2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections

Elections in Canada September 2023 Five provincial by-elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007, following vacancies in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Three took place on February 8, and two took place on February 13. In addition, one special election took place on November 6, 2007, following the death of a candidate during the general election campaign in October. Ferryland Ferryland by-election, February 8, 2007resignation of Loyola SullivanPartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL PC row Progressive ConservativeKeith Hutchings2,77075.5NL Liberal row LiberalKevin Bennett71519.5NL NDP row New DemocratRick Boland1835.0 Kilbride Kilbride by-election, February 8, 2007resignation of Ed ByrnePartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL PC row Progressive ConservativeJohn Dinn2,74478.8NL Liberal row LiberalBob Clarke50814.6NL NDP row New DemocratGemma Schlamp-Hickey2296.6 Port au Port Port au Port by-election, February 8, 2007resignation of Jim HodderPartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL PC row Progressive ConservativeTony Cornect2,70162.0NL Liberal row LiberalMark Felix1,52134.9NL NDP row New DemocratPaul O'Keefe1353.1 Humber Valley At first, it was announced that Darryl Kelly, the PC candidate, had won the election by a margin of twelve votes; however, it turned out that this was a mistake and that Dwight Ball, the Liberal candidate, had won by a margin of eighteen votes instead.canoe.com Turnout was 62 per cent.https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/elections/0212n06.htm Election Night Results Releases.gov.nl.ca 2017-07-06 Due to the close result of the by-election (which turned out to have been won by a margin of only nine votes in the official result), a judicial recount was ordered for March 1–2, 2007,CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/judicial-recount-set-for-humber-valley-ballots-1.674365 Judicial recount set for Humber Valley ballots 2007-11-09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20070225141351/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/02/22/judicial-recount.html 2007-02-25 which resulted in a reduction of Ball's lead to seven votes.CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/liberal-declared-winner-in-humber-valley-recount-1.682861 Liberal declared winner in Humber Valley recount 2007-11-09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20070312170415/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/03/02/humber-valley.html 2007-03-12 In the general election on October 9, however, Kelly defeated Ball by a 254-vote margin. Humber Valley by-election, February 13, 2007Resignation of Kathy GoudiePartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL Liberal row LiberalDwight Ball2,15348.7NL PC row Progressive ConservativeDarryl Kelly2,14648.5NL NDP row New DemocratShelley Senior1222.8 Labrador West The NDP campaign suffered a number of mishaps, most notably the decision of their presumed candidate Karen Oldford to run for the Liberals instead, and the president of the United Steelworkers union local at Wabush Mines choosing to endorse the Labrador Party instead of the NDP.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-support-leaking-to-labrador-party-union-official-1.652475 NDP support leaking to Labrador Party: union official 2007-11-09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20070228073911/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/02/23/lab-west.html 2007-02-28 Labrador West by-election, February 13, 2007resignation of Randy CollinsPartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL PC row Progressive ConservativeJim Baker1,66641.6NL NDP row New DemocratDarrel Brenton1,24031.0NL Labrador row Labrador PartyRon Barron67016.7NL Liberal row LiberalKaren Oldford42710.7 Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans During the general election campaign, Liberal candidate Gerry Tobin died on October 1. As a result, the election was deferred in this district from October 9 to November 6. The new Liberal candidate, John Woodrow, withdrew from the race on November 3 after it was revealed that he had previously made false allegations of bribery against MHA Beaton Tulk in 1998,https://archive.today/20120904110352/http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=77501&sc=291 "Woodrow withdraws from race", Exploits Valley Advertiser, November 5, 2007. but then revived his campaign on November 5 after learning that it was too late to actually remove his name from the ballot."Stuck on ballot, Liberal candidate revives campaign", Cbc.ca, November 5, 2007. Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans special election, November 6, 2007PartyCandidateVotes%+/-NL PC row Progressive ConservativeSusan Sullivan2,76771.83NL NDP row New DemocratJunior C. Downey92223.93NL Liberal row LiberalJohn J. Woodrow1634.23 References Category:2007 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Provincial by-elections in Newfoundland and Labrador