1999 Newfoundland general election

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February 9, 1999

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48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
25 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		PC
Leader	Brian Tobin	Ed Byrne	Jack Harris
Party	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic
Leader's seat	The Straits & White Bay North	Kilbride	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Last election	37	9	1
Seats won	32	14	2
Seat change	5	5	1
Popular vote	132,399	108,772	21,962
Percentage	49.62%	40.77%	8.23%
Swing	5.48pp	2.11pp	3.78pp

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.

Premier before election

Brian Tobin
Liberal

Premier after election

Brian Tobin
Liberal

The 1999 Newfoundland general election was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1996	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	37	32	-16%	132,399	49.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Byrne	9	14	+56%	108,772	40.77%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	1	2	+100%	21,962	8.23%
	Newfoundland & Labrador Party		*	-	*	2,562	0.96%
	Independent/No affiliation		1	-	-100%	1,112	0.42%
Total			48	48	-	266,807	100%

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Results by district

St. John's

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
23. Kilbride		HOWLETT, Barbara 2133		BYRNE, Ed 4145		INGRAM, Lee 289		STUCKLESS, Vicki 119		Ed Byrne
33. St. John's Centre		AYLWARD, Joan 2609		BROWN, Paul 2443		LONG, Valerie 1120				Joan Aylward
34. St. John's East		McGRATH, Tom 1559		OTTENHEIMER, John 3774		DARBY, Barry 600				Hubert Kitchen
35. St. John's North		MATTHEWS, Lloyd 2304		ANDREWS, Ray 1971		KIRBY, Dale 788				Lloyd Matthews
36. St. John's South		KENNEDY, Patrick 1563		OSBORNE, Tom 4041		VANTA, Judy 374		CRUMMEY, Jason 101		Tom Osborne
37. St. John's West		MOORE, Tom 2532		OSBORNE, Sheila 3206		LYNCH, Pat 683				Sheila Osborne
38. Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi		SOUCY, Pete 2010		O'BRIEN, Chris 793		HARRIS, Jack 2179		HILLIER, Paul David 116 DUNN, Shaun 53		Jack Harris
46. Virginia Waters		NOEL, Walter 2973		WALSH, Paul 2277		WILL, Amanda 887		STAPLETON, Deanne 131		Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
8. Cape St. Francis		MARTIN, Jim 2169		BYRNE, Jack 4197		SULLIVAN, Shawn 440				Jack Byrne
11. Conception Bay East & Bell Island		WALSH, Jim 2426		COLE, Doug 1803		KAVANAGH, Ken 932		KELLAND-DYER, Sue (NL Party) 876		Jim Walsh
12. Conception Bay South		LEE, Bill 1806		FRENCH, Bob 3888		PORTER, Reg 330				Bob French
27. Mount Pearl		BETTNEY, Julie 3468		SHEEHAN, Cathy 2269		GROUCHEY, Glen C. 489				Julie Bettney
41. Topsail		WISEMAN, Ralph 3381		FIFIELD, Rick 2533		SNOW, Mary 568				Pat Cowan
47. Waterford Valley		BUCKLE, Paula M. 2680		HODDER, Harvey 3480		MADDIGAN, Bill 239				Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
3. Bellevue		BARRETT, Percy 3229		COOMBS, Gus 1667		INGRAM, Mose 375				Percy Barrett
7. Burin - Placentia West		HODDER, Mary 3469		LUNDRIGAN, Dominic 2658		BUTLER, Wayne 382				Mary Hodder
9. Carbonear - Harbour Grace		SWEENEY, George 4132		GARLAND, Claude 2266		NOEL, Kevin 391				Art Reid
14. Ferryland		MULLOWNEY, Harold 2141		SULLIVAN, Loyola 4482		RYAN, Gerry 147				Loyola Sullivan
17. Grand Bank		FOOTE, Judy 3964		BOLT, John 1146		RENNIE, Richard 538				Judy Foote
19. Harbour Main - Whitbourne		DAWE, Wanda 2502		HEDDERSON, Tom 3670		AKERMAN, Fred 511				Don Whelan
28. Placentia & St. Mary's		SPARROW, Anthony 2938		MANNING, Fabian 3579						Anthony Sparrow
30. Port De Grave		EFFORD, John 4488		COOPER, Paul 1026		QUIGLY, Steve 185				John Efford
43. Trinity - Bay De Verde		SNOW, Lloyd 3201		BURSEY, Peter 2176		JACOBS, Jeff 320		NEWHOOK, Monty 214		Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
1. Baie Verte		BURTON, Gerald 1988		SHELLEY, Paul 3152						Paul Shelley
4. Bonavista North		TULK, Beaton 3943		COOZE, Jim 1277						Beaton Tulk
5. Bonavista South		CLEMENTS, George 1768		FITZGERALD, Roger 4496		CRANN, Shawn 80				Roger Fitzgerald
13. Exploits		GRIMES, Roger 2526		GILLINGHAM, Gonzo 1944				BEST, Arnold 633		Roger Grimes
16. Gander		KELLY, Sandra C. 3064		O'BRIEN, Kevin 2926		LOCKE, Roy 193				Sandra Kelly
18. Grand Falls - Buchans		THISTLE, Anna 3511		WOOLRIDGE, Lorne 2349		BUCKINGHAM, Bob 188				Anna Thistle
26. Lewisporte		PENNEY, Melvin 2116		RIDEOUT, Tom 3791		DWYER, Michael J. 125				Melvin Penney
39. Terra Nova		LUSH, Tom 3514		STEAD, Rob 1740						Tom Lush
44. Trinity North		OLDFORD, Doug 2979		KELLY-BLACKMORE, Sheila 2183		CORBETT, Dan 714				Doug Oldford
45. Twillingate & Fogo		REID, Gerry 3343		McKENNA, Gerald 1466				MITCHELL, Dallas 270		Gerry Reid
48. Windsor - Springdale		FLIGHT, Graham 2180		HUNTER, Ray 3192		HOWE, Rose 115		BENNETT, Roger B. 95 SMITH, Aubrey 263		Graham Flight

Western and Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
2. Bay of Islands		JOYCE, Eddie 3164		HUNT, Paul 1713		HANN, Israel 620				Brian Tobin
6. Burgeo & La Poile		PARSONS, Kelvin 3421		SHEAVES, Greg 1988		MARSDEN, Owen 342				Bill Ramsay
15. Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune		LANGDON, Oliver 3189		BAKER, Bob 1353						Oliver Langdon
20. Humber East		MERCER, Bob 3197		WELLS, Janice 2405		MEHANEY, Jean 246		LEDREW, David B. 259		Bob Mercer
21. Humber Valley		WOODFORD, Rick 3051		ROSE, Warren 1422						Rick Woodford
22. Humber West		DICKS, Paul 2814		CALLAHAN, Pat 1152		BOURGEOIS, Paul 852				Paul Dicks
29. Port au Port		SMITH, Gerald 2976		MARCHE, Ada 1719		WHALEN, Sharon 421		SMALLWOOD, William 151		Gerald Smith
31. St. Barbe		FUREY, Chuck 2878		ROBERTS, Rod 1950						Chuck Furey
32. St. George's - Stephenville East		AYLWARD, Kevin 2546		MUISE, Leonard 1944				JOHNSON, Dave 345		Kevin Aylward
40. The Straits & White Bay North		TOBIN, Brian 3227		MITCHELMORE, Ford 1089						Chris Decker

Labrador

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other	Incumbent
10. Cartwright - L'Anse Au Clair		JONES, Yvonne 1832		MOORES, Sharon 312					Yvonne Jones
24. Labrador West		CANNING, Perry 2544		WHITTEN, Susan 400		COLLINS, Randy 2700			Perry Canning
25. Lake Melville		McLEAN, Ernie 1915		BROOMFIELD, Hayward 1413		PEDDLE, Ronald W. 323			Ernie McLean
42. Torngat Mountains		ANDERSEN, Wally 1036		TSHAKAPESH, Simeon 182					Wally Andersen

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