1979 Newfoundland general election

The 1979 Newfoundland general election was held on June 18, 1979 to elect members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results  Party Leader1975Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Brian Peckford3033+10%119,15150.4%Donald Jamieson1619+19%95,94340.6%John Greene000%18,5077.8%Other50 0% 2,7861.2%Totals5152 -237,135100%

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

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride74.91% turnout || |Robert Aylward3,86364.61% | |Robert Hall1,83330.66% | |Stan MacDonald2834.73%

|Robert Wells† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville80.63% turnout || |Jerome Dinn4,53263.24% | |David Riche1,97327.53% | |Gerry Panting6619.23%

|Jerome Dinn |- |style="background:whitesmoke;" rowspan="2"|St. John's Centre79.41% turnout |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Patrick McNicholas2,17360.14% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Hugh Shea77321.40% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Valerie Summers44912.43% | |Lewis Murphy (Independent)1283.54% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Anthony Murphy†

|Dorothy Wyatt (Independent)902.49% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East63.90% turnout || |William Marshall2,11170.74% | |Jaime Wyatt52017.43% | |David Thompson35311.83%

|William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North81.83% turnout || |John Carter2,53661.57% | |Bill Case1,33232.34% | |Margaret Panting2516.09%

|John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South74.11% turnout || |John Collins2,22162.16% | |Jim Furlong1,17132.77% | |Gus Breen1815.07%

|John Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West76.37% turnout || |Harold Barrett2,03751.11% | |Hubert Kitchen1,40234.34% | |John Greene59414.55%

|Hubert Kitchen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount71.82% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer3,84261.95% | |William Callahan1,99232.12% | |David Grimes44810.66%

|Gerry Ottenheimer

St. John's suburbs

|style="background:whitesmoke;" rowspan="2"|Conception Bay South75.40% turnout |rowspan="2" | |rowspan="2"|John Butt3,50346.28% |rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|John Nolan2,62034.60% |rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|Boyd Batten3194.21% | |Gordon Dawe (Independent Progressive Conservative)1,03513.67% |rowspan="2" | |rowspan="2"|John Nolan

|Richard Gosse (Independent)941.24% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl75.01% turnout || |Neil Windsor3,53556.23% | |Stuart Toope2,00931.95% | |Helen Porter74311.82%

|Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio87.78% turnout || |Leo Barry3,66362.19% | |Phil Warren1,90732.38% | |Raymond Ryall3205.43%

|Ray Winsor† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern79.34% turnout || |Tom Hickey3,98961.63% | |Roland Manning1,97030.44% | |Ed Roche5137.93%

|Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear69.21% turnout | |Ross Cole1,64233.39% || |Rod Moores3,18864.82% | |Alex Thomson881.79%

|Rod Moores |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland82.35% turnout || |Charlie Power2,67864.95% | |Jean Payne86020.86% | |Alfred Sullivan58514.14%

|Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace81.31% turnout || |Haig Young2,42052.90% | |Patrick O'Flaherty2,07345.31% | |Robert Stacey821.79%

|Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Bell Island75.92% turnout || |Norman Doyle3,10060.67% | |Thomas Moore1,60131.33% | |Margaret Peddle2264.42% | |Michael Laurie (Independent)1833.58% || |William Doody† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia79.78% turnout || |William Patterson1,96246.34% | |William Hogan1,42033.54% | |Patrick Fleming781.84% | |Anthony Sparrow (Independent)77418.28% || |William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.89% turnout || |Randy W. Collins2,98956.39% | |William Smallwood2,20041.50% | |Edward McGrath781.47% | |Ted Noseworthy (Independent)340.64% || |Eric Dawe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes74.72% turnout || |Walter Carter2,70273.62% | |Patrick Molloy89626.35% | |Roy Moyles822.23%

|Walter Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde71.17% turnout | |Eli Bryant1,59739.30% || |Frederick B. Rowe2,23755.06% | |Nelson Palmer2295.64%

|Frederick B. Rowe

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue70.49% turnout | |Robert Peddle1,54629.63% || |Don Jamieson3,52267.51% | |Genevieve Connors1492.86% || |Wilson Callan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North76.71% turnout | |George Cross2,39547.88% || |Len Stirling2,51550.28% | |Naomi Pickett921.84% || |George Cross |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South65.78% turnout || |Jim Morgan2,64270.04% | |Jim Ryan1,01126.80% | |Joseph Templeman1193.16% || |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo75.06% turnout | |Wayne Wheaton2,05344.54% || |Beaton Tulk2,42452.59% | |Clifford Wells1322.87% || |Earl Winsor† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova69.53% turnout | |Glen Greening1,59637.10% || |Tom Lush2,57959.95% | |Lowell Paulson1272.95% || |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North75.12% turnout || |Charlie Brett3,14963.73% | |Jack Pelley1,59632.30% | |Roger Desrosiers1963.97% || |Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay74.09% turnout | |Roy Barker1,68833.51% || |Tom Rideout2,83056.17% | |Gerald Dwyer52010.32% || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits64.21% turnout || |Hugh Twomey2,75356.44% | |Munden Batstone1,70234.89% | |Ronald Chafe4238.67% || |Hugh Twomey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander74.72% turnout || |Hazel Newhook2,36247.45% | |Randy Simms1,05421.17% | |Winston Baker1,56231.38% || |Harold Collins† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls81.59% turnout || |Len Simms2,55658.74% | |Roger Grimes1,34630.94% | |Andrew Barker44910.32% || |John Lundrigan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay75.30% turnout || |Brian Peckford3,50277.04% | |Maurice Budgell98721.71% | |Brian Walsh571.25% || |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte77.99% turnout | |John Whalen2,66747.42% || |Freeman White2,79649.72% | |Berkley Rose1612.86% || |Freeman White |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate67.82% turnout | |Iain Small1,23835.57% || |Bill Rowe1,98056.90% | |Roderick Woolridge2627.53% || |Bill Rowe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans77.17% turnout | |Clarence King1,58037.61% || |Graham Flight2,17351.73% | |David Grimes44810.66% || |Graham Flight

Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir73.60% turnout | |Patrick Perry1,06830.02% || |Roger Simmons2,21162.16% | |Barry Roberts2787.82%

|Roger Simmons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West78.32% turnout | |Ed Mayo1,87632.80% || |Don Hollett3,73765.35% | |Don Baird1061.85%

|Patrick Canning† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage68.08% turnout || |Don Stewart1,77046.79% | |Jack Winsor1,51039.92% | |David Howley551.45% | |Gary Wells (Independent Liberal)44811.84% || |Jack Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank73.94% turnout | |Clarence Rogers1,64631.21% || |Leslie Thoms3,43165.04% | |Harvey Tulk Jr.1983.75%

|Alex Hickman† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile69.46% turnout | |Cabot Martin1,90744.90% || |Steve Neary2,28353.76% | |Viola Puddester571.34%

|Steve Neary

Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands63.09% turnout || |Luke Woodrow2,29354.04% | |Jim Walsh1,39332.83% | |Val McAbee55713.13% || |Luke Woodrow |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East70.72% turnout || |Lynn Verge2,48958.41% | |George Colbourne1,29730.44% | |Eric Mintz47511.15% || |Tom Farrell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley65.24% turnout || |Wallace House2,46552.64% | |Kevin Saunders1,72336.79% | |Allan French49510.57% || |Wallace House |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West67.91% turnout || |Ray Baird2,49556.76% | |Raymond Pollett1,13125.73% | |Sandy MacRae77017.51% || |Frank Moores† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port78.77% turnout | |Don Bennett1,43140.55% || |Jim Hodder1,83952.11% | |Thomas McCarthy2597.34% || |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe66.22% turnout | |Edward Maynard1,60337.02% || |Trevor Bennett1,93844.76% | |Peter Fenwick78918.22% || |Edward Maynard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's71.48% turnout || |Ron Dawe1,94247.45% | |Hazel McIsaac1,39634.11% | |Victor Bennett75518.44% || |Hazel McIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville72.05% turnout || |Frederick Stagg1,93151.15% | |William MacNeil1,59642.28% | |Bill Beardow2486.57% || |William MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle64.35% turnout | |Eric Squires59914.68% || |Edward Roberts3,13676.86% | |Levi Squires3458.46% || |Edward Roberts

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River61.89% turnout | |Claude Rumbolt75444.46% || |Eugene Hiscock86551.00% | |Elsie McDonald774.54% || |Ian Strachan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek71.45% turnout || |Peter Walsh1,86235.50% | |Gordon Manstan1,77633.86% | |Nelson Larson1,60730.64% || |Joseph Rousseau† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi79.50% turnout || |Joseph Goudie1,76047.00% | |Melvin Woodward1,72946.17% | |Michael Power2566.83% || |Joseph Goudie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains73.99% turnout | |William Flowers38845.76% || |Garfield Warren46054.24%

|New district

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