Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/ Emile Baddour · CC0Holyrood’s MP is Paul Connors (Liberal Party of Canada), for Avalon
Statistics Canada lists Holyrood as a town. This page names no head of council for Holyrood, as no open list of councils exists in Newfoundland and Labrador. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Holyrood in a riding. 4 of the 7 MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Holyrood, a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.nl.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Holyrood’s council; Division No. 1 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Holyrood, from the most recent elections.
- 1Holyrood councilTown
- 2House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador–
- 3House of CommonsAvalon
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Holyrood votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Holyrood council | 30 September 2025 | 25 September 2029 |
| House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 14 October 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador on 14 October 2025 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. After the 30 September 2025 election, Holyrood council next goes to the polls on 25 September 2029. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the last Tuesday in September every four years. This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MHA.
Find your MHA on the legislature’s site
assembly.nl.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Paul Connors represents Avalon in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Avalon · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada4
- Conservative Party of Canada3
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Avalon would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 51%, and Paul Connors kept it for them in 2025. April 2025 was Paul Connors’s first election to the House of Commons.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021 Ken McDonald won Avalon, as the Liberal Party of Canada had in 2019
Avalon as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
46% had won it for Kenneth McDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2019. Avalon elected Ken McDonald (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 50% of the vote, a lead of 5,870 over Matthew Chapman (Conservative Party of Canada). In 2021, 53% of electors cast a ballot in Avalon, under the national 63%.
All 4 candidates in Avalon, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McDonald | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,608 | 50.1% |
| Matthew Chapman | Conservative Party of Canada | 12,738 | 34.3% |
| Carolyn Davis | New Democratic Party | 5,151 | 13.9% |
| Lainie Stewart | People's Party of Canada | 647 | 1.7% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Holyrood is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.gov.nl.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
Questions about how Holyrood is run
Who is the MP for Holyrood?
Paul Connors of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Avalon, which includes Holyrood.
Which party won Holyrood in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada, with Ken McDonald in Avalon; since 2025 Paul Connors represents Avalon.
Who is the MHA for Holyrood?
The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s website names each MHA by riding; the riding of Holyrood has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Holyrood?
Ask the municipality itself: Holyrood, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).