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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
country	Newfoundland and Labrador
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1999 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1999
previous_mps	44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
election_date	October 21, 2003
elected_members	[members](45th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-and-labrador)
next_election	2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	48 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
25 seats were needed for a majority
turnout	72.5% ( 2.9 pp)
image1	[[Image:Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams.jpg	x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Danny Williams
leader_since1	2001
party1
leaders_seat1	Humber West
last_election1	14
seats1	34
seat_change1	20
popular_vote1	162,949
percentage1	58.71%
swing1	17.94%
image2	[[Image:Roger Grimes cropped.jpg	x150px]]
colour2
leader2	Roger Grimes
leader_since2	2001
party2
leaders_seat2	Exploits
last_election2	32
seats2	12
seat_change2	20
popular_vote2	91,729
percentage2	33.05%
swing2	16.57%
image3	[[Image:Jack Harris.jpg	x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Jack Harris
leader_since3	1992
party3
leaders_seat3	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
last_election3	2
seats3	2
seat_change3	0
popular_vote3	19,048
percentage3	6.86%
swing3	1.37%
map_image	Newfoundland_and_Labrador_2003_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	Roger Grimes
before_party
after_election	Danny Williams
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

25 seats were needed for a majority

The 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	PCNL	LPNL	NLNDP	Other	ME	Sample	NL	PC}};" data-sort-type="number"		NL	Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"	NL	NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Election 2003	October 21, 2003		58.71	33.05	6.86	1.38
Corporate Research Associates Inc.	October 2003	{{cite news	title=Polls put Nfld. Tories in lead	work=The Sudbury Star	page=A7}}	57	33	6
Corporate Research Associates Inc.	August 2003	{{cite news	title=With election call on horizon, polls have Grits losing in Nfld.	work=The Globe and Mail	page=A7	last=Cox	first=Kevin}}	54	36	6
[Election 1999](1999-newfoundland-general-election)	February 9, 1999		40.77	49.62	8.23	1.38

Results

This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals, led by Roger Grimes, were soundly defeated by the Danny Williams-led Progressive Conservative Party, who took almost three-quarters of the seats in the House of Assembly and well over half of the popular vote. The Liberals lost seven of their 17 Cabinet ministers, along with the Speaker of the House, from the preceding government. Jack Harris and the New Democrats hopes to increase their seat total from two were frustrated, although their incumbents were re-elected.

Results by party

!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote |- 1999 !Dissol. !2003 !Change !# !% !Change |Danny Williams ! style="text-align:right;" |34 ! style="text-align:right;" |12 ! style="text-align:right;" |2 ! style="text-align:right;" |- |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total ! style="text-align:right;" |143 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" | - ! style="text-align:right;" |277,538 ! style="text-align:right;" |100.00% ! style="text-align:right;" |
|}

Results by region

Party name	St. John's	Avalon/Burin	Central/Southern	Western	Labrador	Total	Total seats:	14	9	13	8	4	48
Parties winning seats in the legislature:	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	13	5	8	7	1	34	Popular vote:	67.73%	57.61%	54.02%	57.48%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:	Other	Popular vote:	0.25%	0.02%	0.58%	0.75%	17.90%	1.38%

Results by riding

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† represents that the incumbent is not running again.

St. John's

|- 70.54% turnout | |Joe Wadden 1,071 15.77% || |Ed Byrne 5,315 78.28% | |David Reynolds 404 5.95% | | || |Ed Byrne

|- 70.51% turnout | |Joan Marie Aylward 1,763 29.05% || |Shawn Skinner 3,349 55.19% | |Carol Cantwell 956 15.75% | | ||

Joan Marie Aylward
65.68% turnout

| |George Murphy 862 14.56% || |John Ottenheimer 4,151 70.11% | |Bruce Clark 841 14.21% | |Steve Durant (Independent) 66 1.11% ||

John Ottenheimer
62.69% turnout

| |Jeff Brace 1,433 26.74% || |Bob Ridgley 3,107 57.97% | |Liam Walsh 820 15.30% | | ||

Lloyd Matthews†
67.72% turnout

| |Dennis O'Keefe 756 12.68% || |Tom Osborne 4,532 75.99% | |Tom McGinnis 676 11.33% | | ||

Tom Osborne
66.91% turnout

| |Tom Hann 1,292 20.48% || |Sheila Osborne 4,557 72.23% | |Raj Sharan 460 7.29% | | ||

Sheila Osborne
67.55% turnout

| |Ray O'Neill 391 7.72% | |Karen Carroll 2,221 43.82% || |Jack Harris 2,456 48.46% | | ||

Jack Harris
69.14% turnout

| |Walter Noel 2,358 32.67% || |Kathy Dunderdale 4,193 58.10% | |Dave Sullivan 666 9.23% | | || |Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

-
78.42% turnout

| |Bill Tapper 1,294 16.43% || |Jack Byrne 5,604 71.13% | |Ralph Tapper 980 12.44% | | ||

Jack Byrne
77.71% turnout

| |Jim Walsh 1,870 25.41% || |Dianne Whalen 4,147 56.36% | |Ken Kavanaugh 1,180 16.04% | |Doug Cole (Independent) 171 2.32% ||

Jim Walsh
72.74% turnout

| |Sheina Lerman 372 5.51% || |Terry French 5,606 83.10% | |Andy Lewis 768 11.38% | | ||

Terry French
68.79% turnout

| |Wayne Ralph 798 11.46% || |Dave Denine 5,662 81.30% | |Roy Locke 504 7.24% | | ||

Julie Bettney†
80.53% turnout

| |Ralph Wiseman 2,354 28.78% || |Elizabeth Marshall 5,354 65.45% | |Michael Kehoe 472 5.77% | | ||

Ralph Wiseman
66.81% turnout

| |Averill Baker 1,277 20.41% || |Harvey Hodder 4,569 73.03% | |Justin Locke 410 6.55% | | || |Harvey Hodder |}

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

|- 74.54% turnout || |Percy Barrett 2,623 48.17% | |Joan Cleary 2,523 46.34% | |Michael Fahey 299 5.49% | | ||

Percy Barrett
82.20% turnout

| |Sam Synard 2,133 34.04% || |Clyde Jackman 3,450 55.05% | |Wayne Butler 684 10.91% | | ||

Mary Hodder†
77.95% turnout

George Sweeney
3,699
53.84%

| |John Babb 3,165 46.11% | | | | ||

George Sweeney
71.73% turnout

| |Andrea Kavanagh 504 8.41% || |Loyola Sullivan 5,167 85.25% | |Lois Martin 309 5.16% | |Pilar Riego-Hickey (Independent) 11 0.18% ||

Loyola Sullivan
85.51% turnout

Judy Foote
3,101
49.26%

| |Darin King 3,058 48.58% | |Bill Wakeley 136 2.16% | | ||

Judy Foote
83.69% turnout

| |Fred Akerman 1,482 21.98% || |Tom Hedderson 4,769 70.71% | |Eugene Conway 493 7.31% | | ||

Tom Hedderson
84.87% turnout

| |Kevin Power 1,812 31.73% || |Fabian Manning 3,746 65.60% | |Janet Stringer 152 2.66% | | ||

Fabian Manning
74.97% turnout

Roland Butler
3,983
62.66%

| |Clarence Gosse 2,374 37.34% | | | | ||

Roland Butler
81.40% turnout

| |Lloyd Snow 2,095 32.37% || |Charlene Johnson 4,091 63.20% | |Victoria Harnum 287 4.43% | | || |Lloyd Snow |}

Central Newfoundland

|- 71.03% turnout | |Maurice Budgell 927 22.69% || |Paul Shelley 3,045 74.52% | | | |William Day (Independent) 114 2.79% ||

Paul Shelley
74.42% turnout

| |Churence Rogers 2,301 39.67% || |Harry Harding 3,384 58.33% | |Howard E. Parsons 116 2.00% | | ||

Harry Harding
66.82% turnout

| |Betty Fitzgerald 938 17.14% || |Roger Fitzgerald 4,354 79.58% | |Sam Kelly 179 3.27% | | || |Roger Fitzgerald

|- 75.26% turnout || |Roger Grimes 3,218 56.14% | |Clayton Forsey 2,346 40.93% | |John L. Whelan 168 2.93% | | ||

Roger Grimes
65.94% turnout

| |Dianne Crewe 1,930 32.72% || |Kevin O'Brien 3,621 61.38% | |Steve Johnson 348 5.90% | | ||

Sandra Kelly†
70.63% turnout

Anna Thistle
3,921
59.21%

| |Paula Flood 2,331 35.20% | |Gerry Tobin 370 5.59% | | ||

Anna Thistle
65.49% turnout

| |Todd Manuel 1,275 25.82% || |Tom Rideout 3,504 70.96% | | | |Garry Vatcher (Independent) 159 3.22% ||

Tom Rideout
79.03% turnout

| |Tom Lush 2,614 43.96% || |Paul Oram 3,114 52.37% | |Herbert Ralph 218 3.67% | | ||

Tom Lush
76.88% turnout

| |Kathryn Small 1,640 26.86% || |Ross Wiseman 4,126 67.57% | |Howard W. Duffett 340 5.57% | | ||

Ross Wiseman
72.73% turnout

Gerry Reid
2,941
55.75%

| |Derrick Dalley 2,334 44.25% | | | | ||

Gerry Reid
65.82% turnout

| |Barry Oake 1,826 32.62% || |Ray Hunter 3,488 62.32% | |Clar Jacobs 138 2.47% | |Elmer Anthony (Independent) 145 2.59% || |Ray Hunter |}

Western and Southern Newfoundland

|- 76.61% turnout || |Eddie Joyce 2,907 49.43% | |Mike Monaghan 2,760 46.93% | |Dave Quigley 214 3.64% | | ||

Eddie Joyce
69.79% turnout

Kelvin Parsons
4,233
80.77%

| |Stephen MacKenzie 1,008 19.23% | | | | ||

Kelvin Parsons
72.55% turnout

Oliver Langdon
2,880
58.49%

| |Andrew Colford 2,044 41.52% | | | | ||

Oliver Langdon
71.90% turnout

| |Bob Mercer 2,624 39.75% || |Tom Marshall 3,976 60.25% | | | | ||

Bob Mercer
78.02% turnout

| |Dwight Ball 2,507 47.28% || |Kathy Goudie 2,796 52.72% | | | | ||

Rick Woodford†
61.52% turnout

| |Edward Buckle 1,533 27.56% || |Danny Williams 3,823 68.72% | |Matthew Robbins 207 3.72% | | ||

Danny Williams
67.91% turnout

| |Gerald Smith 2,378 42.75% || |Jim Hodder 3,101 55.74% | | | |Frederick G. Ollerhead (Independent) 84 1.51% ||

Gerald Smith
73.59% turnout

| |Ralph Payne 1,577 32.67% || |Wallace Young 2,948 61.07% | |Holly Patey 293 6.07% | | ||

Wallace Young
70.23% turnout

| |Ron Dawe 2,464 44.31% || |Joan Burke 2,927 52.63% | | | |Nancy Critchley (Independent) 170 3.06% ||

Kevin Aylward†
70.46% turnout

| |Don McDonald 1,802 35.95% || |Trevor Taylor 3,133 62.50% | | | |Ford Michelmore (Independent) 78 1.56% || |Trevor Taylor |}

Labrador

|- 80.47% turnout || |Yvonne Jones 1,514 59.98% | |Dennis Normore 804 31.85% | | | |Frank Pye 206 8.16% ||

Yvonne Jones
67.34% turnout

| |Doris Sacrey 423 8.53% | |Graham Letto 1,142 23.03% || |Randy Collins 2,762 55.71% | |Ern Condon 631 12.73% ||

Randy Collins
72.56% turnout

| |Ken Anthony 1,126 24.92% || |John Hickey 1,778 39.35% | |Barbara Stickley 129 2.86% | |Brandon Pardy 1,485 32.87% ||

Ernie McLean†
80.80% turnout

Wally Andersen
934
68.93%

| |Winston White 352 25.98% | | | |Lucy Jararuse 69 5.09% || |Wally Andersen |}

By-elections since the general election

Exploits (resignation of Roger Grimes), June 23, 2005: |PC

Clayton Forsey
Liberal
George Saunders
-
John Whelan
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

Placentia and St. Mary's (resignation of Fabian Manning), February 21, 2006: |PC

Felix Collins
Independent
Nick Careen
-
Liberal
Kevin Power
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (resignation of Jack Harris), November 1, 2006: |- |Lorraine Michael |PC |Jerome Kennedy |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,563 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Ferryland (resignation of Loyola Sullivan), February 8, 2007: |PC

Keith Hutchings
Liberal
Kevin Bennett
-
Rick Boland
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

Kilbride (resignation of Ed Byrne), February 8, 2007: |PC

John Dinn
Liberal
Bob Clarke
-
Gemma Schlamp-Hickey
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

Port au Port (resignation of Jim Hodder), February 8, 2007: |PC

Tony Cornect
Liberal
Mark Felix
-
Paul O'Keefe
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

Humber Valley (resignation of Kathy Goudie), February 13, 2007: |- |Liberal |Dwight Ball |PC

Darryl Kelly
Shelley Senior
- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3
!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
}

References

"2003 General Election Report".
"Election three years in the making". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].
(October 22, 2003). "Tories sweep to power in Newfoundland and Labrador". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].

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