2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election 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.<ref name="three years">Template:Cite news</ref>

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCNL	LPNL	NLNDP	Other	Template:Abbr	Sample
			style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|
Election 2003	October 21, 2003		58.71	33.05	6.86	1.38
Corporate Research Associates Inc.	October 2003	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	57	33	6	Template:N/A	4.4	Template:N/A
Corporate Research Associates Inc.	August 2003	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	54	36	6	Template:N/A	3.5	801
Election 1999	February 9, 1999		40.77	49.62	8.23	1.38

Results

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.<ref name="Tories sweep">Template:Cite news</ref> 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

Template:Election table !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote |- !1999 !Dissol. !2003 !Change !# !% !Change Template:Canadian party colour |Danny Williams | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |14 | style="text-align:right;" |19 ! style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |+78.9% | style="text-align:right;" |162,949 | style="text-align:right;" |58.71% | style="text-align:right;" |+17.94% Template:Canadian party colour | style="text-align:left;" |Roger Grimes | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |32 | style="text-align:right;" |27 ! style="text-align:right;" |12 | style="text-align:right;" |-55.6% | style="text-align:right;" |91,729 | style="text-align:right;" |33.05% | style="text-align:right;" |-16.57% Template:Canadian party colour | style="text-align:left;" |Jack Harris | style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |2 ! style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |19,048 | style="text-align:right;" |6.86% | style="text-align:right;" |-1.37% Template:Canadian party colour | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |Independent and no affiliation | style="text-align:right;" |13 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- ! style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |3,812 | style="text-align:right;" |1.38% | style="text-align:right;" |-% |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total ! style="text-align:right;" |143 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |  - ! style="text-align:right;" |277,538 ! style="text-align:right;" |100.00% ! style="text-align:right;" |   |}

Results by region

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

• Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
• † represents that the incumbent is not running again.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride
70.54% turnout | |Joe Wadden
1,071
15.77% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Byrne
5,315
78.28% | |David Reynolds
404
5.95% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Byrne

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre
70.51% turnout | |Joan Marie Aylward
1,763
29.05% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Shawn Skinner
3,349
55.19% | |Carol Cantwell
956
15.75% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Joan Marie Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East
65.68% turnout | |George Murphy
862
14.56% |Template:Canadian party colour| |John Ottenheimer
4,151
70.11% | |Bruce Clark
841
14.21% | |Steve Durant (Independent)
66
1.11% |Template:Canadian party colour| |John Ottenheimer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North
62.69% turnout | |Jeff Brace
1,433
26.74% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bob Ridgley
3,107
57.97% | |Liam Walsh
820
15.30% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Lloyd Matthews† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South
67.72% turnout | |Dennis O'Keefe
756
12.68% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Osborne
4,532
75.99% | |Tom McGinnis
676
11.33% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West
66.91% turnout | |Tom Hann
1,292
20.48% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sheila Osborne
4,557
72.23% | |Raj Sharan
460
7.29% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sheila Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
67.55% turnout | |Ray O'Neill
391
7.72% | |Karen Carroll
2,221
43.82% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jack Harris
2,456
48.46% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jack Harris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters
69.14% turnout | |Walter Noel
2,358
32.67% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kathy Dunderdale
4,193
58.10% | |Dave Sullivan
666
9.23% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Walter Noel

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St. John's suburbs

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis
78.42% turnout | |Bill Tapper
1,294
16.43% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jack Byrne
5,604
71.13% | |Ralph Tapper
980
12.44% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jack Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East and Bell Island
77.71% turnout | |Jim Walsh
1,870
25.41% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Dianne Whalen
4,147
56.36% | |Ken Kavanaugh
1,180
16.04% | |Doug Cole (Independent)
171
2.32% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jim Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South
72.74% turnout | |Sheina Lerman
372
5.51% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Terry French
5,606
83.10% | |Andy Lewis
768
11.38% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Terry French |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl
68.79% turnout | |Wayne Ralph
798
11.46% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Dave Denine
5,662
81.30% | |Roy Locke
504
7.24% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Julie Bettney† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail
80.53% turnout | |Ralph Wiseman
2,354
28.78% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Elizabeth Marshall
5,354
65.45% | |Michael Kehoe
472
5.77% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ralph Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley
66.81% turnout | |Averill Baker
1,277
20.41% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harvey Hodder
4,569
73.03% | |Justin Locke
410
6.55% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harvey Hodder |}

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue
74.54% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Percy Barrett
2,623
48.17% | |Joan Cleary
2,523
46.34% | |Michael Fahey
299
5.49% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin—Placentia West
82.20% turnout | |Sam Synard
2,133
34.04% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Clyde Jackman
3,450
55.05% | |Wayne Butler
684
10.91% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Mary Hodder† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear—Harbour Grace
77.95% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |George Sweeney
3,699
53.84% | |John Babb
3,165
46.11% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |George Sweeney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland
71.73% turnout | |Andrea Kavanagh
504
8.41% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Loyola Sullivan
5,167
85.25% | |Lois Martin
309
5.16% | |Pilar Riego-Hickey (Independent)
11
0.18% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank
85.51% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Judy Foote
3,101
49.26% | |Darin King
3,058
48.58% | |Bill Wakeley
136
2.16% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Judy Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main—Whitbourne
83.69% turnout | |Fred Akerman
1,482
21.98% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Hedderson
4,769
70.71% | |Eugene Conway
493
7.31% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Hedderson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia and St. Mary's
84.87% turnout | |Kevin Power
1,812
31.73% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Fabian Manning
3,746
65.60% | |Janet Stringer
152
2.66% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Fabian Manning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave
74.97% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roland Butler
3,983
62.66% | |Clarence Gosse
2,374
37.34% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roland Butler |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity—Bay de Verde
81.40% turnout | |Lloyd Snow
2,095
32.37% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Charlene Johnson
4,091
63.20% | |Victoria Harnum
287
4.43% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Lloyd Snow |}

Central Newfoundland

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte
71.03% turnout | |Maurice Budgell
927
22.69% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Shelley
3,045
74.52% | | | |William Day (Independent)
114
2.79% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Shelley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North
74.42% turnout | |Churence Rogers
2,301
39.67% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harry Harding
3,384
58.33% | |Howard E. Parsons
116
2.00% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harry Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South
66.82% turnout | |Betty Fitzgerald
938
17.14% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roger Fitzgerald
4,354
79.58% | |Sam Kelly
179
3.27% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roger Fitzgerald

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits
75.26% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roger Grimes
3,218
56.14% | |Clayton Forsey
2,346
40.93% | |John L. Whelan
168
2.93% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roger Grimes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander
65.94% turnout | |Dianne Crewe
1,930
32.72% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kevin O'Brien
3,621
61.38% | |Steve Johnson
348
5.90% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sandra Kelly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls—Buchans
70.63% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Anna Thistle
3,921
59.21% | |Paula Flood
2,331
35.20% | |Gerry Tobin
370
5.59% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Anna Thistle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte
65.49% turnout | |Todd Manuel
1,275
25.82% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Rideout
3,504
70.96% | | | |Garry Vatcher (Independent)
159
3.22% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova
79.03% turnout | |Tom Lush
2,614
43.96% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Oram
3,114
52.37% | |Herbert Ralph
218
3.67% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North
76.88% turnout | |Kathryn Small
1,640
26.86% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ross Wiseman
4,126
67.57% | |Howard W. Duffett
340
5.57% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ross Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo
72.73% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gerry Reid
2,941
55.75% | |Derrick Dalley
2,334
44.25% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gerry Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor—Springdale
65.82% turnout | |Barry Oake
1,826
32.62% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ray Hunter
3,488
62.32% | |Clar Jacobs
138
2.47% | |Elmer Anthony (Independent)
145
2.59% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ray Hunter |}

Western and Southern Newfoundland

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands
76.61% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eddie Joyce
2,907
49.43% | |Mike Monaghan
2,760
46.93% | |Dave Quigley
214
3.64% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eddie Joyce |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and La Poile
69.79% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kelvin Parsons
4,233
80.77% | |Stephen MacKenzie
1,008
19.23% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kelvin Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune
72.55% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Oliver Langdon
2,880
58.49% | |Andrew Colford
2,044
41.52% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Oliver Langdon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East
71.90% turnout | |Bob Mercer
2,624
39.75% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Marshall
3,976
60.25% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bob Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley
78.02% turnout | |Dwight Ball
2,507
47.28% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kathy Goudie
2,796
52.72% | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Rick Woodford† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West
61.52% turnout | |Edward Buckle
1,533
27.56% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Williams
3,823
68.72% | |Matthew Robbins
207
3.72% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Williams |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port
67.91% turnout | |Gerald Smith
2,378
42.75% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jim Hodder
3,101
55.74% | | | |Frederick G. Ollerhead (Independent)
84
1.51% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe
73.59% turnout | |Ralph Payne
1,577
32.67% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wallace Young
2,948
61.07% | |Holly Patey
293
6.07% | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wallace Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's—Stephenville East
70.23% turnout | |Ron Dawe
2,464
44.31% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Joan Burke
2,927
52.63% | | | |Nancy Critchley (Independent)
170
3.06% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kevin Aylward† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits - White Bay North
70.46% turnout | |Don McDonald
1,802
35.95% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Trevor Taylor
3,133
62.50% | | | |Ford Michelmore (Independent)
78
1.56% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Trevor Taylor |}

Labrador

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair
80.47% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Yvonne Jones
1,514
59.98% | |Dennis Normore
804
31.85% | | | |Frank Pye
206
8.16% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Yvonne Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West
67.34% turnout | |Doris Sacrey
423
8.53% | |Graham Letto
1,142
23.03% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Randy Collins
2,762
55.71% | |Ern Condon
631
12.73% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Randy Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville
72.56% turnout | |Ken Anthony
1,126
24.92% |Template:Canadian party colour| |John Hickey
1,778
39.35% | |Barbara Stickley
129
2.86% | |Brandon Pardy
1,485
32.87% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ernie McLean† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains
80.80% turnout |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wally Andersen
934
68.93% | |Winston White
352
25.98% | | | |Lucy Jararuse
69
5.09% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wally Andersen |}

By-elections since the general election

Exploits (resignation of Roger Grimes), June 23, 2005: Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Clayton Forsey |align="right"|2,605 |align="right"|55.2 |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |George Saunders |align="right"|1,958 |align="right"|41.5 |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Whelan |align="right"|159 |align="right"|3.4 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,722 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Placentia and St. Mary's (resignation of Fabian Manning), February 21, 2006: Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Felix Collins |align="right"|2,247 |align="right"|46.3 |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian party colour |Independent |Nick Careen |align="right"|1,641 |align="right"|33.8 |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Kevin Power |align="right"|931 |align="right"|19.2 |align="right"| Template:CANelec |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,850 !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (resignation of Jack Harris), November 1, 2006: Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|1,968 |align="right"|55.23 |align="right"|+6.77 Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Jerome Kennedy |align="right"|1,595 |align="right"|44.77 |align="right"|+0.95 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,563 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Ferryland (resignation of Loyola Sullivan), February 8, 2007: Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Keith Hutchings |align="right"|2,770 |align="right"|75.52 |align="right"|-10.73 |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Kevin Bennett |align="right"|715 |align="right"|19.49 |align="right"|+11.08 |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Rick Boland |align="right"|183 |align="right"|4.99 |align="right"|-0.17 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,668 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Kilbride (resignation of Ed Byrne), February 8, 2007: Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian party colour |PC |John Dinn |align="right"|2,744 |align="right"|78.83 |align="right"|+0.55 |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Bob Clarke |align="right"|508 |align="right"|14.59 |align="right"|-1.18 |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Gemma Schlamp-Hickey |align="right"|229 |align="right"|6.58 |align="right"|+0.63 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,481 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Port au Port (resignation of Jim Hodder), February 8, 2007: Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Tony Cornect |align="right"|2,701 |align="right"|61.99 |align="right"|+6.25 |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Mark Felix |align="right"|1,521 |align="right"|34.91 |align="right"|-7.84 |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Paul O'Keefe |align="right"|135 |align="right"|3.90 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,357 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

Humber Valley (resignation of Kathy Goudie), February 13, 2007: Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Dwight Ball |align="right"|2,153 |align="right"|48.70 |align="right"|+1.26 Template:Canadian party colour |PC |Darryl Kelly |align="right"|2,146 |align="right"|48.54 |align="right"|-4.02 |- Template:Canadian party colour | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Shelley Senior |align="right"|122 |align="right"|2.76 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,421 !align="right"|100% !align="right"| |}

See also

• 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections
• 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies
• List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties

Further reading

• Template:Cite book

External links

General resources

• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
• CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

Parties

• Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Template:Webarchive (see also Conservative Party of Canada)
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
• Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)
• Labrador Party