Newfoundland general election, 1989

The 42nd Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 13th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives.^[1]

Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.^[2]

Results

	Party	Leader	1985	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Clyde Wells	15	31	+107%	137,271	47.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Rideout	36	21	-42%	138,609	47.6%
	New Democratic	Cle Newhook	1	0	-100%	12,929	4.4%
	Other		0	0	0%	2,138	0.8%
Totals			52	52	-	291,785	100%

References

1. ^ "General Election Statistics (1949-1999)". Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/1949-1999stats.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-07. 
2. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2007: Bay of Islands. cbc.ca.