Newfoundland general election, 1982

The 40th Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April 1982 to elect members of the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 11th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

  Party Leader 1979 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
Progressive Conservative Brian Peckford 33 44 +33% 152,966 61.2%
     Liberal Len Stirling 19 8 -58% 87,228 34.9%
     New Democratic Peter Fenwick 0 0 0% 9,371 3.7%
     Other 0 0 0% 425 0.2%
Totals 52 52 - 251,024 100%

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