1975 Newfoundland general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1975 Newfoundland general election Newfoundland and Labrador parliamentary September 16, 1975 1972 Newfoundland general election 1972 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland 1979 Newfoundland general election 1979 members 51 seats to the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland 26 72.8% ( 6.2% pp)Election Returns 1975 https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport1975.pdf Elections NL 4 April 2025 PC NL PC nohash NL PC name Frank Moores 1972 Humber West 33 seats, 60.22% 30 3 101,016 45.54% 14.68pp LIB NL Liberal nohash NL Liberal name Edward Roberts 1972 Strait of Belle Isle 9 seats, 37.06% 16 7 82,270 37.09% 0.03pp 150x150px NL Reform Liberal nohash Reform Liberal Joey Smallwood 1975 TwillingateNot the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won New party 4 4 26,552 11.96% n/a Premier Frank Moores NL PC name Premier after election Frank Moores NL PC name No 1952 The 1975 Newfoundland general election was held on 16 September 1975 to elect members of the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party. Results  Party Leader1972Seats won% changePopular vote (%) NL PC row-nameFrank Moores3330-9.1%101,01645.54 NL Liberal row-nameEd Roberts916+56%82,27037.09NL Reform Liberal row Reform LiberalJoey Smallwood -4 N/A26,52211.96 NL NDP row-nameGerry Panting --0%9,6534.35 NL Independent rowOther (Independent Liberal)-*1 0% 2,3571.06Totals4251 -222,789100.00 Results by district Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † indicates that the incumbent did not run again. ₰ indicates that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination. ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district. St. John's NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride72.56% turnout |NL PC background| |Robert Wells2,93962.71% | |Ern Antle1,03722.12% | |Hugh Shea71115.17% | | |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville75.76% turnout |NL PC background| |Jerome Dinn2,90346.33% | |Maxwell Dyke1,12517.95% | |David Owens4797.65% | |Gerry Panting1,75928.07% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre66.08% turnout |NL PC background| |Anthony Murphy2,36659.58% | |William Doyle95624.08% | |John Coyle64916.34% | | |NL PC background| |Anthony Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East65.30% turnout |NL PC background| |William Marshall2,03255.08% | |Brian Clarke3579.68% | |David Gulliver72119.54% | |Robert Griffiths57915.70% |NL PC background| |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North72.49% turnout |NL PC background| |John Carter1,94446.13% | |Graham Wood1,38632.89% | | | |Andrew Wells88420.98% |NL PC background| |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South65.66% turnout |NL PC background| |John Collins2,22166.96% | |Gordon Lidstone1,09633.04% | | | | |NL PC background| |Robert Wells‡(ran in Kilbride) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West67.55% turnout |NL PC background| |John Crosbie2,13455.70% | |Robert Innes1,69744.30% | | | | |NL PC background| |John Crosbie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount66.24% turnout |NL PC background| |Gerry Ottenheimer2,92254.29% | |Gerald Moore1,06219.73% | |Roy Upshall80815.02% | |Elizabeth Genge59010.96% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |} St. John's suburbs NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South79.24% turnout | |Gordon Dawe3,06244.21% |NL Liberal background| |John Nolan3,11244.93% | |Ralph Petten4676.74% | |Wilson Porter2854.12% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl75.20% turnout |NL PC background| |Neil Windsor1,88541.03% | |Kell Ashford1,51332.93% | | | |Helen Porter1,19626.04% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio85.10% turnout |NL PC background| |Ray Winsor2,68547.88% | |Len Stirling1,97835.27% | | | |Bill Gillespie94516.85% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern82.05% turnout |NL PC background| |Tom Hickey3,31865.28% | |Michael Laurie1,76534.72% | | | | |NL PC background| |Tom Hickey |} Avalon Peninsula NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear79.22% turnout | |Fred Earle1,91936.92% | |Walter Milley1,19422.97% |NL Reform Liberal background| |Rod Moores2,08540.11% | | |NL PC background| |Augustus Rowe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland83.47% turnout |NL PC background| |Charlie Power1,24030.48% | |Martin O'Brien1,23230.28% | |Kenneth Carew91822.57% | |Kevin Condon67816.67% |NL PC background| |Thomas Doyle‡(ran in Twillingate) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace79.89% turnout |NL PC background| |Haig Young1,98245.79% | |Ted Pike96922.38% | |Clarence Engelbrecht (Bob Lewis)1,37831.83% | | |NL PC background| |Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Harbour Main-Bell Island69.24% turnout |rowspan=4 NL PC background| |rowspan=4|William Doody2,94465.96% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4|Wilfred Drover1,51934.04% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| |NL PC background| |Gordon Dawe‡Harbour Main (ran in Conception Bay South) |- |NL PC background| |William DoodyHarbour Main |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- |NL Liberal background| |Steve Neary₰Bell Island (ran in La Poile) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia78.90% turnout |NL PC background| |William Patterson1,72141.40% | |Anthony Sparrow1,69840.85% | |Alphonsus Best73817.75% | | |NL PC background| |Fintan Aylward†Placentia East |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.97% turnout | |George Wilson1,62533.18% | |James Hussey1,62433.15% |NL Reform Liberal background| |Eric Dawe1,64933.67% | | |NL PC background| |George Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes77.41% turnout |NL PC background| |Walter Carter2,16860.81% | |Ted Noseworthy2647.41% | |John Devereaux1,13331.78% | | |NL PC background| |Gerry OttenheimerSt. Mary's (ran in Waterford-Kenmount) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity-Bay de Verde74.09% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|James Reid1,53637.85% |rowspan=3 NL Liberal background| |rowspan=3|Frederick B. Rowe2,19754.14% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Raymond Taylor3258.01% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |NL PC background| |Brendan Howard†Bay de Verde |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- |NL PC background| |James ReidTrinity South |} Eastern Newfoundland NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue74.42% turnout | |Graham Bennett1,30323.55% | |Hubert Kitchen2,04436.94% |NL Reform Liberal background| |Wilson Callan2,18639.51% | | |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North70.07% turnout |NL PC background| |George Cross1,51835.80% | |Paul Thoms1,51135.64% | |Samuel King1,21128.56% | | |NL Liberal background| |Paul Thoms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South67.69% turnout |NL PC background| |Jim Morgan2,32662.23% | |George Allen47412.68% | |William Smallwood93825.09% | | |NL PC background| |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo58.14% turnout | |Barton Manning94728.06% |NL Liberal background| |Earl Winsor2,42871.94% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova68.44% turnout | |Samuel Saunders1,06926.80% |NL Liberal background| |Tom Lush2,11653.06% | |Bill Broderick80320.14% | | |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North73.04% turnout |NL PC background| |Charlie Brett2,55454.67% | |Calvin Lethbridge97920.95% | |Bren Power Jr.1,07322.97% | |Edgar Russell (Independent)661.41% |NL PC background| |Charlie Brett |} Central Newfoundland NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay79.86% turnout | |Desmond Sullivan1,59231.35% |NL Liberal background| |Tom Rideout2,91157.31% | |Carl Wright57611.34% | | |NL Liberal background| |Bill Rowe†White Bay South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits69.70% turnoutThe results were subsequently voided by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and a by-election was held which was won by Twomey. | |Hugh Twomey2,45549.91% |NL Liberal background| |Stephen Mulrooney2,46450.09% | | | | |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander76.91% turnout |NL PC background| |Harold Collins2,46257.07% | |Averill Baker1,85242.93% | | | | |NL PC background| |Harold Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls77.19% turnout |NL PC background| |John Lundrigan2,12670.34% | |Mundun Batstone1,01427.21% | | | |Ernest Duder58615.73% |NL PC background| |Aubrey Senior† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay66.60% turnout |NL PC background| |Brian Peckford2,63970.34% | |Corbin Clarke1,02827.40% | | | |Harold Card852.26% |NL PC background| |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte75.98% turnout | |James Russell2,21443.18% |NL Liberal background| |Freeman White2,71953.02% | |Randolph LeDrew1953.80% | | |NL PC background| |James Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate73.80% turnout | |Thomas Doyle87724.17% | |Woodrow Philpott1,20033.07% |NL Reform Liberal background| |Joey Smallwood1,46740.42% | |Roderick Woolridge852.34% |NL Liberal background| |Herbert Gillett† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans75.59% turnout | |Walter Critchley1,23329.32% |NL Liberal background| |Graham Flight2,36356.18% | | | |Donald Head61014.50% |NL Vacant background| |New district |} Southern Newfoundland NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir72.00% turnout | |Brendan Howard77023.19% |NL Liberal background| |Roger Simmons2,55076.81% | | | | |NL PC background| |Allan EvansBurgeo-La Poile (ran in La Poile) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West81.02% turnout | |Leo Barry2,23739.95% |NL Liberal background| |Patrick Canning3,36360.05% | | | | |NL PC background| |Leo BarryPlacentia West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Fortune-Hermitage66.59% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|H.R.V. Earle1,21934.71% |rowspan=3 NL Liberal background| |rowspan=3|Jack Winsor1,69648.29% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|William Brown59717.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |NL PC background| |H.R.V. EarleFortune Bay |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- |NL Liberal background| |Roger Simmons‡Hermitage (ran in Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank75.07% turnout |NL PC background| |Alex Hickman2,03839.72% | |Ted Skakum1,91237.26% | |Robert Field1,05420.54% | |Esther Spracklin (NDP)1272.48% |NL PC background| |Alex HickmanBurin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|La Poile76.96% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Allan Evans1,55834.23% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Walter Hodder75816.66% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |NL Independent background| |Steve Neary (Independent Liberal)2,18548.01% |rowspan=2 NL Vacant background| |rowspan=2|New district |- | |Eric Hiscock (Independent)501.10% |} Western Newfoundland NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands75.29% turnout |NL PC background| |Luke Woodrow1,72637.71% | |David Barter1,25027.31% | |Arthur Vincent97021.19% | |David Hunt (NDP)63113.79% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East72.03% turnout |NL PC background| |Tom Farrell2,59558.17% | |Clayton Hutchings1,86641.83% | | | | |NL PC background| |Tom Farrell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley69.42% turnout |NL PC background| |Wallace House2,22153.03% | |Stanley Parsons90221.54% | |Alex Wiseman86520.65% | |Kenneth Prowse (Independent)2004.78% |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West78.22% turnout |NL PC background| |Frank Moores2,41949.77% | |Fred Basha92719.07% | |Geoff Stirling1,38028.39% | |Gordon Mullett (NDP)1352.77% |NL PC background| |Frank Moores |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port80.87% turnout | |James Cochrane1,54343.69% |NL Liberal background| |Jim Hodder1,98956.31% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. Barbe70.35% turnout |rowspan=3 NL PC background| |rowspan=3|Edward Maynard2,01950.96% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Wilson Brown1,94349.04% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |NL Liberal background| |Frederick B. Rowe‡St. Barbe North (ran in Trinity-Bay de Verde) |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- |NL PC background| |Edward MaynardSt. Barbe South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's76.85% turnout | |Alexander Dunphy1,99048.15% |NL Liberal background| |Hazel McIsaac2,14351.85% | | | | |NL PC background| |Alexander Dunphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville71.65% turnout | |Wayne Morrison1,82346.32% |NL Liberal background| |William MacNeil2,11353.68% | | | | |NL Vacant background| |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle67.45% turnout | |Marlene Maynard98221.71% |NL Liberal background| |Edward Roberts2,81962.33% | |Cyril Humber56812.56% | |Raymond Elliott (NDP)1543.40% |NL Liberal background| |Edward RobertsWhite Bay North |} Labrador NL PC Liberal Reform Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River66.58% turnout | |Winston White58537.82% |NL Liberal background| |Ian Strachan96262.18% | | | | |NL Vacant background| |VacantMichael Martin had been elected in 1972, but he had resigned from office on May 5, 1975.40 years later: The political movement that help put Labrador on the map Labrador Life 2011 5 1 14–17 https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/labradorlife/id/397/rec/29 26 April 2026Labrador South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek50.39% turnout |NL PC background| |Joseph Rousseau2,56165.00% | |Eric Chaulk62115.76% | |Eugene Canning43411.02% | |William Smeaton3248.22% |NL PC background| |Joseph RousseauLabrador West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi62.86% turnout |NL PC background| |Joseph Goudie1,86954.32% | |Melvin Woodward1,57245.68% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Melvin WoodwardLabrador North |} Notes References Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975 1976 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442671898 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1 registration Riggs Bert 1981 General Election #37: September 16, 1975 https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/132 Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 1 St. John's Harry Cuff Publications Ltd. 2 April 2025 Category:Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland general election General election Newfoundland general election