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1996 Newfoundland general election

Canadian provincial election


Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1996 Newfoundland general election
countryNewfoundland and Labrador
typeparliamentary
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1993 Newfoundland general election
previous_year1993
outgoing_members42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
election_date
elected_members[members](43rd-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-and-labrador)
next_election1999 Newfoundland general election
next_year1999
seats_for_election48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
25 seats were needed for a majority
turnout74.4% ( 9.2 pp)
<!-- Liberal -->image1[[File:Briantobin.jpg150x150px]]
colour1
leader1Brian Tobin
party1
leaders_seat1Bay of Islands
last_election135
seats137
seat_change12
popular_vote1157,229
percentage155.10%
swing16.0pp
<!-- Progressive Conservative -->map_imageNewfoundland and Labrador 1996 election - Results by Riding.svg
map_size350px
map_captionPopular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
titlePremier
before_electionBrian Tobin
before_party
posttitlePremier after election
after_electionBrian Tobin
after_party
image2**PC**
colour2
leader2Lynn Verge
party2
leaders_seat2Humber East *(lost re-election)*
last_election216
seats29
seat_change27
popular_vote2110,312
percentage238.66%
swing23.44pp
<!-- New Democrats -->image3[[File:Jack Harris.jpg150x150px]]
colour3
leader3Jack Harris
party3
leaders_seat3Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
last_election31
seats31
seat_change3±0
popular_vote312,706
percentage34.45%
swing32.95pp

25 seats were needed for a majority The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996, to elect members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal Party under new leader Brian Tobin. PC Leader Lynn Verge was not re-elected in her riding of Humber East.

Results

PartyLeaderSeats wonPopular vote(%)37911Total48
[1993](1993-newfoundland-general-election)% changeBrian Tobin35+5.7%157,22955.10%Progressive ConservativeLynn Verge16-44%110,312
52-285,385100%

Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † represents that the incumbent is not running again.
  • ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.

St. John's

|- 77.50% turnout | |Gerry Glavine 3,118 46.67% || |Ed Byrne 3,185 47.67% | |Mary Snow 378 5.66% | | ||

Ed Byrne
74.31% turnout
Joan Aylward
2,579
43.05%

| |Paul Brown 2,254 37.62% | |Wayne Lucas 1,158 19.33% | | || |Hubert Kitchen‡ (ran in St. John's East) |- 79.37% turnout | |Hubert Kitchen 2,340 38.20% || |John Ottenheimer 2,989 48.80% | |Sean Murray 796 13.00% | | || |Jack Harris‡ (ran in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) |- 73.95% turnout || |Lloyd Matthews 2,789 56.37% | |Ian Carter 1,649 33.33% | |Raj Sharan 510 10.31% | | ||

Lloyd Matthews
70.73% turnout

| |Tom Murphy 2,417 40.62% || |Tom Osborne 2,521 42.36% | |Sue Skipton 858 14.42% | |Bill Maddigan (Independent) 155 2.60% ||

Tom Murphy
74.82% turnout
Rex Gibbons
4,152
64.36%

| |Bren Kelly 1,648 25.55% | |Pat Lynch 651 10.09% | | ||

Rex Gibbons
79.89% turnout

| |Joan Cook 1,661 30.29% | |Cy Mills 902 16.45% || |Jack Harris 2,800 51.07% | |Jason Crummey (Terra Nova Greens) 120 2.19% ||

New district
73.88% turnout
Walter Noel
3,639
55.67%

| |Bev LeMoine 2,348 35.92% | |Bob Buckingham 550 8.41% | | || |New District |}

St. John's suburbs

|- 82.63% turnout | |Jim Martin 3,158 48.60% || |Jack Byrne
3,299 51.09% | | | | || |Jack Byrne St. John's East Extern |- 73.72% turnout || |Jim Walsh 2,909 48.39% | |Doug Cole 2,220 36.93% | |David Sullivan 316 5.26% | |Kenneth Kavanagh (Independent) 566 9.42% || |Jim Walsh Mount Scio-Bell Island |- 75.51% turnout | |Bill Dawe 2,628 43.50% || |Bob French 3,051 50.50% | |Harvey Taylor 363 6.00% | | ||

Pat Cowan†
80.94% turnout
Julie Bettney
3,686
53.51%

| |Neil Windsor 2,927 42.49% | |Sam Kelly 275 3.99% | | ||

Neil Windsor
79.14% turnout
Ralph Wiseman
3,510
54.72%

| |Dianne Whalen 2,905 45.28% | | | | ||

New district
73.88% turnout

| |Bernie Heywood 2,858 45.35% || |Harvey Hodder 3,444 54.65% | | | | || |Harvey Hodder Waterford-Kenmount |}

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

|- 69.15% turnout || |Percy Barrett 3,576 63.11% | |Nick Careen 1,832 32.33% | |Lee Ingram 258 4.55% | | ||

Percy Barrett
79.71% turnout
Mary Hodder
4,944
72.29%

| |Terry Keating 1,895 27.71% | | | | ||

Glenn Tobin†
75.63% turnout
3,846
56.26%
2,698
39.47%
292
4.27%
Art Reid
Carbonear
-
-
John Crane†
Harbour Grace
-
85.33% turnout

| |Tom Best 2,237 31.64% || |Loyola Sullivan 4,834 68.34% | | | | ||

Loyola Sullivan
76.86% turnout
Judy Foote
4,136
62.13%

| |Herb Edwards 2,521 37.87% | | | | ||

Bill Matthews†
76.91% turnout
Don Whelan
3,407
52.61%

| |Eugene Conway 2,705 41.77% | |Gus Flannigan 239 3.69% | |Norm Sylvia (Independent) 125 1.93% || |Don Whelan Harbour Main |- 86.67% turnout 3,601 51.38% 3,407 48.62% || |Nick Careen‡ Placentia (ran in Bellevue)

-
Fabian Manning
St. Mary's-The Capes
-
76.98% turnout
John Efford
4,603
67.63%

| |Robert Lundrigan 2,203 32.37% | | | | || |John Efford

|- 73.16% turnout || |Lloyd Snow 3,765 56.43% | |Nellie Squires 2,176 38.28% | |Bill Hiscock 320 5.29% | | || |Lloyd Snow |}

Central Newfoundland

|- 79.95% turnout | |Bud Hulan 2,380 39.95% || |Paul Shelley 3,578 60.05% | | | | || |Paul Shelley Baie Verte-White Bay |- 73.74% turnout || |Beaton Tulk 3,594 56.69% | |Sam Winsor 2,463 38.85% | | | |Wayne Davis (Independent) 283 4.46% || |Tom Lush‡ (ran in Terra Nova) |- 78.29% turnout | |Kay Young 2,474 34.10% || |Roger Fitzgerald 4,781 65.90% | | | | || |Roger Fitzgerald

|- 65.93% turnout || |Roger Grimes 3,262 59.89% | |Rod Stockley 1,581 29.02% | |Peter Langdon 604 11.09% | | || |Roger Grimes

|- 78.32% turnout || |Sandra Kelly 3,585 55.80% | |Dan Crummell 2,840 44.20% | | | | || |Gary Vey†

|- 78.82% turnout || |Anna Thistle 3,441 50.24% | |Mike Mackey 2,321 33.89% | |Joe Tremblett 1,087 15.87% | | || |Mike Mackey Grand Falls |- 70.00% turnout || |Melvin Penney 3,252 55.59% | |Rex Freake 2,598 44.41% | | | | ||

Melvin Penney
69.75% turnout
Tom Lush
4,049
66.31%

| |Glenn Greening 2,057 33.69% | | | | || |Kay Lush‡ (ran in Bonavista South)

|- 65.98% turnout || |Doug Oldford 3,784 64.04% | |Sheila Kelly-Blackmore 2,125 35.96% | | | | ||

Doug Oldford
67.46% turnout
3,885
63.85%
1,689
27.76%
511
8.40%
Walter C. Carter†
Twillingate
-
-
Beaton Tulk
Fogo
(ran in Bonavista North)
-
66.99% turnout
Graham Flight
2,857
47.71%

| |Alvin Hewlett 2,841 47.44% | |Jim Hobbs 290 4.84% | | || |Graham Flight Windsor-Buchans |-

Western and Southern Newfoundland

|- 75.77% turnout || |Brian Tobin 3,997 65.68% | |Paul Hunt 1,672 27.47% | |Hayward Pardy 417 6.85% | | ||

Clyde Wells†
67.84% turnout
3,598
60.17%
2,382
39.83%
Dave Gilbert†
Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir
-
-
Bill Ramsay
La Poile
-
66.75% turnout
Oliver Langdon
4,046
74.73%

| |Kay Blake 1,368 25.27% | | | | || |Oliver Langdon Fortune-Hermitage |- 80.76% turnout || |Bob Mercer 3,424 50.05% | |Lynn Verge 3,417 49.95% | | | | ||

Lynn Verge
71.27% turnout
Rick Woodford
4,109
74.91%

| |Evelyn Organ 1,376 25.09% | | | | ||

Rick Woodford
72.49% turnout
Paul Dicks
4,215
73.86%

| |Pat Callahan 1,492 26.14% | | | | || |Paul Dicks

|- 71.05% turnout || |Gerald Smith 4,011 67.93% | |Scott Hurley 1,894 32.07% | | | | ||

Gerald Smith
74.17% turnout
Chuck Furey
3,374
64.19%

| |Carolyn Lavers 1,844 35.08% | | | | ||

Chuck Furey
66.01% turnout
3,505
61.68%
1,640
28.86%
538
9.47%
Bud Hulan‡
St. George's
(ran in Baie Verte)
-
-
Kevin Aylward
Stephenville
-
63.98% turnout
Chris Decker
2,581
49.27%

| |Conan Coates 999 19.07% | | | |Dennis Coates (Independent) 1,659 31.67% || |Chris Decker Strait of Belle Isle |}

Labrador

|- 86.69% turnout | |Danny Dumaresque 1,233 41.94% | |Berkley Bursey 42 1.43% || |Yvonne Jones (Independent) 1,665 56.63% || |Danny Dumaresque Eagle River |- 82.46% turnout || |Perry Canning 3,547 63.37% | |Alec Snow 2,140 38.23% | | || |Alec Snow Menihek |- 60.38% turnout || |Ernie McLean 2,762 76.57% | |Darlene Gear-White 845 23.43% | | || |Edward Roberts† Naskaupi |- 91.97% turnout || |Wally Andersen 795 70.29% | |Bill Flowers 336 29.71% | | || |William Andersen III† |}

References

References

  1. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly - February 22, 1996".
  2. He was the MHA for [[Pleasantville (electoral district). Pleasantville]], however, the district would be disbanded. As such, Noel ran in the new district of [[Virginia Waters (electoral district). Virginia Waters]]
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