1989 Newfoundland general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1989 Newfoundland general election Newfoundland and Labrador parliamentary no no 1985 Newfoundland general election 1985 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland 1989 4 20 members 1993 Newfoundland general election 1993 52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 27 80.6% ( 3.3 pp)Election Statistics 1989 https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport1989.pdf Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 31 March 2025 LIB NL Liberal nohash Clyde Wells NL Liberal name Windsor-BuchansRan in Humber East (lost) 15 31 16 137,271 47.2% 10.5pp PC NL PC nohash Tom Rideout NL PC name Baie Verte-Springdale 36 21 15 138,609 47.6% 1.0pp NDP NL NDP nohash Cle Newhook NL NDP name Ran in St. John's East Extern (lost) 1 0 1 12,929 4.4% 10.0pp Premier Tom Rideout NL PC name Clyde Wells Premier after election NL Liberal name The 1989 Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives. 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.Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2007: Bay of Islands. cbc.ca. Seven years later, Verge was the leader of the Progressive Conservatives during the 1996 election, and she also lost Humber East in the election, though her party did not win that election. Opinion polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source LPNL PCNL NLNDP Other ME Margin of Error SampleElection 1989April 20, 198947.247.64.40.8OmnifactsApril 1989Polls put Newfoundland Tories out in front April 17, 1989 The Ottawa Citizen A541.652.16.3April 1989Newfoundland Tories still No. 1, but barely April 17, 1989 The Windsor Star A843.9506.1Election 1985November 6, 198436.748.614.40.3 Results Summary of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election resultsAt a glance The Vancouver Sun 1989-04-21 Vancouver, B.C. A9 |- style="background:#ccc;" ! 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 |- style="background:#eee;" | style="text-align:center;"|1985 | style="text-align:center;"|Dissol. | style="text-align:center;"|1989 | style="text-align:center;"|Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|% Change |- NL Liberal row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Clyde Wells | style="text-align:right;" |52 | style="text-align:right;" |15 | style="text-align:right;" |14 | style="text-align:right;" |31 | style="text-align:right;" |16 | style="text-align:right;" |137,271 | style="text-align:right;" |47.2 | style="text-align:right;" |+10.5 |- NL PC row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Tom Rideout | style="text-align:right;" |52 | style="text-align:right;" |36 | style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |21 | style="text-align:right;" |-15 | style="text-align:right;" |138,609 | style="text-align:right;" |47.6 | style="text-align:right;" |–1.0 |- NL NDP row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Cle Newhook | style="text-align:right;" |36 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |0 | style="text-align:right;" |-1 | style="text-align:right;" |12,929 | style="text-align:right;" |4.4 | style="text-align:right;" |–10.0 |- NL Independent row | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Independents | style="text-align:right;" |5 | style="text-align:right;" |0 | style="text-align:right;" |0 | style="text-align:right;" |0 | style="text-align:right;" |0 0 | style="text-align:right;" |2,138 | style="text-align:right;" |0.8 | style="text-align:right;" |+0.5 AB Vacant row | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Vacant | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|145 | style="text-align:right;"|52 | style="text-align:right;"|52 | style="text-align:right;"|52 | style="text-align:right;"|- | style="text-align:right;"|291,785 | style="text-align:right;"|100 | style="text-align:right;"|- |} Results by district Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † represents that the incumbent did not run again. ‡ represents that the incumbent ran in a different district. St. John's NL PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride77.25% turnout |NL PC background| |Robert Aylward3,45249.08% | |Gerry Glavine2,96042.09% | |Kevin James6218.83% |NL PC background| |Robert Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville74.87% turnout | |Stephen Stafford2,97242.65% |NL Liberal background| |Walter Noel3,28447.12% | |Dennis MacKay71310.23% |NL PC background| |Jerome Dinn† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre79.52% turnout | |Patrick McNicholas2,83844.14% |NL Liberal background| |Hubert Kitchen2,96746.14% | |Vicky Silk6259.72% |NL PC background| |Patrick McNicholas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East83.00% turnout |NL PC background| |Shannie Duff2,39741.72% | |Lynette Billard1,21221.09% | |Gene Long2,13737.19% |NL NDP background| |Gene Long |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North69.73% turnout | |Tom Osborne1,93737.71% |NL Liberal background| |Phil Warren2,70552.66% | |Dorothy Inglis4959.63% |NL PC background| |John Carter† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South71.49% turnout"Recount" A judicial recount was held in this riding. | |Douglas Atkinson2,10543.04% |NL Liberal background| |Tom Murphy2,10743.08% | |Linda Hyde67913.88% |NL PC background| |John Collins† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West72.52% turnout | |Harold Barrett2,58340.67% |NL Liberal background| |Rex Gibbons3,38953.35% | |Larry Power3805.98% |NL PC background| |Harold Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount79.59% turnout | |Ralph Tucker3,18842.85% |NL Liberal background| |Eric Gullage3,94753.06% | |Wayne James3044.09% |NL Liberal background| |Eric Gullage |- |} St. John's suburbs NL PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South91.44% turnout | |John Butt2,58044.42% |NL Liberal background| |Pat Cowan3,10753.50% | |Edgar Russell1212.08% | | |NL PC background| |John Butt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl86.13% turnout |NL PC background| |Neil Windsor4,27351.57% | |Gordon Seabright3,83446.27% | |Leo Thistle1792.16% | | |NL PC background| |Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio-Bell Island74.89% turnout"Recount" | |Myrle Vokey3,10744.22% |NL Liberal background| |Jim Walsh3,14344.73% | |Kevin Walsh4256.05% | |Josiah Harvey (Independent)3515.00% |NL Liberal background| |Leo Barry† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern85.57% turnout |NL PC background| |Kevin Parsons3,75048.84% | |John O'Brien2,43031.65% | |Cle Newhook1,49819.51% | | |NL PC background| |Kevin Parsons |} Avalon Peninsula NL PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear90.70% turnout | |Milton Peach3,38748.18% |NL Liberal background| |Art Reid3,58150.94% | | | |Nicholas Murray (Independent)620.88% |NL PC background| |Milton Peach |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland89.25% turnout |NL PC background| |Charlie Power2,95461.61% | |Tom Carey1,71135.68% | |Aiden Coady1302.71% | | |NL PC background| |Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace85.79% turnout | |Joe Gregory2,42843.04% |NL Liberal background| |John Crane3,21356.96% | | | | |NL PC background| |Haig Young† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main78.65% turnout |NL PC background| |Norman Doyle4,12365.59% | |Rod Fowler1,48523.62% | |Gus Flannigan67810.79% | | |NL PC background| |Norman Doyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia83.95% turnout | |William Patterson1,76037.93% |NL Liberal background| |William Hogan2,70258.23% | |Cletus Canning1783.84% | | |NL PC background| |William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave87.77% turnout | |Lewis Gosse2,05029.67% |NL Liberal background| |John Efford4,79769.43% | |Wayne Lucas620.90% | | |NL Liberal background| |John Efford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes79.95% turnout |NL PC background| |Loyola Hearn3,10075.13% | |Don O'Keefe91322.13% | |Ian Penney1132.74% | | |NL PC background| |Loyola Hearn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde81.39% turnout | |Wayne Quinlan1,99939.66% |NL Liberal background| |Lloyd Snow2,76854.92% | |Bert Pitcher1893.75% | |Bren Howard (Independent)841.67% |NL PC background| |James Reid† |} Eastern Newfoundland NL PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue77.31% turnout | |Bruce Stagg2,23335.40% |NL Liberal background| |Percy Barrett3,84260.91% | |Harvey Thistle2333.69% |NL Liberal background| |Wilson Callan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North88.06% turnout | |Eli Cross2,35139.59% |NL Liberal background| |Tom Lush3,47058.44% | |Ingwald Feltham1171.97% |NL Liberal background| |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South67.54% turnout"Recount" | |Roger Fitzgerald1,93246.63% |NL Liberal background| |Aubrey Gover1,95247.12% | |Rex Sheppard2596.25% |NL PC background| |Jim Morgan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo84.85% turnout |NL PC background| |Sam Winsor2,96650.81% | |Beaton Tulk2,87249.19% | | |NL Liberal background| |Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova78.52% turnout |NL PC background| |Glen Greening2.92054.50% | |Ray Goulding2,37044.23% | |Randy Miller681.27% |NL PC background| |Glen Greening |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North79.02% turnout |NL PC background| |Charlie Brett3,43156.61% | |Wendell Moore2,50641.35% | |Sam Kelly1242.04% |NL PC background| |Charlie Brett |} Central Newfoundland NL PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay84.36% turnout |NL PC background| |Tom Rideout4,10982.38% | |Joe Gedge87917.62% | | |NL PC background| |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits73.35% turnout | |Paul Cooper2,80148.51% |NL Liberal background| |Roger Grimes2,85049.36% | |Reg Hemeon1232.13% |NL PC background| |Hugh Twomey† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander76.20% turnout | |Agnes Richard2,02935.57% |NL Liberal background| |Winston Baker3,46060.66% | |Claude Elliott2153.77% |NL Liberal background| |Winston Baker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls85.41% turnout |NL PC background| |Len Simms3,40064.87% | |Jim Hornell1,84135.13% | | |NL PC background| |Len Simms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay72.90% turnout |NL PC background| |Alvin Hewlett3,04358.85% | |Maurice Budgell2,12841.15% | | |NL PC background| |Brian Peckford† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte73.98% turnout | |Anne Picco2,83646.42% |NL Liberal background| |Melvin Penney3,14851.53% | |Berkley Rose1252.05% |NL PC background| |James Russell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate79.81% turnout | |Ida Reid2,13346.98% |NL Liberal background| |Walter Carter2,35351.83% | |John Lewis541.19% |NL Liberal background| |Walter Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans85.50% turnout | |Ray Hunter2,16446.96% |NL Liberal background| |Graham Flight2,33650.69% | |Bernard Woodfine1082.35% |NL Liberal background| |Clyde Wells‡(ran in Humber East) |} Southern Newfoundland NL PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir82.39% turnout | |Boyd Pack2,25848.20% |NL Liberal background| |Dave Gilbert2,42751.80% | | |NL Liberal background| |Dave Gilbert |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West85.82% turnout |NL PC background| |Glenn Tobin5,09566.06% | |Dave Brenton2,61833.94% | | |NL PC background| |Glenn Tobin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage75.70% turnout |NL PC background| |Oliver Langdon2,82760.16% | |Nathan Cutler1,87239.84% | | |NL Liberal background| |Roger Simmons† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank75.82% turnout |NL PC background| |Bill Matthews3,94868.55% | |Graham Wood1,81131.45% | | |NL PC background| |Bill Matthews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile70.89% turnout | |Cal Mitchell1,75735.52% |NL Liberal background| |Bill Ramsay2,41348.77% | |Stephen MacKenzie77715.71% |NL PC background| |Cal Mitchell |} Western Newfoundland NL PC Liberal NDP Other |- |style="background:whitesmoke;" rowspan="2"|Bay of Islands81.17% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Leonard Gillingham1,41823.20% |rowspan=2 NL Liberal background| |rowspan=2|Eddie Joyce3,32054.32% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Ken Gould1592.60% | |Myles Griffin (Independent)78912.91% |rowspan=2 NL PC background| |rowspan=2|Ted Blanchard† |- | |Trevor Bennett (Independent)4266.97% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East88.75% turnout |NL PC background| |Lynn Verge3,65850.10% | |Clyde Wells3,51548.14% | |Jim McManamy1291.76% | | |NL PC background| |Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley79.95% turnout |NL PC background| |Rick Woodford2,68755.84% | |Gary Gale2,12544.16% | | | | |NL PC background| |Rick Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West87.30% turnout | |Jeannette Christopher2,34138.73% |NL Liberal background| |Paul Dicks3,70361.27% | | | | |NL PC background| |Ray Baird† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port91.91% turnout |NL PC background| |Jim Hodder2,31350.25% | |Mark Felix2,19247.62% | |Leo Foley982.13% | | |NL PC background| |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe83.62% turnout | |Joseph Kennedy3,43949.04% |NL Liberal background| |Chuck Furey3,57350.96% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Chuck Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's77.91% turnout | |Wayne Wheeler2,12144.48% |NL Liberal background| |Larry Short2,64755.52% | | | | |NL PC background| |Ron Dawe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville87.39% turnout | |Wayne Morrison1,50036.63% |NL Liberal background| |Kevin Aylward2,39558.49% | |Wade Morris2004.88% | | |NL Liberal background| |Kevin Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle70.53% turnout | |Francis Reardon1,95334.49% |NL Liberal background| |Chris Decker3,28457.99% | | | |Edward Hollahan (Independent)4267.52% |NL Liberal background| |Chris Decker |- |} Labrador NL PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River80.35% turnout | |Reginald Hancock1,02040.05% |NL Liberal background| |Danny Dumaresque1,52759.95% | | |NL Liberal background| |Eugene Hiscock† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek87.02% turnout |NL PC background| |Alec Snow3,00453.15% | |Bill Kelly2,29140.53% | |Nelson Larson3576.32% |NL NDP background| |Peter Fenwick† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi90.42% turnout | |Ian Strachan1,11826.73% |NL Liberal background| |Jim Kelland2,88268.90% | |Dorothy King1834.37% |NL Liberal background| |Jim Kelland |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains90.40% turnout |NL PC background| |Garfield Warren82162.77% | |Mervin Linstead41431.65% | |Bill Wheaton735.58% |NL PC background| |Garfield Warren |- |} Notes References Further reading Leyton-Brown David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1989 1995 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9780802007148 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_p4t4 registration Category:Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland general election General election Newfoundland general election