comedian)|Pete Soucy]]|2,010|38.66|+8.4}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|Chris O'Brien
|align=right|793
|align=right|15.25
|align=right|-1.2
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| Newfoundland and Labrador Party
|Paul David Hillier
|align=right|116
|align=right|2.23
|align=right|+2.2
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|Shaun Dunn
|align=right|53
|align=right|1.02
|align=right|+1.0
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Terra Nova Greens|Independent]]
|John Whelan
|align=right|48
|align=right|0.92
|align=right|+0.9
{{end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|[[1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 185px"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrat]]
|Jack Harris
|align=right|2,800
|align=right|51.07
|align=right|+7.4
|-
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Joan Cook]]|1,661|30.29|+2.0}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|Cy Mills
|align=right|902
|align=right|16.45
|align=right|-7.6
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| Independent ([[Terra Nova Greens]])
|Jason Crummey
|align=right|120
|align=right|2.19
|align=right|+2.2
{{end}}
===St. John's East===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|[[1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 185px"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrat]]
|[[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
|align=right|2,336
|align=right|43.67
|align=right|-5.6
|-
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Joan Cook]]|1,728|32.31|+1.5}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|Sean Fitzgerald
|align=right|1,285
|align=right|24.02
|align=right|+4.1
{{end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|[[By-Election]], December 11, 1990 - Resignation of [[Shannie Duff]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 185px"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrat]]
|[[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
|align=right|1,977
|align=right|49.24
|align=right|+12.0
|-
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Barbara Chalker|1,237|30.81|+9.6}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[John Ottenheimer]]
|align=right|801
|align=right|19.95
|align=right|-21.8
{{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |[[Shannie Duff]] |2,397 |41.7 |+6.7}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Gene Long
|align="right"|2,137
|align="right"|37.2
|align="right"|-4.58
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Lynette Billard|1,212|21.1|-2.12}}
|-
|}<ref name=govnl2>Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 13, 2011.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|[[By-Election]], 1986 - Resignation of [[William Marshall (Canadian politician)|William Marshall]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 185px"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrat]]
|[[Gene Long]]
|align=right|1,693
|align=right|41.78
|align=right|+5.48
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| style="width: 185px"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Shannie Duff]]
|align=right|1,418
|align=right|35.00
|align=right|-15.2
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Rex Murphy]] | 941 | 23.22|+9.72 }}
{{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1985 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,738 |50.2 |-18.3}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Gene Long
|align="right"|1,981
|align="right"|36.3
|align="right"|+17.8
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Hugh Shea|738|13.5|+0.5}}
|-
|}<ref name="govnl2"/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[1982 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,021 |68.5 |-2.2}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Nancy Riche
|align="right"|546
|align="right"|18.5
|align="right"|+6.7
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Hugh Coady|382|13.0|-4.4}}
|-
|}<ref name="govnl2"/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[1979 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec |NL |PC |William Marshall |2,111 |70.7|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Jaime Wyatt|520|17.4|}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Newfoundland New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|David Thompson
|align="right"|353
|align="right"|11.8
|align="right"|
|-
|}<ref name="govnl2"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
*[http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/ Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]
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[[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts]]
[[Category:Politics of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]