List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

Conservative

Liberal

NDP

Other / Independent

This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador's unicameral legislative body, the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The number of seats has varied over time, from a low of twenty-seven for the first election in 1949, to a high of fifty-two during the 1980s and early 1990s. There are currently 48 seats in the house.

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that politics in Newfoundland and Labrador have been dominated by two parties: the Liberal party (red) and the Conservative party (blue). The Liberal party have won ten out of the seventeen elections held.

This article only covers elections since the province became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1949. It was then named Newfoundland, and its official name changed to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001. Prior to becoming part of Canada, Newfoundland was a British dominion, and the Newfoundland House of Assembly (as it was known before 2001) was first formed in 1832. For elections prior to 1949, see General elections in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation).

Summary

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election, if greater than 0.1%. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. To date, there has only been one election (in 1989) where the party that formed the government did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the number of the election at the start of the row.

Election			Liberal		Conservative [A]		NDP [B]		Other			Total seats
			Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Seat-winning party
47th	October 9, 2007		22.0	3	69.6	44	8.2	1	0.2			48
46th	October 21, 2003		33.2	12	58.7	34	6.9	2	1.2			48
45th	February 9, 1999		49.5	32	40.6	14	8.2	2	1.4 [C]			48
44th	February 22, 1996		55.1	37	38.7	9	4.5	1	1.7	1	Independent	48
43rd	May 3, 1993		49.1	35	42.1	16	7.4	1	1.4			52
42nd	April 20, 1989		47.2	31	47.6	21	4.4		0.8			52
41st	April 2, 1985		36.7	15	48.6	36	14.4	1	0.3			52
40th	April 6, 1982		34.9	8	61.2	44	3.7		0.2			52
39th	June 8, 1979		40.6	19	50.4	33	7.8		1.2			52
38th	September 16, 1975		37.1	16	45.5	30	4.0		13.4 [D]	5	Reform Liberal	51
37th	March 24, 1972		37.2	9	60.5	33	[E]		2.7 [F]			42
36th	October 28, 1971		44.4	20	51.3	21	1.8		2.5 [G]	1	Labrador Party	42
35th	September 8, 1966		61.8	39	34.0	3	1.8		2.4			42
34th	November 19, 1962		58.7	34	36.6	7	3.6		1.1	1	Independent	42
33rd	August 20, 1959		58.0	31	25.3	3	7.2		9.5 [H]	2	United Newfoundland	36
32nd	October 2, 1956		66.3	32	32.0	4			1.7			36
31st	November 26, 1951		63.6	24	35.6	4			0.8			28
30th	May 27, 1949		65.5	22	32.9	5			1.6	1	Independent	28

Notes

^A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.

^B Includes results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation prior to 1963.

^C Includes 1.0% for the Newfoundland and Labrador Party

^D Includes 11.9% for the Reform Liberal Party.

^E Captured less than 1% of the vote. Its vote total is included in the "other" vote share.

^F Includes 1.2% for the Labrador Party.

^G Includes 2.4% for the Labrador Party.

^H Includes 8.2% for the United Newfoundland Party.

See also

• List of political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador
• General elections in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation)

References

• "General Election Statistics (1949-1999)". Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/1949-1999stats.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
• "Official Count" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/redirectpdf.asp?reqpdf=pdf/GE-results-2003.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-08. ^{[dead link]} (2003)