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1989 Newfoundland general election
52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly; 27 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; Tom Rideout; Progressive Conservative	Premier after election ; Clyde Wells; Liberal

The 1989 Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives.

Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.^[1] Seven years later, Verge was the leader of the Progressive Conservatives during the 1996 election, and she also lost Humber East in the election, though her party did not win that election.

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	LPNL	PCNL	NLNDP	Other	ME	Sample
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source					ME	Sample
Election 1989	April 20, 1989		47.2	47.6	4.4	0.8
Omnifacts	April 1989	^[2]	41.6	52.1	6.3	—	4.1	622
	April 1989	^[3]	43.9	50	6.1	—	—	1,305
Election 1985	November 6, 1984		36.7	48.6	14.4	0.3

Results

Summary of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results^[4]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1985	Dissol.	1989	Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Clyde Wells	52	15	14	31	+16	137,271	47.2	+10.5
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Rideout	52	36	34	21	−15	138,609	47.6	–1.0
	New Democratic	Cle Newhook	36	1	2	0	−1	12,929	4.4	–10.0
	Independents		5	0	0	0	0	2,138	0.8	+0.5
	Vacant				2
Total			145	52	52	52	-	291,785	100	-

References

^ Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2007: Bay of Islands. cbc.ca.
^ "Polls put Newfoundland Tories out in front". The Ottawa Citizen. April 17, 1989. p. A5.
^ "Newfoundland Tories still No. 1, but barely". The Windsor Star. April 17, 1989. p. A8.
^ "At a glance". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, B.C. April 21, 1989. p. A9.