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St. John's East — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

St. John's East was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 4,149 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in St. John's East from 1949 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1949–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1949 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 9,912 55.0% Liberal (7,913) 1,999 (11.1 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 8,310 42.7% Progressive Conservative (6,691) 1,619 (8.3 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 10,312 53.2% Liberal (9,073) 1,239 (6.4 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,894 65.4% Liberal (9,197) 8,697 (31.8 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 14,821 52.3% Liberal (12,907) 1,914 (6.8 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 14,768 51.5% Progressive Conservative (13,911) 857 (3.0 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 16,182 56.0% Progressive Conservative (11,894) 4,288 (14.8 pts)
1968 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,153 60.9% Liberal (10,558) 7,595 (25.5 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,728 60.5% Liberal (9,887) 7,841 (26.7 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,941 56.2% Liberal (10,187) 6,754 (22.4 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 20,262 58.4% Liberal (7,734) 12,528 (36.1 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 20,007 61.3% Liberal (8,320) 11,687 (35.8 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 30,866 78.3% Liberal (5,644) 25,222 (64.0 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 21,503 44.1% NDP (17,198) 4,305 (8.8 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 20,270 44.2% Progressive Conservative (19,320) 950 (2.1 pts)
1997 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,286 39.0% NDP (12,460) 4,826 (10.9 pts)
2000 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 23,606 53.2% Liberal (13,835) 9,771 (22.0 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 19,110 46.6% Liberal (14,345) 4,765 (11.6 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 30,881 74.6% Liberal (5,211) 25,670 (62.0 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 31,388 71.2% Conservative (9,198) 22,190 (50.3 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 20,974 46.7% NDP (20,328) 646 (1.4 pts)
2019 NDP NDP 21,148 46.9% Liberal (14,962) 6,186 (13.7 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 17,239 45.2% NDP (13,090) 4,149 (10.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1949

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative9,91255.0%
Liberal7,91343.9%
CCF1971.1%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,31042.7%
Progressive Conservative6,69134.4%
Independent4,45922.9%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative10,31253.2%
Liberal9,07346.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,89465.4%
Liberal9,19733.6%
Independent Liberal2631.0%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative14,82152.3%
Liberal12,90745.6%
NDP4351.5%
Social Credit1580.6%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,76851.5%
Progressive Conservative13,91148.5%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,18256.0%
Progressive Conservative11,89441.1%
NDP6022.1%
Social Credit2330.8%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,15360.9%
Liberal10,55835.4%
NDP9563.2%
Social Credit1260.4%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,72860.5%
Liberal9,88733.7%
NDP1,5635.3%
Social Credit1390.5%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,94156.2%
Liberal10,18733.8%
NDP2,7839.2%
Independent2420.8%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative20,26258.4%
Liberal7,73422.3%
NDP6,68419.3%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative20,00761.3%
Liberal8,32025.5%
NDP3,97312.2%
Independent2700.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party910.3%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative30,86678.3%
Liberal5,64414.3%
NDP2,5846.6%
Libertarian Party of Canada3250.8%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative21,50344.1%
NDP17,19835.3%
Liberal9,28519.1%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada7391.5%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,27044.2%
Progressive Conservative19,32042.1%
NDP2,9376.4%
Reform1,3623.0%
National Party of Canada1,2352.7%
Natural Law Party of Canada3890.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada3490.8%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,28639.0%
NDP12,46028.1%
Liberal12,04827.2%
Reform1,9774.5%
Green3880.9%
Natural Law Party of Canada1910.4%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative23,60653.2%
Liberal13,83531.2%
NDP5,39512.2%
Canadian Alliance1,1442.6%
Independent2540.6%
Natural Law Party of Canada1220.3%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative19,11046.6%
Liberal14,34534.9%
NDP7,19017.5%
Green4021.0%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP30,88174.6%
Liberal5,21112.6%
Conservative3,8369.3%
Progressive Canadian Party5781.4%
Green5701.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador First Party3470.8%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP31,38871.2%
Conservative9,19820.9%
Liberal3,0196.9%
Green4671.1%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,97446.7%
NDP20,32845.3%
Conservative2,9386.5%
Green5001.1%
Communist1400.3%

2019

PartyVotesShare
NDP21,14846.9%
Liberal14,96233.2%
Conservative8,14118.1%
Green8211.8%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,23945.2%
NDP13,09034.3%
Conservative7,11918.7%
People's Party7231.9%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1949: Progressive Conservative margin 11.1 pts 1953: Liberal margin 8.3 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 31.8 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1963: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1965: Liberal margin 14.8 pts 1968: Progressive Conservative margin 25.5 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 26.7 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 22.4 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 36.1 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 35.8 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 64.0 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1993: Liberal margin 2.1 pts 1997: Progressive Conservative margin 10.9 pts 2000: Progressive Conservative margin 22.0 pts 2006: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 2008: NDP margin 62.0 pts 2011: NDP margin 50.3 pts 2015: Liberal margin 1.4 pts 2019: NDP margin 13.7 pts 2021: Liberal margin 10.9 pts 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

St. John's East has been contested at 23 general elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Progressive Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won St. John's East in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won St. John's East in 2021 with 17,239 votes (45.2%), a margin of 4,149 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won St. John's East since 1949?

Since 1949, St. John's East has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Progressive Conservative.

What was the closest result in St. John's East?

The closest contested result on record for St. John's East was 2015, when Liberal beat NDP by 646 votes (1.4 percentage points).

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