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1979 Newfoundland general election

Canadian provincial election

Summary

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1979 Newfoundland general election
country	Newfoundland and Labrador
type	parliamentary
election_date	June 18, 1979
previous_election	1975 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1975
previous_mps	37th General Assembly of Newfoundland
next_election	1982 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1982
elected_mps	members
seats_for_election	52 seats to the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland
majority_seats	27
turnout	73.6% ( 0.8% pp)
image1	[[File: Brian Peckford in 1980.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
party1
leader1	Brian Peckford
leader_since1	March 26, 1979
leaders_seat1	Green Bay
last_election1	30 seats, 45.54%
seats1	33
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	119,151
percentage1	50.25%
swing1	4.71pp
image2	[[File:Don-Jamieson (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
colour2
party2
leader2	Donald Jamieson
leader_since2	1979
leaders_seat2	Bellevue
last_election2	16 seats, 37.09%
seats2	19
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	95,943
percentage2	40.46%
swing2	3.37pp
image3	NDP
colour3
party3
leader3	John Greene
leader_since3	1977
leaders_seat3	*Ran in St. John's West
(lost)*
last_election3	0 seats, 4.35%
seats3	0
seat_change3
popular_vote3	18,507
percentage3	7.80%
swing3	3.45pp
title	Premier
before_election	Brian Peckford
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Brian Peckford
after_party
ongoing	No
flag_year	1952

(lost)*

Results

	Party	Leader	1975	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	33	19	0	0	Totals	52
Brian Peckford	30	+10%	119,151	50.4%	Donald Jamieson	16	+19%	95,943	40.6%	John Greene	0	0%	18,507
51	-	237,135	100%

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.

St. John's

|- 74.91% turnout || |Robert Aylward 3,863 64.61% | |Robert Hall 1,833 30.66% | |Stan MacDonald 283 4.73% | | ||

Robert Wells†
80.63% turnout

Jerome Dinn
4,532
63.24%

| |David Riche 1,973 27.53% | |Gerry Panting 661 9.23% | | ||

Jerome Dinn
79.41% turnout
2,173
60.14%
773
21.40%
449
12.43%

| |Lewis Murphy (Independent) 128 3.54% |- | |Dorothy Wyatt (Independent) 90 2.49% |- 63.90% turnout || |William Marshall 2,111 70.74% | |Jaime Wyatt 520 17.43% | |David Thompson 353 11.83% | | ||

William Marshall
81.83% turnout

John Carter
2,536
61.57%

| |Bill Case 1,332 32.34% | |Margaret Panting 251 6.09% | | ||

John Carter
74.11% turnout

John Collins
2,221
62.16%

| |Jim Furlong 1,171 32.77% | |Gus Breen 181 5.07% | | ||

John Collins
76.37% turnout

Harold Barrett
2,037
51.11%

| |Hubert Kitchen 1,402 34.34% | |John Greene 594 14.55% | | ||

Hubert Kitchen
71.82% turnout

Gerry Ottenheimer
3,842
61.95%

| |William Callahan 1,992 32.12% | |David Grimes 448 10.66% | | ||

Gerry Ottenheimer
}

St. John's suburbs

|- 75.40% turnout 3,503 46.28% 2,620 34.60% 319 4.21% | |Gordon Dawe (Independent Progressive Conservative) 1,035 13.67% |- | |Richard Gosse (Independent) 94 1.24% |- 75.01% turnout || |Neil Windsor 3,535 56.23% | |Stuart Toope 2,009 31.95% | |Helen Porter 743 11.82% | | ||

Neil Windsor
87.78% turnout

Leo Barry
3,663
62.19%

| |Phil Warren 1,907 32.38% | |Raymond Ryall 320 5.43% | | ||

Ray Winsor†
79.34% turnout

Tom Hickey
3,989
61.63%

| |Roland Manning 1,970 30.44% | |Ed Roche 513 7.93% | | || |Tom Hickey |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 69.21% turnout | |Ross Cole 1,642 33.39% || |Rod Moores 3,188 64.82% | |Alex Thomson 88 1.79% | | ||

Rod Moores
82.35% turnout

Charlie Power
2,678
64.95%

| |Jean Payne 860 20.86% | |Alfred Sullivan 585 14.14% | | ||

Charlie Power
81.31% turnout

Haig Young
2,420
52.90%

| |Patrick O'Flaherty 2,073 45.31% | |Robert Stacey 82 1.79% | | ||

Haig Young
75.92% turnout

Norman Doyle
3,100
60.67%

| |Thomas Moore 1,601 31.33% | |Margaret Peddle 226 4.42% | |Michael Laurie (Independent) 183 3.58% ||

William Doody†
79.78% turnout

William Patterson
1,962
46.34%

| |William Hogan 1,420 33.54% | |Patrick Fleming 78 1.84% | |Anthony Sparrow (Independent) 774 18.28% ||

William Patterson
74.89% turnout

Randy W. Collins
2,989
56.39%

| |William Smallwood 2,200 41.50% | |Edward McGrath 78 1.47% | |Ted Noseworthy (Independent) 34 0.64% ||

Eric Dawe†
74.72% turnout

Walter Carter
2,702
73.62%

| |Patrick Molloy 896 26.35% | |Roy Moyles 82 2.23% | | ||

Walter Carter
71.17% turnout

| |Eli Bryant 1,597 39.30% || |Frederick B. Rowe 2,237 55.06% | |Nelson Palmer 229 5.64% | | || |Frederick B. Rowe |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 70.49% turnout | |Robert Peddle 1,546 29.63% || |Don Jamieson 3,522 67.51% | |Genevieve Connors 149 2.86% ||

Wilson Callan†
76.71% turnout

| |George Cross 2,395 47.88% || |Len Stirling 2,515 50.28% | |Naomi Pickett 92 1.84% ||

George Cross
65.78% turnout

Jim Morgan
2,642
70.04%

| |Jim Ryan 1,011 26.80% | |Joseph Templeman 119 3.16% ||

Jim Morgan
75.06% turnout

| |Wayne Wheaton 2,053 44.54% || |Beaton Tulk 2,424 52.59% | |Clifford Wells 132 2.87% ||

Earl Winsor†
69.53% turnout

| |Glen Greening 1,596 37.10% || |Tom Lush 2,579 59.95% | |Lowell Paulson 127 2.95% ||

Tom Lush
75.12% turnout

Charlie Brett
3,149
63.73%

| |Jack Pelley 1,596 32.30% | |Roger Desrosiers 196 3.97% || |Charlie Brett |}

Central Newfoundland

|- 74.09% turnout | |Roy Barker 1,688 33.51% || |Tom Rideout 2,830 56.17% | |Gerald Dwyer 520 10.32% ||

Tom Rideout
64.21% turnout

Hugh Twomey
2,753
56.44%

| |Munden Batstone 1,702 34.89% | |Ronald Chafe 423 8.67% ||

Hugh Twomey
74.72% turnout

Hazel Newhook
2,362
47.45%

| |Randy Simms 1,054 21.17% | |Winston Baker 1,562 31.38% ||

Harold Collins†
81.59% turnout

Len Simms
2,556
58.74%

| |Roger Grimes 1,346 30.94% | |Andrew Barker 449 10.32% ||

John Lundrigan†
75.30% turnout

Brian Peckford
3,502
77.04%

| |Maurice Budgell 987 21.71% | |Brian Walsh 57 1.25% ||

Brian Peckford
77.99% turnout

| |John Whalen 2,667 47.42% || |Freeman White 2,796 49.72% | |Berkley Rose 161 2.86% ||

Freeman White
67.82% turnout

| |Iain Small 1,238 35.57% || |Bill Rowe 1,980 56.90% | |Roderick Woolridge 262 7.53% ||

Bill Rowe
77.17% turnout

| |Clarence King 1,580 37.61% || |Graham Flight 2,173 51.73% | |David Grimes 448 10.66% || |Graham Flight |}

Southern Newfoundland

|- 73.60% turnout | |Patrick Perry 1,068 30.02% || |Roger Simmons 2,211 62.16% | |Barry Roberts 278 7.82% | | ||

Roger Simmons
78.32% turnout

| |Ed Mayo 1,876 32.80% || |Don Hollett 3,737 65.35% | |Don Baird 106 1.85% | | ||

Patrick Canning†
68.08% turnout

Don Stewart
1,770
46.79%

| |Jack Winsor 1,510 39.92% | |David Howley 55 1.45% | |Gary Wells (Independent Liberal) 448 11.84% ||

Jack Winsor
73.94% turnout

| |Clarence Rogers 1,646 31.21% || |Leslie Thoms 3,431 65.04% | |Harvey Tulk Jr. 198 3.75% | | ||

Alex Hickman†
69.46% turnout

| |Cabot Martin 1,907 44.90% || |Steve Neary 2,283 53.76% | |Viola Puddester 57 1.34% | | || |Steve Neary |}

Western Newfoundland

|- 63.09% turnout || |Luke Woodrow 2,293 54.04% | |Jim Walsh 1,393 32.83% | |Val McAbee 557 13.13% ||

Luke Woodrow
70.72% turnout

Lynn Verge
2,489
58.41%

| |George Colbourne 1,297 30.44% | |Eric Mintz 475 11.15% ||

Tom Farrell†
65.24% turnout

Wallace House
2,465
52.64%

| |Kevin Saunders 1,723 36.79% | |Allan French 495 10.57% ||

Wallace House
67.91% turnout

Ray Baird
2,495
56.76%

| |Raymond Pollett 1,131 25.73% | |Sandy MacRae 770 17.51% ||

Frank Moores†
78.77% turnout

| |Don Bennett 1,431 40.55% || |Jim Hodder 1,839 52.11% | |Thomas McCarthy 259 7.34% ||

Jim Hodder
66.22% turnout

| |Edward Maynard 1,603 37.02% || |Trevor Bennett 1,938 44.76% | |Peter Fenwick 789 18.22% ||

Edward Maynard
71.48% turnout

Ron Dawe
1,942
47.45%

| |Hazel McIsaac 1,396 34.11% | |Victor Bennett 755 18.44% ||

Hazel McIsaac
72.05% turnout

Frederick Stagg
1,931
51.15%

| |William MacNeil 1,596 42.28% | |Bill Beardow 248 6.57% ||

William MacNeil
64.35% turnout

| |Eric Squires 599 14.68% || |Edward Roberts 3,136 76.86% | |Levi Squires 345 8.46% ||

Edward Roberts
}

Labrador

|- 61.89% turnout | |Claude Rumbolt 754 44.46% || |Eugene Hiscock 865 51.00% | |Elsie McDonald 77 4.54% ||

Ian Strachan†
71.45% turnout

Peter Walsh
1,862
35.50%

| |Gordon Manstan 1,776 33.86% | |Nelson Larson 1,607 30.64% ||

Joseph Rousseau†
79.50% turnout

Joseph Goudie
1,760
47.00%

| |Melvin Woodward 1,729 46.17% | |Michael Power 256 6.83% ||

Joseph Goudie
73.99% turnout

| |William Flowers 388 45.76% || |Garfield Warren 460 54.24% | | ||

New district
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Notes

References

"Election Returns 1979".

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