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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 10002Newfoundland and Labrador

Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise

Formerly Cape Spear; renamed by S.C. 2026, c. 20, s. 88. The 2025 election here was fought under the former name.

Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise is a federal riding in Newfoundland and Labrador, renamed from Cape Spear on . Tom Osborne (Liberal) has represented Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise since the 2025 election. Tom Osborne (Liberal) held Cape Spear (now Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise) for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 19,544 votes (42.5 points), with 68.3% of the vote. Corey Curtis (Conservative) was second with 25.8%, on a turnout of 66.5% of 69,828 electors. Member as of .

Avalon · LiberalSt. John's East · LiberalCape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise
Fig. 1 — Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise

LTom Osborne
Tom Osborne's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Tom Osborne

Member of Parliament for Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise

Liberal

MP since · first term

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board
  • Public Accounts committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

46 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Main Estimates, 2025-2026 — Concurrence in Vote 1—Department of Canadian Heritage.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result, as Cape Spear: Liberal hold

Elected
Tom Osborne
Liberal
31,388
68.3% of valid votes
Margin
19,544
votes · 42.5 pts
Runner-up
Corey Curtis
Conservative
11,844
25.8% of valid votes

Liberal 68.3% · Conservative 25.8% · New Democratic 5.3% · of 45,988 valid votes

Turnout 66.5% of 69,828 electors46,439 ballots cast, 45,988 valid5 candidates

Since 2021LPC +14.2 ptsCPC +5.6 ptsNDP −17.6 pts2021 transposed onto the 2023 boundaries by Elections Canada.
Before 2025
  • 2021 Liberal · Seamus O'Regan, by 11,365 votes (32.8 pts)
  • 2019 Liberal · Seamus O'Regan, by 9,903 votes (24.3 pts)
  • 2015 Liberal · Seamus O'Regan, by 9,455 votes (21.1 pts)

In St. John's South—Mount Pearl on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise lived in; Elections Canada's official results. The elections from 2004, carried onto today's lines, are below.

Since 2004

No party has held it since 2004: the Liberals were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at two and the NDP at two; it changed hands twice. In 2025 the Liberals took 68.3% of the vote here, 27.3 points above their average of 41.0% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

What kind of place Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise is

Population
85,1652021 census
Area
195km²
Density
436people per km²
Electors
69,828on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Widest margin in Newfoundland and Labrador: Won by 42.5 points (19,544 votes) · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 40th of 343 in Canada1st
    Widest margin in Newfoundland and Labrador
    Won by 42.5 points (19,544 votes) · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 40th of 343 in Canada
  • Most candidates on the ballot in Newfoundland and Labrador: 5 candidates stood · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 156th of 343 in Canada1st
    Most candidates on the ballot in Newfoundland and Labrador
    5 candidates stood · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 156th of 343 in Canada
  • Smallest by area in Newfoundland and Labrador: 195 km² · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 159th of 343 in Canada1st
    Smallest by area in Newfoundland and Labrador
    195 km² · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 159th of 343 in Canada
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.4% — about 25 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest12th lowest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 3.1% — about 18 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest31st lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 67.1% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest125th lowest of 343
  • Median age is 42.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest132nd highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $81,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest160th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.0% — about the same as the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest170th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 73% of the 2025 electors in today's Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise lived in the old St. John's South—Mount Pearl; by area, 17% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
73.4%St. John's South—Mount Pearl 83.3% of the area · 26% of it kept
18.6%Avalon 14.8% of the area · 0.3% of it kept
7.9%St. John's East 1.8% of the area · 0.4% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result, as Cape Spear

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Tom OsborneLiberal31,38868.3%54.1%+14.2
Corey CurtisConservative11,84425.8%20.2%+5.6
Brenda WalshNew Democratic2,4465.3%22.9%−17.6
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Mike PeachOther1700.4%
Kaelem TingateGreen1400.3%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
2,446 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 19,544-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
2 of 154
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (151) · ■ won by another party (2) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 9,773 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 21.3% of the 45,988 valid votes, 21.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal31,388
Conservative11,844
Still Liberal by 19,544 votes. Actual margin: 19,544.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 56.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal63.3%74.7%+11.4
Conservative29.6%20.6%−9.0
New Democratic6.2%4.2%−2.0
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise and its 2 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-03.

"Cape Spear—Mount Pearl—Paradise — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/cape-spear-mount-pearl-paradise/ Accessed 2026-11-03.