Mount Scio

Mount Scio is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,482 people living in the district.[1]

Mount Scio

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Location in the St. John's area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Sarah Stoodley Liberal
District created	2015
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,482[1]
Electors (2015)	8,648
Area (km²)	35[2]
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	St. John's, Paradise

Mount Scio includes part of the town of Paradise and the part of the city of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The majority of Mount Scio was previously the district of St. John's North. The district also includes parts of the former districts of Mount Pearl North, St. John's East and Topsail.[2]

Former Liberal Cabinet Minister Dale Kirby was the district's MHA from 2015 until he retired in 2019. Sarah Stoodley, a insurance firm communications specialist, was elected for the Liberal Party in 2019.

Members of the House of Assembly

Member		Party	Term
	Dale Kirby	Liberal	2015-2018
		Independent	2018-2019
	Sarah Stoodley	Liberal	2019-

Election results

2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sarah Stoodley
	Progressive Conservative	Damian Follett
	New Democratic	Sheilagh O'Leary
	NL Alliance	Andrea Newbury
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarah Stoodley	1,981	41.68	-5.41
	Progressive Conservative	Lloyd Power	1,769	37.22	+9.84
	New Democratic	Jason R. Mercer	597	12.56	-12.98
	NL Alliance	Graydon Pelley	406	8.54
Total valid votes			4,753	99.69
Total rejected ballots			15	0.31	-0.08
Turnout			4,768	54.51	+7.69
Electors on the lists			8,747	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.63
Source: Elections Canada[3]

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dale Kirby	1,899	47.09
	Progressive Conservative	Rhonda Churchill Herder	1,104	27.37
	New Democratic	Sean Panting	1,030	25.54
Total valid votes			4,033	99.60
Total rejected ballots			16	0.40
Turnout			4,049	46.82
Electors on the lists			8,648	–
Source: Elections Canada[4]

References

1. "Mount Scio Legal Description" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
2. "Mount Scio Overlay District Map" (PDF). 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2015.