Canadian federal election results in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Electoral history

Year	Results
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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Regional profile[]

Newfoundland and Labrador has been a Liberal heartland since it joined Canada in 1949, with only the city of St. John's electing Progressive Conservatives on a relatively consistent basis in the past, though that support shifted to the NDP and Liberal parties in 2006 and to the NDP in the 2008 elections. Even in the 1984 Mulroney landslide, more rural and remote seats went Liberal than PC. The Conservatives picked up one seat in the 2006 election, but the Liberals still held a majority of the seats.^[1] Party preference here has a lot to do with religion, where Catholics tend to vote Conservative and Protestants Liberal (contrary to the rest of the country).

In 2008, the Anything But Conservative movement took hold here and the Conservatives lost all their seats to the Liberals and NDP.

In the 2011 election, Newfoundland and Labrador was the only province to have the Liberals win in terms of popular vote. They however did lose 2 seats, 1 to the Tories and one to the NDP.^[2][3]

In the 2015 election, Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal slant was taken to a new level, with Justin Trudeau's Liberals capturing every seat in the province (as well as all other Atlantic provinces), most by landslide majorities.^[4][5] In Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, they received 81.78% of the vote – the highest share obtained by any party in any riding in 2015.

In the 2019 election, the NDP recaptured St. John's East while the other 6 seats all stayed Liberal.

Representation history by area[]

Representation	Burin Peninsula	Burgeo	Bay St. George South	Port au Port Peninsula	Humber Arm	St. Barbe	Baie Verte Peninsula	Labrador	Grand Falls-Windsor	Gander	Notre Dame Bay	Bonavista	Trinity Bay (West)	Trinity Bay (East)	Conception Bay (West)	Avalon Peninsula (South)	St. John's West End & Mount Pearl	St. John's East End & Cape St. Francis	Conception Bay South
1949	Burin—Burgeo		Humber—St. George's				Grand Falls—White Bay				Bonavista—Twillingate		Trinity—Conception			St. John's West		St. John's East
1952	Burin—Burgeo		Humber—St. George's				Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador				Bonavista—Twillingate		Trinity—Conception			St. John's West		St. John's East
1966	Burin—Burgeo		Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe				Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador			Gander—Twillingate		Bonavista—Trinity—Conception				St. John's West		St. John's East
1976	Burin—St. George's			Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe			Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador			Gander—Twillingate		Bonavista—Trinity—Conception				St. John's West		St. John's East
1987	Burin—St. George's				Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte			Labrador	Gander—Grand Falls			Bonavista—Trinity—Conception				St. John's West		St. John's East
1996	Burin—St. George's				Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte			Labrador	Gander—Grand Falls			Bonavista—Trinity—Conception				St. John's West		St. John's East
2003	Random—Burin—St. George's				Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte			Labrador	Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor				Random—Burin—St. George's	Avalon			St. John's South—Mount Pearl	St. John's East	Avalon
2012	Bonavista—Burin—Trinity	Long Range Mountains					Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame	Labrador	Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame			Bonavista—Burin—Trinity			Avalon		St. John's South—Mount Pearl	St. John's East	Avalon

2019 - 43rd General Election[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Avalon		Kenneth McDonald 19,122 46.26%		Matthew Chapman 12,855 31.10%		Lea Mary Movelle 7,142 17.28%		Greg Malone 2,215 5.36%				Ken McDonald
Bonavista—Burin—Trinity		Churence Rogers 14,707 45.70%		Sharon Vokey 12,697 39.46%		Matthew Cooper 3,855 11.98%		Kelsey Reichel 920 2.86%				Churence Rogers
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame		Scott Simms 16,514 48.31%		Alex Bracci 12,081 35.34%		Noel Joe 4,224 12.36%		Byron White 1,363 3.99%				Scott Simms
Labrador		Yvonne Jones 4,851 42.48%		Larry Flemming 3,548 31.07%		Michelene Gray 2,796 24.49%		Tyler Colbourne 224 1.96%				Yvonne Jones
Long Range Mountains		Gudie Hutchings 18,199 47.36%		Josh Eisses 10,873 28.30%		Holly Pike 7,609 19.80%		Lucas Knill 1,334 3.47%		Robert Miles (VCP) 411 1.07%		Gudie Hutchings
St. John's East		Nick Whalen 14,962 33.20%		Joedy Wall 8,141 18.06%		Jack Harris 21,148 46.92%		David Peters 821 1.82%				Nick Whalen
St. John's South—Mount Pearl		Seamus O'Regan 20,793 51.13%		Terry Martin 7,767 19.10%		Anne Marie Anonsen 10,890 26.78%		Alexandra Hayward 740 1.82%		David Jones (CHP) 141 0.35% Benjamin Ruckpaul (PPC) 335 0.82%		Seamus O'Regan

2015 - 42nd General Election[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		NDP		Liberal		Green		Other
Avalon		Lorraine E. Barnett 4,670 11.10%		Jeannie Baldwin 6,075 14.43%		Ken McDonald 23,528 55.90%		Krista Byrne-Puumala 228 0.54%		Scott Andrews (NA) 7,501 17.82%		Scott Andrews
										Jennifer McCreath (SD) 84 0.20%
Bonavista—Burin— Trinity		Mike Windsor 3,534 10.07%		Jenn Brown 2,557 7.29%		Judy M. Foote 28,704 81.80%		Tyler John Colbourne 297 0.85%				Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's
Coast of Bays—Central— Notre Dame		Kevin George O'Brien 6,479 18.28%		Claudette Menchenton 2,175 6.14%		Scott Simms 26,523 74.82%		Elizabeth Perry 271 0.76%				Scott Simms Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
Labrador		Peter Penashue 1,716 13.87%		Edward Rudkowski 1,779 14.38%		Yvonne Jones 8,878 71.75%		[a]				Yvonne Jones
Long Range Mountains		Wayne Ruth 5,085 12.16%		Devon Babstock 4,739 11.33%		Gudie Hutchings 30,889 73.85%		Terry Cormier 1,111 2.66%				Gerry Byrne† Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
St. John's East		Deanne Stapleton 2,938 6.55%		Jack Harris 20,328 45.29%		Nick Whalen 20,974 46.73%		David Anthony Peters 500 1.11%		Sean Burton (Comm.) 140 0.31%		Jack Harris
St. John's South— Mount Pearl		Marek Krol 2,047 4.57%		Ryan Cleary 16,467 36.76%		Seamus O'Regan 25,922 57.86%		Jackson McLean 365 0.81%				Ryan Cleary

2011 - 41st General Election[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Avalon		Fabian Manning 14,749 40.51%		Scott Andrews 16,008 43.97%		Matthew Martin Fuchs 5,157 14.16%		Matt Crowder 218 0.60%		Randy Wayne Dawe (Ind.) 276 0.76%		Scott Andrews
Bonavista—Gander— Grand Falls—Windsor		Aaron Hynes 8,595 27.59%		Scott Simms 17,977 57.70%		Clyde Bridger 4,306 13.82%		Robyn Kenny 279 0.90%				Scott Simms
Humber—St. Barbe— Baie Verte		Trevor Taylor 7,559 25.18%		Gerry Byrne 17,119 57.04%		Shelley Senior 4,751 15.83%		Robin Blair Gosse 253 0.84%		Wayne R. Bennett (Ind.) 332 1.11%		Gerry Byrne
Labrador		Peter Penashue 4,256 39.81%		Todd Russell 4,177 39.07%		Jacob Larkin 2,120 19.83%		George C.R. Barrett 139 1.30%				Todd Russell
Random—Burin— St. George's		John Ottenheimer 8,322 32.00%		Judy Foote 12,914 49.65%		Stella Magalios 4,465 17.17%		Tanya Gutmanis 307 1.18%				Judy Foote
St. John's East		Jerry Byrne 9,198 20.87%		John Allan 3,019 6.85%		Jack Harris 31,388 71.22%		Robert Miller 467 1.06%				Jack Harris
St. John's South— Mount Pearl		Loyola Sullivan 8,883 22.79%		Siobhán Coady 11,130 28.55%		Ryan Cleary 18,681 47.92%		Rick Austin 291 0.75%				Siobhán Coady

2008 - 40th General Election[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Avalon		Fabian Manning 11,542 35.16%		Scott Andrews 14,866 45.28%		Randy Wayne Dawe 5,707 17.38%		Dave Aylward 714 2.17%				Fabian Manning
Bonavista— Gander— Grand Falls— Windsor		Andrew House 4,354 15.23%		Scott Simms 20,089 70.27%		Jason Holley 3,577 12.51%		Robert Karl O'Connor 568 1.99%				Scott Simms
Humber— St. Barbe— Baie Verte		Lorne Robinson 2,799 10.63%		Gerry Byrne 17,956 68.22%		Mark Kennedy 4,603 17.49%				Wayne Ronald Bennett (NLFP) 964 3.66%		Gerry Byrne
Labrador		Lacey Lewis 615 7.97%		Todd Russell 5,426 70.28%		Phyllis Artiss 1,378 17.85%		Nyssa Christine McLeod 302 3.91%				Todd Russell
Random— Burin— St. George's		Herb Davis 4,791 20.50%		Judy Foote 12,557 53.72%		Terry White 5,553 23.80%		Kaitlin Wainwright 462 1.98%				Bill Matthews†
St. John's East		Craig Westcott 3,836 9.26%		Walter Noel 5,211 12.58%		Jack Harris 30,881 74.55%		Howard Storey 570 1.38%		Les Coultas (NLFP) 347 0.84%		Norman Doyle†
										Shannon John Tobin (PC) 578 1.40%
St. John's South— Mount Pearl		Merv Wiseman 4,324 12.56%		Siobhan Coady 14,920 43.32%		Ryan Cleary 13,971 40.57%		Ted Warren 643 1.87%		Terry Christopher Butler (Ind.) 179 0.52%		Loyola Hearn†
										Greg Byrne (NLFP) 402 1.17%

2006 - 39th General Election[]

The Liberals won four seats and the Conservatives three. The open Avalon seat changed hands from the Liberals to the Tories. The seat had been held by Natural Resources Minister John Efford, who had retired. Otherwise, there was little change from the previous election.

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green
Avalon		Bill Morrow 14,318 38.58%		Fabian Manning 19,132 51.55%		Eugene Conway 3,365 9.07%		Shannon Hillier 297 0.80%		John Efford†
Bonavista—Gander— Grand Falls—Windsor		Scott Simms 19,866 52.04%		Aaron Hynes 15,376 40.28%		Sandra Cooze 2,668 6.99%		Judy Davis 265 0.69%		Scott Simms
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte		Gerry Byrne 17,208 52.90%		Cyril Jr. Pelley 10,137 31.16%		Holly Pike 4,847 14.90%		Martin Hanzalek 339 1.04%		Gerry Byrne
Labrador		Todd Norman Russell 5,768 50.53%		Joe Goudie 4,528 39.67%		Jacob Edward Larkin 1,037 9.08%		Gail Zwicker 82 0.72%		Todd Russell[1]
Random—Burin—St. George's		Bill Matthews 13,652 45.49%		Cynthia Downey 12,232 40.76%		Amanda Will 3,702 12.34%		Mark Brennan 426 1.42%		Bill Matthews
St. John's East		Paul Antle 14,345 34.95%		Norman Doyle 19,110 46.56%		Mike Kehoe 7,190 17.52%		Stephen Eli Harris 402 0.98%		Norman Doyle
St. John's South—Mount Pearl		Siobhan Coady 12,295 33.01%		Loyola Hearn 16,644 44.69%		Peg Norman 8,073 21.67%		Barry Crozier 235 0.63%		Loyola Hearn

1. ^ Russell won seat in byelection held May 24, 2005. Previously held by Liberal Lawrence D. O'Brien (died December 16, 2004)

2004 - 38th General Election[]

One of the biggest questions of the 2004 election was whether the new Conservative Party of Canada could match the old federal PC Party's level of support in Atlantic Canada. With Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial PC government unpopular over mandating an end to the previous year's public service strike, any province-wide success for 2004 was seen as unlikely. The Conservatives lost one of their three seats (previously gained in a byelection) and held their rump in St. John's. Des McGrath was seen as the NDP's best chance of electing a candidate in the province in several decades, but he still fell nearly 4000 votes short of winning Random—Burin—St. George's.

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Independent
Avalon		R. John Efford 18,335 58.34%		Rick Dalton 9,211 29.31%		Michael Kehoe 3,450 10.98%		Don C. Ferguson 430 1.37%				John Efford1
Bonavista—Exploits		Scott Simms 15,970 48.20%		Rex Barnes 13,786 41.61%		Samuel Robert McLean 2,667 8.05%		Ed Sailor White 367 1.11%		John Lannon 344 1.04%		Rex Barnes2
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte		Gerry Byrne 17,820 62.56%		Wynanne Downer 6,538 22.95%		Holly Pike 3,743 13.14%		Steve Durant 384 1.35%				Gerry Byrne
Labrador		Lawrence David O'Brien 5,524 62.23%		Merrill Strachan 1,400 15.77%		Shawn Crann 856 9.64%		Lori-Ann Martino 178 2.01%		Ern Condon 919 10.35%		Lawrence D. O'Brien
Random—Burin—St. George's		Bill Matthews 12,383 46.77%		Larry Peckford 4,820 18.21%		Des McGrath 8,797 33.23%		Justin Dollimont 474 1.79%				Bill Matthews
St. John's North		Walter Noel 13,343 36.65%		Norman E Doyle 15,073 41.40%		Janine Piller 7,198 19.77%		Scott Vokey 791 2.17%				Norman Doyle
St. John's South		Siobhan Coady 11,879 35.26%		Loyola Hearn 13,330 39.57%		Peg Norman 7,989 23.71%		Stephen Daniel Willcott 493 1.46%				Loyola Hearn

¹ Efford won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal Brian Tobin
² Barnes won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal George Baker

Key map	Avalon Bonavista-Exploits Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte Labrador Random-Burin-St. George's St. John's North St. John's South
Conservative Party of Canada	Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada	New Democratic Party

2000 - 37th General Election[]

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Canadian Alliance		NDP		PC		Other
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception		Brian Tobin 22,096 54.38%		Randy Wayne Dawe 1,051 2.59%		Fraser March 6,473 15.93%		Jim Morgan 11,009 27.10%				Fred Mifflin†
Burin—St. George's		Bill Matthews 14,603 47.52%		Peter Fenwick 1,511 4.92%		David Sullivan 924 3.01%		Fred Pottle 5,798 18.87%		Sam Synard (NA) 7,891 25.68%		Bill Matthews1
Gander—Grand Falls		George Baker 15,874 55.02%		Orville Penney 1,912 6.63%		Bill Broderick 2,876 9.97%		Roger K. Pike 8,191 28.39%				George Baker
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte		Gerry Byrne 15,405 48.53%		Murdock Cole 1,702 5.36%		Trevor Taylor 8,297 26.14%		Peter McBreairty 6,340 19.97%				Gerry Byrne
Labrador		Lawrence O'Brien 7,153 68.99%		Eugene Burt 677 6.53%		Amanda Will 1,284 12.38%		Hayward Broomfield 1,254 12.09%				Lawrence O'Brien
St. John's East		Peter Miller 13,835 31.19%		Garry Hartle 1,144 2.58%		Carol Cantwell 5,395 12.16%		Norman E. Doyle 23,606 53.22%		Judy Day (Ind.) 254 0.57% Michael Rayment (NLP) 122 0.28%		Norman Doyle
St. John's West		Chuck Furey 14,137 33.01%		Eldon Drost 840 1.96%		Dave Curtis 4,744 11.08%		Loyola Hearn 22,959 53.62%		Michael Rendell (NLP) 141 0.33%		Loyola Hearn

¹ Matthews defected from PC Party in August 1999.

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