The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996, to elect members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal Party under new leader Brian Tobin. PC Leader Lynn Verge was not re-elected in her riding of Humber East.
Results Party Leader1993Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Brian Tobin3537+5.7%157,22955.10%Progressive Conservative Lynn Verge169-44%110,31238.66%Jack Harris110% 12,706 4.45%Other01 0% 5,1111.79%Total5248 -285,385100%
Results by district
Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † represents that the incumbent is not running again. ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.
St. John's
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride77.50% turnout | |Gerry Glavine3,11846.67% || |Ed Byrne 3,18547.67% | |Mary Snow3785.66%
|Ed Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre74.31% turnout || |Joan Aylward 2,57943.05% | |Paul Brown2,25437.62% | |Wayne Lucas1,15819.33%
|Hubert Kitchen‡(ran in St. John's East) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East79.37% turnout | |Hubert Kitchen2,34038.20% || |John Ottenheimer2,98948.80% | |Sean Murray79613.00%
|Jack Harris‡(ran in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North73.95% turnout || |Lloyd Matthews2,78956.37% | |Ian Carter1,64933.33% | |Raj Sharan51010.31%
|Lloyd Matthews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South70.73% turnout | |Tom Murphy2,41740.62% || |Tom Osborne2,52142.36% | |Sue Skipton85814.42% | |Bill Maddigan (Independent)1552.60% || |Tom Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West74.82% turnout || |Rex Gibbons4,15264.36% | |Bren Kelly1,64825.55% | |Pat Lynch65110.09%
|Rex Gibbons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi79.89% turnout | |Joan Cook1,66130.29% | |Cy Mills90216.45% || |Jack Harris2,80051.07% | |Jason Crummey (Terra Nova Greens)1202.19% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters73.88% turnout || |Walter NoelHe was the MHA for Pleasantville, however, the district would be disbanded. As such, Noel ran in the new district of Virginia Waters 3,63955.67% | |Bev LeMoine2,34835.92% | |Bob Buckingham5508.41%
|New District
St. John's suburbs
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis82.63% turnout | |Jim Martin3,15848.60% || |Jack Byrne 3,29951.09%
|Jack ByrneSt. John's East Extern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East & Bell Island73.72% turnout || |Jim Walsh2,90948.39% | |Doug Cole2,22036.93% | |David Sullivan3165.26% | |Kenneth Kavanagh (Independent)5669.42% || |Jim WalshMount Scio-Bell Island |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South75.51% turnout | |Bill Dawe2,62843.50% || |Bob French3,05150.50% | |Harvey Taylor3636.00%
|Pat Cowan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl80.94% turnout || |Julie Bettney3,68653.51% | |Neil Windsor2,92742.49% | |Sam Kelly2753.99%
|Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail79.14% turnout || |Ralph Wiseman3,51054.72% | |Dianne Whalen2,90545.28%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley73.88% turnout | |Bernie Heywood2,85845.35% || |Harvey Hodder3,44454.65%
|Harvey HodderWaterford-Kenmount
Avalon and Burin peninsulas
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue69.15% turnout || |Percy Barrett 3,57663.11% | |Nick Careen1,83232.33% | |Lee Ingram2584.55%
|Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West79.71% turnout || |Mary Hodder 4,94472.29% | |Terry Keating1,89527.71%
|Glenn Tobin† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Carbonear-Harbour Grace75.63% turnout |rowspan="3" | |rowspan=3|Art Reid 3,84656.26% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|George Faulkner2,69839.47% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Linda Soper2924.27% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Art ReidCarbonear |- |colspan=2|Merged district
|John Crane†Harbour Grace |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland85.33% turnout | |Tom Best2,23731.64% || |Loyola Sullivan4,83468.34%
|Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank76.86% turnout || |Judy Foote4,13662.13% | |Herb Edwards2,52137.87%
|Bill Matthews† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Whitbourne76.91% turnout || |Don Whelan3,40752.61% | |Eugene Conway2,70541.77% | |Gus Flannigan2393.69% | |Norm Sylvia (Independent)1251.93% || |Don WhelanHarbour Main |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia & St. Mary's86.67% turnout |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Anthony Sparrow3,60151.38% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Fabian Manning 3,40748.62% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Nick Careen‡Placentia(ran in Bellevue) |- |colspan=2|Merged district
|Fabian ManningSt. Mary's-The Capes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave76.98% turnout || |John Efford 4,60367.63% | |Robert Lundrigan2,20332.37%
|John Efford
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde73.16% turnout || |Lloyd Snow3,76556.43% | |Nellie Squires2,17638.28% | |Bill Hiscock3205.29%
|Lloyd Snow
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte79.95% turnout | |Bud Hulan2,38039.95% || |Paul Shelley 3,57860.05%
|Paul ShelleyBaie Verte-White Bay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North73.74% turnout || |Beaton Tulk3,59456.69% | |Sam Winsor2,46338.85%
|Wayne Davis (Independent)2834.46% || |Tom Lush‡(ran in Terra Nova) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South78.29% turnout | |Kay Young2,47434.10% || |Roger Fitzgerald 4,78165.90%
|Roger Fitzgerald
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits65.93% turnout || |Roger Grimes 3,26259.89% | |Rod Stockley1,58129.02% | |Peter Langdon60411.09%
|Roger Grimes
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander78.32% turnout || |Sandra Kelly3,58555.80% | |Dan Crummell2,84044.20%
|Gary Vey†
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls-Buchans78.82% turnout || |Anna Thistle3,44150.24% | |Mike Mackey2,32133.89% | |Joe Tremblett1,08715.87%
|Mike MackeyGrand Falls |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte70.00% turnout || |Melvin Penney3,25255.59% | |Rex Freake2,59844.41%
|Melvin Penney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova69.75% turnout || |Tom Lush4,04966.31% | |Glenn Greening2,05733.69%
|Kay Lush‡(ran in Bonavista South)
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North65.98% turnout || |Doug Oldford3,78464.04% | |Sheila Kelly-Blackmore2,12535.96%
|Doug Oldford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate & Fogo67.46% turnout |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Gerry Reid3,88563.85% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Terry Reid1,68927.76% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Wayne Greenham5118.40% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Walter C. Carter†Twillingate |- |colspan=2|Merged district
|Beaton TulkFogo(ran in Bonavista North) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Springdale66.99% turnout || |Graham Flight2,85747.71% | |Alvin Hewlett2,84147.44% | |Jim Hobbs2904.84%
|Graham FlightWindsor-Buchans
Western and Southern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands75.77% turnout || |Brian Tobin 3,99765.68% | |Paul Hunt1,67227.47% | |Hayward Pardy4176.85%
|Clyde Wells† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Burgeo & La Poile67.84% turnout |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Bill Ramsay3,59860.17% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Cheryl Stagg2,38239.83% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Dave Gilbert†Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir |- |colspan=2|Merged district
|Bill RamsayLa Poile |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune66.75% turnout || |Oliver Langdon4,04674.73% | |Kay Blake1,36825.27%
|Oliver LangdonFortune-Hermitage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East80.76% turnout || |Bob Mercer3,42450.05% | |Lynn Verge3,41749.95%
|Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley71.27% turnout || |Rick Woodford 4,10974.91% | |Evelyn Organ1,37625.09%
|Rick Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West72.49% turnout || |Paul Dicks4,21573.86% | |Pat Callahan1,49226.14%
|Paul Dicks
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port71.05% turnout || |Gerald Smith 4,01167.93% | |Scott Hurley1,89432.07%
|Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe74.17% turnout || |Chuck Furey3,37464.19% | |Carolyn Lavers1,84435.08%
|Chuck Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. George's-Stephenville East66.01% turnout |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Kevin Aylward3,50561.68% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Cec Stein1,64028.86% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Roy Spencer (Independent)5389.47% || |Bud Hulan‡St. George's(ran in Baie Verte) |- |colspan=2|Merged district
|Kevin AylwardStephenville |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits & White Bay North63.98% turnout || |Chris Decker 2,58149.27% | |Conan Coates99919.07%
|Dennis Coates (Independent)1,65931.67% || |Chris DeckerStrait of Belle Isle
Labrador
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair86.69% turnout | |Danny Dumaresque 1,23341.94% | |Berkley Bursey421.43% || |Yvonne Jones (Independent)1,66556.63% || |Danny DumaresqueEagle River |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West82.46% turnout || |Perry Canning3,54763.37% | |Alec Snow2,14038.23%
|Alec SnowMenihek |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville60.38% turnout || |Ernie McLean2,76276.57% | |Darlene Gear-White84523.43%
|Edward Roberts†Naskaupi |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains91.97% turnout || |Wally Andersen79570.29% | |Bill Flowers33629.71%
|William Andersen III†
See also List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties
Parties Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada) Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)
References
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Elections Newfoundland and Labrador Election Report
Further reading