The 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 9, 2007, to elect members of the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Campaign

The election was called soon after Premier Danny Williams announced the popular Hebron Oil Field deal, and it was widely considered a foregone conclusion that Williams' Progressive Conservatives would be reelected. Polls during the campaign showed the Conservatives reaching up to 73 per cent of voter support, leading some commentators to speculate that the party could in fact win every seat in the House of Assembly — a feat accomplished only twice before in Canadian history, in

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

in the 1935 election and in

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in the 1987 election. On election day, the Progressive Conservatives did win ten more seats than they held at the dissolution of the previous legislature, and won just under 70 per cent of the popular vote, the highest popular vote share ever attained by a party in the province. However, they did not sweep all 48 seats in the legislature though their popular vote share was higher than the winning party's share in the 1935 PEI election and the 1987 New Brunswick election. Three Liberal incumbents, as well as

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leader

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, successfully held their seats. Notably, however, Liberal leader

Gerry Reid Gerry Reid (born June 18, 1954) was a Canadian politician and the leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as interim leader from 2005 to 2006, until Jim Bennett replaced him in February 2006. Reid was reelected as ...

was ''not'' reelected in his own riding.

Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans and Bonavista South

On October 1, 2007, Gerry Tobin, Liberal candidate in the riding of Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans, was found dead in his home. As a result, the chief electoral officer postponed the election in that riding until November 6, 2007. The Progressive Conservatives won the special election, bringing their total number of seats in the legislature to 44. Subsequently, Clayton Hobbs, Liberal candidate in the riding of

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 ...

, dropped out of the race, citing health reasons; consequently, incumbent Progressive Conservative MHA Roger Fitzgerald was declared re-elected.

Results

Results by party

, - style="background-color:#CCCCCC" !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 , - style="background-color:#CCCCCC" , style="text-align:center;" ,

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, style="text-align:center;" , Dissol. , style="text-align:center;" , 2007 , style="text-align:center;" , Change , style="text-align:center;" , # , style="text-align:center;" , % , style="text-align:center;" , Change , style="text-align:left;" , Danny Williams , style="text-align:right;" , *48 , style="text-align:right;" , 34 , style="text-align:right;" , 34 , style="text-align:right;" , 44 , style="text-align:right;" , +10 , style="text-align:right;" , 155,943 , style="text-align:right;" , 69.59% , style="text-align:right;" , +10.88% , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , *46 , style="text-align:right;" , 12 , style="text-align:right;" , 11 , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , -9 , style="text-align:right;" , 48,598 , style="text-align:right;" , 21.69% , style="text-align:right;" , -11.36% , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , 36 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , -1 , style="text-align:right;" , 19,028 , style="text-align:right;" , 8.49% , style="text-align:right;" , +1.63% , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Independent and no affiliation , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , 446 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.20% , style="text-align:right;" , -% , style="text-align:left;" , Ron Barron , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , * , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , 68 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.03% , style="text-align:right;" , -% , - , , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Vacant , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , colspan=5, , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" , Total , style="text-align:right;" , 132 , style="text-align:right;" , 48 , style="text-align:right;" , 48 , style="text-align:right;" , 48 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , 224,083 , style="text-align:right;" , 100.00% , style="text-align:right;" ,

Results by region

Results by riding

Bold incumbents indicates party leaders. The premier's name is boldfaced and italicized. *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

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kilbride
57.35% turnout , , , John Dinn
4,443
84.48% , , Roger Linehan
364
6.92% , , Michelle Broderick
421
8.01% , , Paul Perrier (Independent)
31
0.59% , , , John Dinn , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
71.45% turnout , , Maria Afonso
2,135
39.87% , , Maura Beam
158
2.95% , , ,

3,062
57.18% , , , , , Lorraine Michael , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's Centre
57.89% turnout , , , Shawn Skinner
3,332
76.49% , , Lori Ann Campbell-Martino
374
8.59% , , Jane Robinson
650
14.92% , , , , , Shawn Skinner , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East
65.84% turnout , , , Ed Buckingham
3,649
70.09% , , Peter Adams
692
13.29% , , Gemma Schlamp-Hickey
864
16.60% , , , , , John Ottenheimer† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's North
56.33% turnout , , , Bob Ridgley
3,488
77.55% , , Simon Lono
561
12.47% , , Matt Power
449
9.98% , , , , , Bob Ridgley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's South
64.88% turnout , , ,

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3,887
79.60% , , Rex Gibbons
425
8.70% , , Clyde Bridger
571
11.69% , , , , , Tom Osborne , - , 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 ...

65.08% turnout , , , Sheila Osborne
3,623
72.69% , , George Joyce
1,018
20.43% , , Joan Scott
344
6.90% , , , , , Sheila Osborne , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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56.12% turnout , , ,

Kathy Dunderdale Kathleen Mary Margaret "Kathy" Dunderdale (née Warren; born February 1952) is a politician and former MHA who served as the tenth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 3, 2010, to January 24, 2014. Dunderdale was born and raised i ...

4,043
73.04% , , Drew Brown
429
7.75% , , Dave Sullivan
710
12.83% , , Fred Wilcox (Independent)
353
6.38% , , , Kathy Dunderdale

St. John's suburbs

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape St. Francis
71.01% turnout , , , Jack Byrne
4,983
77.45% , , Bill Tapper
739
11.49% , , Kathleen Connors
680
10.57% , , , Jack Byrne , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Conception Bay East—Bell Island
59.70% turnout , , , Dianne Whalen
3,991
71.55% , , Linda Goodyear
999
17.91% , , Gavin Will
569
10.20% , , , Dianne Whalen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Conception Bay South Conception Bay South is a town in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is commonly called CBS. The town is located on the Avalon Peninsula which forms part of the southern shore of Conception Bay which is in turn part of ...

61.97% turnout , , , Terry French
4,670
79.10% , , Jerry Young
953
10.03% , , Touria Tougui
259
4.64% , , , Terry French , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mount Pearl North
61.36% turnout , , , Steve Kent
4,751
84.72% , , Elaine Reid
505
9.00% , , Janice Lockyer
330
5.88% , , , Harvey Hodder† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mount Pearl South
61.11% turnout , , , Dave Denine
4,163
84.12% , , William Reid
441
8.91% , , Tom McGinnis
332
6.71% , , , Dave Denine , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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59.49% turnout , , , Elizabeth Marshall
4,892
82.85% , , Cynthia Barron-Layden
513
8.69% , , Kyle Rees
486
8.23% , , , Elizabeth Marshall

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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68.11% turnout , , ,

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2,908
55.82% , , Denise Pike
2,139
41.06% , , Ian Slade
155
2.98% , , , Percy Barrett † , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Burin—Placentia West
69.35% turnout , , , Clyde Jackman
3,141
59.09% , , George Brake
457
8.60% , , Julie Mitchell
1,704
32.05% , , , Clyde Jackman , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Carbonear—Harbour Grace
67.40% turnout , , , Jerome Kennedy
4,367
74.14% , , Paul Baldwin
1,463
24.84% , , , , , George Sweeney † , - , 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 ...

60.51% turnout , , ,

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4,256
83.40% , , Kevin Bennett
472
9.25% , , Grace Bavington
351
6.88% , , , Keith Hutchings , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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63.37% turnout , , , Darin King
3,563
79.69% , , Rod Cake
889
19.88% , , , , ,

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† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Harbour Main
62.51% turnout , , , Tom Hedderson
4,586
82.25% , , Kevin Slaney
635
11.39% , , Jean Dandenault
323
5.79% , , , Tom Hedderson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Placentia—St. Mary's
51.58% turnout , , , Felix Collins
3,086
78.24% , , , , Jennifer Coultas
812
20.64% , , , Felix Collins , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Port de Grave
76.44% turnout , , Glenn Littlejohn
3,069
46.62% , , , Roland Butler
3,329
50.57% , , Randy Dawe
162
2.46% , , , Roland Butler , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Trinity—Bay de Verde
71.61% turnout , , ,

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3,572
71.65% , , Bruce Layman
1,137
22.81% , , Don Penney
257
5.16% , , , Charlene Johnson

Central Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Baie Verte—Springdale
55.78% turnout , , ,

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3,388
75.14% , , Glendon Bungay
798
17.70% , , Tim Howse
301
6.68% , , , , , ''Vacant'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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59.20% turnout , , , Harry Harding
2,883
67.09% , , Winston Carter
1,292
30.07% , , Howard Parsons
80
1.86% , , , , , Harry Harding , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Roger Fitzgerald
''won by acclamation'' , , , , , , , , , Roger Fitzgerald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Exploits
63.13% turnout , , , Clayton Forsey
3,396
72.16% , , Jody Fancey
1,295
27.52% , , , , , , , Clayton Forsey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Gander
55.91% turnout , , , Kevin O'Brien
3,599
74.36% , , Stephanie Winsor
1,193
24.65% , , , , , , , Kevin O'Brien , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans
52.60% turnout , , ,

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2,767
71.63% , , John J. Woodrow
163
4.22% , , Junior C. Downey
922
23.87% , , , , , Anna Thistle† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Grand Falls-Windsor—Green Bay South
53.73% turnout , , , Ray Hunter
2,535
68.68% , , Aubrey Smith
957
25.93% , , John Whelan
188
5.09% , , , , , Ray Hunter , - , 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 ...

48.49% turnout , , ,

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2,660
70.43% , , John Martin
647
17.13% , , Garry Vatcher
460
12.18% , , , , , Tom Rideout , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Terra Nova
55.71% turnout , , , Paul Oram
3,427
73.84% , , Katty Gallant
781
16.83% , , Bill Cashin
358
7.71% , , Lionel Glover (Independent)
62
1.34% , , , Paul Oram , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, The Isles of Notre Dame
66.78% turnout , , , Derrick Dalley
2,371
49.88% , ,

2,364

49.74% , , , , , , , Gerry Reid , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Trinity North
57.21% turnout , , , Ross Wiseman
3,939
81.77% , , Kathryn Small
609
12.64% , , Janet Stringer
247
5.13% , , , , , Ross Wiseman

Western and Southern Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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73.45% turnout , , , Terry Loder
2,817
51.56% , , Eddie Joyce
2,520
46.12% , , Charlie Murphy
107
1.96% , , , Eddie Joyce , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Burgeo—La Poile
62.46% turnout , , Colin Short
1,864
38.45% , , , Kelvin Parsons
2,882
59.45% , , June Hiscock
85
1.75% , , , Kelvin Parsons , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune
65.00% turnout , , , Tracey Perry
2,539
62.86% , , Elvis Loveless
1,394
34.51% , , Sheldon Hynes
84
2.08% , , , Oliver Langdon† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Humber East
64.97% turnout , , , Tom Marshall
4,160
83.48% , , Michael Hoffe
537
10.78% , , Jean Graham
256
5.14% , , , Tom Marshall , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Humber Valley
74.29% turnout , , , Darryl Kelly
3,023
51.29% , ,

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2,769
46.98% , , Kris Hynes
87
1.48% , , , Dwight Ball , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Humber West
59.89% turnout , , , Danny Williams
3,755
87.39% , , Maurice Budgell
516
12.01% , , , , , Danny Williams , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Port au Port
61.10% turnout , , , Tony Cornect
3,936
80.80% , , Michelle Felix-Morgan
910
18.68% , , , , , Tony Cornect , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe
58.04% turnout , , , Wallace Young
2,491
58.47% , , Jim Bennett
1,560
36.62% , , Gary Noel
196
4.60% , , , Wallace Young , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. George's—Stephenville East
58.86% turnout , , , Joan Burke
3,143
74.36% , , George Lee
1,062
25.12% , , , , , Joan Burke , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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66.78% turnout , , , Trevor Taylor
2,651
62.66% , , Boyd Noel
1,358
32.10% , , Gerry Ryall
171
4.04% , , , Trevor Taylor

Labrador

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair
74.28% turnout , , Dennis Normore
646
26.92% , , ,

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1,736
72.33% , , , , , , , Yvonne Jones , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Labrador West
68.36% turnout , , , Jim Baker
2,204
50.69% , , Karen Oldford
287
6.60% , , Darrel Brenton
1,848
42.50% , , , , , Jim Baker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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70.28% turnout , , , John Hickey
2,380
56.29% , , Chris Montague
1,672
39.55% , , Bill Cooper
147
3.48% , , , , , John Hickey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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71.19% turnout , , , Patty Pottle
794
53.65% , , Danny Dumaresque
604
40.81% , , , , Jim Tuttauk
109
7.36% , , , Vacant

Election Results by Party and Seats

Campaign

Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans and Bonavista South

Results

Results by party

Results by region

Results by riding

St. John's

St. John's suburbs

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas

Central Newfoundland

Western and Southern Newfoundland

Labrador

Election Results by Party and Seats

See also

General resources

Election coverage

Parties

Notes

References

Further reading