The 1966 Newfoundland general election was held on 8 September 1966 to elect members of the

34th General Assembly of Newfoundland The members of the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in September 1966. The general assembly sat from November 30, 1966, to October 4, 1971. The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood forme ...

. 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
66.15% turnout , , Denis Galway
1,773
39.58% , , , Anthony Murphy
2,706
60.42% , , , Anthony Murphy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East
71.61% turnout , , Kevin O'Regan
1,373
37.13% , , ,

Gerry Ottenheimer Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer (June 4, 1934January 18, 1998) was a Canadian politician and Senator. Ottenheimer, was the scion of one of Newfoundland's wealthiest family. His grandfather was prosperous fishing magnate James M. Ryan. He was born Lon ...

2,325
62.87% , , , James Greene† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East Extern
70.78% turnout , , John Murphy
3,327
47.84% , , , Tom Hickey
3,627
52.16% , , , William Browne† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's North
66.97% turnout , , , Nathaniel Noel
4,586
57.33% , , Mervyn Russell
3,414
42.67% , , , Geoffrey Carnell† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's South
73.65% turnout , , , John Nolan
4,166
54.71% , , Rex Renouf
3,448
45.29% , , , Rex Renouf , - , 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 ...

69.20% turnout , , ,

John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a ...

4,054
57.63% , , Harvey Cole
2,980
42.37% , , , William Adams† , -

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 ...

63.70% 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 ...

1,363
66.61% , , Walter Hudson
395
19.31% , , Alvin Clarke (Independent)
288
14.08% , , , William Saunders , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bell Island
57.09% 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 ...

1,761
75.55% , , Herbert Buckingham
423
18.15% , , Joseph Gendreau (Independent)
147
6.31% , , , Steve Neary , - , 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 ...

65.80% 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 ...

1,591
64.02% , , Joseph Noel
555
22.33% , , Elmer Vaters (Independent)
339
13.64% , , , George Clarke , - , 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 ...

61.49% turnout , , , Alec Moores
2,296
75.38% , , Harold Osborne
750
24.62% , , , , ,

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 ...

† , - , 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 ...

66.37% turnout , , , Philip Lewis
2,712
30.83% , ,

Gordon Dawe Gordon William Dawe (May 17, 1938 – February 8, 2011) was a land surveyor and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Main in the Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the Unica ...

2,090
23.74% , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, James Hickey (Independent)
534
6.07% , , , Philip Lewis , - , , ,

John Mahoney Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two P ...

2,342
26.61% , , John Carroll
1,120
12.73% , , , Clifton Joy† , - , 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 ...

54.23% turnout , , , Eric Dawe
1,696
66.64% , , Lloyd Stevens
849
33.36% , , , , , Eric Dawe , -

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 ...

68.85% turnout , , ,

Aidan Maloney Aidan Joseph Maloney (August 12, 1920 – March 16, 2018) was a Canadian politician and executive. He represented the electoral district of Ferryland in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1966 to 1971. Maloney also served in cabinet as Mini ...

1,905
69.70% , , Thomas Greene
828
30.30% , , , Myles Murray† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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 * ...

72.22% turnout , , , Alain Frecker
2,037
62.47% , , William Patterson
1,224
37.53% , , , Alain Frecker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Mary's
71.32% turnout , , , James M. McGrath
1,229
67.49% , , John Halley
592
32.51% , , , 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, ...

53.07% turnout , , , Uriah Strickland
1,840
51.80% , , John Carter
1,712
48.20% , , , Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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 ...

52.87% turnout , , , Beaton Abbott
2,932
73.65% , , John Pinsent
834
20.95% , , Hubert Granter (NDP)
215
5.40% , , ,

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

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 ...

) , - , 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 ...

45.36% turnout , , , Rossy Barbour
2,161
63.71% , , William Moss
1,231
36.29% , , , , , Rossy Barbour , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fogo
48.76% turnout , , , Eric Jones
2,150
73.33% , , Artie Willis
782
26.67% , , , , , Edward Spencer† , - , 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 ...

46.72% turnout , , , Maxwell Lane
2,215
62.93% , , Robert Barton
638
18.13% , ,

Sam Drover Samuel Drover (1911 in Hodge's Cove, Trinity Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland – June 20, 2005) was a longtime member of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and founded the Newfoundland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a social democr ...

(Independent)
667
18.95% , , , Arthur Mifflin†

Central Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Gander
66.71% turnout , , , Charles Granger
3,180
61.13% , , Harold Collins
2,022
38.87% , , , Beaton Abbott‡
(ran in

) , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Grand Falls
75.57% turnout , , , Frederick W. Rowe
3,642
55.31% , ,

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 ...

2,943
44.69% , , , Ambrose Peddle , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Green Bay
65.48% 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 ...

2,496
71.17% , , Rupert Short
1,011
28.83% , , , 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 ...

54.95% 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 ...

2,287
73.85% , , Douglas Hayward
810
26.15% , , , Harold Starkes , - , 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 ...

, , , Leslie Curtis
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , Leslie Curtis , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, White Bay South
63.24% turnout , , ,

Bill Rowe William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Ed ...

2,014
79.95% , , Cyril Pelley
505
20.05% , , , Frederick W. Rowe‡
(ran in Grand Falls)

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 ...

58.16% 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 ...

2,331
68.68% , , Allan Evans
1,063
31.32% , , , Walter Hodder , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Burin
56.56% turnout , , ,

Alex Hickman Thomas Alexander Hickman, (October 19, 1925 – January 10, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. Biography Born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland (present-day Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), Hickman studied at Memorial Univer ...

2,744
79.01% , , Scott Bradley
729
20.99% , , , Eric Jones‡
(ran in Fogo) , - , 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
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , H.R.V. Earle , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hermitage , , , Abel Wornell
''Won by acclamation'' , , , , , Abel Wornell , - , 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 * ...

62.59% turnout , , , Patrick Canning
2,367
74.34% , , Joseph Cheeseman
817
25.66% , , , 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. ...

74.70% turnout , , , Clyde Wells
3,652
52.74% , , Noel Murphy
3,273
47.26% , , , , , Noel Murphy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

67.53% turnout , , ,

4,431
67.21% , , , ,

Calvin Normore Calvin Normore (born June 25, 1948) is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an expert in medieval philosophy and the history of logic. Life and career Normore was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Lab ...

(NDP)
2,162
32.79% , , ,

Charles Ballam Charles Hubert Ballam (May 10, 1901 – December 12, 1981) was a Canadian union leader, officeholder and delegate at Newfoundland National Convention. Ballam was born in 1901 in Curling, Newfoundland Colony, son of Alice and Manoah Ballam. ...

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Port au Port
76.87% turnout , , , William Callahan
2,454
57.61% , , Berkley Evans
948
22.25% , , Michael Harper (Independent)
858
20.14% , , , Stephen Smith† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe North
63.92% 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 ...

1,139
79.48% , , Gerald Hynes
294
20.52% , , , , , James Chalker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe South
66.93% turnout , , ,

Gerald Myrden Gerald H. N. Myrden (July 1, 1922 – April 4, 2016) was a businessperson and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1966 to 1971. The son of Alexander and Lillian Myrden, he was ...

1,511
64.68% , , Andrew Swimm
825
35.32% , , , , , ''Vacant'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. George's
72.61% turnout , , , William Keough
1,736
51.24% , , Prime Power
937
27.66% , , Fred Wells (Independent)
715
21.10% , , , William Keough , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, White Bay North
61.99% turnout , , , Edward Roberts
2,165
84.94% , , Anita Sulley
384
15.06% , , , , , Walter Carter† , -

Labrador

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador North
57.38% turnout , , , Earl Winsor
1,333
71.25% , , Arthur Hale
538
28.75% , , , , , Earl Winsor , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador South
58.99% turnout , , , Gerald Hill
1,129
90.39% , , Leace Critch
120
9.61% , , , , , Gerald Hill , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador West
64.10% turnout , , , Tom Burgess
1,493
61.82% , , Charles Devine
574
23.77% , , Albert McGrath
348
14.41% , , , Charles Devine

Results

Results by district

St. John's

Conception Bay

Avalon Peninsula

Eastern Newfoundland

Central Newfoundland

Southern Newfoundland

Western Newfoundland

Labrador

Notes

References

Further reading