2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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48 seats in the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  LIB
Leader Danny Williams Gerry Reid Lorraine Michael
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 2001 2006 2006
Leader's seat Humber West The Isles of Notre Dame (lost re-election) Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Last election 34 seats, 58.71% 12 seats, 33.05% 2 seats, 6.86%
Seats won 44 3 1
Seat change Increase10 Decrease9 Decrease1
Popular vote 155,943 48,598 19,028
Percentage 69.59% 21.69% 8.49%
Swing Increase10.88pp Decrease11.36pp Increase1.63pp

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

Danny Williams
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Danny Williams
Progressive Conservative

The 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 9, 2007, to elect members of the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Campaign[edit]

The election was called soon after Premier Danny Williams announced the popular Hebron Oil Field deal,[1] and it was widely considered a foregone conclusion that Williams' Progressive Conservatives would be reelected.[2] Polls during the campaign showed the Conservatives reaching up to 73 per cent of voter support, leading some commentators to speculate that the party could in fact win every seat in the House of Assembly — a feat accomplished only twice before in Canadian history, in Prince Edward Island in the 1935 election and in New Brunswick in the 1987 election.

On election day, the Progressive Conservatives did win ten more seats than they held at the dissolution of the previous legislature, and won just under 70 per cent of the popular vote, the highest popular vote share ever attained by a party in the province. However, they did not sweep all 48 seats in the legislature though their popular vote share was higher than the winning party's share in the 1935 PEI election and the 1987 New Brunswick election. Three Liberal incumbents, as well as New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael, successfully held their seats.[3][4] Notably, however, Liberal leader Gerry Reid was not reelected in his own riding.[5]

Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans and Bonavista South[edit]

On October 1, 2007, Gerry Tobin, Liberal candidate in the riding of Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans, was found dead in his home.[6] As a result, the chief electoral officer postponed the election in that riding until November 6, 2007.[7] The Progressive Conservatives won the special election, bringing their total number of seats in the legislature to 44.

Subsequently, Clayton Hobbs, Liberal candidate in the riding of Bonavista South, dropped out of the race, citing health reasons;[8] consequently, incumbent Progressive Conservative MHA Roger Fitzgerald was declared re-elected.

Results[edit]

Party Seats Second Third Fourth
Progressive Conservative 44 4 0 0
Liberal 3 34 9 0
New Democratic 1 9 26 0
Labrador Party 0 0 1 0
Riding-by-riding results

Results by party[edit]

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
2003 Dissol. 2007 Change # % Change
Progressive Conservative Danny Williams *48 34 34 44 +10 155,943 69.59% +10.88%
Liberal Gerry Reid *46 12 11 3 -9 48,598 21.69% -11.36%
New Democratic Lorraine Michael 36 2 1 1 -1 19,028 8.49% +1.63%
  Independent and no affiliation 3 - - - - 446 0.20% -%
Labrador Ron Barron 1 * - - - 68 0.03% -%
  Vacant 2  
Total 132 48 48 48 - 224,083 100.00%

Results by region[edit]

Party Name St. John's St. John's Suburbs Avalon/Burin Central Western/
Southern
Labrador Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature:
  Progressive Conservative Seats: 6 7 8 11 9 3 44
  Popular Vote: 69.38% 80.71% 69.50% 70.89% 64.81% 48.53% 69.59%
  Liberal Seats: - - 1 - 1 1 3
  Popular Vote: 10.50% 11.42% 22.46% 23.12% 33.09% 34.78% 21.69%
  New Democratic Seats: 1 - - - - - 1
  Popular Vote: 19.10% 7.79% 8.04% 5.85% 2.10% 16.14% 8.49%
Parties that won no seats in the legislature
  Independent Popular Vote: 1.02% 0.08% - 0.14% - - 0.20%
Labrador Party Popular Vote: - - - - - 0.55% 0.03%
Total seats: 7 7 9 11 10 4 48

Results by riding[edit]

Bold incumbents indicates party leaders. The premier's name is boldfaced and italicized.

  • All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly.
  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † represents that the incumbent is not running again.
  • § represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
  • ₰ represents that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination
  • ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.

St. John's[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Kilbride
57.35% turnout
John Dinn
4,443
84.48%
Roger Linehan
364
6.92%
Michelle Broderick
421
8.01%
Paul Perrier (Independent)
31
0.59%
John Dinn
Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
71.45% turnout
Maria Afonso
2,135
39.87%
Maura Beam
158
2.95%
Lorraine Michael
3,062
57.18%
Lorraine Michael
St. John's Centre
57.89% turnout
Shawn Skinner
3,332
76.49%
Lori Ann Campbell-Martino
374
8.59%
Jane Robinson
650
14.92%
Shawn Skinner
St. John's East
65.84% turnout
Ed Buckingham
3,649
70.09%
Peter Adams
692
13.29%
Gemma Schlamp-Hickey
864
16.60%
John Ottenheimer
St. John's North
56.33% turnout
Bob Ridgley
3,488
77.55%
Simon Lono
561
12.47%
Matt Power
449
9.98%
Bob Ridgley
St. John's South
64.88% turnout
Tom Osborne
3,887
79.60%
Rex Gibbons
425
8.70%
Clyde Bridger
571
11.69%
Tom Osborne
St. John's West
65.08% turnout
Sheila Osborne
3,623
72.69%
George Joyce
1,018
20.43%
Joan Scott
344
6.90%
Sheila Osborne
Virginia Waters
56.12% turnout
Kathy Dunderdale
4,043
73.04%
Drew Brown
429
7.75%
Dave Sullivan
710
12.83%
Fred Wilcox (Independent)
353
6.38%
Kathy Dunderdale

St. John's suburbs[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Cape St. Francis
71.01% turnout
Jack Byrne
4,983
77.45%
Bill Tapper
739
11.49%
Kathleen Connors
680
10.57%
Jack Byrne
Conception Bay East—Bell Island
59.70% turnout
Dianne Whalen
3,991
71.55%
Linda Goodyear
999
17.91%
Gavin Will
569
10.20%
Dianne Whalen
Conception Bay South
61.97% turnout
Terry French
4,670
79.10%
Jerry Young
953
10.03%
Touria Tougui
259
4.64%
Terry French
Mount Pearl North
61.36% turnout
Steve Kent
4,751
84.72%
Elaine Reid
505
9.00%
Janice Lockyer
330
5.88%
Harvey Hodder
Mount Pearl South
61.11% turnout
Dave Denine
4,163
84.12%
William Reid
441
8.91%
Tom McGinnis
332
6.71%
Dave Denine
Topsail
59.49% turnout
Elizabeth Marshall
4,892
82.85%
Cynthia Barron-Layden
513
8.69%
Kyle Rees
486
8.23%
Elizabeth Marshall

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Bellevue
68.11% turnout
Calvin Peach
2,908
55.82%
Denise Pike
2,139
41.06%
Ian Slade
155
2.98%
Percy Barrett
Burin—Placentia West
69.35% turnout
Clyde Jackman
3,141
59.09%
George Brake
457
8.60%
Julie Mitchell
1,704
32.05%
Clyde Jackman
Carbonear—Harbour Grace
67.40% turnout
Jerome Kennedy
4,367
74.14%
Paul Baldwin
1,463
24.84%
George Sweeney
Ferryland
60.51% turnout
Keith Hutchings
4,256
83.40%
Kevin Bennett
472
9.25%
Grace Bavington
351
6.88%
Keith Hutchings
Grand Bank
63.37% turnout
Darin King
3,563
79.69%
Rod Cake
889
19.88%
Judy Foote
Harbour Main
62.51% turnout
Tom Hedderson
4,586
82.25%
Kevin Slaney
635
11.39%
Jean Dandenault
323
5.79%
Tom Hedderson
Placentia—St. Mary's
51.58% turnout
Felix Collins
3,086
78.24%
Jennifer Coultas
812
20.64%
Felix Collins
Port de Grave
76.44% turnout
Glenn Littlejohn
3,069
46.62%
Roland Butler
3,329
50.57%
Randy Dawe
162
2.46%
Roland Butler
Trinity—Bay de Verde
71.61% turnout
Charlene Johnson
3,572
71.65%
Bruce Layman
1,137
22.81%
Don Penney
257
5.16%
Charlene Johnson

Central Newfoundland[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Baie Verte—Springdale
55.78% turnout
Tom Rideout
3,388
75.14%
Glendon Bungay
798
17.70%
Tim Howse
301
6.68%
Vacant[a][9]
Bonavista North
59.20% turnout
Harry Harding
2,883
67.09%
Winston Carter
1,292
30.07%
Howard Parsons
80
1.86%
Harry Harding
Bonavista South Roger Fitzgerald
won by acclamation
[b][10] Roger Fitzgerald
Exploits
63.13% turnout
Clayton Forsey
3,396
72.16%
Jody Fancey
1,295
27.52%
Clayton Forsey
Gander
55.91% turnout
Kevin O'Brien
3,599
74.36%
Stephanie Winsor
1,193
24.65%
Kevin O'Brien
Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans[c]
52.60% turnout
Susan Sullivan
2,767
71.63%
John J. Woodrow[d]
163
4.22%
Junior C. Downey
922
23.87%
Anna Thistle
Grand Falls-Windsor—Green Bay South
53.73% turnout
Ray Hunter
2,535
68.68%
Aubrey Smith
957
25.93%
John Whelan
188
5.09%
Ray Hunter
Lewisporte
48.49% turnout
Wade Verge
2,660
70.43%
John Martin
647
17.13%
Garry Vatcher
460
12.18%
Tom Rideout
Terra Nova
55.71% turnout
Paul Oram
3,427
73.84%
Katty Gallant
781
16.83%
Bill Cashin
358
7.71%
Lionel Glover (Independent)
62
1.34%
Paul Oram
The Isles of Notre Dame
66.78% turnout
Derrick Dalley
2,371
49.88%
Gerry Reid
2,364

49.74%
Gerry Reid
Trinity North
57.21% turnout
Ross Wiseman
3,939
81.77%
Kathryn Small
609
12.64%
Janet Stringer
247
5.13%
Ross Wiseman

Western and Southern Newfoundland[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Bay of Islands
73.45% turnout
Terry Loder
2,817
51.56%
Eddie Joyce
2,520
46.12%
Charlie Murphy
107
1.96%
Eddie Joyce
Burgeo—La Poile
62.46% turnout
Colin Short
1,864
38.45%
Kelvin Parsons
2,882
59.45%
June Hiscock
85
1.75%
Kelvin Parsons
Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune
65.00% turnout
Tracey Perry
2,539
62.86%
Elvis Loveless
1,394
34.51%
Sheldon Hynes
84
2.08%
Oliver Langdon
Humber East
64.97% turnout
Tom Marshall
4,160
83.48%
Michael Hoffe
537
10.78%
Jean Graham
256
5.14%
Tom Marshall
Humber Valley
74.29% turnout
Darryl Kelly
3,023
51.29%
Dwight Ball
2,769
46.98%
Kris Hynes
87
1.48%
Dwight Ball
Humber West
59.89% turnout
Danny Williams
3,755
87.39%
Maurice Budgell
516
12.01%
Danny Williams
Port au Port
61.10% turnout
Tony Cornect
3,936
80.80%
Michelle Felix-Morgan
910
18.68%
Tony Cornect
St. Barbe
58.04% turnout
Wallace Young
2,491
58.47%
Jim Bennett
1,560
36.62%
Gary Noel
196
4.60%
Wallace Young
St. George's—Stephenville East
58.86% turnout
Joan Burke
3,143
74.36%
George Lee
1,062
25.12%
Joan Burke
The Straits - White Bay North
66.78% turnout
Trevor Taylor
2,651
62.66%
Boyd Noel
1,358
32.10%
Gerry Ryall
171
4.04%
Trevor Taylor

Labrador[edit]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Labrador
Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair
74.28% turnout
Dennis Normore
646
26.92%
Yvonne Jones
1,736
72.33%
Yvonne Jones
Labrador West
68.36% turnout
Jim Baker
2,204
50.69%
Karen Oldford
287
6.60%
Darrel Brenton
1,848
42.50%
Jim Baker
Lake Melville
70.28% turnout
John Hickey
2,380
56.29%
Chris Montague
1,672
39.55%
Bill Cooper
147
3.48%
John Hickey
Torngat Mountains
71.19% turnout
Patty Pottle
794
53.65%
Danny Dumaresque
604
40.81%
Jim Tuttauk
109
7.36%
Vacant[e]

Election Results by Party and Seats[edit]

Election Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP
2007 44 3 1

See also[edit]

General resources[edit]

Election coverage[edit]

Parties[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Paul Shelley had resigned his seat on July 12, 2007, and a by-election had not been held to fill the seat prior to the general election call.
  2. ^ Clayton Hobbs was originally the Liberal candidate, but he withdrew prior to the election.
  3. ^ Due to the death of Liberal candidate Gerry Tobin on October 1, the election in the riding of Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans was delayed. The deferred election for this riding took place on November 6, 2007, with the Liberals nominating John Woodrow in Tobin's place.
  4. ^ Woodrow briefly suspended his campaign on November 3, 2007 when it became known that he had falsely accused former Premier Beaton Tulk of bribery. However, being unable to remove his name from the ballot, Woodrow revived his campaign on November 5, 2007.
  5. ^ Wally Andersen had resigned his seat on September 5, 2007, and a by-election had not been held to fill the seat prior to the general election call.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "N.L. announces $16B Hebron oilfield deal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 22, 2007. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Marland, Alex (2007). "The 2007 provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador". Canadian Political Science Review. 1 (2): 75–85.
  3. ^ "Jones takes on interim Liberal leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. November 15, 2007. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "NDP Leader Michael alone again". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 9, 2007. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Reid resigns leadership, vows Grit rebuilding" Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. CBC News, November 13, 2007.
  6. ^ "Candidate's death shocks Liberal campaign". CBC News. October 2, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Postponement of Advance Poll and Polling Day in Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
  8. ^ "PCs chalk up early victory as Liberal withdraws from election". CBC News. October 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  9. ^ "By-Election Call Necessary for District of Baie Verte". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  10. ^ "Withdrawal of Candidate in Bonavista South". Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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