September 16 1975 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1975-09-16
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 971
Invalid Votes 971
Total Electors 306,235
Turnout Rate 72
Valid Ballots 221,818
Valid Votes 221,818

Notes

  • Sources: Figures taken from ELECTION RETURNS 1975, Newfoundland and Labrador. Thirty-Seventh General Election 1975, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 3 0 0.00% 0.14%
Independent Liberal 1 1 1.96% 0.99%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 51 16 31.37% 37.09%
Liberal Reform 28 4 7.84% 11.89%
New Democratic Party 17 0 0.00% 4.35%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 51 30 58.82% 45.54%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Patrick Joseph Canning Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin-Placentia West 3,363 ✅
Thomas Valentine Hickey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East Extern 3,318 ✅
John A Nolan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Conception Bay South 3,112 ✅
Gordon W Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Conception Bay South 3,062 ❌
William Doody Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main-Bell Island 2,944 ✅
Robert Wells Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Kilbride 2,939 ✅
Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Waterford-Kenmount 2,922 ✅
Thomas Gerard Rideout Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Baie Verte-White Bay 2,911 ✅
Jerome W Dinn Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Pleasantville 2,903 ✅
Edward Roberts Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Strait of Belle Isle 2,819 ✅
Freeman White Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Lewisporte 2,719 ✅
Ray Winsor Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Mount Scio 2,685 ✅
Alfred Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 2,639 ✅
Thomas C Farrell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber East 2,595 ✅
Joseph G Rousseau Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Menihek 2,561 ✅
R Charlie Brett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity North 2,554 ✅
Roger Simmons Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir 2,550 ✅
Stephen J Mulrooney Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Exploits 2,464 ✅
Harold Anthony Collins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Gander 2,462 ✅
Hugh Matthew Twomey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Exploits 2,455 ❌
Earl Wilfred Winsor Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 2,428 ✅
Frank D Moores Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber West 2,419 ✅
Anthony J (Ank) Murphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's Centre 2,366 ✅
Graham R Flight Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Windsor-Buchans 2,363 ✅
James Charles Morgan Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 2,326 ✅
Leo Barry Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin-Placentia West 2,237 ❌
John F Collins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's South 2,221 ✅
Wallace House Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber Valley 2,221 ✅
James Russell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Lewisporte 2,214 ❌
Fred B Rowe Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity-Bay de Verde 2,197 ✅
Wilson Elwood Callan Liberal Reform Bellevue 2,186 ✅
Steve A Neary Independent Liberal La Poile 2,185 ✅
Walter C. Carter Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Mary's-The Capes 2,168 ✅
Hazel A McIsaac Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's 2,143 ✅
John Crosbie Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 2,134 ✅
John Howard Lundrigan Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 2,126 ✅
Thomas Lush Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Terra Nova 2,116 ✅
William J MacNeil Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Stephenville 2,113 ✅
Rod Moores Liberal Reform Carbonear 2,085 ✅
Hubert W Kitchen Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bellevue 2,044 ❌
Alex Hickman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Bank 2,038 ✅
William W Marshall Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 2,032 ✅
Edward Maynard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe 2,019 ✅
Alex M Dunphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's 1,990 ❌
Jim Hodder Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port au Port 1,989 ✅
D Haig Young Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 1,982 ✅
Len Stirling Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Mount Scio 1,978 ❌
John Arthur Carter Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's North 1,944 ✅
Wilson C Brown Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe 1,943 ❌
Fred G Earle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear 1,919 ❌
Ted Skakum Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Bank 1,912 ❌
H Neil Windsor Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Mount Pearl 1,885 ✅
Joseph Denzil Goudie Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Naskaupi 1,869 ✅
Clayton W Hutchings Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber East 1,866 ❌
Averill Baker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Gander 1,852 ❌
Wayne Morrison Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Stephenville 1,823 ❌
Michael J Laurie Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East Extern 1,765 ❌
Gerald E Panting New Democratic Party Pleasantville 1,759 ❌
Luke J Woodrow Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bay of Islands 1,726 ✅
William G Patterson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia 1,721 ✅
Anthony G Sparrow Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia 1,698 ❌
Robert W Innes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 1,697 ❌
Cyril Jack Winsor Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune-Hermitage 1,696 ✅
Eric Neilson Dawe Liberal Reform Port de Grave 1,649 ✅
George M Wilson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 1,625 ❌
James J Hussey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 1,624 ❌
Desmond Sullivan Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Baie Verte-White Bay 1,592 ❌
Melvin Woodward Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Naskaupi 1,572 ❌
Allan Evans Progressive Conservative Party of NFL La Poile 1,558 ❌
James Cochrane Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port au Port 1,543 ❌
James G Reid Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity-Bay de Verde 1,536 ❌
Wilfred Drover Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Bell Island 1,519 ❌
George W Cross Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista North 1,518 ✅
Kell Ashford Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Mount Pearl 1,513 ❌
Paul S Thoms Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 1,511 ❌
Joseph Roberts Smallwood Liberal Reform Twillingate 1,467 ✅
Graham J Wood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's North 1,386 ❌
Geoff Stirling Liberal Reform Humber West 1,380 ❌
Clarence L (Lewis Bob) Englebrecht Liberal Reform Harbour Grace 1,378 ❌
C Graham Bennett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bellevue 1,303 ❌
David Barter Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bay of Islands 1,250 ❌
Charlie J Power Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Ferryland 1,240 ✅
Walter W Critchley Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Windsor-Buchans 1,233 ❌
Martin O\'Brien Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 1,232 ❌
H R Valence Earle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune-Hermitage 1,219 ❌
Samuel C King Liberal Reform Bonavista North 1,211 ❌
Woodrow J Philpott Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 1,200 ❌
Helen Porter New Democratic Party Mount Pearl 1,196 ❌
Walter C Milley Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear 1,194 ❌
John Devereaux Liberal Reform St. Mary's-The Capes 1,133 ❌
Maxwell Dyke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Pleasantville 1,125 ❌
Gordon M Lidstone Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's South 1,096 ❌
Bren Liberal Reform Trinity North 1,073 ❌
Samuel Saunders Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Terra Nova 1,069 ❌
Gerald S Moore Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Waterford-Kenmount 1,062 ❌
Robert Field Liberal Reform Grand Bank 1,054 ❌
Ern Antle Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Kilbride 1,037 ❌
H Corbin Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 1,028 ❌
Munden Derek Batstone Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 1,014 ❌
Marlene Maynard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Strait of Belle Isle 982 ❌
Calvin Lethbridge Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 979 ❌
Arthur Vincent Liberal Reform Bay of Islands 970 ❌
Ted Pike Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 969 ❌
Ian Strachan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Eagle River 962 ✅
William Doyle Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Centre 956 ❌
Barton H Manning Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fogo 947 ❌
Bill Gillespie New Democratic Party Mount Scio 945 ❌
William Richard Smallwood Liberal Reform Bonavista South 938 ❌
Fred Basha Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber West 927 ❌
Kenneth J Carew Liberal Reform Ferryland 918 ❌
Stanley E Parsons Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber Valley 902 ❌
Andrew Hillier Wells New Democratic Party St. John's North 884 ❌
Tom Doyle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 877 ❌
Alex J Wiseman Liberal Reform Humber Valley 865 ❌
Roy M Upshall Liberal Reform Waterford-Kenmount 808 ❌
Bill Broderick Liberal Reform Terra Nova 803 ❌
Brendan Howard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir 770 ❌
Walter Harold Hodder Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador La Poile 758 ❌
Alphonsus P Best Liberal Reform Placentia 738 ❌
David P Gulliver Liberal Reform St. John's East 721 ❌
Hugh J. Shea Liberal Reform Kilbride 711 ❌
Kevin F Condon New Democratic Party Ferryland 678 ❌
John Coyle Liberal Reform St. John's Centre 649 ❌
David Hunt New Democratic Party Bay of Islands 631 ❌
Eric P Chaulk Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Menihek 621 ❌
Donald J. Head New Democratic Party Windsor-Buchans 610 ❌
William R Brown Liberal Reform Fortune-Hermitage 597 ❌
Elizabeth M Genge New Democratic Party Waterford-Kenmount 590 ❌
Ernest A Duder New Democratic Party Grand Falls 586 ❌
Winston C White Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Eagle River 585 ❌
Robert Griffiths New Democratic Party St. John's East 579 ❌
Carl R Wright Liberal Reform Baie Verte-White Bay 576 ❌
Cyril Humber Liberal Reform Strait of Belle Isle 568 ❌
David F Owens Liberal Reform Pleasantville 479 ❌
George R Allen Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 474 ❌
Ralph C Petten Liberal Reform Conception Bay South 467 ❌
Eugene W Canning Liberal Reform Menihek 434 ❌
Brian W Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 357 ❌
Raymond F Taylor Liberal Reform Trinity-Bay de Verde 325 ❌
William J Smeaton New Democratic Party Menihek 324 ❌
Wilson Porter New Democratic Party Conception Bay South 285 ❌
Ted Noseworthy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's-The Capes 264 ❌
Kenneth R J Prowse Independent Humber Valley 200 ❌
Randolph LeDrew Liberal Reform Lewisporte 195 ❌
Raymond Elliott New Democratic Party Strait of Belle Isle 154 ❌
Gordon Mullett New Democratic Party Humber West 135 ❌
Esther Spracklin New Democratic Party Grand Bank 127 ❌
Harold James Card New Democratic Party Green Bay 85 ❌
Roderick W Woolridge New Democratic Party Twillingate 85 ❌
Edgar A Russell Independent Trinity North 66 ❌
Eric D Hiscock Independent La Poile 50 ❌

Districts

Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

George W Cross · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,518 votes
Bonavista South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

James Charles Morgan · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,326 votes
Carbonear
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Rod Moores · Liberal Reform

2,085 votes
Ferryland
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2021)

Charlie J Power · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,240 votes
Fogo
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Earl Wilfred Winsor · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,428 votes
Gander
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Harold Anthony Collins · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,462 votes
Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

John Howard Lundrigan · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,126 votes
Green Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Alfred Brian Peckford · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,639 votes
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

D Haig Young · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,982 votes
Humber East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Thomas C Farrell · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,595 votes
Humber West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Frank D Moores · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,419 votes
Lewisporte
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1962–2011)

Freeman White · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,719 votes
Port au Port
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Jim Hodder · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,989 votes
Port de Grave
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Eric Neilson Dawe · Liberal Reform

1,649 votes
St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 12 elections (1956–1993)

Hazel A McIsaac · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,143 votes
St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

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

2,366 votes
St. John's East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

William W Marshall · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,032 votes
St. John's East Extern
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Thomas Valentine Hickey · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,318 votes
St. John's North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John Arthur Carter · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,944 votes
St. John's South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John F Collins · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,221 votes
St. John's West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 23 elections (1949–2021)

John Crosbie · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,134 votes
Trinity North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

R Charlie Brett · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,554 votes
Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Joseph Roberts Smallwood · Liberal Reform

1,467 votes
Baie Verte-White Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Thomas Gerard Rideout · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,911 votes
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Luke J Woodrow · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,726 votes
Bellevue
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Wilson Elwood Callan · Liberal Reform

2,186 votes
Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Roger Simmons · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,550 votes
Burin-Placentia West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Patrick Joseph Canning · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,363 votes
Conception Bay South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

John A Nolan · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,112 votes
Eagle River
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Ian Strachan · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

962 votes
Exploits
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

Stephen J Mulrooney · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,464 votes
Fortune-Hermitage
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Cyril Jack Winsor · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,696 votes
Grand Bank
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Alex Hickman · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,038 votes
Harbour Main-Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 5 elections (1949–1982)

William Doody · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,944 votes
Humber Valley
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Wallace House · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,221 votes
Kilbride
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Robert Wells · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,939 votes
La Poile
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Steve A Neary · Independent Liberal

2,185 votes
Menihek
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Joseph G Rousseau · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,561 votes
Mount Pearl
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 9 elections (1975–2003)

H Neil Windsor · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,885 votes
Mount Scio
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–2021)

Ray Winsor · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,685 votes
Naskaupi
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Joseph Denzil Goudie · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,869 votes
Placentia
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

William G Patterson · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

1,721 votes
Pleasantville
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Jerome W Dinn · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,903 votes
St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1949–2011)

Edward Maynard · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,019 votes
St. Mary's-The Capes
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Walter C. Carter · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,168 votes
Stephenville
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

William J MacNeil · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,113 votes
Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Edward Roberts · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,819 votes
Terra Nova
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

Thomas Lush · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,116 votes
Trinity-Bay de Verde
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Fred B Rowe · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,197 votes
Waterford-Kenmount
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,922 votes
Windsor-Buchans
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Graham R Flight · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,363 votes

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