Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

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The Newfoundland and Labrador general election of 2003 was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Polling took place

Contents 1 Results 2 Results - by district 3 See also 4 External links 4.1 General resources 4.2 Parties

[edit] Results

Party		Leader	Seats			Popular vote
			1999	Elected	% change	#	%
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Williams	14	34	+143%	162,949	58.71%
	Liberal	Roger Grimes	32	12	-56%	91,729	33.05%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	2	2	0%	19,048	6.86%
	Labrador Party		-	-	-	2,391	0.86%
	Other/Non-affiliated		-	-	-	1,421	0.51%
Total			48	48		277,538	100%
Source : Provincial general election report, October 21, 2003PDF (16.2 KiB)

This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals were soundly defeated by Williams' Tories, who took almost 3/4 of the seats in the House of Assembly, and more than half of the popular vote.

The Liberals lost seven of their 17 cabinet ministers, plus the Speaker of the house, from the preceding governments.

The New Democrats' hopes to increase their seat total from 2 were frustrated.

[edit] Results - by district

Electoral District	Candidates									Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Other
1.Baie Verte		SHELLEY, Paul 3045		BUDGELL, Maurice 927				DAY, William 114		SHELLEY, Paul
2.Bay of Islands		MONAGHAN, Mike 2760		JOYCE, Eddie 2907		QUIGLEY, Dave 214				JOYCE, Eddie
3.Bellevue		CLEARY, Joan 2523		BARRETT, Percy 2623		FAHEY, Michael 299				BARRETT, Percy
4.Bonavista North		HARDING, Harry 3384		ROGERS, Churence 2301		PARSONS, Howard E. 116				HARDING, Harry
5.Bonavista South		FITZGERALD, Roger 4354		FITZGERALD, Betty 938		KELLY, Sam 179				FITZGERALD, Roger
6.Burgeo and La Poile		MACKENZIE, Stephen P. 1008		PARSONS, Kelvin 4233						PARSONS, Kelvin
7.Burin-Placentia West		JACKMAN, Clyde 3450		SYNARD, Sam 2133		BUTLER, Wayne 684				HODDER, Mary
8.Cape St. Francis		BYRNE, Jack 5604		TAPPER, Bill 1294		TAPPER, Ralph 980				MARTIN, Jim
9.Carbonear-Harbour Grace		BABB, John 3165		SWEENEY, George 3699						SWEENEY, George
10.Cartwright-L'Anse Au Clair		NORMORE, Dennis 804		JONES, Yvonne 1514				PYE, Frank (The Labrador Party) 206		JONES, Yvonne
11.Conception Bay East and Bell Island		WHALEN, Dianne 4147		WALSH, Jim 1870		KAVANAGH, Ken 1180		COLE, Doug 171		WHALEN, Dianne
12.Conception Bay South		FRENCH, Terry 5606		LERMAN, Sheina 372		LEWIS, Andy 768				FRENCH, Terry
13.Exploits		FORSEY, Clayton 2346		GRIMES, Roger 3218		WHELAN, John L. 168				GRIMES, Roger
14.Ferryland		SULLIVAN, Loyola 5167		KAVANAGH, Andrea 504		MARTIN, Lois 309		RIEGO-HICKEY, Pilar (Ind.) 11		SULLIVAN, Loyola
15.Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune		COLFORD, Andrew 2044		LANGDON, Oliver 2880						LANGDON, Oliver
16.Gander		O'BRIEN, Kevin 3621		CREWE, Dianne 1930		JOHNSON, Steve 348				O'BRIEN, Kevin
17.Grand Bank		KING, Darin 3058		FOOTE, Judy 3101		WAKELEY, Bill 136				FOOTE, Judy
18.Grand Falls-Buchans		FLOOD, Paula 2331		THISTLE, Anna 3921		TOBIN, Gerry 370				THISTLE, Anna
19.Harbour Main-Whitbourne		HEDDERSON, Tom 4769		AKERMAN, Fred 1482		CONWAY, Eugene 493				HEDDERSON, Tom
20.Humber East		MARSHALL, Tom 3976		AKERMAN, Fred 2624						MARSHALL, Tom
21.Humber Valley		GOUDIE, Kathy 2796		BALL, Dwight 2507						GOUDIE, Kathy
22.Humber West		WILLIAMS, Danny 3823		BUCKLE, Edward 1533		ROBBINS, Matthew 207				WILLIAMS, Danny
23.Kilbride		BYRNE, Ed 5315		WADDEN, Joe 1071		REYNOLDS, David 404				BYRNE, Ed
24.Labrador West		LETTO, Graham 1142				COLLINS, Randy 2762		CONDON, Ernest (Ern) J. (The Lab. Party) 631 SACREY, Doris (Ind.) 423		COLLINS, Randy
25.Lake Melville		HICKEY, John 1778		ANTHONY, Ken 1126		STICKLEY, Barbara 129		PARDY, Brandon (The Lab. Party) 1485		HICKEY, John
26.Lewisporte		RIDEOUT, Tom 3504		MANUEL, P. Todd 1275				VATCHER, GARRY (Ind.) 159		RIDEOUT, Tom
27.Mount Pearl		DENINE, Dave 5662		RALPH, Wayne 798		LOCKE, Roy 504				DENINE, Dave
28.Placentia & St. Mary's		MANNING, Fabian 3746		POWER, Kevin J. 1812		STRINGER, Janet 152				MANNING, Fabian
29.Port au Port		HODDER, Jim 3101		SMITH, Gerald 2378				OLLERHEAD, Frederick G. (Ind.) 84		HODDER, Jim
30.Port de Grave		GOSSE, Clarence 2374		BUTLER, Roland 3983						BUTLER, Roland
31.St. Barbe		YOUNG, Wallace 2948		PAYNE, Ralph H. 1577		PATEY, Holly E.				YOUNG, Wallace
32.St. George's-Stephenville East		BURKE, Joan 2927		DAWE, Ron 2464				CRITCHLEY, Nancy (Ind.) 170		BURKE, Joan
33.St. John's Centre		SKINNER, Shawn 3349		AYLWARD, Joan Marie 1763		CANTWELL, Carol 956				SKINNER, Shawn
34.St. John's East		OTTENHEIMER, John 4151		MURPHY, George 862		CLARKE, Bruce 841		DURANT, Steve (Ind.) 66		OTTENHEIMER, John
35.St. John's North		RIDGLEY, Bob 3107		BRACE, Jeff 1433		WALSH, Liam 820				RIDGLEY, Bob
36.St. John's South		OSBORNE, Tom 4532		O'KEEFE, Dennis 756		MCGINNIS, Tom 676				OSBORNE, Tom
37.St. John's West		OSBORNE, Sheila 4557		HANN, Tom 1292		SHARAN, Raj 460				OSBORNE, Sheila
38.Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi		CARROLL, Karen 2221		O'NEILL, Ray 391		HARRIS, Jack 2456				HARRIS, Jack
39.Terra Nova		ORAM, Paul B. 3114		LUSH, Tom 2614		RALPH, Herbert 218				ORAM, Paul B.
40.The Straits & White Bay North		TAYLOR, Trevor 3133		MCDONALD, Don 1802				MICHELMORE, Ford (Ind.) 78		TAYLOR, Trevor
40.Topsail		MARSHALL, Elizabeth (Beth) 5354		WISEMAN, Ralph 2354		KEHOE, Mike 472				MARSHALL, Elizabeth
42.Tourngat Mountains		WHITE, Winston 352		ANDERSEN, Wally 934				JARARUSE, Lucy (The Lab. Party) 69		ANDERSEN, Wally
43.Trinity-Bay de Verde		JOHNSON, Charlene 4091		SNOW, Lloyd G. 2095		HARNUM, Victoria 287				JOHNSON, Charlene
44.Trinity North		WISEMAN, Ross 4126		SMALL, Kathryn 1640		DUFFETT, Howard W. 340				WISEMAN, Ross
45.Twillingate & Fogo		DALLEY, Derrick 2334		REID, Gerry 2941						REID, Gerry
46.Virginia Waters		DUNDERDALE, Kathy 4193		NOEL, Walter 2358		SULLIVAN, David 666				DUNDERDALE, Kathy
47.Waterford Valley		HODDER, Harvey 4569		BAKER, Averill 1277		LOCKE, Justin 410				HODDER, Harvey
48.Windsor-Springdale		HUNTER, Ray 3488		OAKE, Barry J. 1826		JACOBS, Clar 138		ANTHONY, Elmer (Ind.) 145		HUNTER, Ray

[edit] See also

• List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties
• Canadian Politics in 2003.

[edit] External links

[edit] General resources

• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
• CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

[edit] Parties

• Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
• Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)
• Labrador Party
• Terra Nova Greens (see Green Party of Canada)

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