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{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| country            = Newfoundland and Labrador
| type               = parliamentary
| party_colour       = no
| party_name         = no
| previous_election  = 1999 Newfoundland general election
| previous_year      = 1999
| previous_mps       = 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| election_date      = October 21, 2003
| elected_members    = [[45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|members]]
| next_election      = 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| next_year          = 2007
| seats_for_election = 48 seats of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]] <br /> 25 seats were needed for a majority
| turnout           = 72.5% ({{up}} 2.9 [[percentage point|pp]])<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 General Election Report |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2003.pdf |website=[[Elections Newfoundland and Labrador|Elections NL]] |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>
| image1             = [[Image:Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams.jpg|x150px]]
| colour1            = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|nohash}}
| leader1            = [[Danny Williams (Canadian politician)|Danny Williams]]
| leader_since1      = 2001
| party1             = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
| leaders_seat1      = [[Humber West]]
| last_election1     = 14
| seats1             = 34
| seat_change1       = {{increase}}20
| popular_vote1      = 162,949
| percentage1        = 58.71%
| swing1             = {{increase}}17.94%

| image2             = [[Image:Roger Grimes cropped.jpg|x150px]]
| colour2            = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader2            = [[Roger Grimes]]
| leader_since2      = 2001
| party2             = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat2      = [[Exploits (electoral district)|Exploits]]
| last_election2     = 32
| seats2             = 12
| seat_change2       = {{decrease}}20
| popular_vote2      = 91,729
| percentage2        = 33.05%
| swing2             = {{decrease}}16.57%

| image3             = [[Image:Jack Harris.jpg|x150px]]
| colour3            = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|nohash}}
| leader3            = [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
| leader_since3      = 1992
| party3             = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|name}}
| leaders_seat3      = [[Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi]]
| last_election3     = 2
| seats3             = 2
| seat_change3       = 0
| popular_vote3      = 19,048
| percentage3        = 6.86%
| swing3             = {{decrease}}1.37%

| map_image          = Newfoundland_and_Labrador_2003_election_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
| map_size           = 350px
| map_caption        = 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.
| title              = Premier
| before_election    = [[Roger Grimes]]
| before_party       = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| after_election     = [[Danny Williams (Canadian politician)|Danny Williams]]
| posttitle          = Premier after election
| after_party        = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
}}
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 of Newfoundland and Labrador|Premier]] [[Roger Grimes]] of the [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref name="three years">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/features/feature1.html|title= Election three years in the making|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>

==Opinion polls==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:14px;" align="center"
|+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
|-
! rowspan="2" | Polling firm
! rowspan="2" |Last day <br/>of survey
! rowspan="2" | Source
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PCNL]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|LPNL]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|NLNDP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Other
! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|ME|Margin of Error}}
! rowspan="2" | Sample
|- style="line-height:5px;"
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};" data-sort-type="number"|
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"|
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"|
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"|
|-
| style="background:#ffd;" |''Election 2003''
| style="background:#ffd;" |October 21, 2003
| style="background:#ffd;" |
| style="background:#ffd;" |'''58.71'''
| style="background:#ffd;" |33.05
| style="background:#ffd;" |6.86
| style="background:#ffd;" |1.38
| style="background:#ffd;" |
| style="background:#ffd;" |
|-
|Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|October 2003
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Polls put Nfld. Tories in lead
 |date=October 15, 2003 |work=The Sudbury Star |page=A7}}</ref>
|style="background:#9999FF"|'''57'''
|33
|6
|{{N/A}}
|{{formatnum:4.4}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
|Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|August 2003
|<ref>{{cite news |title=With election call on horizon, polls have Grits losing in Nfld.
 |date=September 8, 2003 |work=The Globe and Mail |page=A7 |last=Cox |first=Kevin}}</ref>
|style="background:#9999FF"|'''54'''
|36
|6
|{{N/A}}
|{{formatnum:3.5}}
|{{formatnum:801}}
|-
| style="background:#ffd;" |''[[1999 Newfoundland general election|Election 1999]]''
| style="background:#ffd;" |February 9, 1999
| style="background:#ffd;" |
| style="background:#ffd;" |40.77
| style="background:#ffd;" |'''49.62'''
| style="background:#ffd;" |8.23
| style="background:#ffd;" |1.38
| style="background:#ffd;" |
| style="background:#ffd;" |
|}

==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 (Canadian politician)|Danny Williams]]-led [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative Party]], who took almost three-quarters of the seats in the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] and well over half of the popular vote.<ref name="Tories sweep">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tories-sweep-to-power-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-1.392308 |title=Tories sweep to power in Newfoundland and Labrador |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=October 22, 2003 |access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> The Liberals lost seven of their 17 Cabinet ministers, along with the [[Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|Speaker of the House]], from the preceding government.  [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]] and the [[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democrats]] hopes to increase their seat total from two were frustrated, although their incumbents were re-elected.

===Results by party===
{{election table|title=Summary of the [[Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] election results}}
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party
!rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader
!rowspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 80%;">Candidates</span>
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote
|-
![[1999 Newfoundland general election|1999]]
!<span style="font-size: 80%;">[[Dissolution of parliament|Dissol.]]</span>
!2003
!Change
!#
!%
!Change
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row-name}}
|[[Danny Williams (Canadian politician)|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%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row-name}}
| 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%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|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%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |[[Independent politician|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;" | &nbsp;-
! style="text-align:right;" |277,538
! style="text-align:right;" |100.00%
! style="text-align:right;" | &nbsp;
|}

===Results by region===
{| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan="3"|Party name
! align="center" width="48"|[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
! align="center" width="48"|[[Avalon Peninsula|Avalon]]/[[Burin Peninsula|Burin]]
! align="center" width="48"|[[Central Newfoundland (region)|Central]]/[[Southern Newfoundland|Southern]]
! align="center" width="48"|[[Western Newfoundland|Western]]
! align="center" width="48"|[[Labrador]]
! align="center" width="48"|Total
|-
|colspan=10|'''Parties winning seats in the legislature:'''
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
| Seats:
| align="right"|13
| align="right"|5
| align="right"|8
| align="right"|7
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|34
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
| Popular vote: 
| align="right"|67.73%
| align="right"|57.61%
| align="right"|54.02%
| align="right"|57.48%
| align="right"|30.52%
| align="right"|58.71%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
| Seats:
| align="right"|-
| align="right"|4
| align="right"|5
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|2
| align="right"|12
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
| Popular vote: 
| align="right"|19.43%
| align="right"|38.17%
| align="right"|42.78%
| align="right"|40.16%
| align="right"|29.93%
| align="right"|33.05%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| rowspan="2"|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]]
| Seats:
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|-
| align="right"|-
| align="right"|-
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|2
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| Popular vote: 
| align="right"|12.59%
| align="right"|4.20%
| align="right"|2.62%
| align="right"|1.61%
| align="right"|21.65%
| align="right"|6.86%
|-
|colspan=10|'''Parties not winning seats in the legislature:'''
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| rowspan="1"|Other
| Popular vote: 
| align="right"|0.25%
| align="right"|0.02%
| align="right"|0.58%
| align="right"|0.75%
| align="right"|17.90%
| align="right"|1.38%
|-
! colspan=3|Total seats: 
! align="right"|14
! align="right"|9
! align="right"|13
! align="right"|8
! align="right"|4
! align="right"|48
|}

==Results by riding==

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

===St. John's===
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP|Other}}

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Kilbride (electoral district)|Kilbride]]<br>70.54% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Ed Byrne (Canadian politician)|Ed Byrne]] <br /> 5,315<br>78.28%
|
|Joe Wadden <br /> 1,071<br>15.77%
|
|David Reynolds <br /> 404<br>5.95%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ed Byrne

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

|}

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

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

===Central Newfoundland===
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP|Other}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Baie Verte (electoral district)|Baie Verte]]<br>71.03% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Paul Shelley (politician)|Paul Shelley]] <br /> 3,045<br>74.52%
|
|Maurice Budgell <br /> 927<br>22.69%
|
|
|
|William Day (Independent) <br /> 114<br>2.79%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Shelley
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Bonavista North]]<br>74.42% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Harry Harding (politician)|Harry Harding]] <br /> 3,384<br>58.33%
|
|[[Churence Rogers]] <br /> 2,301<br>39.67%
|
|Howard E. Parsons <br /> 116<br>2.00%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Harry Harding
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Bonavista South]]<br>66.82% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Roger Fitzgerald]] <br /> 4,354<br>79.58%
|
|Betty Fitzgerald <br /> 938<br>17.14%
|
|Sam Kelly <br /> 179<br>3.27%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Roger Fitzgerald

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Exploits (electoral district)|Exploits]]<br>75.26% turnout
|
|[[Clayton Forsey]] <br /> 2,346<br>40.93%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|'''[[Roger Grimes]]''' <br /> 3,218<br>56.14%
|
|John L. Whelan <br /> 168<br>2.93%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|'''Roger Grimes'''

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Gander (electoral district)|Gander]]<br>65.94% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Kevin O'Brien (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Kevin O'Brien]] <br /> 3,621<br>61.38%
|
|Dianne Crewe <br /> 1,930<br>32.72%
|
|Steve Johnson <br /> 348<br>5.90%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Sandra Kelly]]†
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Grand Falls-Buchans|Grand Falls—Buchans]]<br>70.63% turnout
|
|Paula Flood <br /> 2,331<br>35.20%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Anna Thistle]] <br /> 3,921<br>59.21%
|
|Gerry Tobin <br /> 370<br>5.59%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Anna Thistle
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Lewisporte (electoral district)|Lewisporte]]<br>65.49% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Thomas Rideout|Tom Rideout]] <br /> 3,504<br>70.96%
|
|Todd Manuel <br /> 1,275<br>25.82%
|
|
|
|Garry Vatcher (Independent) <br /> 159<br>3.22%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Rideout
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Terra Nova (electoral district)|Terra Nova]]<br>79.03% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Paul Oram]] <br /> 3,114<br>52.37%
|
|[[Tom Lush]] <br /> 2,614<br>43.96%
|
|Herbert Ralph <br /> 218<br>3.67%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Tom Lush
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Trinity North]]<br>76.88% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Ross Wiseman]] <br /> 4,126<br>67.57%
|
|Kathryn Small <br /> 1,640<br>26.86%
|
|Howard W. Duffett <br /> 340<br>5.57%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ross Wiseman
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Twillingate and Fogo]]<br>72.73% turnout
|
|[[Derrick Dalley]] <br /> 2,334<br>44.25%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Gerry Reid]] <br /> 2,941<br>55.75%
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Gerry Reid
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Windsor-Springdale|Windsor—Springdale]]<br>65.82% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|[[Ray Hunter]] <br /> 3,488<br>62.32%
|
|Barry J. Oake <br /> 1,826<br>32.62%
|
|Clar Jacobs <br /> 138<br>2.47%
|
|Elmer Anthony (Independent) <br /> 145<br>2.59%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ray Hunter
|}

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

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

==By-elections since the general election==

[[Exploits (electoral district)|Exploits]] (resignation of [[Roger Grimes]]), June 23, 2005:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Exploits}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|[[Clayton Forsey]]
|align="right"|2,605
|align="right"|55.2
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|George Saunders
|align="right"|1,958
|align="right"|41.5
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: [[Placentia and St. Mary's]]}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|[[Felix Collins]]
|align="right"|2,247
|align="right"|46.3
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|Nick Careen
|align="right"|1,641
|align="right"|33.8
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|Kevin Power
|align="right"|931
|align="right"|19.2
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|NL|NLFirst|Tom Hickey|31|0.6|}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|4,850
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

[[Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi]] (resignation of [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]), November 1, 2006:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|NDP]]
|[[Lorraine Michael]]
|align="right"|1,968
|align="right"|55.23
|align="right"|+6.77
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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 (electoral district)|Ferryland]] (resignation of [[Loyola Sullivan]]), February 8, 2007:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Ferryland}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|[[Keith Hutchings]]
|align="right"|2,770
|align="right"|75.52
|align="right"|-10.73
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|Kevin Bennett
|align="right"|715
|align="right"|19.49
|align="right"|+11.08
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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 (electoral district)|Kilbride]] (resignation of [[Ed Byrne (Canadian politician)|Ed Byrne]]), February 8, 2007:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Kilbride}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|[[John Dinn]]
|align="right"|2,744
|align="right"|78.83
|align="right"|+0.55
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|Bob Clarke
|align="right"|508
|align="right"|14.59
|align="right"|-1.18
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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 (electoral district)|Port au Port]] (resignation of [[Jim Hodder (politician)|Jim Hodder]]), February 8, 2007:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Port au Port}}
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|[[Tony Cornect]]
|align="right"|2,701
|align="right"|61.99
|align="right"|+6.25
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|Mark Felix
|align="right"|1,521
|align="right"|34.91
|align="right"|-7.84
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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 (electoral district)|Humber Valley]] (resignation of [[Kathy Goudie]]), February 13, 2007:
{{Election box begin | title=[[By-election]]: Humber Valley}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} 
|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
|[[Dwight Ball]]
|align="right"|2,153
|align="right"|48.70
|align="right"|+1.26
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} 
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|PC]]
|Darryl Kelly
|align="right"|2,146
|align="right"|48.54
|align="right"|-4.02
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|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"|
|}

{{Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-election, February 13, 2007/Labrador West}}

==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 political parties in Canada#Newfoundland and Labrador|List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Mutimer |editor1-first=David |title=Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2003 |date=2009 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |isbn=9780802099853 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_e7f6 |url-access=registration}}

==External links==

===General resources===
*[https://www.gov.nl.ca/ Government of Newfoundland and Labrador]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207051835/http://www.gov.nl.ca/elections/default.asp Elections Newfoundland and Labrador]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/ CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003]

===Parties===
*[http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/ Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515143245/http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/ |date=2011-05-15 }} (see also [[Conservative Party of Canada]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031024211506/http://www.liberal.nf.net/ Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador] (see also [[Liberal Party of Canada]])
*[http://www.nl.ndp.ca/ Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party] (see also [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080616215701/http://www.labradorparty.ca/ Labrador Party]

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