The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results  Party Leader1959Seats wonPopular vote (%)Joey Smallwood 313472,31958.7%James Greene 3745,05536.6%Ed Finn 004,4793.6%United NewfoundlandAugustine Duffy206380.5%Other017400.6%Totals3642123,990100%

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † indicates that the incumbent did not run again. ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre60.94% turnout | |Joseph O'Driscoll1,51234.95% || |Anthony Murphy2,17650.30% | |Augustine Duffy63814.75% || |Augustine Duffy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East63.71% turnout | |James Higgins1,25138.60% || |James Greene1,99061.40%

|James Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern66.37% turnout | |James Fagan2,06043.71% || |William Browne2,65356.29%

|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North56.21% turnout || |Geoffrey Carnell3,07760.88% | |William Moss1,97739.12%

|George Nightingale† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South60.96% turnout | |John O'Dea2,80946.96% || |Rex Renouf3,17353.04%

|John O'Dea |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West60.55% turnout || |William Adams2,91951.58% | |Harvey Cole2,74048.42%

|Joey Smallwood‡(ran in Bonavista North)

Conception Bay

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde64.69% turnout || |William Saunders1,12756.92% | |Charles Bursey85343.08% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island71.12% turnout || |Steve Neary1,81454.38% | |Richard Greene1,52245.62% || |Richard Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear50.63% turnout || |George Clarke1,07962.73% | |Walter Clarke64137.27% || |George ClarkeCarbonear-Bay de Verde |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace55.90% turnout || |Claude Sheppard1,46057.53% | |Harold Osborne1,07842.47% || |Claude Sheppard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Philip Lewis2,29329.40% | |Albert Furey1,90424.42% || |Philip Lewis

|Clifton Joy2,20228.24% | |Terry Trainor1,39917.94% || |Albert Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave58.60% turnout || |Eric Dawe1,77468.89% | |Lloyd Stevens80131.11% || |Llewellyn Strange†

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland74.68% turnout || |Myles Murray1,67659.06% | |Otto Byrne1,16240.94%

|Myles Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia East63.17% turnout |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Alain Frecker1,44154.98% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|David Murphy86833.12% | |William Patterson (Independent)1826.94% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Alain Frecker

|Esau Thoms (NDP)1304.96% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's72.24% turnout || |James M. McGrath1,11864.92% | |John Halley60435.08%

|James M. McGrath |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South45.44% turnout || |Uriah Strickland1,74162.76% | |Edmund George1,03337.24%

|Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North57.55% turnout || |Joey Smallwood3,19581.15% | |Douglas Parsons74218.85%

|Edward Spencer‡(ran in Fogo) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South47.51% turnout || |Rossy Barbour2,10662.57% | |Robert Stead1,15534.31% | |George Squire1053.12% || |Rossy Barbour |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Edward SpencerWon by acclamation

|Isaac Mercer† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North46.98% turnout || |Arthur Mifflin2,20766.96% | |Whitfield Bannister1,08933.04%

|Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander57.56% turnout || |Beaton Abbott2,06952.92% | |Harold Collins1,84147.08%

|Beaton Abbott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls61.14% turnout | |Raymond Guy2,26448.50% || |Ambrose Peddle2,40451.50%

|Raymond Guy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay54.47% turnout || |William Smallwood1,41559.06%

|Kitchener Pritchett98140.94% || |William Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte58.12% turnout || |Harold Starkes1,78660.77% | |Guy Eveleigh1,15339.23%

|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate53.39% turnout || |Leslie Curtis1,69182.53% | |Allan Young35817.47%

|Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South65.30% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe1,56179.56% | |James Walsh40120.44%

|Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile60.58% turnout || |Walter Hodder2,12570.86% | |Allan Evans87429.14% || |John Cheeseman‡(ran in Hermitage) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin39.67% turnout || |Eric Jones1,89286.27% | |Harold Russell30113.73% || |Eric Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay56.82% turnout || |H.R.V. Earle1,55286.17% | |Abram Godwin24913.83% || |John Courage†Fortune Bay-Hermitage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hermitage || |John CheesemanWon by acclamation

|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West63.06% turnout || |Patrick Canning1,94863.62% | |Joseph Cheeseman1,11436.38% || |Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East69.57% turnout | |John Forsey2,69846.82% || |Noel Murphy3,06453.18%

|John Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West61.94% turnout || |Charles Ballam2,86052.19%

|Ed Finn2,62047.81% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port69.39% turnout || |Stephen Smith1,97554.38% | |Berkley Evans1,65745.62%

|Stephen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe North81.63% turnout || |James Chalker1,34089.51% | |George Randell15710.49%

|James ChalkerSt. Barbe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe South73.34% turnout | |Maxwell Lane92940.87% || |William Smith1,10248.48% | |Gerald P. Byrne24210.65% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's68.71% turnout || |William Keough1,90764.95% | |John Martin1,02935.05%

|William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North64.01% turnout || |Walter Carter2,06289.69% | |Garland Patey23710.31%

|Maxwell Lane‡(ran in St. Barbe South)

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North44.23% turnout || |Earl Winsor86075.97% | |Arthur Hale27224.03%

|Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South || |Gerald HillWon by acclamation

|Gerald Hill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West86.38% turnout | |Edward Henley38941.08%

|Charles Devine (Independent)55858.92% || |New district

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