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1996 Newfoundland general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1996 Newfoundland general election | ||
| country | Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| party_colour | no | ||
| party_name | no | ||
| previous_election | 1993 Newfoundland general election | ||
| previous_year | 1993 | ||
| outgoing_members | 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | ||
| election_date | |||
| elected_members | [members](43rd-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-and-labrador) | ||
| next_election | 1999 Newfoundland general election | ||
| next_year | 1999 | ||
| seats_for_election | 48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly | ||
| 25 seats were needed for a majority | |||
| turnout | 74.4% ( 9.2 pp) | ||
| <!-- Liberal --> | image1 | [[File:Briantobin.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour1 | |||
| leader1 | Brian Tobin | ||
| party1 | |||
| leaders_seat1 | Bay of Islands | ||
| last_election1 | 35 | ||
| seats1 | 37 | ||
| seat_change1 | 2 | ||
| popular_vote1 | 157,229 | ||
| percentage1 | 55.10% | ||
| swing1 | 6.0pp | ||
| <!-- Progressive Conservative --> | map_image | Newfoundland and Labrador 1996 election - Results by Riding.svg | |
| map_size | 350px | ||
| map_caption | Popular 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. | ||
| title | Premier | ||
| before_election | Brian Tobin | ||
| before_party | |||
| posttitle | Premier after election | ||
| after_election | Brian Tobin | ||
| after_party | |||
| image2 | **PC** | ||
| colour2 | |||
| leader2 | Lynn Verge | ||
| party2 | |||
| leaders_seat2 | Humber East *(lost re-election)* | ||
| last_election2 | 16 | ||
| seats2 | 9 | ||
| seat_change2 | 7 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 110,312 | ||
| percentage2 | 38.66% | ||
| swing2 | 3.44pp | ||
| <!-- New Democrats --> | image3 | [[File:Jack Harris.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour3 | |||
| leader3 | Jack Harris | ||
| party3 | |||
| leaders_seat3 | Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi | ||
| last_election3 | 1 | ||
| seats3 | 1 | ||
| seat_change3 | ±0 | ||
| popular_vote3 | 12,706 | ||
| percentage3 | 4.45% | ||
| swing3 | 2.95pp |
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
| Party | Leader | Seats won | Popular vote | (%) | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | Total | 48 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1993](1993-newfoundland-general-election) | % change | Brian Tobin | 35 | +5.7% | 157,229 | 55.10% | Progressive Conservative | Lynn Verge | 16 | -44% | 110,312 |
| 52 | - | 285,385 | 100% |
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%
|
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|
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|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%
|
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| 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
- "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Third General Assembly - February 22, 1996".
- 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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