2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election Newfoundland and Labrador parliamentary no no 1999 Newfoundland general election 1999 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador October 21, 2003 members 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election 2007 48 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 25 seats were needed for a majority 72.5% ( 2.9 pp)2003 General Election Report https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2003.pdf Elections NL 13 March 2025 January 25, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250125192619/https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2003.pdf dead x150px NL PC nohash Danny Williams 2001 NL PC name Humber West 14 34 20 162,949 58.71% 17.94% x150px NL Liberal nohash Roger Grimes 2001 NL Liberal name Exploits 32 12 20 91,729 33.05% 16.57% x150px NL NDP nohash Jack Harris 1992 NL NDP name Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi 2 2 0 19,048 6.86% 1.37% Newfoundland_and_Labrador_2003_election_-_Results_by_Riding.svg 350px Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details. Premier Roger Grimes NL Liberal name Danny Williams Premier after election NL PC name The 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/features/feature1.html Election three years in the making Canadian Broadcasting Corporation January 12, 2011 Opinion polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCNL LPNL NLNDP Other ME Margin of Error SampleElection 2003October 21, 200358.7133.056.861.38Corporate Research Associates Inc.October 2003Polls put Nfld. Tories in lead October 15, 2003 The Sudbury Star A757336Corporate Research Associates Inc.August 2003With election call on horizon, polls have Grits losing in Nfld. September 8, 2003 The Globe and Mail A7 Cox Kevin54366Election 1999February 9, 199940.7749.628.231.38 Results This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals, led by Roger Grimes, were soundly defeated by the Danny Williams-led Progressive Conservative Party, who took almost three-quarters of the seats in the House of Assembly and well over half of the popular vote.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tories-sweep-to-power-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-1.392308 Tories sweep to power in Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian Broadcasting Corporation October 22, 2003 March 13, 2014 The Liberals lost seven of their 17 Cabinet ministers, along with the Speaker of the House, from the preceding government. Jack Harris and the New Democrats hopes to increase their seat total from two were frustrated, although their incumbents were re-elected. Results by party Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results !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 |- !1999 !Dissol. !2003 !Change !# !% !Change NL PC row-name |Danny Williams | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |14 | style="text-align:right;" |19 ! style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |+78.9% | style="text-align:right;" |162,949 | style="text-align:right;" |58.71% | style="text-align:right;" |+17.94% NL Liberal row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Roger Grimes | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |32 | style="text-align:right;" |27 ! style="text-align:right;" |12 | style="text-align:right;" |-55.6% | style="text-align:right;" |91,729 | style="text-align:right;" |33.05% | style="text-align:right;" |-16.57% NL NDP row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Jack Harris | style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |2 ! style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |19,048 | style="text-align:right;" |6.86% | style="text-align:right;" |-1.37% NL Independent row | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |Independent and no affiliation | style="text-align:right;" |13 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- ! style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |3,812 | style="text-align:right;" |1.38% | style="text-align:right;" |-% |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total ! style="text-align:right;" |143 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |  - ! style="text-align:right;" |277,538 ! style="text-align:right;" |100.00% ! style="text-align:right;" |   |} Results by region Party nameSt. John'sAvalon/BurinCentral/SouthernWesternLabradorTotalParties winning seats in the legislature: NL PC rowProgressive Conservative Seats:13587134 NL PC row Popular vote: 67.73%57.61%54.02%57.48%30.52%58.71% NL Liberal rowLiberal Seats:-451212 NL Liberal row Popular vote: 19.43%38.17%42.78%40.16%29.93%33.05% NL NDP rowNew Democratic Seats:1---12 NL NDP row Popular vote: 12.59%4.20%2.62%1.61%21.65%6.86%Parties not winning seats in the legislature: NL Independent rowOther Popular vote: 0.25%0.02%0.58%0.75%17.90%1.38%Total seats: 149138448 Results by riding Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † represents that the incumbent is not running again. St. John's NL Liberal PC NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride70.54% turnout | |Joe Wadden 1,07115.77% |NL PC background| |Ed Byrne 5,31578.28% | |David Reynolds 4045.95% | | |NL PC background| |Ed Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre70.51% turnout | |Joan Marie Aylward 1,76329.05% |NL PC background| |Shawn Skinner 3,34955.19% | |Carol Cantwell 95615.75% | | |NL Liberal background| |Joan Marie Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East65.68% turnout | |George Murphy 86214.56% |NL PC background| |John Ottenheimer 4,15170.11% | |Bruce Clark 84114.21% | |Steve Durant (Independent) 661.11% |NL PC background| |John Ottenheimer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North62.69% turnout | |Jeff Brace 1,43326.74% |NL PC background| |Bob Ridgley 3,10757.97% | |Liam Walsh 82015.30% | | |NL Liberal background| |Lloyd Matthews† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South67.72% turnout | |Dennis O'Keefe 75612.68% |NL PC background| |Tom Osborne 4,53275.99% | |Tom McGinnis 67611.33% | | |NL PC background| |Tom Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West66.91% turnout | |Tom Hann 1,29220.48% |NL PC background| |Sheila Osborne 4,55772.23% | |Raj Sharan 4607.29% | | |NL PC background| |Sheila Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi67.55% turnout | |Ray O'Neill 3917.72% | |Karen Carroll 2,22143.82% |NL NDP background| |Jack Harris 2,45648.46% | | |NL NDP background| |Jack Harris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters69.14% turnout | |Walter Noel 2,35832.67% |NL PC background| |Kathy Dunderdale 4,19358.10% | |Dave Sullivan 6669.23% | | |NL Liberal background| |Walter Noel |} St. John's suburbs NL Liberal PC NDP Other |- |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis78.42% turnout | |Bill Tapper 1,29416.43% |NL PC background| |Jack Byrne 5,60471.13% | |Ralph Tapper 98012.44% | | |NL PC background| |Jack Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East and Bell Island77.71% turnout | |Jim Walsh 1,87025.41% |NL PC background| |Dianne Whalen 4,14756.36% | |Ken Kavanaugh 1,18016.04% | |Doug Cole (Independent) 1712.32% |NL Liberal background| |Jim Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South72.74% turnout | |Sheina Lerman 3725.51% |NL PC background| |Terry French 5,60683.10% | |Andy Lewis 76811.38% | | |NL PC background| |Terry French |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl68.79% turnout | |Wayne Ralph 79811.46% |NL PC background| |Dave Denine 5,66281.30% | |Roy Locke 5047.24% | | |NL Liberal background| |Julie Bettney† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail80.53% turnout | |Ralph Wiseman 2,35428.78% |NL PC background| |Elizabeth Marshall 5,35465.45% | |Michael Kehoe 4725.77% | | |NL Liberal background| |Ralph Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley66.81% turnout | |Averill Baker 1,27720.41% |NL PC background| |Harvey Hodder 4,56973.03% | |Justin Locke 4106.55% | | |NL PC background| |Harvey Hodder |} Avalon and Burin peninsulas NL Liberal PC NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue74.54% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Percy Barrett 2,62348.17% | |Joan Cleary 2,52346.34% | |Michael Fahey 2995.49% | | |NL Liberal background| |Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin—Placentia West82.20% turnout | |Sam Synard 2,13334.04% |NL PC background| |Clyde Jackman 3,45055.05% | |Wayne Butler 68410.91% | | |NL Liberal background| |Mary Hodder† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear—Harbour Grace77.95% turnout |NL Liberal background| |George Sweeney 3,69953.84% | |John Babb 3,16546.11% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |George Sweeney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland71.73% turnout | |Andrea Kavanagh 5048.41% |NL PC background| |Loyola Sullivan 5,16785.25% | |Lois Martin 3095.16% | |Pilar Riego-Hickey (Independent) 110.18% |NL PC background| |Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank85.51% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Judy Foote 3,10149.26% | |Darin King 3,05848.58% | |Bill Wakeley 1362.16% | | |NL Liberal background| |Judy Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main—Whitbourne83.69% turnout | |Fred Akerman 1,48221.98% |NL PC background| |Tom Hedderson 4,76970.71% | |Eugene Conway 4937.31% | | |NL PC background| |Tom Hedderson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia and St. Mary's 84.87% turnout | |Kevin Power 1,81231.73% |NL PC background| |Fabian Manning 3,74665.60% | |Janet Stringer 1522.66% | | |NL PC background| |Fabian Manning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.97% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Roland Butler 3,98362.66% | |Clarence Gosse 2,37437.34% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Roland Butler |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity—Bay de Verde 81.40% turnout | |Lloyd Snow 2,09532.37% |NL PC background| |Charlene Johnson 4,09163.20% | |Victoria Harnum 2874.43% | | |NL Liberal background| |Lloyd Snow |} Central Newfoundland NL Liberal PC NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte71.03% turnout | |Maurice Budgell 92722.69% |NL PC background| |Paul Shelley 3,04574.52% | | | |William Day (Independent) 1142.79% |NL PC background| |Paul Shelley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North74.42% turnout | |Churence Rogers 2,30139.67% |NL PC background| |Harry Harding 3,38458.33% | |Howard E. Parsons 1162.00% | | |NL PC background| |Harry Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South66.82% turnout | |Betty Fitzgerald 93817.14% |NL PC background| |Roger Fitzgerald 4,35479.58% | |Sam Kelly 1793.27% | | |NL PC background| |Roger Fitzgerald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits75.26% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Roger Grimes 3,21856.14% | |Clayton Forsey 2,34640.93% | |John L. Whelan 1682.93% | | |NL Liberal background| |Roger Grimes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander65.94% turnout | |Dianne Crewe 1,93032.72% |NL PC background| |Kevin O'Brien 3,62161.38% | |Steve Johnson 3485.90% | | |NL Liberal background| |Sandra Kelly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls—Buchans70.63% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Anna Thistle 3,92159.21% | |Paula Flood 2,33135.20% | |Gerry Tobin 3705.59% | | |NL Liberal background| |Anna Thistle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte65.49% turnout | |Todd Manuel 1,27525.82% |NL PC background| |Tom Rideout 3,50470.96% | | | |Garry Vatcher (Independent) 1593.22% |NL PC background| |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova79.03% turnout | |Tom Lush 2,61443.96% |NL PC background| |Paul Oram 3,11452.37% | |Herbert Ralph 2183.67% | | |NL Liberal background| |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North76.88% turnout | |Kathryn Small 1,64026.86% |NL PC background| |Ross Wiseman 4,12667.57% | |Howard W. Duffett 3405.57% | | |NL PC background| |Ross Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo72.73% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Gerry Reid 2,94155.75% | |Derrick Dalley 2,33444.25% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Gerry Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor—Springdale65.82% turnout | |Barry Oake 1,82632.62% |NL PC background| |Ray Hunter 3,48862.32% | |Clar Jacobs 1382.47% | |Elmer Anthony (Independent) 1452.59% |NL PC background| |Ray Hunter |} Western and Southern Newfoundland NL Liberal PC NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands76.61% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Eddie Joyce 2,90749.43% | |Mike Monaghan 2,76046.93% | |Dave Quigley 2143.64% | | |NL Liberal background| |Eddie Joyce |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and La Poile69.79% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Kelvin Parsons 4,23380.77% | |Stephen MacKenzie 1,00819.23% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Kelvin Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune72.55% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Oliver Langdon 2,88058.49% | |Andrew Colford 2,04441.52% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Oliver Langdon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East71.90% turnout | |Bob Mercer 2,62439.75% |NL PC background| |Tom Marshall 3,97660.25% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Bob Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley78.02% turnout | |Dwight Ball 2,50747.28% |NL PC background| |Kathy Goudie 2,79652.72% | | | | |NL Liberal background| |Rick Woodford† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West61.52% turnout | |Edward Buckle 1,53327.56% |NL PC background| |Danny Williams 3,82368.72% | |Matthew Robbins 2073.72% | | |NL PC background| |Danny Williams |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port67.91% turnout | |Gerald Smith 2,37842.75% |NL PC background| |Jim Hodder 3,10155.74% | | | |Frederick G. Ollerhead (Independent) 841.51% |NL Liberal background| |Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe73.59% turnout | |Ralph Payne 1,57732.67% |NL PC background| |Wallace Young 2,94861.07% | |Holly Patey 2936.07% | | |NL PC background| |Wallace Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's—Stephenville East70.23% turnout | |Ron Dawe 2,46444.31% |NL PC background| |Joan Burke 2,92752.63% | | | |Nancy Critchley (Independent) 1703.06% |NL Liberal background| |Kevin Aylward† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits - White Bay North70.46% turnout | |Don McDonald 1,80235.95% |NL PC background| |Trevor Taylor 3,13362.50% | | | |Ford Michelmore (Independent) 781.56% |NL PC background| |Trevor Taylor |} Labrador NL Liberal PC NDP Labrador |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair80.47% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Yvonne Jones 1,51459.98% | |Dennis Normore 80431.85% | | | |Frank Pye 2068.16% |NL Liberal background| |Yvonne Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West67.34% turnout | |Doris Sacrey 4238.53% | |Graham Letto 1,14223.03% |NL NDP background| |Randy Collins 2,76255.71% | |Ern Condon 63112.73% |NL NDP background| |Randy Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville72.56% turnout | |Ken Anthony 1,12624.92% |NL PC background| |John Hickey 1,77839.35% | |Barbara Stickley 1292.86% | |Brandon Pardy 1,48532.87% |NL Liberal background| |Ernie McLean† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains80.80% turnout |NL Liberal background| |Wally Andersen 93468.93% | |Winston White 35225.98% | | | |Lucy Jararuse 695.09% |NL Liberal background| |Wally Andersen |} By-elections since the general election Exploits (resignation of Roger Grimes), June 23, 2005: By-election: Exploits NL PC row |PC |Clayton Forsey |align="right"|2,605 |align="right"|55.2 |align="right"| |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |George Saunders |align="right"|1,958 |align="right"|41.5 |align="right"| |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Whelan |align="right"|159 |align="right"|3.4 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,722 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} Placentia and St. Mary's (resignation of Fabian Manning), February 21, 2006: By-election: Placentia and St. Mary's NL PC row |PC |Felix Collins |align="right"|2,247 |align="right"|46.3 |align="right"| |- NL Independent row |Independent |Nick Careen |align="right"|1,641 |align="right"|33.8 |align="right"| |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |Kevin Power |align="right"|931 |align="right"|19.2 |align="right"| NL NLFirst Tom Hickey 31 0.6 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,850 !align="right"| !align="right"| |} Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (resignation of Jack Harris), November 1, 2006: By-election: Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|1,968 |align="right"|55.23 |align="right"|+6.77 NL PC row |PC |Jerome Kennedy |align="right"|1,595 |align="right"|44.77 |align="right"|+0.95 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,563 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} Ferryland (resignation of Loyola Sullivan), February 8, 2007: By-election: Ferryland NL PC row |PC |Keith Hutchings |align="right"|2,770 |align="right"|75.52 |align="right"|-10.73 |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |Kevin Bennett |align="right"|715 |align="right"|19.49 |align="right"|+11.08 |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Rick Boland |align="right"|183 |align="right"|4.99 |align="right"|-0.17 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,668 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} Kilbride (resignation of Ed Byrne), February 8, 2007: By-election: Kilbride NL PC row |PC |John Dinn |align="right"|2,744 |align="right"|78.83 |align="right"|+0.55 |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |Bob Clarke |align="right"|508 |align="right"|14.59 |align="right"|-1.18 |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Gemma Schlamp-Hickey |align="right"|229 |align="right"|6.58 |align="right"|+0.63 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,481 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} Port au Port (resignation of Jim Hodder), February 8, 2007: By-election: Port au Port NL PC row |PC |Tony Cornect |align="right"|2,701 |align="right"|61.99 |align="right"|+6.25 |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |Mark Felix |align="right"|1,521 |align="right"|34.91 |align="right"|-7.84 |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Paul O'Keefe |align="right"|135 |align="right"|3.90 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,357 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} Humber Valley (resignation of Kathy Goudie), February 13, 2007: By-election: Humber Valley |- NL Liberal row |Liberal |Dwight Ball |align="right"|2,153 |align="right"|48.70 |align="right"|+1.26 NL PC row |PC |Darryl Kelly |align="right"|2,146 |align="right"|48.54 |align="right"|-4.02 |- NL NDP row | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Shelley Senior |align="right"|122 |align="right"|2.76 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,421 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |} See also 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties References Further reading Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2003 2009 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9780802099853 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_e7f6 registration External links General resources Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Elections Newfoundland and Labrador CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003 Parties Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador https://web.archive.org/web/20110515143245/http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/ 2011-05-15 (see also Conservative Party of Canada) Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada) Newfoundland and Labrador 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