The 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on May 16, 2019, to elect members of the
49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
The 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was elected on May 16, 2019. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on June 10, 2019. The Assembly was dissolved on January 15, 2021 after premier Andrew Furey
Andrew John Furey (bo ...
.
Despite consistent Progressive Conservative leads in polling towards the end of the campaign, including a nine-point lead in the final poll released a day before the election, the Liberal Party led by Dwight Ball won re-election, but nonetheless fell one seat short of retaining their majority after an unexpected loss to the New Democrats in Labrador West originally in the initial count by five votes. This resulted in the Liberals winning 20 seats, exactly half of the House of Assembly. A subsequent recount shortened the margin of victory in Labrador West to just two votes.
Party standings
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2015
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The following MHAs had announced that they would not be running in this provincial election:
Independent
* Dale Kirby ( Mount Scio)
New Democratic Party
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Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers (born 1956) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She was leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 2018 until 2019. She served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as NDP MHA f ...
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St. John's Centre
St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. As of 2011 there were 7,846 eligible vote ...
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Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael (born March 27, 1943) is a Social democracy, social-democratic Canadians, Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015, Michael was the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New D ...
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St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As o2016there were 14,381 people living in the district.
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi includes part of the city of St. John's. The district was created fol ...
Tracey Perry
Tracey Perry is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2019, representing the electoral district (Canada), district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune as a member of the Progressive ...
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the provincial branch, and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government o ...
wins 31 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly during the general election ending 12 years of Progressive Conservative rule and defeating incumbent premier Paul Davis.
2016
*May 19, 2016 - Liberal MHA
Paul Lane
Paul Gerard Lane is a Canadian politician in the provincial legislature of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the electoral district of Mount Pearl-Southlands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
Prior to enter ...
is suspended from the Liberal caucus and sits as an independent MHA.
*October 11, 2016 - Former
premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
Tory
A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The ...
leader once his successor is chosen.
2017
* July 31, 2017 - A cabinet shuffle takes place after Cathy Bennett resigns as Finance Minister. Dempster and Osborne enter cabinet.
* September 19, 2017 - NDP Leader Earle McCurdy announced his resignation as Party Leader, effective September 30.
* September 28, 2017 - NDP MHA
Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael (born March 27, 1943) is a Social democracy, social-democratic Canadians, Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015, Michael was the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New D ...
is named interim leader of the NDP replacing Earle McCurdy who announced his resignation earlier in the month.
* October 11, 2017 - Mount Pearl North PC MHA Steve Kent resigns to become Chief Administrative Officer of Mount Pearl triggering a by-election.
*November 21, 2017 - Jim Lester (PC) is elected as MHA for Mount Pearl North.
2018
*April 8, 2018 -
Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers (born 1956) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She was leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 2018 until 2019. She served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as NDP MHA f ...
is elected as the leader of the New Democrats, succeeding Lorraine Michael.
*April 25, 2018 - Municipal Affairs Minister Eddie Joyce is formally accused of inappropriate conduct by another Liberal MHA. He is subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an external investigation.
*April 28, 2018 - Ches Crosbie is elected as the new leader of the Progressive Conservatives, succeeding Paul Davis.
*April 30, 2018 - Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Dale Kirby is removed from cabinet and caucus following allegations of harassment.
*May 13, 2018 - Paul Davis announces his resignation as Leader of the Opposition. Since PC leader Ches Crosbie does not have a seat in the House of Assembly MHA David Brazil was appointed Leader of the Opposition on May 14, 2018.
*June 16, 2018 - Delegates at the Liberal Party Annual General Meeting vote to endorse the leadership of Dwight Ball with 79% voting against the party holding a leadership convention.
*August 21, 2018 - Liberal MHA Cathy Bennett resigns her seat of Windsor Lake.
*August 27, 2018 - CBC releases a copy of a report by the Commissioner for Legislative Standards that clears Eddie Joyce and Dale Kirby of wrongdoing in all the allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway.
* September 20, 2018 - Ches Crosbie (PC) is elected as MHA for Windsor Lake.
* October 18, 2018 - Paul Davis (PC) announces his intention to resign as MHA for Topsail-Paradise on November 2.
* October 20, 2018 - MHA Dale Kirby leaks the results of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding MHA Pam Parsons’ complaint against him to the public. Kirby was cleared on all complaints, except making an inappropriate comment to Parsons at the 2016 Liberal Party AGM; the report recommended a sanction by the House of Assembly on that count.
* October 21, 2018 - The Joyce report is leaked to the public which found that Joyce had broken the code of conduct for elected officials when he lobbied Minister Gambin-Walsh to hire a friend of his for a government job; Joyce was cleared on all other allegations.
* October 30, 2018 - PC party president Graydon Pelley resigns and creates a new political party, the NL Alliance.
* November 8, 2018 - Cabinet shuffle takes place MHAs Davis, Haley, and Letto promoted to cabinet.
* November 16, 2018 - MHA Eddie Joyce confirms he has been denied re-entry into the Liberal caucus.
2019
* January 24, 2019 - Paul Dinn (PC) is elected as MHA for Topsail-Paradise.
* February 12, 2019 - NDP Leader
Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers (born 1956) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She was leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 2018 until 2019. She served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as NDP MHA f ...
announced she would be stepping down as leader and not seeking re-election in 2019.
* March 5, 2019 - Alison Coffin is acclaimed leader of the NDP.
*April 12, 2019 - The NL Alliance is officially registered as a political party in Newfoundland and Labrador.
*April 16, 2019 - Budget is tabled in the House of Assembly.
*April 17, 2019 - Premier Ball visits Lt. Gov.
Judy Foote
Judy May Foote ( Crowley; born June 23, 1952) is a Canadian former politician, 14th and current lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the first woman to hold the position.
Prior to her appointment as viceregal representative ...
and the writ is dropped.
*June 21, 2019 - A judicial recount confirms Jordan Brown as MHA for Labrador West by a margin of 2 votes.
Opinion polls
Results by region
Candidates by district
*All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly.
*Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
*† represents that the incumbent is not running again.
*§ represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
*₰ represents that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination
*‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.
St. John's
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, Sarah Stoodley 1,981 41.68%
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, Lloyd Power 1,769 37.21%
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, Jason R. Mercer 597 12.56%
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, Graydon Pelley 406 8.54%
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St. John's Centre
St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. As of 2011 there were 7,846 eligible vote ...
Jim Dinn
James Gerard Dinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of St. John's Centre as a member of the Newfoundland and Labra ...
2,218 46.93%
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Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers (born 1956) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She was leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 2018 until 2019. She served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as NDP MHA f ...
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St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As o2016there were 14,381 people living in the district.
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi includes part of the city of St. John's. The district was created fol ...
58.03% turnout
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George Murphy
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild fr ...
Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael (born March 27, 1943) is a Social democracy, social-democratic Canadians, Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015, Michael was the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New D ...
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St. John's West
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This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation ...
Virginia Waters-Pleasantville
Virginia Waters-Pleasantville is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,152 people living in the district.
Virginia Waters-Pleasantville includes part of the city of St. John's. The district was ...
63.64% turnout
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, Bernard Davis 2,761 44.25%
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, Beth Crosbie 2,217 35.53%
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, Jenn Deon 1,262 20.22%
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, Tom Osborne 3,487 68.56%
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, Matthew Cooper 1,599 31.44%
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, Bob Osborne 2,088 38.47%
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, Ches Crosbie 2,644 48.71%
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, Tomás Shea 696 12.82%
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St. John's suburbs
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Cape St. Francis
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The village is home to the Seal Point Lighthouse.
The Irm ...
71.40% turnout
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, Michael Duffy 1,115 17.75%
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, Kevin Parsons 4,539 72.24%
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, Peter Beck 396 6.30%
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, Ryan Lane 233 3.71%
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, Kevin Parsons
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, Cyril Hayden 1,551 26.22%
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, David Brazil 4,365 73.78%
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Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South is a town located on the southern shore of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is commonly called C.B.S. Conception Bay South is the se ...
61.85% turnout
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, Kevin Baker 1,256 22.78%
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Barry Petten
Barry Petten (born July 22, 1966) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South ...
3,447 62.52%
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, Warrick Butler 810 14.69%
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, Barry Petten
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, Nicole Kieley 2,196 37.20%
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, Jim Lester 2,907 49.24%
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, Carol Reade 358 6.06%
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, William Neville 443 7.50%
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Mount Pearl-Southlands
Mount Pearl-Southlands is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2016 there are 14,386 people living in the district.
Mount Pearl-Southlands includes part of the City of Mount Pearl and the Southlands portion of the ...
65.71% turnout
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, Hasan Hai 1,826 28.30%
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, Gillian Pearson 1,590 24.64%
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, David Brake 214 3.32%
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Paul Lane
Paul Gerard Lane is a Canadian politician in the provincial legislature of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the electoral district of Mount Pearl-Southlands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
Prior to enter ...
(Ind.) 2,823 43.75%
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, Paul Lane
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, Patricia Hynes-Coates 1,650 28.95%
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, Paul Dinn 3,476 60.98%
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, Lori Best-Moore 574 10.07%
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Avalon Peninsula
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, Steve Crocker 4,292 60.28%
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, Jason Oliver 2,422 34.02%
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, Kathleen Burt 353 4.96%
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, Edward Thomas Cole (Ind.) 53 0.74%
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, Steve Crocker
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, Janice Ryan 2,350 34.95%
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Loyola O'Driscoll
Loyola O'Driscoll is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Ferryland as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progr ...
Harbour Main
Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, div ...
Placentia-St. Mary's
Placentia—St. Mary's is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,361 eligible voters living within the district.
Placentia and St. Mary's includes the former U.S. ...
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, Neil King 2,566 49.57%
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, Craig Pardy 2,611 50.43%
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Burin-Grand Bank
Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador represented by a member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. The district was c ...
65.70% turnout
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Carol Anne Haley
Carol Anne Haley (born 27 January 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the district of Burin-Grand Bank in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2015 until 2021.
Haley was elected in the 2015 provincial election.
Carol Anne Haley
Carol Anne Haley (born 27 January 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the district of Burin-Grand Bank in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2015 until 2021.
Haley was elected in the 2015 provincial election.
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, Mark Browne 2,667 44.23%
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, Jeff Dwyer 3,363 55.77%
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Colin Holloway
Colin Holloway is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.Lloyd Parrott
Lloyd K. Parrott is a Newfoundland
Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Terra Nova as a member of the Newfoundland and ...
2,876 48.17%
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, Barry Moores 499 8.36%
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Colin Holloway
Colin Holloway is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.Baie Verte-Green Bay 59.96% turnout
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, Brian Warr 2,809 49.73%
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, Neville Robinson 1,872 33.14%
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, Ben Callahan (NL Alliance) 968 17.14%
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, Jerry Dean 1,924 33.10%
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Pleaman Forsey
Pleaman Forsey is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Exploits as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progress ...
2,874 49.44%
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, Gloria Cooper (Ind.) 1,015 17.46%
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, Jerry Dean
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Derrick Bragg
Derrick Bragg is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels as a member of the Liberal Party.
H ...
Derrick Bragg
Derrick Bragg is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels as a member of the Liberal Party.
H ...
Tracey Perry
Tracey Perry is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2019, representing the electoral district (Canada), district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune as a member of the Progressive ...
Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 2006, the district was Grand Falls-Buchans, while expanded slightly in all directions it took in no major ...
60.75% turnout
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Al Hawkins
Al Hawkins is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.Chris Tibbs
Chris Tibbs is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans is a ...
Derek Bennett
Derek John Bennett is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.Derek Bennett
Derek John Bennett is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election.Burgeo-La Poile 52.13% turnout
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, Andrew Parsons 2,947 83.46%
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, Deborah Ann Turner 584 16.54%
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Corner Brook
Corner Brook ( 2021 population: 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
Humber-Bay of Islands
Humber-Bay of Islands is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2015, the district has 13,412 eligible voters.
It contains the towns of Irishtown, Hughes Brook, Summerside, Mead ...
62.65% turnout
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, Brian Dicks 1,068 17.20%
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, Michael Patrick Holden 659 10.61%
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, Shawn A. Hodder 310 4.99%
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, Eddie Joyce (Ind.) 4,172 67.19%
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, Eddie Joyce
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St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows
St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial elect ...
St. George's-Humber
St. George's-Humber is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election.
The ...
2019
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