Virginia Waters (electoral district)

Virginia Waters
Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Virginia Waters in relation to the other St. John's districts
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNewfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
District created1995
District abolished2015
First contested1996
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2006)11,943
Electors (2011)9,938
Census division(s)Division 1
Census subdivision(s)St. John's

Virginia Waters is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district was represented by former premier Kathy Dunderdale.

A residential district in the northeast end of St. John's, the area included Airport Heights, Wedgewood Park, residential areas off Newfoundland Drive, as well as a fairly wealthy enclave near Virginia Lake. The district was created in 1995 from parts of the districts of Pleasantville, St. John's East Extern and Mount Scio Road-Bell Island.[1] Virginia Waters retained 80 per cent of its original territory in the 2007 redistribution, while taking in 14 per cent of Cape St. Francis. In 2011 there were 9,938 eligible voters living within the district.[2][3]

The district was abolished in 2015, into new districts of Windsor Lake and Virginia Waters-Pleasantville.

  1. ^ "CBC.ca | Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007 | District Profiles". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
  2. ^ "Summary of Polling Divisions VIRGINIA WATERS" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. ^ "District Profile - Virginia Waters". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2011.