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1979 Newfoundland general election
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1979 Newfoundland general election Newfoundland and Labrador parliamentary June 18, 1979 1975 Newfoundland general election 1975 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland 1982 Newfoundland general election 1982 members 52 seats to the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland 27 73.6% ( 0.8% pp)Election Returns 1979 https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport1979.pdf Elections NL 2 April 2025 150x150px NL PC nohash NL PC name Brian Peckford March 26, 1979 Green Bay 30 seats, 45.54% 33 3 119,151 50.25% 4.71pp 150x150px NL Liberal nohash NL Liberal name Donald Jamieson 1979 BellevueNot the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won. 16 seats, 37.09% 19 3 95,943 40.46% 3.37pp NDP NL NDP nohash NL NDP name John Greene 1977 Ran in St. John's West(lost) 0 seats, 4.35% 0 18,507 7.80% 3.45pp Premier Brian Peckford NL PC name Premier after election Brian Peckford NL PC name No 1952The 1979 Newfoundland general election was held on June 18, 1979 to elect members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
Results
Party Leader1975Seats won% changePopular vote (%)
NL PC row-nameBrian Peckford3033+10%119,15150.4%
NL Liberal row-nameDonald Jamieson1619+19%95,94340.6%
NL NDP row-nameJohn Greene000%18,5077.8%
NL Independent rowOther50 0% 2,7861.2%Totals5152 -237,135100%
Results by district
Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
St. John's
NL PC Liberal NDP Other
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride74.91% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Robert Aylward3,86364.61%
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|Robert Hall1,83330.66%
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|Stan MacDonald2834.73%
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|NL PC background|
|Robert Wells†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville80.63% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Jerome Dinn4,53263.24%
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|David Riche1,97327.53%
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|Gerry Panting6619.23%
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|NL PC background|
|Jerome Dinn
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|style="background:whitesmoke;" rowspan="2"|St. John's Centre79.41% turnout
|rowspan=2 NL PC background|
|rowspan=2|Patrick McNicholas2,17360.14%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Hugh Shea77321.40%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Valerie Summers44912.43%
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|Lewis Murphy (Independent)1283.54%
|rowspan=2 NL PC background|
|rowspan=2|Anthony Murphy†
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|Dorothy Wyatt (Independent)902.49%
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East63.90% turnout
|NL PC background|
|William Marshall2,11170.74%
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|Jaime Wyatt52017.43%
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|David Thompson35311.83%
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|NL PC background|
|William Marshall
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North81.83% turnout
|NL PC background|
|John Carter2,53661.57%
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|Bill Case1,33232.34%
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|Margaret Panting2516.09%
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|NL PC background|
|John Carter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South74.11% turnout
|NL PC background|
|John Collins2,22162.16%
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|Jim Furlong1,17132.77%
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|Gus Breen1815.07%
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|NL PC background|
|John Collins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West76.37% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Harold Barrett2,03751.11%
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|Hubert Kitchen1,40234.34%
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|John Greene59414.55%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Hubert Kitchen
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount71.82% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Gerry Ottenheimer3,84261.95%
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|William Callahan1,99232.12%
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|David Grimes44810.66%
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|NL PC background|
|Gerry Ottenheimer
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St. John's suburbs
NL PC Liberal NDP Other
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|style="background:whitesmoke;" rowspan="2"|Conception Bay South75.40% turnout
|rowspan="2" NL PC background|
|rowspan="2"|John Butt3,50346.28%
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|John Nolan2,62034.60%
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Boyd Batten3194.21%
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|Gordon Dawe (Independent Progressive Conservative)1,03513.67%
|rowspan="2" NL Liberal background|
|rowspan="2"|John Nolan
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|Richard Gosse (Independent)941.24%
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl75.01% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Neil Windsor3,53556.23%
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|Stuart Toope2,00931.95%
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|Helen Porter74311.82%
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|NL PC background|
|Neil Windsor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio87.78% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Leo Barry3,66362.19%
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|Phil Warren1,90732.38%
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|Raymond Ryall3205.43%
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|NL PC background|
|Ray Winsor†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern79.34% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Tom Hickey3,98961.63%
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|Roland Manning1,97030.44%
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|Ed Roche5137.93%
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|NL PC background|
|Tom Hickey
|}
Avalon Peninsula
NL PC Liberal NDP Other
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear69.21% turnout
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|Ross Cole1,64233.39%
|NL Liberal background|
|Rod Moores3,18864.82%
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|Alex Thomson881.79%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Rod Moores
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland82.35% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Charlie Power2,67864.95%
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|Jean Payne86020.86%
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|Alfred Sullivan58514.14%
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|NL PC background|
|Charlie Power
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace81.31% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Haig Young2,42052.90%
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|Patrick O'Flaherty2,07345.31%
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|Robert Stacey821.79%
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|NL PC background|
|Haig Young
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Bell Island75.92% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Norman Doyle3,10060.67%
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|Thomas Moore1,60131.33%
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|Margaret Peddle2264.42%
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|Michael Laurie (Independent)1833.58%
|NL PC background|
|William Doody†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia79.78% turnout
|NL PC background|
|William Patterson1,96246.34%
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|William Hogan1,42033.54%
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|Patrick Fleming781.84%
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|Anthony Sparrow (Independent)77418.28%
|NL PC background|
|William Patterson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.89% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Randy W. Collins2,98956.39%
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|William Smallwood2,20041.50%
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|Edward McGrath781.47%
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|Ted Noseworthy (Independent)340.64%
|NL Independent background|
|Eric Dawe†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes74.72% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Walter Carter2,70273.62%
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|Patrick Molloy89626.35%
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|Roy Moyles822.23%
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|NL PC background|
|Walter Carter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde71.17% turnout
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|Eli Bryant1,59739.30%
|NL Liberal background|
|Frederick B. Rowe2,23755.06%
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|Nelson Palmer2295.64%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Frederick B. Rowe
|}
Eastern Newfoundland
NL PC Liberal NDP
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue70.49% turnout
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|Robert Peddle1,54629.63%
|NL Liberal background|
|Don Jamieson3,52267.51%
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|Genevieve Connors1492.86%
|NL Liberal background|
|Wilson Callan†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North76.71% turnout
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|George Cross2,39547.88%
|NL Liberal background|
|Len Stirling2,51550.28%
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|Naomi Pickett921.84%
|NL PC background|
|George Cross
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South65.78% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Jim Morgan2,64270.04%
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|Jim Ryan1,01126.80%
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|Joseph Templeman1193.16%
|NL PC background|
|Jim Morgan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo75.06% turnout
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|Wayne Wheaton2,05344.54%
|NL Liberal background|
|Beaton Tulk2,42452.59%
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|Clifford Wells1322.87%
|NL Liberal background|
|Earl Winsor†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova69.53% turnout
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|Glen Greening1,59637.10%
|NL Liberal background|
|Tom Lush2,57959.95%
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|Lowell Paulson1272.95%
|NL Liberal background|
|Tom Lush
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North75.12% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Charlie Brett3,14963.73%
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|Jack Pelley1,59632.30%
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|Roger Desrosiers1963.97%
|NL PC background|
|Charlie Brett
|}
Central Newfoundland
NL PC Liberal NDP
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay74.09% turnout
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|Roy Barker1,68833.51%
|NL Liberal background|
|Tom Rideout2,83056.17%
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|Gerald Dwyer52010.32%
|NL Liberal background|
|Tom Rideout
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits64.21% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Hugh Twomey2,75356.44%
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|Munden Batstone1,70234.89%
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|Ronald Chafe4238.67%
|NL PC background|
|Hugh Twomey
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander74.72% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Hazel Newhook2,36247.45%
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|Randy Simms1,05421.17%
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|Winston Baker1,56231.38%
|NL PC background|
|Harold Collins†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls81.59% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Len Simms2,55658.74%
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|Roger Grimes1,34630.94%
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|Andrew Barker44910.32%
|NL PC background|
|John Lundrigan†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay75.30% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Brian Peckford3,50277.04%
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|Maurice Budgell98721.71%
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|Brian Walsh571.25%
|NL PC background|
|Brian Peckford
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte77.99% turnout
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|John Whalen2,66747.42%
|NL Liberal background|
|Freeman White2,79649.72%
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|Berkley Rose1612.86%
|NL Liberal background|
|Freeman White
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate67.82% turnout
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|Iain Small1,23835.57%
|NL Liberal background|
|Bill Rowe1,98056.90%
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|Roderick Woolridge2627.53%
|NL Liberal background|
|Bill Rowe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans77.17% turnout
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|Clarence King1,58037.61%
|NL Liberal background|
|Graham Flight2,17351.73%
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|David Grimes44810.66%
|NL Liberal background|
|Graham Flight
|}
Southern Newfoundland
NL PC Liberal NDP Other
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir73.60% turnout
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|Patrick Perry1,06830.02%
|NL Liberal background|
|Roger Simmons2,21162.16%
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|Barry Roberts2787.82%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Roger Simmons
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West78.32% turnout
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|Ed Mayo1,87632.80%
|NL Liberal background|
|Don Hollett3,73765.35%
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|Don Baird1061.85%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Patrick Canning†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage68.08% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Don Stewart1,77046.79%
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|Jack Winsor1,51039.92%
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|David Howley551.45%
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|Gary Wells (Independent Liberal)44811.84%
|NL Liberal background|
|Jack Winsor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank73.94% turnout
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|Clarence Rogers1,64631.21%
|NL Liberal background|
|Leslie Thoms3,43165.04%
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|Harvey Tulk Jr.1983.75%
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|NL PC background|
|Alex Hickman†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile69.46% turnout
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|Cabot Martin1,90744.90%
|NL Liberal background|
|Steve Neary2,28353.76%
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|Viola Puddester571.34%
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|NL Liberal background|
|Steve Neary
|}
Western Newfoundland
NL PC Liberal NDP
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands63.09% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Luke Woodrow2,29354.04%
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|Jim Walsh1,39332.83%
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|Val McAbee55713.13%
|NL PC background|
|Luke Woodrow
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East70.72% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Lynn Verge2,48958.41%
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|George Colbourne1,29730.44%
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|Eric Mintz47511.15%
|NL PC background|
|Tom Farrell†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley65.24% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Wallace House2,46552.64%
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|Kevin Saunders1,72336.79%
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|Allan French49510.57%
|NL PC background|
|Wallace House
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West67.91% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Ray Baird2,49556.76%
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|Raymond Pollett1,13125.73%
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|Sandy MacRae77017.51%
|NL PC background|
|Frank Moores†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port78.77% turnout
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|Don Bennett1,43140.55%
|NL Liberal background|
|Jim Hodder1,83952.11%
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|Thomas McCarthy2597.34%
|NL Liberal background|
|Jim Hodder
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe66.22% turnout
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|Edward Maynard1,60337.02%
|NL Liberal background|
|Trevor Bennett1,93844.76%
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|Peter Fenwick78918.22%
|NL PC background|
|Edward Maynard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's71.48% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Ron Dawe1,94247.45%
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|Hazel McIsaac1,39634.11%
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|Victor Bennett75518.44%
|NL Liberal background|
|Hazel McIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville72.05% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Frederick Stagg1,93151.15%
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|William MacNeil1,59642.28%
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|Bill Beardow2486.57%
|NL Liberal background|
|William MacNeil
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle64.35% turnout
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|Eric Squires59914.68%
|NL Liberal background|
|Edward Roberts3,13676.86%
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|Levi Squires3458.46%
|NL Liberal background|
|Edward Roberts
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Labrador
NL PC Liberal NDP
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River61.89% turnout
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|Claude Rumbolt75444.46%
|NL Liberal background|
|Eugene Hiscock86551.00%
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|Elsie McDonald774.54%
|NL Liberal background|
|Ian Strachan†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek71.45% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Peter Walsh1,86235.50%
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|Gordon Manstan1,77633.86%
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|Nelson Larson1,60730.64%
|NL PC background|
|Joseph Rousseau†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi79.50% turnout
|NL PC background|
|Joseph Goudie1,76047.00%
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|Melvin Woodward1,72946.17%
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|Michael Power2566.83%
|NL PC background|
|Joseph Goudie
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains73.99% turnout
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|William Flowers38845.76%
|NL Liberal background|
|Garfield Warren46054.24%
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|NL Vacant background|
|New district
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Notes
References
Further reading
Byers R.B. Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs. 1979 1981 University of Toronto Press Toronto 978-1-4426-7193-5 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w1r4 registration
Riggs Bert 1981 General Election #38: June 18, 1979 https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/135 Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 1 St. John's Harry Cuff Publications Ltd. 2 April 2025
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