2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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48 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
25 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Danny Williams Roger Grimes Jack Harris
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 2001 2001 1992
Leader's seat Humber West Exploits Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Last election 14 32 2
Seats won 34 12 2
Seat change Increase20 Decrease20 0
Popular vote 162,949 91,729 19,048
Percentage 58.71% 33.05% 6.86%
Swing Increase17.94% Decrease16.57% Decrease1.37%

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.

Premier before election

Roger Grimes
Liberal

Premier after election

Danny Williams
Progressive Conservative

The 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Opinion polls

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey
Source PCNL LPNL NLNDP Other ME Sample
Election 2003 October 21, 2003 58.71 33.05 6.86 1.38
Corporate Research Associates Inc. October 2003 [2] 57 33 6 4.4
Corporate Research Associates Inc. August 2003 [3] 54 36 6 3.5 801
Election 1999 February 9, 1999 40.77 49.62 8.23 1.38

Results

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This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals, led by Roger Grimes, were soundly defeated by the Danny Williams-led Progressive Conservative Party, who took almost three-quarters of the seats in the House of Assembly and well over half of the popular vote.[4] The Liberals lost seven of their 17 Cabinet ministers, along with the Speaker of the House, from the preceding government. Jack Harris and the New Democrats hopes to increase their seat total from two were frustrated, although their incumbents were re-elected.

Results by party

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Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1999 Dissol. 2003 Change # % Change
Progressive Conservative Danny Williams 48 14 19 34 +78.9% 162,949 58.71% +17.94%
Liberal Roger Grimes 48 32 27 12 -55.6% 91,729 33.05% -16.57%
New Democratic Jack Harris 34 2 2 2 - 19,048 6.86% -1.37%
  Independent and no affiliation 13 - - - - 3,812 1.38% -%
Total 143 48 48 48  - 277,538 100.00%  

Results by region

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Party name St. John's Avalon/Burin Central/Southern Western Labrador Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature:
  Progressive Conservative Seats: 13 5 8 7 1 34
  Popular vote: 67.73% 57.61% 54.02% 57.48% 30.52% 58.71%
  Liberal Seats: - 4 5 1 2 12
  Popular vote: 19.43% 38.17% 42.78% 40.16% 29.93% 33.05%
  New Democratic Seats: 1 - - - 1 2
  Popular vote: 12.59% 4.20% 2.62% 1.61% 21.65% 6.86%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:
  Other Popular vote: 0.25% 0.02% 0.58% 0.75% 17.90% 1.38%
Total seats: 14 9 13 8 4 48

Results by riding

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  • Bold denotes a Cabinet minister or party leader.
  • † denotes a retiring MHA.

St. John's

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Kilbride Ed Byrne
5,315
Joe Wadden
1,071
David Reynolds
404
Ed Byrne
Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi Karen Carroll
2,221
Ray O'Neill
391
Jack Harris
2,456
Jack Harris
St. John's Centre Shawn Skinner
3,349
Joan Marie Aylward
1,763
Carol Cantwell
956
Joan Marie Aylward
St. John's East John Ottenheimer
4,151
George Murphy
862
Bruce Clark
841
Steve Durant (Ind.)
66
John Ottenheimer
St. John's North Bob Ridgley
3,107
Jeff Brace
1,433
Liam Walsh
820
Lloyd Mathews
St. John's South Tom Osborne
4,532
Dennis O'Keefe
756
Tom McGinnis
676
Tom Osborne
St. John's West Sheila Osborne
4,557
Tom Hann
1,292
Raj Sharan
460
Sheila Osborne
Virginia Waters Kathy Dunderdale
4,193
Walter Noel
2,358
Dave Sullivan
666
Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Cape St. Francis Jack Byrne
5,604
Bill Tapper
1,294
Ralph Tapper
980
Jack Byrne
Conception Bay East and Bell Island Dianne Whalen
4,147
Jim Walsh
1,870
Ken Kavanaugh
1,180
Doug Cole (Ind.)
171
Jim Walsh
Conception Bay South Terry French
5,606
Sheina Lerman
372
Andy Lewis
768
Terry French
Mount Pearl Dave Denine
5,662
Wayne Ralph
798
Roy Locke
504
Julie Bettney
Topsail Elizabeth Marshall
5,354
Ralph Wiseman
2,354
Michael Kehoe
472
Ralph Wiseman
Waterford Valley Harvey Hodder
4,569
Averill Baker
1,277
Justin Locke
410
Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Bellevue Joan Cleary
2,523
Percy Barrett
2,623
Michael Fahey
299
Percy Barrett
Burin—Placentia West Clyde Jackman
3,450
Sam Synard
2,133
Wayne Butler
684
Mary Hodder
Carbonear—Harbour Grace John Babb
3,165
George Sweeney
3,699
George Sweeney
Ferryland Loyola Sullivan
5,167
Andrea Kavanagh
504
Lois Martin
309
Pilar Riego-Hickey (Ind.)
11
Loyola Sullivan
Grand Bank Darin King
3,058
Judy Foote
3,101
Bill Wakeley
136
Judy Foote
Harbour Main—Whitbourne Tom Hedderson
4,769
Fred Akerman
1,482
Eugene Conway
493
Tom Hedderson
Placentia and St. Mary's Fabian Manning
3,746
Kevin Power
1,812
Janet Stringer
152
Fabian Manning
Port de Grave Clarence Gosse
2,374
Roland Butler
3,983
Roland Butler
Trinity—Bay de Verde Charlene Johnson
4,091
Lloyd Snow
2,095
Victoria Harnum
287
Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Baie Verte Paul Shelley
3,045
Maurice Budgell
927
William Day (Ind.)
114
Paul Shelley
Bonavista North Harry Harding
3,384
Churence Rogers
2,301
Howard E. Parsons
116
Harry Harding
Bonavista South Roger Fitzgerald
4,354
Betty Fitzgerald
938
Sam Kelly
179
Roger Fitzgerald
Exploits Clayton Forsey
2,346
Roger Grimes
3,218
John L. Whelan
168
Roger Grimes
Gander Kevin O'Brien
3,621
Dianne Crewe
1,930
Steve Johnson
348
Sandra Kelly
Grand Falls—Buchans Paula Flood
2,331
Anna Thistle
3,921
Gerry Tobin
370
Anna Thistle
Lewisporte Tom Rideout
3,504
Todd Manuel
1,275
Garry Vatcher (Ind.)
159
Tom Rideout
Terra Nova Paul Oram
3,114
Tom Lush
2,614
Herbert Ralph
218
Tom Lush
Trinity North Ross Wiseman
4,126
Kathryn Small
1,640
Howard W. Duffett
340
Ross Wiseman
Twillingate and Fogo Derrick Dalley
2,334
Gerry Reid
2,941
Gerry Reid
Windsor—Springdale Ray Hunter
3,488
Barry J. Oake
1,826
Clar Jacobs
138
Elmer Anthony (Ind.)
145
Ray Hunter

Western and Southern Newfoundland

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Bay of Islands Mike Monaghan
2,760
Eddie Joyce
2,907
Dave Quigley
214
Eddie Joyce
Burgeo and La Poile Stephen MacKenzie
1,008
Kelvin Parsons
4,233
Kelvin Parsons
Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune Andrew Colford
2,044
Oliver Langdon
2,880
Oliver Langdon
Humber East Tom Marshall
3,976
Bob Mercer
2,624
Bob Mercer
Humber Valley Kathy Goudie
2,796
Dwight Ball
2,507
Rick Woodford
Humber West Danny Williams
3,823
Edward Buckle
1,533
Matthew Robbins
207
Danny Williams
Port au Port Jim Hodder
3,101
Gerald Smith
2,378
Frederick G. Ollerhead (Ind.)
84
Gerald Smith
St. Barbe Wallace Young
2,948
Ralph Payne
1,577
Holly Patey
293
Wallace Young
St. George's—Stephenville East Joan Burke
2,927
Ron Dawe
2,464
Nancy Critchley (Ind.)
170
Kevin Aylward
The Straits - White Bay North Trevor Taylor
3,133
Don McDonald
1,802
Ford Michelmore (Ind.)
78
Trevor Taylor

Labrador

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair Dennis Normore
804
Yvonne Jones
1,514
Frank Pye (Lab.)
206
Yvonne Jones
Labrador West Graham Letto
1,142
Doris Sacrey
423
Randy Collins
2,762
Ern Condon (Lab.)
631
Randy Collins
Lake Melville John Hickey
1,778
Ken Anthony
1,126
Barbara Stickley
129
Brandon Pardy (Lab.)
1,485
Ernie McLean
Torngat Mountains Winston White
352
Wally Andersen
934
Lucy Jararuse (Lab.)
69
Wally Andersen

By-elections since the general election

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Exploits (resignation of Roger Grimes), June 23, 2005:

By-election: Exploits
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PC Clayton Forsey 2,605 55.2
  Liberal George Saunders 1,958 41.5
  NDP John Whelan 159 3.4
Total 4,722 100%

Placentia and St. Mary's (resignation of Fabian Manning), February 21, 2006:

By-election: Placentia and St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PC Felix Collins 2,247 46.3
  Independent Nick Careen 1,641 33.8
  Liberal Kevin Power 931 19.2
Newfoundland and Labrador First Tom Hickey 31 0.6
Total 4,850

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (resignation of Jack Harris), November 1, 2006:

By-election: Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Lorraine Michael 1,968 55.23 +6.77
  PC Jerome Kennedy 1,595 44.77 +0.95
Total 3,563 100%

Ferryland (resignation of Loyola Sullivan), February 8, 2007:

By-election: Ferryland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PC Keith Hutchings 2,770 75.52 -10.73
  Liberal Kevin Bennett 715 19.49 +11.08
  NDP Rick Boland 183 4.99 -0.17
Total 3,668 100%

Kilbride (resignation of Ed Byrne), February 8, 2007:

By-election: Kilbride
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PC John Dinn 2,744 78.83 +0.55
  Liberal Bob Clarke 508 14.59 -1.18
  NDP Gemma Schlamp-Hickey 229 6.58 +0.63
Total 3,481 100%

Port au Port (resignation of Jim Hodder), February 8, 2007:

By-election: Port au Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PC Tony Cornect 2,701 61.99 +6.25
  Liberal Mark Felix 1,521 34.91 -7.84
  NDP Paul O'Keefe 135 3.90 *
Total 4,357 100%

Humber Valley (resignation of Kathy Goudie), February 13, 2007:

By-election: Humber Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Dwight Ball 2,153 48.70 +1.26
  PC Darryl Kelly 2,146 48.54 -4.02
  NDP Shelley Senior 122 2.76 *
Total 4,421 100%


Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, February 13, 2007: Labrador West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Baker 1,666 41.62 +18.59
New Democratic Darrell Brenton 1,240 30.98 −24.73
Labrador Ron Barron 670 16.74 +4.01
Liberal Karen Oldford 427 10.66
Total 4,451 100% +2.13
Called upon the resignation of Randy Collins.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election three years in the making". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Polls put Nfld. Tories in lead". The Sudbury Star. October 15, 2003. p. A7.
  3. ^ Cox, Kevin (September 8, 2003). "With election call on horizon, polls have Grits losing in Nfld". The Globe and Mail. p. A7.
  4. ^ "Tories sweep to power in Newfoundland and Labrador". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 22, 2003. Retrieved March 13, 2014.

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