The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 10006Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's East

St. John’s-Est

St. John's East is a federal riding in Newfoundland and Labrador. Joanne Thompson (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2021) represents St. John's East. Joanne Thompson (Liberal) held St. John's East for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 16,740 votes (36.4 points), with 62.3% of the vote. David Brazil (Conservative) was second with 25.9%, on a turnout of 70.0% of 66,394 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — St. John's East on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents St. John's East

Joanne Thompson's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Joanne Thompson

Member of Parliament for St. John's East

Liberal

MP since 2021-09-20 · 2 terms

Minister of Fisheries

97 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on The Economy.

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The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, St. John's East, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 46,051 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joanne Thompson	Liberal	28,681	62.3%
David Brazil	Conservative	11,941	25.9%
Mary Shortall	New Democratic	5,172	11.2%
Others (2)		257	0.6%

Joanne Thompson (Liberal) won St. John's East on April 28, 2025 with 28,681 votes, 62.3% of the 46,051 valid votes. David Brazil (Conservative) was second with 11,941 (25.9%), 16,740 votes and 36.4 points behind.

Of the 46,051 valid votes, Joanne Thompson (Liberal) took 62.3%, David Brazil (Conservative) 25.9% and Mary Shortall (New Democratic) 11.2%; the 2 other candidates took 0.6% together. Turnout was 70.0% of 66,394 electors: 46,491 ballots cast, 46,051 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 17.5 (44.8% to 62.3%), the Conservatives up 7.9 (18.0% to 25.9%) and the New Democrats down 23.4 (34.6% to 11.2%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in St. John's East at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative41.2%by 4.7 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative46.4%by 11.6 points over the Liberals
2008changed handsNew Democratic71.5%by 56.1 points over the Liberals
2011New Democratic69.1%by 48.1 points over the Conservatives
2015changed handsLiberal47.3%by 2.5 points over the New Democrats
2019changed handsNew Democratic45.8%by 11.6 points over the Liberals
2021changed handsLiberal44.8%by 10.2 points over the New Democrats
2025Liberal62.3%by 36.4 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	41.2%	Liberal	4.7	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	46.4%	Liberal	11.6	carried, our estimate
2008	New Democratic	71.5%	Liberal	56.1	carried, our estimate
2011	New Democratic	69.1%	Conservative	48.1	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	47.3%	New Democratic	2.5	carried, our estimate
2019	New Democratic	45.8%	Liberal	11.6	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	44.8%	New Democratic	10.2	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	62.3%	Conservative	36.4	official result

The NDP were first at three of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at three and the Conservatives at two; it changed hands four times. In 2025 the Liberals took 62.3% of the vote here, 30.6 points above their average of 31.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (41.2%) and 2006 (46.4%), the NDP in 2008 (71.5%), 2011 (69.1%) and 2019 (45.8%) and the Liberals in 2015 (47.3%), 2021 (44.8%) and 2025 (62.3%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

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.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Joanne Thompson, by 4,149 votes (10.9 pts)
2019 New Democratic · Jack Harris, by 6,186 votes (13.7 pts)
2015 Liberal · Nick Whalen, by 646 votes (1.4 pts)

In the old St. John's East on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's St. John's East lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place St. John's East is

Population: 84,9652021 census
Area: 905km²
Density: 94people per km²
Electors: 66,394on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

Highest turnout in Newfoundland and Labrador
70.0% of 66,394 electors voted · 1st of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 158th 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 Canada
2nd-widest margin in Newfoundland and Labrador
Won by 36.4 points (16,740 votes) · 2nd of 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador · 59th of 343 in Canada

Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest48th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 7.6% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest88th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.0% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest94th highest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 65.3% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest111th lowest of 343
Median total household income is $81,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest160th lowest of 343
Median age is 41.6 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest163rd highest 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. 95% of the 2025 electors in today's St. John's East lived in the old St. John's East; by area, 1% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

94.5%St. John's East 99.2% of the area · 92% of it kept

5.5%St. John's South—Mount Pearl 0.8% of the area · 1% 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Joanne Thompson	Liberal	28,681	62.3%	44.8%	+17.5
David Brazil	Conservative	11,941	25.9%	18.0%	+7.9
Mary Shortall	New Democratic	5,172	11.2%	34.6%	−23.4

2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Otis Crandell	Green	159	0.3%
Samuel Crête	Other	98	0.2%

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

5,172 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 16,740-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

18 of 171

1 poll ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (152) · ■ won by another party (18) · ▨ tied (1).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 8,371 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 18.2% of the 46,051 valid votes, 18.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0016,742

Liberal28,681

Conservative11,941

Still Liberal by 16,740 votes. Actual margin: 16,740.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 54.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 56.5%, the Conservatives 30.4% and the New Democrats 12.4%; in advance and special ballots, 69.2%, 20.6% and 9.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, St. John's East, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	56.5%	69.2%	+12.7
Conservative	30.4%	20.6%	−9.8
New Democratic	12.4%	9.8%	−2.6

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 — St. John's East and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"St. John's East — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/st-john-s-east/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

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 2026-11-10.