Neil King (politician)
Neil King | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Bonavista | |
| In office November 30, 2015 – April 17, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Craig Pardy |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal |
Neil King is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Bonavista in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party from 2015 until 2019.[1] He was elected in the 2015 provincial election for the district of Bonavista and was defeated in the 2019 provincial election. In the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, King ran as an independent candidate after being rejected as the Liberal candidate.[2] He lost, finishing third.[3]
King previously served in the Canadian Navy.[4]
Electoral results
| 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Bonavista | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Pardy | 2,117 | 57.32 | +6.89 | ||||
| Liberal | Christine Gill | 944 | 25.56 | -24.00 | ||||
| Independent | Neil King | 562 | 15.22 | |||||
| New Democratic | Timothy Whey | 70 | 1.90 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,693 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 19 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,712 | 40.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,169 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +15.45 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021. | ||||||||
| 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Pardy | 2,611 | 50.43 | +23.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Neil King | 2,566 | 49.57 | -16.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,177 | 99.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.67 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,212 | 59.36 | +1.28 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 8,781 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.98 | ||||||
| 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Neil King | 3,508 | 66.01 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Little | 1,431 | 26.93 | – | ||||
| Independent | Johanna Ryan Guy | 259 | 4.88 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Adrian Power | 116 | 2.18 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,314 | 99.42 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.58 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 5,345 | 58.08 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,203 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
- ^ Moore, Mike. "4th former Liberal emerges as Independent candidate in 2021 campaign | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News. March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Liberals taking aim at traditional Tory stronghold of Bonavista | CBC News".
- ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.