Newfoundland general election, 1999

February 9, 1999

48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 25 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		PC
Leader	Brian Tobin	Ed Byrne	Jack Harris
Party	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic
Leader's seat	The Straits & White Bay North	Kilbride	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Last election	37	9	1
Seats won	32	14	2
Seat change	-5	+5	+1
Popular vote	132,399	108,772	21,962
Percentage	49.62%	40.77%	8.23%
Swing	-6%	+2%	+4%

Premier before election

Brian Tobin
Liberal

Premier-designate

Brian Tobin
Liberal

The 45th Newfoundland general election was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 16th general election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1996	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	37	32	-16%	132,399	49.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Byrne	9	14	+56%	108,772	40.77%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	1	2	+100%	21,962	8.23%
	Newfoundland & Labrador Party		*	-	*	2,562	0.96%
	Independent/No affiliation		1	-	-100%	1,112	0.42%
Total			48	48	-	266,807	100%

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Results by district

St. John's

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
23. Kilbride	HOWLETT, Barbara 2133	BYRNE, Ed 4145	INGRAM, Lee 289	STUCKLESS, Vicki 119	Ed Byrne
33. St. John's Centre	AYLWARD, Joan 2609	BROWN, Paul 2443	LONG, Valerie 1120		Joan Aylward
34. St. John's East	McGRATH, Tom 1559	OTTENHEIMER, John 3774	DARBY, Barry 600		Hubert Kitchen
35. St. John's North	MATTHEWS, Lloyd 2304	ANDREWS, Ray 1971	KIRBY, Dale 788		Lloyd Matthews
36. St. John's South	KENNEDY, Patrick 1563	OSBORNE, Tom 4041	VANTA, Judy 374	CRUMMEY, Jason 101	Tom Osborne
37. St. John's West	MOORE, Tom 2532	OSBORNE, Sheila 3206	LYNCH, Pat 683		Sheila Osborne
38. Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi	SOUCY, Pete 2010	O'BRIEN, Chris 793	HARRIS, Jack 2179	HILLIER, Paul David 116 DUNN, Shaun 53	Jack Harris
46. Virginia Waters	NOEL, Walter 2973	WALSH, Paul 2277	WILL, Amanda 887	STAPLETON, Deanne 131	Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
8. Cape St. Francis	MARTIN, Jim 2169	BYRNE, Jack 4197	SULLIVAN, Shawn 440		Jack Byrne
11. Conception Bay East & Bell Island	WALSH, Jim 2426	COLE, Doug 1803	KAVANAGH, Ken 932	KELLAND-DYER, Sue (NL Party) 876	Jim Walsh
12. Conception Bay South	LEE, Bill 1806	FRENCH, Bob 3888	PORTER, Reg 330		Bob French
27. Mount Pearl	BETTNEY, Julie 3468	SHEEHAN, Cathy 2269	GROUCHEY, Glen C. 489		Julie Bettney
41. Topsail	WISEMAN, Ralph 3381	FIFIELD, Rick 2533	SNOW, Mary 568		Pat Cowan
47. Waterford Valley	BUCKLE, Paula M. 2680	HODDER, Harvey 3480	MADDIGAN, Bill 239		Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
3. Bellevue	BARRETT, Percy 3229	COOMBS, Gus 1667	INGRAM, Mose 375		Percy Barrett
7. Burin - Placentia West	HODDER, Mary 3469	LUNDRIGAN, Dominic 2658	BUTLER, Wayne 382		Mary Hodder
9. Carbonear - Harbour Grace	SWEENEY, George 4132	GARLAND, Claude 2266	NOEL, Kevin 391		Art Reid
14. Ferryland	MULLOWNEY, Harold 2141	SULLIVAN, Loyola 4482	RYAN, Gerry 147		Loyola Sullivan
17. Grand Bank	FOOTE, Judy 3964	BOLT, John 1146	RENNIE, Richard 538		Judy Foote
19. Harbour Main - Whitbourne	DAWE, Wanda 2502	HEDDERSON, Tom 3670	AKERMAN, Fred 511		Don Whelan
28. Placentia & St. Mary's	SPARROW, Anthony 2938	MANNING, Fabian 3579			Anthony Sparrow
30. Port De Grave	EFFORD, John 4488	COOPER, Paul 1026	QUIGLY, Steve 185		John Efford
43. Trinity - Bay De Verde	SNOW, Lloyd 3201	BURSEY, Peter 2176	JACOBS, Jeff 320	NEWHOOK, Monty 214	Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
1. Baie Verte	BURTON, Gerald 1988	SHELLEY, Paul 3152			Paul Shelley
4. Bonavista North	TULK, Beaton 3943	COOZE, Jim 1277			Beaton Tulk
5. Bonavista South	CLEMENTS, George 1768	FITZGERALD, Roger 4496	CRANN, Shawn 80		Roger Fitzgerald
13. Exploits	GRIMES, Roger 2526	GILLINGHAM, Gonzo 1944		BEST, Arnold 633	Roger Grimes
16. Gander	KELLY, Sandra C. 3064	O'BRIEN, Kevin 2926	LOCKE, Roy 193		Sandra Kelly
18. Grand Falls - Buchans	THISTLE, Anna 3511	WOOLRIDGE, Lorne 2349	BUCKINGHAM, Bob 188		Anna Thistle
26. Lewisporte	PENNEY, Melvin 2116	RIDEOUT, Tom 3791	DWYER, Michael J. 125		Melvin Penney
39. Terra Nova	LUSH, Tom 3514	STEAD, Rob 1740			Tom Lush
44. Trinity North	OLDFORD, Doug 2979	KELLY-BLACKMORE, Sheila 2183	CORBETT, Dan 714		Doug Oldford
45. Twillingate & Fogo	REID, Gerry 3343	McKENNA, Gerald 1466		MITCHELL, Dallas 270	Gerry Reid
48. Windsor - Springdale	FLIGHT, Graham 2180	HUNTER, Ray 3192	HOWE, Rose 115	BENNETT, Roger B. 95 SMITH, Aubrey 263	Graham Flight

Western and Southern Newfoundland

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
2. Bay of Islands	JOYCE, Eddie 3164	HUNT, Paul 1713	HANN, Israel 620		Brian Tobin
6. Burgeo & La Poile	PARSONS, Kelvin 3421	SHEAVES, Greg 1988	MARSDEN, Owen 342		Bill Ramsay
15. Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune	LANGDON, Oliver 3189	BAKER, Bob 1353			Oliver Langdon
20. Humber East	MERCER, Bob 3197	WELLS, Janice 2405	MEHANEY, Jean 246	LEDREW, David B. 259	Bob Mercer
21. Humber Valley	WOODFORD, Rick 3051	ROSE, Warren 1422			Rick Woodford
22. Humber West	DICKS, Paul 2814	CALLAHAN, Pat 1152	BOURGEOIS, Paul 852		Paul Dicks
29. Port au Port	SMITH, Gerald 2976	MARCHE, Ada 1719	WHALEN, Sharon 421	SMALLWOOD, William 151	Gerald Smith
31. St. Barbe	FUREY, Chuck 2878	ROBERTS, Rod 1950			Chuck Furey
32. St. George's - Stephenville East	AYLWARD, Kevin 2546	MUISE, Leonard 1944		JOHNSON, Dave 345	Kevin Aylward
40. The Straits & White Bay North	TOBIN, Brian 3227	MITCHELMORE, Ford 1089			Chris Decker

Labrador

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal	PC	NDP	Other	Incumbent
10. Cartwright - L'Anse Au Clair	JONES, Yvonne 1832	MOORES, Sharon 312			Yvonne Jones
24. Labrador West	CANNING, Perry 2544	WHITTEN, Susan 400	COLLINS, Randy 2700		Perry Canning
25. Lake Melville	MCLEAN, Ernie 1915	BROOMFIELD, Hayward 1413	PEDDLE, Ronald W. 323		Ernie McLean
42. Torngat Mountains	ANDERSEN, Wally 1036	TSHAKAPESH, Simeon 182			Wally Andersen

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