1971 Newfoundland general election

1971 Newfoundland general election
← 1966 October 28, 1971 1972 →
42 seats to the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
NLP
Leader Frank Moores Joey Smallwood Tom Burgess
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Labrador
Leader since 1970 1949 1969
Leader's seat Humber West[a] Placentia East[b] Labrador West
Last election 3 seats, 33.69% 39 seats, 61.33% New party
Seats won 21 20 1
Seat change Increase18 Decrease19 Increase1
Popular vote 120,655 104,523 5,595
Percentage 51.34% 44.48% 2.38%
Swing Increase17.65pp Decrease16.85pp n/a
Premier before election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

Premier after election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.[1]

Results

Summary of the 1971 Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly election results
Political party Party leader Candidates MHAs Popular vote
1966 1971 ± # % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative Frank Moores 42 3 21 Increase18 120,655 51.34% Increase17.65
Liberal Joey Smallwood 42 39 20 Decrease19 104,523 44.48% Decrease16.85
Labrador Tom Burgess 3 n/a 1 Increase1 5,595 2.38% n/a
New Democratic John Connors 17 0 0 Steady 3,718 1.58% Decrease0.24
  Independent Liberal 3 0 0 Steady 407 0.17% n/a
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 109 0.05% Decrease2.33
Total 108 42 42 235,007 100%

[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
  2. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won

References

  1. ^ Former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores dies. CBC News, June 11, 2005 (Dead Link)
  2. ^ General Election Returns Archived 2015-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Elections Newfoundland and Labrador, accessed 2013-11-04
  • "Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections". Election Almanac. Election Almanac. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.


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