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1982 Newfoundland general election

Canadian provincial election


Summary

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1982 Newfoundland general election
countryNewfoundland and Labrador
typeparliamentary
election_dateApril 6, 1982
previous_election1979 Newfoundland general election
previous_year1979
previous_mps38th General Assembly of Newfoundland
next_election1985 Newfoundland general election
next_year1985
elected_mpsmembers
seats_for_election52 seats to the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland
majority_seats27
turnout77.5% ( 3.9% pp)
image1[[File: Brian Peckford in 1980.jpg150x150px]]
colour1
party1
leader1Brian Peckford
leader_since1March 26, 1979
leaders_seat1Green Bay
last_election133 seats, 50.25%
seats144
seat_change111
popular_vote1152,966
percentage161.19%
swing110.94pp
image2LIB
colour2
party2
leader2Len Stirling
leader_since21980
leaders_seat2Bonavista North
(lost re-election)
last_election219 seats, 40.46%
seats28
seat_change211
popular_vote287,228
percentage234.89%
swing25.57pp
titlePremier
before_electionBrian Peckford
before_party
posttitlePremier after election
after_electionBrian Peckford
after_party
ongoingNo

(lost re-election)

Results

PartyLeader1979Seats won% changePopular vote(%)44800Totals52
Brian Peckford33+33%152,96661.2%Len Stirling19-58%87,22834.9%Peter Fenwick00%9,371
52-251,024100%

Results by district

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

St. John's

|- 76.66% turnout || |Robert Aylward 4,710 81.45% | |Sean Callahan 1,073 18.55% | | ||

Robert Aylward
78.23% turnout
Jerome Dinn
4,803
68.97%

| |Walter Noel 1,349 19.37% | |Gerry Panting 812 11.66% ||

Jerome Dinn
72.80% turnout
Patrick McNicholas
2,357
71.27%

| |John Slattery 657 19.87% | |Robert Harry Cuff 293 8.86% ||

Patrick McNicholas
63.09% turnout
William Marshall
2,021
68.53%

| |Hugh Coady 382 12.95% | |Nancy Riche 546 18.52% ||

William Marshall
75.05% turnout
John Carter
2,520
66.67%

| |Norman Whalen 1,095 28.97% | |Austin Scott 165 4.36% ||

John Carter
64.30% turnout
John Collins
2,286
73.67%

| |Ernest Antle 582 18.76% | |Barbara Roberts 235 7.57% ||

John Collins
64.92% turnout
Harold Barrett
2,475
71.64%

| |Ronald Pumphrey 755 21.85% | |Ronald Lewis 225 6.51% ||

Harold Barrett
81.21% turnout
Gerry Ottenheimer
5,063
72.33%

| |William Callahan 1,427 20.39% | |John March 510 7.28% ||

Gerry Ottenheimer
}

St. John's suburbs

|- 75.76% turnout || |John Butt 5,382 70.56% | |Gerald Greenslade 1,664 21.81% | |Howard Story 292 3.83% | |Jerry LeDrew (Independent) 290 3.80% ||

John Butt
82.14% turnout
Neil Windsor
5,196
75.46%

| |Seymour Dyke 928 13.48% | |Helen Porter 762 11.06% | | ||

Neil Windsor
77.04% turnout
Leo Barry
3,997
77.43%

| |Sonya Abbott 785 15.21% | |Raymond Ryall 380 7.36% | | ||

Leo Barry
80.88% turnout
Tom Hickey
4,795
72.64%

| |David Wheeler 1,338 20.27% | |Robert Anderson 468 7.09% | | || |Tom Hickey |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 85.94% turnout || |Milton Peach 3,319 54.31% | |Rod Moores 2,792 45.69% | | ||

Rod Moores
84.89% turnout
Charlie Power
3,374
79.84%

| |John Wiseman 852 20.16% | | ||

Charlie Power
86.08% turnout
Haig Young
3,394
70.15%

| |Carl Cooper 1,444 29.85% | | ||

Haig Young
81.67% turnout
Norman Doyle
4,238
77.24%

| |Joe Furey 1,077 19.63% | |Bill Healey (NDP) 172 3.13% ||

Norman Doyle
79.42% turnout
William Patterson
2,706
64.20%

| |Basil Power 1,509 35.80% | | ||

William Patterson
81.80% turnout
Randy W. Collins
3,003
51.82%

| |Ambrose Stoyles 2,657 45.85% | |James Roberts (Independent) 135 2.33% ||

Randy W. Collins
94.15% turnout
Loyola Hearn
2,619
56.55%

| |Derrick Hancock 2,012 43.45% | | ||

Derrick Hancock
84.02% turnout
James Reid
2,700
56.40%

| |Phil Warren 2,087 43.60% | | || |Frederick B. Rowe† |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 79.19% turnout | |Basil Jamieson 2,858 48.90% || |Wilson Callan 2,987 51.10% ||

Wilson Callan
86.71% turnout
George Cross
2,972
52.60%

| |Len Stirling 2,678 47.40% ||

Len Stirling
64.93% turnout
Jim Morgan
2,742
73.43%

| |Cyril Mifflin 992 26.57% ||

Jim Morgan
83.83% turnout

| |Manson Sheppard 2,438 47.41% || |Beaton Tulk 2,704 52.59% ||

Beaton Tulk
76.18% turnout

| |Glen Greening 2,256 47.89% || |Tom Lush 2,455 52.11% ||

Tom Lush
77.33% turnout
Charlie Brett
3,022
59.50%

| |Fred Best 2,057 40.50% || |Charlie Brett |}

Central Newfoundland

|- 80.53% turnout || |Tom Rideout 3,062 56.06% | |Chris Decker 2,400 43.94% | | ||

Tom Rideout
59.51% turnout
Hugh Twomey
2,787
61.75%

| |Glenn Noseworthy 1,726 38.25% | | ||

Hugh Twomey
74.76% turnout
Hazel Newhook
2,876
57.75%

| |Winston Baker 1,845 37.05% | |Lowell Paulson 259 5.20% ||

Hazel Newhook
74.13% turnout
Len Simms
2,786
70.73%

| |Walter Clarke 1,153 29.27% | | ||

Len Simms
70.56% turnout
Brian Peckford
3,338
78.36%

| |Munden Batstone 922 21.64% | | ||

Brian Peckford
78.05% turnout
James Russell
3,559
63.37%

| |Graham Wood 2,057 36.63% | | ||

Freeman White†
73.65% turnout
Ida Reid
1,880
49.69%

| |Bill Rowe 1,588 41.98% | |Roderick Woolridge 315 8.33% ||

Bill Rowe
73.97% turnout
John McLennon
2,057
51.05%

| |Graham Flight 1,972 48.95% | | || |Graham Flight |}

Southern Newfoundland

|- 81.21% turnout || ||Harold Andrews 2,221 55.14% | |Lloyd Walters 1,807 44.86% | | ||

Harold Andrews
90.66% turnout
Glenn Tobin
3,429
52.02%

| |Don Hollett 3,163 47.98% | | ||

Don Hollett
71.10% turnout
Don Stewart
2,446
61.47%

| |John Rideout 1,533 38.53% | | ||

Don Stewart
77.41% turnout
Bill Matthews
2,857
51.64%

| |Leslie Thoms 2,442 44.13% | |Eric Miller 234 4.23% ||

Leslie Thoms
68.02% turnout

| |David Martin 2,051 49.51% || |Steve Neary 2,092 50.49% | | || |Steve Neary |}

Western Newfoundland

|- 74.06% turnout || |Luke Woodrow 3,254 65.40% | |Elizabeth Hann 1,377 27.67% | |Clarence Galliott 345 6.93% ||

Luke Woodrow
76.96% turnout
Lynn Verge
3,102
66.82%

| |Paul Dicks 1,249 26.91% | |Cynthia Wishart 291 6.27% ||

Lynn Verge
76.54% turnout
Wallace House
3,480
63.53%

| |Kevin Saunders 1,998 36.47% | | ||

Wallace House
81.33% turnout
Ray Baird
3,365
63.97%

| |Doyle Mills 1,130 21.48% | |Peter Fenwick 765 14.55% ||

Ray Baird
89.86% turnout

| |Don Bennett 1,798 44.69% || |Jim Hodder 2,094 52.05% | |Jenny Fenwick 131 3.26% ||

Jim Hodder
79.41% turnout
Everett Osmond
2,611
50.38%

| |Trevor Bennett 2,166 41.79% | |Donald Snook 406 7.83% ||

Trevor Bennett
80.17% turnout
Ron Dawe
2,910
63.75%

| |Charles Mercer 1,655 36.25% | | ||

Ron Dawe
75.31% turnout
Frederick Stagg
2,205
56.21%

| |William MacNeil 1,718 43.79% | | ||

Frederick Stagg
72.66% turnout

| |Frank Kearney 1,318 28.54% || |Edward Roberts 2,975 64.42% | |Levi Squires 325 7.04% ||

Edward Roberts
}

Labrador

|- 88.25% turnout | |Philip Stone 527 21.86% || |Eugene Hiscock 1,316 54.58% | |Ronald Rumbolt 568 23.56% ||

Eugene Hiscock
82.91% turnout
Peter Walsh
3,589
58.86%

| |Gordon Manstan 1,637 26.84% | |Roland LeGrow 872 14.30% ||

Peter Walsh
83.98% turnout
Joseph Goudie
1,998
50.61%

| |Melvin Woodward 1,950 49.39% | | ||

Joseph Goudie
99.06% turnout

| |David Hunt 214 18.79% || |Garfield Warren 925 81.21% | | ||

Garfield Warren
}

References

References

  1. "Election Returns 1982". [[Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.
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