October 28 1971 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1971-10-28
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 2,041
Invalid Votes 2,041
Total Electors 265,653
Turnout Rate 88
Valid Ballots 235,057
Valid Votes 235,057

Notes

  • Sources: Figures were taken from REPORT ON PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION, 1971. Compiled by H. W. Strong, Chief Electoral Officer. Published by Authority.
  • Note: Party Leaders: John L. Connors - New Democratic Party Frank D. Moores - Progressive Conservative Party Thomas William Burgess - New Labrador Party Joseph R. Smallwood - Liberal Party

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 2 0 0.00% 0.07%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 42 20 47.62% 44.47%
New Democratic Party 19 0 0.00% 1.73%
New Labrador Party 3 1 2.38% 2.40%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 42 21 50.00% 51.33%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
John Arthur Carter Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's North 9,966 ✅
Thomas Valentine Hickey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East Extern 7,954 ✅
John Crosbie Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 6,374 ✅
Frank D Moores Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber West 5,959 ✅
Hugh Joseph Shea Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's South 5,712 ✅
Thomas C Farrell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber East 5,654 ✅
Gordon M Lidstone Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's North 5,313 ❌
Harold Anthony Collins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Gander 5,030 ✅
Gordon W Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main 4,417 ✅
William Doody Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main 4,084 ✅
Frederick R Stagg Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port au Port 4,057 ✅
Aubrey J Senior Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 3,987 ✅
Anthony J (Ank) Murphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's Centre 3,708 ✅
Alex Hickman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin 3,655 ✅
John W Mahoney Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main 3,605 ❌
Frederick William Rowe Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 3,601 ❌
Howard Young Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East Extern 3,487 ❌
Ralph E Fagan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main 3,452 ❌
Uriah Fifield Strickland Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 3,424 ✅
Paul Slade Thoms Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 3,324 ✅
Rupert W Bartlett Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity South 3,290 ✅
Noel F Murphy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber West 3,270 ❌
Thomas William Burgess New Labrador Party Labrador West 3,243 ✅
Edward Moxon Roberts Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay North 3,140 ✅
Francis J Galgay Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's South 3,082 ❌
Ross Roland Barbour Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 3,050 ✅
Donald C Hollett Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin 3,050 ❌
George Warren Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber East 2,998 ❌
William W Marshall Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 2,936 ✅
Douglas Beatty Sheppard Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Gander 2,861 ❌
Joseph Roberts Smallwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia East 2,852 ✅
Robert Wells Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista North 2,844 ❌
Alma Badcock Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 2,844 ❌
Allan Evans Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo and La Poile 2,762 ✅
William R Callahan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port au Port 2,730 ❌
Earl Wilfred Winsor Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 2,703 ✅
Harold Eric Starkes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 2,687 ✅
Walter Harold Hodder Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo and La Poile 2,674 ❌
Maxwell James Russell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Lewisporte 2,614 ✅
Eric Martin Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity North 2,597 ❌
James Charles Morgan Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 2,500 ❌
William Neil Rowe Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay South 2,477 ✅
Hubert W Kitchen Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 2,409 ✅
James J Hussey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 2,402 ✅
Patrick Joseph Canning Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia West 2,387 ✅
John Whalen Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Lewisporte 2,364 ❌
Alex M Dunphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's 2,327 ✅
George Baker Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity South 2,267 ❌
William Gilbert Adams Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 2,155 ✅
William G Patterson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia East 2,014 ❌
Thomas Doyle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Ferryland 1,980 ✅
Frederick Jesperson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fogo 1,949 ❌
Harold F Gosse Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 1,875 ❌
John A Nolan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 1,874 ❌
Melvin Woodward Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador North 1,858 ✅
Harold Piercey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Hermitage 1,850 ✅
Aubrey Ford Rolfe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 1,835 ❌
Augustus T Rowe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear 1,833 ✅
Herbert B Bowering Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 1,793 ❌
Jeremiah G Horan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's 1,777 ❌
George William Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear 1,765 ❌
Edward Maynard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe South 1,756 ✅
Trevor Bennett Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe South 1,748 ❌
Peter John Walsh Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador West 1,659 ❌
Herbert Donald Brett New Labrador Party Labrador North 1,595 ❌
Leonard Levitz Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Centre 1,592 ❌
Roy Lawrence Cheeseman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Hermitage 1,585 ❌
Steve A Neary Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bell Island 1,567 ✅
John C Loveridge Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 1,487 ❌
William Augustus Oldford Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune Bay 1,457 ✅
Roy Clementh Legge Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador West 1,445 ❌
William H Eaton Progressive Conservative Party of NFL White Bay South 1,433 ❌
James Ronald Chalker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe North 1,354 ✅
William Penman Saunders Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bay de Verde 1,307 ✅
Brendan Howard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bay de Verde 1,286 ❌
Brendan Kelly Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 1,270 ❌
Lawrence Hudson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia West 1,240 ❌
Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Mary's 1,216 ✅
H R Valence Earle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune Bay 1,206 ❌
Michael J Maher Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's 1,138 ❌
Josiah Boyd Harvey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador South 890 ✅
Bern Fitzpatrick Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bell Island 820 ❌
Michael Solomon Martin New Labrador Party Labrador South 807 ❌
John Lorne Connors New Democratic Party Grand Falls 804 ❌
Gerald Moore Progressive Conservative Party of NFL White Bay North 719 ❌
Arthur Albert Hale Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador North 709 ❌
Boyd L Hiscock Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe North 680 ❌
Walter Noel New Democratic Party St. John's East Extern 576 ❌
Calvin Morris Hillyard New Democratic Party Humber East 341 ❌
Hubert Badcock New Democratic Party Harbour Grace 269 ❌
Harold James Card New Democratic Party Green Bay 244 ❌
James P Walsh New Democratic Party Humber West 234 ❌
Clarence Lingard New Democratic Party Gander 222 ❌
Edward SamuelKean Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador South 176 ❌
Andrew Hillier Wells New Democratic Party Burgeo and La Poile 175 ❌
Walwin F E Blackmore New Democratic Party Lewisporte 170 ❌
Roy Taylor New Democratic Party St. John's South 160 ❌
Darrel Cole New Democratic Party Harbour Main 151 ❌
Gerald Michael Hayley New Democratic Party Bonavista South 137 ❌
Leo Joseph Coffey New Democratic Party Hermitage 109 ❌
David P Owens Independent St. John's Centre 109 ❌
Edgar A Russell New Democratic Party Port de Grave 102 ❌
Michael D Neville New Democratic Party Labrador West 100 ❌
A Graham Kelly New Democratic Party St. John's Centre 90 ❌
Thomas J Fitzpatrick New Democratic Party Placentia West 88 ❌
Martin Joseph Saunders New Democratic Party White Bay South 73 ❌
Ronald G Budgell Independent White Bay South 50 ❌
Roderick W Woolridge New Democratic Party Twillingate 30 ❌

Districts

Bay de Verde
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1962–1972)

William Penman Saunders · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,307 votes
Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Steve A Neary · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,567 votes
Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Paul Slade Thoms · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,324 votes
Bonavista South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Ross Roland Barbour · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,050 votes
Burgeo and La Poile
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 16 elections (1949–2021)

Allan Evans · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,762 votes
Burin
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Alex Hickman · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,655 votes
Carbonear
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Augustus T Rowe · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,833 votes
Ferryland
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2021)

Thomas Doyle · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,980 votes
Fogo
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Earl Wilfred Winsor · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,703 votes
Fortune Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1962–1972)

William Augustus Oldford · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,457 votes
Gander
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Harold Anthony Collins · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

5,030 votes
Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Aubrey J Senior · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,987 votes
Green Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Harold Eric Starkes · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,687 votes
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Hubert W Kitchen · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,409 votes
Harbour Main
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1956–2021)

William Doody · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

4,084 votes
Hermitage
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1962–1972)

Harold Piercey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,850 votes
Humber East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Thomas C Farrell · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

5,654 votes
Humber West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Frank D Moores · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

5,959 votes
Labrador North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Melvin Woodward · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,858 votes
Labrador South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Josiah Boyd Harvey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

890 votes
Labrador West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 12 elections (1962–2021)

Thomas William Burgess · New Labrador Party

3,243 votes
Lewisporte
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1962–2011)

Maxwell James Russell · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,614 votes
Placentia East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Joseph Roberts Smallwood · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,852 votes
Placentia West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Patrick Joseph Canning · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,387 votes
Port au Port
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Frederick R Stagg · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

4,057 votes
Port de Grave
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

James J Hussey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,402 votes
St. Barbe North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1962–1972)

James Ronald Chalker · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,354 votes
St. Barbe South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1962–1972)

Edward Maynard · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,756 votes
St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 12 elections (1956–1993)

Alex M Dunphy · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,327 votes
St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Anthony J (Ank) Murphy · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,708 votes
St. John's East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

William W Marshall · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,936 votes
St. John's East Extern
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Thomas Valentine Hickey · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

7,954 votes
St. John's North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John Arthur Carter · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

9,966 votes
St. John's South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Hugh Joseph Shea · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

5,712 votes
St. John's West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 23 elections (1949–2021)

John Crosbie · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

6,374 votes
St. Mary's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,216 votes
Trinity North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Uriah Fifield Strickland · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,424 votes
Trinity South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Rupert W Bartlett · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,290 votes
Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

William Gilbert Adams · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,155 votes
White Bay North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Edward Moxon Roberts · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,140 votes
White Bay South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

William Neil Rowe · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,477 votes

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