St. John's East-Quidi Vidi is a provincial

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. As o
2016
there were 14,381 people living in the district. St. John's East-Quidi Vidi includes part of the city of St. John's. The district was created following the 2015 electoral districts boundaries review. The district includes parts of the former districts of

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and St. John's Centre. The district was considered fairly safe for the NDP and was represented by Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader

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until the 2021 election, when she was defeated by

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. With the margin of victory only 53 votes, Coffin requested a recount, but was denied by the

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, as the province's electoral law stated that recounts were only automatically triggered if the margin of victory was less than 10 votes.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:

Election results

References

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