Canadian federal election results in Newfoundland and Labrador

Electoral history
2011
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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Regional profile

Newfoundland and Labrador has been a Liberal heartland since it joined Canada in 1949, with only the city of St. John's electing Progressive Conservatives on a relatively consistent basis, and that support has transferred over to the current Conservatives. Even in the 1984 Mulroney landslide, more rural and remote seats went Liberal than PC. The Conservatives picked up one seat in the 2006 election, but the Liberals still hold a majority of the seats. Party preference here has a lot to do with religion, where Catholics tend to vote Conservative and Protestants Liberal (contrary to the rest of the country). In 2008, the Anything But Conservative movement took hold here and the Conservatives lost all their seats to the Liberals and NDP. In the 2011 election, Newfoundland and Labrador was the only province to have the Liberals win in terms of popular vote. They however did lose 2 seats, 1 to the Tories and one to the NDP. The final count is Liberals: 4, NDP: 2, Conservative: 1

2011 - 41st General Election

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Conservative   Liberal   NDP   Green   Other
Avalon Fabian Manning

14,839
40.63%

Scott Andrews

16,021
43.86%

Matthew Martin Fuchs

5,172
14.16%

Matt Crowder

217
0.59%

Randy Wayne Dawe (Ind.)

277
0.76%

Scott Andrews
Bonavista—Gander—
Grand Falls—Windsor
Aaron Hynes

8,511
27.49%

Scott Simms

17,895
57.80%

Clyde Bridger

4,277
13.82%

Robyn Kenny

276
0.89%

Scott Simms
Humber—St. Barbe—
Baie Verte
Trevor Taylor

7,519
25.09%

Gerry Byrne

17,119
57.11%

Shelley Senior

4,751
15.85%

Robin Blair Gosse

253
0.84%

Wayne R. Bennett (Ind.)

332
1.11%

Gerry Byrne
Labrador Peter Penashue

4,234
40.43%

Todd Russell

4,003
38.23%

Jacob Larkin

2,099
20.04%

George C.R. Barrett

136
1.30%

Todd Russell
Random—Burin—
St. George's
John Ottenheimer

8,322
32.00%

Judy Foote

12,914
49.65%

Stella Magalios

4,466
17.17%

Tanya Gutmanis

306
1.18%

Judy Foote
St. John's East Jerry Byrne

9,199
20.87%

John Allan

3,019
6.85%

Jack Harris

31,392
71.22%

Robert Miller

467
1.06%

Jack Harris
St. John's South—
Mount Pearl
Loyola Sullivan

8,863
22.81%

Siobhán Coady

11,131
28.65%

Ryan Cleary

18,573
47.80%

Rick Austin

291
0.66%

Siobhán Coady

2008 - 40th General Election

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Conservative   Liberal   NDP   Green   Other
Avalon Fabian Manning

11,542

Scott Andrews

14,866

Randy Dawe

5,708

David Aylward

713

  Fabian Manning
Bonavista—
Gander—
Grand Falls—
Windsor
Andrew House

4,354

Scott Simms

20,089

Jason Holley

3,577

Robert O'Connor

568

  Scott Simms
Humber—
St. Barbe—
Baie Verte
Lorne Robinson

2,806

Gerry Byrne

17,943

Mark Kennedy

4,703

Wayne Ronald Bennett (NLFP)

967

Gerry Byrne
Labrador Lacey Lewis

615

Todd Russell

5,426

Phyllis Artiss

1,378

Nyssa McLeod

302

  Todd Russell
Random—
Burin—
St. George's
Herb Davis

4,791

Judy Foote

12,557

Terry White

5,553

Kaitlin Wainwright

462

  Bill Matthews
St. John's East Craig Westcott

3,872

Walter Noel

5,273

Jack Harris

31,369

Howard Storey

586

Shannon Tobin (PC) 584
Les Coultas (NLFP) 349
Norman Doyle
St. John's South—
Mount Pearl
Merv Wiseman

4,324

Siobhán Coady

14,930

Ryan Cleary

13,883

Ted Warren

643

Greg Byrne (NLFP) 485
Terry Butler (IND) 179
Loyola Hearn

2006 - 39th General Election

The Liberals won four seats and the Conservatives three. The open Avalon seat changed hands from the Liberals to the Tories. The seat had been held by Natural Resources Minister John Efford, who had retired. Otherwise, there was little change from the previous election.

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   Conservative   NDP   Green   Other
Avalon Bill Morrow

14,318

Fabian Manning

19,132

Eugene Conway

3 365

Shannon Hillier

297 0.8%

  John Efford
Bonavista—Gander—
Grand Falls—Windsor
Scott Simms

19,866

Aaron Hynes

15,376

Sandra Cooze

2,668

Judy Davis

265 0.7%

  Scott Simms
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Gerry Byrne

17,208

Cyril Pelley

10,137

Holly Pike

4,847

Martin Hanzalek

339 1.0%

  Gerry Byrne
Labrador Todd Russell

5,768

Joseph Goudie

4,528

Jake Larkin

1,037

Gail Zwicker

82 0.7%

  Todd Russell
Random—Burin—St. George's Bill Matthews

13,652

Cynthia Downey

12,232

Amanda Will

3,702

Mark A. Brennan

426 1.4%

  Bill Matthews
St. John's East Paul Antle

14,345

Norman Doyle

19,110

Michael Kehoe

7,190

Stephen Eli Harris

402 1.0%

  Norman Doyle
St. John's South—Mount Pearl Siobhan Coady

12,295

Loyola Hearn

16,644

Peg Norman

8,073

Barry Crozier

235 0.6%

  Loyola Hearn
  1. ^ Russell won seat in byelection held May 24, 2005. Previously held by Liberal Lawrence O'Brien (died December 16, 2004)

2004 - 38th General Election

One of the biggest questions of the 2004 election was whether the new Conservative Party of Canada could match the old federal PC Party's level of support in Atlantic Canada. With Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial PC government unpopular over mandating an end to the previous year's public service strike, any province-wide success for 2004 was seen as unlikely. The Conservatives lost one of their three seats (previously gained in a byelection) and held their rump in St. John's. Des McGrath was seen as the NDP's best chance of electing a candidate in the province in several decades, but he still fell nearly 4000 votes short of winning Random—Burin—St. George's.

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   Conservative   NDP   Green   Other
Avalon John Efford
18,335
Rick Dalton
9,211
Michael Kehoe
3,450
Don Ferguson
430
  John Efford
Bonavista—Exploits Scott Simms
15,970
Rex Barnes
13,786
Samuel McLean
2,667
Ed Sailor White
367
John Lannon (Ind.)
344
Rex Barnes
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Gerry Byrne
17,820
Wynanne Downer
6,538
Holly Pike
3,743
Steve Durant
384
  Gerry Byrne
Labrador Lawrence O'Brien
5,524
Merrill Strachan
1,400
Shawn Crann
856
Lori-Ann Martino
178
Ern Condon (Ind.)
919
Lawrence O'Brien
Random—Burin—St. George's Bill Matthews
12,383
Larry Peckford
4,820
Desmond McGrath
8,797
Justin Dollimont
474
  Bill Matthews
St. John's North Walter Noel
13,343
Norman Doyle
15,073
Janine Piller
7,198
Scott Vokey
791
  Norman Doyle
St. John's South Siobhan Coady
11,879
Loyola Hearn
13,330
Peg Norman
7,989
Steve Willcott
493
  Loyola Hearn
  1. ^ Efford won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal Brian Tobin
  2. ^ Barnes won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal George Baker

Key map
  1. Avalon
  2. Bonavista-Exploits
  3. Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte
  4. Labrador
  5. Random-Burin-St. George's
  6. St. John's North
  7. St. John's South
Conservative Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
New Democratic Party

2000 - 37th General Election

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   Canadian Alliance   NDP   PC   Other
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception Brian Tobin
22,096
Randy Wayne Dawe
1,051
Fraser March
6,473
Jim Morgan
11,009
  Fred Mifflin
Burin—St. George's Bill Matthews
14,603
Peter Fenwick
1,511
David Sullivan
924
Fred Pottle
5,798
Sam Synard (Ind.)
7,891
Bill Matthews
Gander—Grand Falls George Baker
15,874
Orville Penney
1,912
Bill Broderick
2,876
Roger Pike
8,191
  George Baker
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Gerry Byrne
15,405
Murdock Cole
1,702
Trevor Taylor
8,297
Peter McBreairty
6,340
  Gerry Byrne
Labrador Lawrence O'Brien
7,153
Eugene Burt
677
Amanda Will
1,284
Hayward Broomfield
1,254
  Lawrence O'Brien
St. John's East Peter Miller
13,835
Garry Hartle
1,144
Carol Cantwell
5,395
Norman Doyle
23,606
Judy Day (Ind.)
254
Michael Rayment (NLP)
122
Norman Doyle
St. John's West Chuck Furey
14,137
Eldon Drost
840
Dave Curtis
4,744
Loyola Hearn
22,959
Michael Rendell (NLP)
141
Loyola Hearn
  1. ^ Matthews defected from PC Party in August 1999