1985 Newfoundland general election

The 1985 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 April 1985 to elect members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party under Premier Brian Peckford.

Results  Party Leader1982Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Brian Peckford4436-18%134,89348.6%Leo Barry815+88%102,01636.7%Peter Fenwick 01100%39,95414.4%Other00 0% 7780.3%Totals5252 -278,502100%

Results by district

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

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride76.04% turnout || |Robert Aylward3,66856.71% | |Joseph Sala1,17018.09% | |Alfred Sullivan1,63025.20% || |Robert Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville74.33% turnout || |Jerome Dinn3,00347.13% | |Walter Noel2,19634.47% | |Paul Ring1,17218.40% || |Jerome Dinn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre73.55% turnout || |Patrick McNicholas3,33250.97% | |Mary Philpott2,22934.10% | |Nina Patey97614.93% || |Patrick McNicholas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East72.79% turnout || |William Marshall2,73850.18% | |Hugh Shea73813.52% | |Gene Long1,98136.30% || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North72.14% turnout || |John Carter2,63148.64% | |Judi Murphy1,34724.90% | |Dorothy Inglis1,43126.46% || |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South64.28% turnout || |John Collins2,46654.38% | |Dolores Linehan1,14525.25% | |Bob Matthews92420.37% || |John Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West67.08% turnout || |Harold Barrett3,38252.15% | |Gerald Moore1,59524.60% | |Thomas O'Leary1,50823.25% || |Harold Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount70.65% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer3,25156.98% | |Eric Adams1,40124.55% | |Wallace Day1,05418.47% || |Gerry Ottenheimer

St. John's suburbs

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South73.51% turnout || |John Butt2,17948.80% | |Ron Clarke1,73738.90% | |Art Dawe3537.91% | |Gordon Dawe (Independent)1964.39% || |John Butt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl73.16% turnout || |Neil Windsor3,36554.97% | |Boyd Batten1,43223.40% | |Leo Thistle1,32421.63%

|Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio-Bell Island83.79% turnout | |James Hearn2,87942.19% || |Leo Barry3,32148.67% | |Gerry Panting6249.14%

|Leo Barry |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern80.50% turnout || |Tom Hickey3,48955.66% | |Fred Littlejohn1,41022.49% | |Robert Anderson1,37021.85%

|Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear80.91% turnout || |Milton Peach3,20350.58% | |Rod Moores2,71242.82% | |Isabelle King4186.60% || |Milton Peach |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland82.12% turnout || |Charlie Power2,53755.52% | |Helen Kenny68715.03% | |Adrian Sullivan1,34629.45% || |Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace83.50% turnout || |Haig Young2,72950.91% | |John Crane2,49846.61% | |Helen Porter1332.48% || |Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main79.27% turnout || |Norman Doyle3,78458.88% | |Jerry Lewis3986.19% | |George Flaherty2,24534.93% || |Norman Doyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia83.78% turnout || |William Patterson2,29550.15% | |Rex Murphy2,14946.96% | |Kevin Walsh1322.89% || |William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave84.58% turnout | |Randy W. Collins2,65740.40% || |John Efford3,61454.96% | |Byron Petten3054.64% || |Randy W. Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes80.11% turnout || |Loyola Hearn3,12573.76% | |Marie Walsh73317.30% | |Leo Coffey3798.94% || |Loyola Hearn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde77.49% turnout || |James Reid2,36948.21% | |Walter Brown1,86037.85% | |Bert Pitcher68513.94% || |James Reid

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue80.27% turnout | |Basil Jamieson2,85243.91% || |Wilson Callan3,03046.65% | |Mose Ingram6139.44%

|Wilson Callan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North85.03% turnout | |George Cross2,86147.27% || |Tom Lush2,98349.29% | |John Blackwood1502.48% | |Wayne Davis (Independent)580.96% || |George Cross |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South66.73% turnout || |Jim Morgan2,42458.61% | |Ancel Johnson1,19328.84% | |Harry Faulkner51912.55%

|Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo84.14% turnout | |Wayne Wheaton2,58044.21% || |Beaton Tulk3,12453.53% | |Hayward Cross1322.26%

|Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova74.23% turnout || |Glen Greening2,85756.03% | |Everett Cross2,09941.17%

|Gordon Genge (Independent)1432.80% || |Glen Greening |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North74.52% turnout || |Charlie Brett3,13756.90% | |Myra Moore2,08237.76% | |Bill Abbott2945.34%

|Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay82.42% turnout || |Tom Rideout2,53251.87% | |Harold Small2,12743.58% | |Richard Shelley2224.55% || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits65.70% turnout || |Hugh Twomey2,80553.55% | |Gerald Thompson1,51728.96% | |Ron Chafe91617.49% || |Hugh Twomey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander77.25% turnout | |Hazel Newhook2,31939.51% || |Winston Baker3,30956.38% | |Joe Tremblett2414.11% || |Hazel Newhook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls89.53% turnout || |Len Simms2,20844.25% | |George Anderson61512.32% | |Bryan Blackmore2,16743.43% || |Len Simms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay70.36% turnout || |Brian Peckford3,37368.56% | |Renold Clarke1,25425.49% | |Mervyn Poole2935.95% || |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte71.07% turnout || |James Russell3,03552.40% | |Joy Sceviour2,55144.04% | |William Fogwill2063.56% || |James Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate71.51% turnout | |Ida Reid1,87444.59% || |Walter Carter2,32955.41%

|Ida Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans81.18% turnout | |John McLennon1,72637.48% || |Graham Flight2,54755.31% | |John Budden3327.21% || |John McLennon

Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir78.39% turnout | |Harold Andrews2,06247.75% || |Dave Gilbert2,25652.25%

|Harold Andrews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West85.16% turnout || |Glenn Tobin3,86953.59% | |Wilson Brown2,79438.70% | |Chesley Cribb5577.71% || |Glenn Tobin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage81.12% turnout | |Don Stewart2,25445.57% || |Roger Simmons2,53551.25% | |Joe Edwards1573.18% || |Don Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank79.89% turnout || |Bill Matthews3,02849.25% | |Maxwell Snook2,68943.74% | |Calvin Peach4317.01% || |Bill Matthews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile76.22% turnout || |Cal Mitchell2,13840.88% | |Noreen Saunders1,79734.36% | |Stephen MacKenzie1,29524.76% || |Steve Neary†

Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands77.51% turnout || |Ted Blanchard2,41943.24% | |Graham Watton2,40442.98% | |Jeanette Leitch77113.78%

|Luke Woodrow† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East77.87% turnout || |Lynn Verge2,95544.63% | |Keith Payne2,67040.33% | |Stuart Fraser99615.04%

|Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley76.40% turnout || |Rick Woodford2,19747.64% | |David Hedd1,80439.11% | |Terry Brazil61113.25%

|Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West79.49% turnout || |Ray Baird2,19538.90% | |Scott Simmons2,11237.43% | |Frank Burke1,27322.56% | |Derek Woodman (Independent)631.11% || |Ray Baird |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port85.25% turnout || |Jim Hodder2,42953.33% | |Sandy Chisholm1,20326.41% | |Bob Cormier92320.26%

|Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe78.83% turnout | |Everett Osmond2,75241.26% || |Chuck Furey2,76841.50% | |Ed Broaders1,15017.24%

|Everett Osmond |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's78.77% turnout || |Ron Dawe2,72956.03% | |Francis Berkshire1,91439.29% | |Ken Gould2284.68%

|Ron Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville78.86% turnout | |Frederick Stagg1,69040.21% || |Kevin Aylward2,18551.99% | |Marion McEachren3287.80%

|Frederick Stagg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle75.92% turnout | |George Sutton1,07718.07% || |Chris Decker3,13652.61% | |Max Short1,43023.99% | |Wade Reid (Independent)3185.33% || |Edward Roberts†

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River78.19% turnout | |Stanley Pike78130.94% || |Eugene Hiscock1,17046.36% | |Claude Rumbolt57322.70% || |Eugene Hiscock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek90.82% turnout | |Alec Snow2,61045.39% | |Andrew Spracklin2995.20% || |Peter Fenwick2,84149.41% || |Peter Fenwick |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi86.06% turnout | |Joseph Goudie1,45433.28% || |Jim Kelland2,68561.46% | |Barbara Maidment2305.26% || |Joseph Goudie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains81.69% turnout || |Garfield Warren58951.80% | |Melvin Woodward46340.72% | |John Terriak857.48% || |Garfield Warren

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