1982 Newfoundland general election

The 1982 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April 1982 to elect members of the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results  Party Leader1979Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Brian Peckford3344+33%152,96661.2%Len Stirling 198-58%87,22834.9%Peter Fenwick 000%9,3713.7%Other00 0% 4250.2%Totals5252 -251,024100%

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

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride76.66% turnout || |Robert Aylward4,71081.45% | |Sean Callahan1,07318.55%

|Robert Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville78.23% turnout || |Jerome Dinn4,80368.97% | |Walter Noel1,34919.37% | |Gerry Panting81211.66% || |Jerome Dinn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre72.80% turnout || |Patrick McNicholas2,35771.27% | |John Slattery65719.87% | |Robert Harry Cuff2938.86% || |Patrick McNicholas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East63.09% turnout || |William Marshall2,02168.53% | |Hugh Coady38212.95% | |Nancy Riche54618.52% || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North75.05% turnout || |John Carter2,52066.67% | |Norman Whalen1,09528.97% | |Austin Scott1654.36% || |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South64.30% turnout || |John Collins2,28673.67% | |Ernest Antle58218.76% | |Barbara Roberts2357.57% || |John Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West64.92% turnout || |Harold Barrett2,47571.64% | |Ronald Pumphrey75521.85% | |Ronald Lewis2256.51% || |Harold Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount81.21% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer5,06372.33% | |William Callahan1,42720.39% | |John March5107.28% || |Gerry Ottenheimer

St. John's suburbs

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South75.76% turnout || |John Butt5,38270.56% | |Gerald Greenslade1,66421.81% | |Howard Story2923.83% | |Jerry LeDrew (Independent)2903.80% || |John Butt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl82.14% turnout || |Neil Windsor5,19675.46% | |Seymour Dyke92813.48% | |Helen Porter76211.06%

|Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio77.04% turnout || |Leo Barry3,99777.43% | |Sonya Abbott78515.21% | |Raymond Ryall3807.36%

|Leo Barry |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern80.88% turnout || |Tom Hickey4,79572.64% | |David Wheeler1,33820.27% | |Robert Anderson4687.09%

|Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear85.94% turnout || |Milton Peach3,31954.31% | |Rod Moores2,79245.69%

|Rod Moores |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland84.89% turnout || |Charlie Power3,37479.84% | |John Wiseman85220.16%

|Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace86.08% turnout || |Haig Young3,39470.15% | |Carl Cooper1,44429.85%

|Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Bell Island81.67% turnout || |Norman Doyle4,23877.24% | |Joe Furey1,07719.63% | |Bill Healey (NDP)1723.13% || |Norman Doyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia79.42% turnout || |William Patterson2,70664.20% | |Basil Power1,50935.80%

|William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave81.80% turnout || |Randy W. Collins3,00351.82% | |Ambrose Stoyles2,65745.85% | |James Roberts (Independent)1352.33% || |Randy W. Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes94.15% turnout || |Loyola Hearn2,61956.55% | |Derrick Hancock2,01243.45%

|Derrick Hancock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde84.02% turnout || |James Reid2,70056.40% | |Phil Warren2,08743.60%

|Frederick B. Rowe†

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue79.19% turnout | |Basil Jamieson2,85848.90% || |Wilson Callan2,98751.10% || |Wilson Callan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North86.71% turnout || |George Cross2,97252.60% | |Len Stirling2,67847.40% || |Len Stirling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South64.93% turnout || |Jim Morgan2,74273.43% | |Cyril Mifflin99226.57% || |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo83.83% turnout | |Manson Sheppard2,43847.41% || |Beaton Tulk2,70452.59% || |Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova76.18% turnout | |Glen Greening2,25647.89% || |Tom Lush2,45552.11% || |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North77.33% turnout || |Charlie Brett3,02259.50% | |Fred Best2,05740.50% || |Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay80.53% turnout || |Tom Rideout3,06256.06% | |Chris Decker2,40043.94%

|Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits59.51% turnout || |Hugh Twomey2,78761.75% | |Glenn Noseworthy1,72638.25%

|Hugh Twomey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander74.76% turnout || |Hazel Newhook2,87657.75% | |Winston Baker1,84537.05% | |Lowell Paulson2595.20% || |Hazel Newhook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls74.13% turnout || |Len Simms2,78670.73% | |Walter Clarke1,15329.27%

|Len Simms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay70.56% turnout || |Brian Peckford3,33878.36% | |Munden Batstone92221.64%

|Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte78.05% turnout || |James Russell3,55963.37% | |Graham Wood2,05736.63%

|Freeman White† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate73.65% turnout || |Ida Reid1,88049.69% | |Bill Rowe1,58841.98% | |Roderick Woolridge3158.33% || |Bill Rowe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans73.97% turnout || |John McLennon2,05751.05% | |Graham Flight1,97248.95%

|Graham Flight

Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir81.21% turnout || ||Harold Andrews2,22155.14% | |Lloyd Walters1,80744.86%

|Harold Andrews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West90.66% turnout || |Glenn Tobin3,42952.02% | |Don Hollett3,16347.98%

|Don Hollett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage71.10% turnout || |Don Stewart2,44661.47% | |John Rideout1,53338.53%

|Don Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank77.41% turnout || |Bill Matthews2,85751.64% | |Leslie Thoms2,44244.13% | |Eric Miller2344.23% || |Leslie Thoms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile68.02% turnout | |David Martin2,05149.51% || |Steve Neary2,09250.49%

|Steve Neary

Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands74.06% turnout || |Luke Woodrow3,25465.40% | |Elizabeth Hann1,37727.67% | |Clarence Galliott3456.93% || |Luke Woodrow |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East76.96% turnout || |Lynn Verge3,10266.82% | |Paul Dicks1,24926.91% | |Cynthia Wishart2916.27% || |Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley76.54% turnout || |Wallace House3,48063.53% | |Kevin Saunders1,99836.47%

|Wallace House |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West81.33% turnout || |Ray Baird3,36563.97% | |Doyle Mills1,13021.48% | |Peter Fenwick76514.55% || |Ray Baird |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port89.86% turnout | |Don Bennett1,79844.69% || |Jim Hodder2,09452.05% | |Jenny Fenwick1313.26% || |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe79.41% turnout || |Everett Osmond2,61150.38% | |Trevor Bennett2,16641.79% | |Donald Snook4067.83% || |Trevor Bennett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's80.17% turnout || |Ron Dawe2,91063.75% | |Charles Mercer1,65536.25%

|Ron Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville75.31% turnout || |Frederick Stagg2,20556.21% | |William MacNeil1,71843.79%

|Frederick Stagg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle72.66% turnout | |Frank Kearney1,31828.54% || |Edward Roberts2,97564.42% | |Levi Squires3257.04% || |Edward Roberts

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River88.25% turnout | |Philip Stone52721.86% || |Eugene Hiscock1,31654.58% | |Ronald Rumbolt56823.56% || |Eugene Hiscock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek82.91% turnout || |Peter Walsh3,58958.86% | |Gordon Manstan1,63726.84% | |Roland LeGrow87214.30% || |Peter Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi83.98% turnout || |Joseph Goudie1,99850.61% | |Melvin Woodward1,95049.39%

|Joseph Goudie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains99.06% turnout | |David Hunt21418.79% || |Garfield Warren92581.21%

|Garfield Warren

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