The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the

33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland The members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1962. The general assembly sat from March 20, 1963 to August 17, 1966. The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood formed the ...

. It was won by the

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...

party.

Results

Results by district

*Names in boldface type represent party leaders. *† indicates that the incumbent did not run again. *‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's Centre
60.94% turnout , , Joseph O'Driscoll
1,512
34.95% , , , Anthony Murphy
2,176
50.30% , , Augustine Duffy
638
14.75% , , , Augustine Duffy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East
63.71% turnout , , James Higgins
1,251
38.60% , , , James Greene
1,990
61.40% , , , , , James Greene , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East Extern
66.37% turnout , , James Fagan
2,060
43.71% , , , William Browne
2,653
56.29% , , , , , ''New district'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's North
56.21% turnout , , , Geoffrey Carnell
3,077
60.88% , , William Moss
1,977
39.12% , , , , , George Nightingale† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's South
60.96% turnout , , John O'Dea
2,809
46.96% , , , Rex Renouf
3,173
53.04% , , , , , John O'Dea , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

St. John's West St. John's West could refer to: * St. John's West (federal electoral district) * St. John's West (provincial electoral district) {{Disambiguation ...

60.55% turnout , , , William Adams
2,919
51.58% , , Harvey Cole
2,740
48.42% , , , , ,

Joey Smallwood Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...

‡
(ran in

Bonavista North Bonavista North was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It existed from when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 until 2015. As of 2011 the district had 6,956 eligible voters. Wh ...

) , -

Conception Bay

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Bay de Verde Bay de Verde ( 2016 population: 392) is an incorporated town in Conception Bay on the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The first recorded inhabitants at Bay de Verde arrived in 1662. Bay de Verde bec ...

64.69% turnout , , ,

William Saunders William or Bill Saunders may refer to: Science * William Saunders (physician) (1743–1817), Scottish physician, first president of Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society * William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879), British entomologist * William Saund ...

1,127
56.92% , , Charles Bursey
853
43.08% , , , ''New district'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bell Island
71.12% turnout , , ,

Steve Neary Stephen Aloysius Neary (June 21, 1925 – June 7, 1996) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician and cabinet minister who served as the provincial Leader of the Official Opposition. Early life Neary was born in Bell Island on June 21, 19 ...

1,814
54.38% , ,

Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series ...

1,522
45.62% , , , Richard Greene , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Carbonear Carbonear is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to empha ...

50.63% turnout , , ,

George Clarke George Clarke (7 May 1661 – 22 October 1736), of All Souls, Oxford, was an English architect, print collector and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1736. Life The son of Sir William Clark ...

1,079
62.73% , , Walter Clarke
641
37.27% , , , George Clarke
Carbonear-Bay de Verde , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Harbour Grace Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With roots dating back to the 16th century, it is one of the oldest towns in North America. It is located about northwest of ...

55.90% turnout , , ,

Claude Sheppard Claude Asquith Sheppard (June 21, 1916 – October 7, 2001) was a Canadian politician and magistrate. He represented the electoral district of Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1956 to 1966 as a member of ...

1,460
57.53% , , Harold Osborne
1,078
42.47% , , , Claude Sheppard , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2,

Harbour Main Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the y ...

, , , Philip Lewis
2,293
29.40% , , Albert Furey
1,904
24.42% , , , Philip Lewis , - , , , Clifton Joy
2,202
28.24% , , Terry Trainor
1,399
17.94% , , , Albert Furey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Port de Grave Port de Grave is a peninsula on Conception Bay (CB) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The peninsula contains the communities of Bareneed, Black Duck Pond, Otterbury, Ship Cove, Blow Me Down, Newfoundland and Labrador, Blow Me Down, Hibb's Co ...

58.60% turnout , , , Eric Dawe
1,774
68.89% , , Lloyd Stevens
801
31.11% , , ,

Llewellyn Strange Llewellyn Strange (1892–1973) was a Newfoundland-born Canadian police chief and politician. Llewellyn was born to John and Jane E. Strange in Port de Grave and educated here. He married Mary Ellen Morgan and worked in a fishery until, in 19 ...

† , -

Avalon Peninsula

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Seventeenth century settlement Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fi ...

74.68% turnout , , , Myles Murray
1,676
59.06% , , Otto Byrne
1,162
40.94% , , , , , Myles Murray , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2,

Placentia East Placentia may refer to: * Palace of Placentia, an English royal palace * Placentia, Italy, a Roman city known today as Piacenza * Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ** Placentia Bay, body of water * Placentia, California, United States * ...

63.17% turnout , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2, Alain Frecker
1,441
54.98% , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, David Murphy
868
33.12% , , William Patterson (Independent)
182
6.94% , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2, Alain Frecker , - , , Esau Thoms (NDP)
130
4.96% , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Mary's
72.24% turnout , , , James M. McGrath
1,118
64.92% , , John Halley
604
35.08% , , , , , James M. McGrath , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Trinity South The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God in Christianity, God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial prosopon, divine persons: God the Father (Christianity), God the Father, ...

45.44% turnout , , , Uriah Strickland
1,741
62.76% , , Edmund George
1,033
37.24% , , , , , Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

57.55% turnout , , ,

3,195
81.15% , , Douglas Parsons
742
18.85% , , , , , Edward Spencer‡
(ran in Fogo) , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Bonavista South Bonavista South is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters. It contains the communities of: Bonavista, Spillars Cove, Birchy Cove ...

47.51% turnout , , , Rossy Barbour
2,106
62.57% , , Robert Stead
1,155
34.31% , , George Squire
105
3.12% , , , Rossy Barbour , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fogo , , , Edward Spencer
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , , , Isaac Mercer† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Trinity North Trinity North was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,278 eligible voters living within the district. The riding was abolished in 2015 into Terra Nova and Bon ...

46.98% turnout , , , Arthur Mifflin
2,207
66.96% , , Whitfield Bannister
1,089
33.04% , , , , , Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Gander
57.56% turnout , , , Beaton Abbott
2,069
52.92% , , Harold Collins
1,841
47.08% , , , , , Beaton Abbott , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Grand Falls
61.14% turnout , , Raymond Guy
2,264
48.50% , , ,

Ambrose Peddle Ambrose Hubert Peddle (8 October 1927 – 10 March 2014) was a Canadian politician. Born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Peddle worked for Newfoundland Railway from 1945 to 1947 and Customs & Excise from 1947 to 1949. From 1949 to 1951, he work ...

2,404
51.50% , , , , , Raymond Guy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Green Bay
54.47% turnout , , ,

William Smallwood William Smallwood (1732February 14, 1792) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general. He was serving as the fourth Governo ...

1,415
59.06% , , , , Kitchener Pritchett
981
40.94% , , , William Smallwood , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Lewisporte Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the re ...

58.12% turnout , , ,

Harold Starkes Harold Eric James Starkes (March 12, 1917 – 1993) was a Canadians, Canadian businessperson and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland. He represented Lewisporte (electoral district), Lewisporte from 1962 to 1971 in the New ...

1,786
60.77% , , Guy Eveleigh
1,153
39.23% , , , , , ''New district'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Twillingate Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north ...

53.39% turnout , , , Leslie Curtis
1,691
82.53% , , Allan Young
358
17.47% , , , , , Leslie Curtis , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, White Bay South
65.30% turnout , , , Frederick W. Rowe
1,561
79.56% , , James Walsh
401
20.44% , , , , , Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Burgeo-La Poile Burgeo-La Poile is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are ...

60.58% turnout , , ,

Walter Hodder Walter Harold Hodder (1909 – 1993) was an educator and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo and La Poile in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1962 to 1971. Hodder was born in Ireland's Eye, Trinity Bay and was educate ...

2,125
70.86% , , Allan Evans
874
29.14% , , , John Cheeseman‡
(ran in Hermitage) , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Burin
39.67% turnout , , , Eric Jones
1,892
86.27% , , Harold Russell
301
13.73% , , , Eric Jones , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Fortune Bay Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.H.R.V. Earle
1,552
86.17% , , Abram Godwin
249
13.83% , , , John Courage†
Fortune Bay-Hermitage , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hermitage , , , John Cheeseman
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , ''New district'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Placentia West Placentia may refer to: * Palace of Placentia, an English royal palace * Placentia, Italy, a Roman city known today as Piacenza * Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ** Placentia Bay, body of water * Placentia, California, United States * ...

63.06% turnout , , , Patrick Canning
1,948
63.62% , , Joseph Cheeseman
1,114
36.38% , , , Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Humber East Humber East is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Includes the eastern section of Corner Brook as well as Humber Village, Little Rapids, Massey Drive, Pasadena and Steady Brook. ...

69.57% turnout , , John Forsey
2,698
46.82% , , , Noel Murphy
3,064
53.18% , , , , , John Forsey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Humber West Humber West is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2011, there were 8,403 eligible voters living within the district. The district includes the western part of Corner Brook, as well a ...

61.94% turnout , , , Charles Ballam
2,860
52.19% , , , ,

Ed Finn Edward (Ed) Finn Jr. (June 4, 1926 – December 27, 2020) was a Canadian trade unionist and journalist, editor, author and former Newfoundland politician. He was the leader of the Newfoundland Democratic Party and the first leader of the Newfo ...

2,620
47.81% , , , Charles Ballam , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Port au Port
69.39% turnout , , , Stephen Smith
1,975
54.38% , , Berkley Evans
1,657
45.62% , , , , , Stephen Smith , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe North
81.63% turnout , , ,

James Chalker James Ronald Chalker (October 12, 1912 – August 17, 2003) was a Canadian politician and businessperson. He represented the electoral districts of Harbour Grace and St. Barbe North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 ...

1,340
89.51% , , George Randell
157
10.49% , , , , , James Chalker
St. Barbe , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe South
73.34% turnout , , Maxwell Lane
929
40.87% , , ,

William Smith William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University C ...

1,102
48.48% , , Gerald P. Byrne
242
10.65% , , , ''New district'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. George's
68.71% turnout , , , William Keough
1,907
64.95% , , John Martin
1,029
35.05% , , , , , William Keough , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, White Bay North
64.01% turnout , , , Walter Carter
2,062
89.69% , , Garland Patey
237
10.31% , , , , , Maxwell Lane‡
(ran in St. Barbe South) , -

Labrador

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador North
44.23% turnout , , , Earl Winsor
860
75.97% , , Arthur Hale
272
24.03% , , , , , Earl Winsor , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador South , , , Gerald Hill
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , , , Gerald Hill , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador West
86.38% turnout , , Edward Henley
389
41.08% , , , , , Charles Devine (Independent)
558
58.92% , , , ''New district''

Results

Results by district

St. John's

Conception Bay

Avalon Peninsula

Eastern Newfoundland

Central Newfoundland

Southern Newfoundland

Western Newfoundland

Labrador

Notes

References

Further reading