2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| country = Newfoundland and Labrador
| type = parliamentary
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| previous_year = 2007
| previous_mps = 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| election_date = October 11, 2011
| elected_mps = members
| next_election = 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| next_year = 2015
| seats_for_election = All 48 seats in the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| majority_seats = 25
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polls
| turnout = 57.9% ({{down}} 3.4 pp){{cite web |title=Report on the Provincial General Election - October 11, 2011 |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport2011.pdf |website=Elections NL |access-date=13 March 2025}}
| image1 = 150x150px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|nohash}}
| leader1 = Kathy Dunderdale
| leader_since1 = April 2, 2011
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = Virginia Waters
| last_election1 = 44 seats, 69.59%
| seats_before1 = 43
| seats1 = 37
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}6
| popular_vote1 = 124,523
| percentage1 = 56.1%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}13.49
| image2 = 150x150px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader2 = Kevin Aylward
| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|August 14, 2011}}
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = ran in St. George's-Stephenville East
(lost)
| last_election2 = 3 seats, 21.69%
| seats_before2 = 4
| seats2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote2 = 42,417
| percentage2 = 19.1%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.59
| image3 = 150x150px
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|nohash}}
| leader3 = Lorraine Michael
| leader_since3 = May 26, 2006
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|name}}
| leaders_seat3 = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
| last_election3 = 1 seat, 8.49%
| seats_before3 = 1
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}4
| popular_vote3 = 54,713
| percentage3 = 24.6%
| swing3 = {{increase}}16.11
| map_image = Newfoundland_%26_Labrador_Election_2011_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
| map_size = 401px
| map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
| title = Premier
| before_election = Kathy Dunderdale
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
| after_election = Kathy Dunderdale
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
}}
The 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election took place on October 11, 2011, to elect members of the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) formed a majority government in the 2007 election, with the Liberal Party serving as the Official Opposition and the New Democratic Party (NDP) serving as a third party.
Under amendments passed by the Legislature in 2004, elections in Newfoundland and Labrador are now held on fixed dates: the second Tuesday in October every four years.{{cite web |url=http://www.democraticreform.gc.ca/eng/content/canadas-new-government-proposes-fixed-election-dates |title=Canada's New Government Proposes Fixed Election Dates |publisher=Democraticreform.gc.ca |date=May 30, 2006 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623075100/http://www.democraticreform.gc.ca/eng/content/canadas-new-government-proposes-fixed-election-dates |url-status=live }}
The Progressive Conservatives, led by Kathy Dunderdale, won their third consecutive majority government. Dunderdale became only the third woman in Canadian history to lead a political party to power.{{cite news|title=Dunderdale leads N.L. Tories to majority|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dunderdale-leads-n-l-tories-to-majority-1.1079789|access-date=October 12, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=October 12, 2011|archive-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225100307/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/10/11/nlvotes-main-results.html|url-status=live}} The Liberal Party, led by Kevin Aylward, formed the Official Opposition, however the party placed third in the popular vote and Aylward himself was not elected to the legislature.{{cite news|title=Kevin Aylward resigning as Liberal leader|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/kevin-aylward-resigning-as-liberal-leader-1.988995|accessdate=11 May 2016|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=26 October 2011|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124033530/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/kevin-aylward-resigning-as-liberal-leader-1.988995|url-status=live}} Lorraine Michael's New Democratic Party won a record number of seats and placed second in the popular vote for the first time in the province's history.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-celebrates-historic-gains-1.1117282|title=NDP celebrates historic gains|publisher=CBC News|date=October 11, 2011|accessdate=May 21, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306134514/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-celebrates-historic-gains-1.1117282|url-status=live}}
Background
=Progressive Conservative Party=
=Liberal Party=
=New Democratic Party=
Party leadership
Following Liberal leader Gerry Reid's defeat in the 2007 general election he resigned as the party's leader.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/reid-resigns-leadership-vows-grit-rebuilding-1.632148|title=Reid resigns leadership, vows Grit rebuilding|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 13, 2007|access-date=April 30, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506191417/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/reid-resigns-leadership-vows-grit-rebuilding-1.632148|url-status=live}} The party subsequently chose Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair MHA Yvonne Jones as interim leader of the party and therefore the Official Opposition Leader in the House of Assembly.{{cite news|title=Jones takes on interim Liberal leadership|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jones-takes-on-interim-liberal-leadership-1.635573|access-date=July 10, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 15, 2007|archive-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007031352/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/11/15/jones-liberals.html|url-status=live}} The party delayed calling a leadership election until 2010, and when nominations for the leadership closed on July 30, 2010, Jones was the only candidate to come forward and was acclaimed leader of the party.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jones-acclaimed-n-l-liberal-leader-1.909387|title=Jones acclaimed N.L. Liberal leader|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=July 30, 2010|access-date=April 30, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019134301/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jones-acclaimed-n-l-liberal-leader-1.909387|url-status=live}} Only weeks later on August 13, 2010, Jones announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would be taking time off to undergo treatment. During her time off Liberal House Leader Kelvin Parsons took over for Jones on an interim basis.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-liberal-leader-jones-has-breast-cancer-1.909386|title=N.L. Liberal Leader Jones has breast cancer|publisher=CBC News|date=August 13, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045516/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-liberal-leader-jones-has-breast-cancer-1.909386|url-status=live}} The Liberal convention that would swear Jones in as leader was rescheduled from October 2010, to May 2011, due to her illness. She was sworn in as leader on May 28, 2011.{{cite news|title=Liberal party ready for election|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-05-30/article-2544540/Liberal-party--ready-for-election/1|access-date=July 10, 2011|newspaper=The Telgram|date=May 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407032325/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-05-30/article-2544540/Liberal-party--ready-for-election/1|archive-date=April 7, 2012|url-status=dead}} On August 8, 2011, it was announced that Jones would step down as leader the following day on the advice of her doctor. The Liberal Party executive chose former MHA and cabinet minister Kevin Aylward as her successor on August 14, 2011.{{cite news|title=N.L. Liberal leader set to resign over health|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-liberal-leader-resigns-over-health-1.977686|access-date=August 9, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=August 8, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810032333/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/08/nl-jones-to-announce-resignation.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Aylward will lead NL Liberals|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/aylward-will-lead-n-l-liberals-1.1011704|access-date=August 14, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=August 14, 2011|archive-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815095149/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/14/nl-liberals-14aug11.html|url-status=live}}
On November 25, 2010, Premier Danny Williams made the surprise announcement that he would resign as leader and premier the next week.{{cite web |url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/11/25/don-martin-danny-williams-to-step-down/ |title=Danny Williams to step down |work=National Post |location=Canada |date=November 25, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129120134/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/11/25/don-martin-danny-williams-to-step-down/ |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} On December 3, 2010, Kathy Dunderdale, Williams' Deputy Premier, was sworn in as Newfoundland and Labrador's tenth Premier.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/news/time+come+premier+says/3882551/story.html|title='Our time has come' N.L. premier says as he leaves office|publisher=Canada.com|date=November 25, 2010|access-date=July 6, 2011|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020131902/http://www.canada.com/news/time+come+premier+says/3882551/story.html|url-status=live}} Although she had originally stated she would not seek the permanent leadership she announced on December 30, 2010, she would run for the Progressive Conservative leadership. Her announcement came after several high-profile cabinet ministers announced they would not run and endorsed her candidacy.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/2-key-ministers-skip-pc-race-1.913264|title=2 key ministers skip PC race|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 22, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501023656/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/2-key-ministers-skip-pc-race-1.913264|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dunderdale-shoots-for-n-l-tory-nod-1.926066|title=Dunderdale shoots for N.L. Tory nod|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 30, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428002400/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dunderdale-shoots-for-n-l-tory-nod-1.926066|url-status=live}} In January 2011, Dunderdale was acclaimed party leader when she was the only eligible candidate to seek the leadership.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-tories-reject-cabana-appeal-1.1045552|title=N.L. Tories reject Cabana appeal|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=January 27, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428000841/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-tories-reject-cabana-appeal-1.1045552|url-status=live}} On April 2, 2011, she was sworn in as leader of the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite news|title=Dunderdale sworn in as PC Party leader|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-04-02/article-2395041/Dunderdale-sworn-in-as-PC-Party-leader/1|access-date=July 10, 2011|newspaper=The Telegram|date=April 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407032319/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-04-02/article-2395041/Dunderdale-sworn-in-as-PC-Party-leader/1|archive-date=April 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Timeline
=2007=
- October 9, 2007: Elections held for the Newfoundland and Labrador Legislature in the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.{{cite news|title=Williams leads Tory landslide in N.L.|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/williams-leads-tory-landslide-in-n-l-1.636419|access-date=June 22, 2015|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=October 9, 2007|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045544/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/williams-leads-tory-landslide-in-n-l-1.636419|url-status=live}}
- November 6, 2007: Progressive Conservative Susan Sullivan wins a deferred election in Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans.{{cite news|title=Tories take resounding win in deferred N.L. vote|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-take-resounding-win-in-deferred-n-l-vote-1.649188|access-date=July 6, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 6, 2007|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628191038/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/11/06/gfw-election.html|url-status=live}}
- November 13, 2007: Liberal leader Gerry Reid resign after failing to be re-elected.
- November 15, 2007: The Liberal Party select Yvonne Jones as interim leader of the party.
=2008=
- May 21, 2008: Tom Rideout resigns as Deputy Premier, Government House Leader and Minister of Fisheries, in a dispute with the Premier's Office.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/deputy-n-l-premier-rideout-quits-cabinet-in-spat-with-williams-1.698378 |title=Deputy N.L. premier Rideout quits cabinet in spat with Williams |publisher=CBC News |date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045547/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/deputy-n-l-premier-rideout-quits-cabinet-in-spat-with-williams-1.698378 |url-status=live }}
- June 4, 2008: Cape St. Francis MHA Jack Byrne dies.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tory-stalwart-jack-byrne-dead-at-57-1.698001|title=Tory stalwart Jack Byrne dead at 57|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=June 5, 2007|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923130100/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tory-stalwart-jack-byrne-dead-at-57-1.698001|url-status=live}}
- June 30, 2008: Baie Verte-Springdale MHA Tom Rideout resigns his seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/former-newfoundland-premier-tom-rideout-quits-politics-1.702738|title=Former Newfoundland premier Tom Rideout quits politics|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=June 30, 2008|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045538/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/former-newfoundland-premier-tom-rideout-quits-politics-1.702738|url-status=live}}
- August 27, 2008: Two by-elections in Cape St. Francis and Baie Verte-Springdale are won by Progressive Conservative candidates Kevin Parsons and Kevin Pollard.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-sweep-newfoundland-and-labrador-byelections-1.757485|title=Tories sweep Newfoundland and Labrador byelections|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 28, 2008|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175557/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-sweep-newfoundland-and-labrador-byelections-1.757485|url-status=live}}
=2009=
- October 2, 2009: The Straits – White Bay North MHA Trevor Taylor resigns from Cabinet and his seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trevor-taylor-resigns-from-n-l-cabinet-1.802912|title=Trevor Taylor resigns from N.L. cabinet|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 24, 2009|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045519/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trevor-taylor-resigns-from-n-l-cabinet-1.802912|url-status=live}}
- October 7, 2009: Terra Nova MHA Paul Oram resign from Cabinet and his seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=292917&sc=79|title=Paul Oram resigns as health minister, MHA|publisher=The Telegram|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=July 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201359/http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=292917&sc=79|archive-date=May 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}
- October 27, 2009: A by-election in The Straits – White Bay North elects Liberal Marshall Dean.{{cite news|title=Liberals take Straits and White Bay North|url=http://www.northernpen.ca/News/2009-10-26/article-1524401/Liberals-take-Straits-and-White-Bay-North/1|access-date=July 7, 2011|newspaper=The Telegram|date=October 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706190855/http://www.northernpen.ca/News/2009-10-26/article-1524401/Liberals-take-Straits-and-White-Bay-North/1|archive-date=July 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}
- November 26, 2009: A by-election in Terra Nova elects PC Sandy Collins.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/conservatives-win-terra-nova-byelection-1.857242|title=Conservatives win Terra Nova byelection|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 27, 2009|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172748/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/conservatives-win-terra-nova-byelection-1.857242|url-status=live}}
=2010=
- January 29, 2010: Topsail MHA Elizabeth Marshall resigns her seat to be appointed to the Senate of Canada.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pm-appoints-n-l-s-elizabeth-marshall-to-senate-1.880360|title=PM appoints N.L.'s Elizabeth Marshall to senate|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=January 29, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705045522/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pm-appoints-n-l-s-elizabeth-marshall-to-senate-1.880360|url-status=live}}
- March 16, 2010: A by-election in Topsail elects PC Paul Davis.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-davis-wins-tory-nomination-in-topsail-1.935252|title=Paul Davis wins Tory nomination in Topsail|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924173545/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-davis-wins-tory-nomination-in-topsail-1.935252|url-status=live}}
- July 30, 2010: Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair MHA Yvonne Jones is acclaimed Liberal leader after being the only candidate for the party's leader.
- August 13, 2010: Yvonne Jones announces she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and that MHA Kelvin Parsons will serve as interim leader while she is receiving treatment.
- October 3, 2010: Conception Bay East - Bell Island MHA and Minister Dianne Whalen dies.{{cite web|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/exec/1003n01.htm|title=Premier Mourns the Passing of Minister Dianne Whalen; Honours Her Contribution to Newfoundland and Labrador|work=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|date=October 3, 2010|access-date=July 6, 2011|archive-date=March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313071551/http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/exec/1003n01.htm|url-status=live}}
- November 25, 2010: Premier Danny Williams, Humber West MHA announces his retirement, effective December 3, 2010. Deputy Premier Kathy Dunderdale will be the Premier of the province in the interim.
- December 2, 2010: Progressive Conservative candidate David Brazil is elected MHA of Conception Bay East - Bell Island.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pc-david-brazil-wins-byelection-1.906776|title=PC David Brazil wins N.L. by-election|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=November 2, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924173546/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pc-david-brazil-wins-byelection-1.906776|url-status=live}}
- December 3, 2010: Kathy Dunderdale is sworn in as the province's tenth Premier upon the resignation of Danny Williams, the first woman to do so.
=2011=
- February 15, 2011: Progressive Conservative candidate Vaughn Granter is elected MHA of Humber West.{{cite news|url=http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2011-02-15/article-2244092/Granter-wins-Humber-West-by-2-1-margin/1|title=Granter wins Humber West by 2–1 margin|publisher=The Western Star|date=February 16, 2011|access-date=March 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218222043/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2011-02-15/article-2244092/Granter-wins-Humber-West-by-2-1-margin/1|archive-date=February 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}
- April 2, 2011: Kathy Dunderdale is sworn in as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.
- May 28, 2011: Yvonne Jones is sworn in as leader of the Liberal Party.
- August 9, 2011: Jones steps down as leader of the Liberal Party for health reasons.
- August 14, 2011: Kevin Aylward is chosen as leader of the Liberal Party.
- September 19, 2011: Election call, Kathy Dunderdale asks Lieutenant Governor John Crosbie to dissolve the legislature.{{cite news|title=Dunderdale kicks off N.L. election campaign|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dunderdale-kicks-off-n-l-election-campaign-1.1007828|access-date=September 19, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 19, 2011|archive-date=September 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923210645/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/09/19/nl-nlvotes2011-dunderdale-launch-writ-919.html|url-status=live}}
Campaign
At 10:00 am on September 19, 2011, Premier Dunderdale met with Lieutenant Governor John Crosbie who dissolved the 46th General Assembly, officially launching the election campaign.{{cite news|title=Provincial election to formally begin 10 am|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-09-19/article-2752654/Provincial-election-to-formally-begin-10-am/1|access-date=September 19, 2011|newspaper=The Telegram|date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925114055/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-09-19/article-2752654/Provincial-election-to-formally-begin-10-am/1|archive-date=September 25, 2012|url-status=dead}} It was widely expected that the PCs would win the election.{{Cite journal|last=Marland|first=Alex|date=2012|title=A race for second place: The 2011 provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador|journal=Canadian Political Science Review|volume=6|issue=2–3|pages=117–130}}
=Campaign slogans=
The parties campaign slogans for the 2011 election are:
- Liberal Party – "We Can Do Better"
- New Democratic Party – "It's Time"
- Progressive Conservative – "New Energy"
=Issues=
;Muskrat Falls
The tentative deal to develop the $6.2 billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador was negotiated by the Progressive Conservative government in November 2010. The Liberal Party opposes the deal, saying it is bad for the province because it will increase the province's debt and will see electricity rates increase for consumers. The NDP have had similar concerns and both party leaders have called for spending on the project to stop until more independent analysis' can be conducted to see if the current deal is the best one for the province.{{cite news|title=QuickList of issues in N.L.'s election|url=http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/canada/article/973332--quicklist-of-issues-in-n-l-s-election--page0|access-date=September 20, 2011|newspaper=Metro News|date=September 20, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=Navigant Consulting releases report on proposed Nalcor Energy Muskrat Falls, Labrador power plant|url=http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id46731?search_term=water%20construction%20environmental%20condominium%20hospital%20mechanical%20hvac%20transmission%20electrical|access-date=September 20, 2011|newspaper=Daily Commercial News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324103834/http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id46731?search_term=water%20construction%20environmental%20condominium%20hospital%20mechanical%20hvac%20transmission%20electrical|archive-date=March 24, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
;Public sector pension increases
The Liberal Party announced they would provide a one-time increase to public sector pensioners of 2.5%, as well as provide annual increases equivalent to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up to 2%. While Aylward has said increasing payments would cost $13 million in the first year and about $10 million extra for each additional year, the Department of Finance stated that the plan would add $1.2 billion in additional liabilities to the pension plan.{{cite news|title=Liberals promise pension increase|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/liberals-promise-pension-increase-1.1023970|access-date=September 20, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 20, 2011|archive-date=September 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924085627/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/09/19/nl-liberals-pension-increase-20110919.html|url-status=live}} Dunderdale slammed the Liberal Party's plan calling it 'foolhardy'.{{cite news|title=Grit pension promise 'foolhardy': Tories|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/grit-pension-promise-foolhardy-tories-1.1076434|access-date=September 20, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 20, 2011|archive-date=September 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921043352/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nlvotes2011/story/2011/09/20/nl-pensions-pcs-liberals-nlvotes-920.html|url-status=live}}
=Controversies=
;Dunderdale confrontation with fisheries workers
Toward the end of the campaign, Tory Leader Kathy Dunderdale was confronted by frustrated fisheries workers in Marystown in the district of Burin-Placentia West held by Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture Clyde Jackman.{{cite news|title=Fisheries workers confront Dunderdale|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fisheries-workers-confront-dunderdale-1.981031|access-date=October 17, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=October 3, 2011|archive-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033131/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/10/03/nl-dunderdale-marystown-oci-protest-103.html|url-status=live}} Dunderdale, accompanied by Jackman and Grand Bank district MHA Darin King, refused to negotiate with the workers until after the election. Jackman went on to win the election by only 40 votes.{{cite news|title=NDP wants Burin-Placentia West recount|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-wants-burin-placentia-west-recount-1.1064005|access-date=October 17, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=October 24, 2011|archive-date=March 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323051437/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-wants-burin-placentia-west-recount-1.1064005|url-status=live}}
;Dumaresque comment
Controversy arose at the St. John's Board of Trade debate when Liberal candidate Danny Dumaresque was asked about an appeal by the mayor of St. John's for a new financial arrangement between the city and the provincial government. Dumaresque stated that "there are a hell of a lot more priorities outside the overpass that need to be addressed before we start forking more money over to the City of St. John's." The comment led to divisions within the party, with Liberal candidate Drew Brown stating it was an “idiotic comment by an idiotic man.”{{cite news|title=St. John's comment splits Liberals|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-john-s-comment-splits-liberals-1.1006877|access-date=October 17, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=September 28, 2011|archive-date=October 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020012224/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/09/28/nl-liberals-stjohns-nlvotes-928.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Noseworthy no-show called 'arrogant'|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/noseworthy-no-show-called-arrogant-1.1030808|access-date=October 17, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=October 5, 2011|archive-date=October 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013095957/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/10/05/nl-michael-noseworthy-debate-105.html|url-status=live}}
Election summary
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Party !Seats !Second !Third !Fourth {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row-name}} |align=center|37 |align=center|10 |align=center|1 |align=center|0 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row-name}} |align=center|6 |align=center|15 |align=center|27 |align=center|0 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row-name}} |align=center|5 |align=center|23 |align=center|20 |align=center|0 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |align=left|Other |align=center|0 |align=center|0 |align=center|0 |align=center|3 |
{{election table|title=Summary of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results}}
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party leader
!rowspan="2"|Candidates
! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote
|-
!2007
!2011
!Change
!#
!%
!% Change
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Kathy Dunderdale
| style="text-align:right;" |48
| style="text-align:right;" |44
| style="text-align:right;" |43
| style="text-align:right;" |37
| style="text-align:right;" |-6
| style="text-align:right;" |124,523
| style="text-align:right;" |56.1%
| style="text-align:right;" |-13.49%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Kevin Aylward
| style="text-align:right;" |48
| style="text-align:right;" |3
| style="text-align:right;" |4
| style="text-align:right;" |6
| style="text-align:right;" |+2
| style="text-align:right;" |42.417
| style="text-align:right;" |19.1%
| style="text-align:right;" |-2.59%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Lorraine Michael
| style="text-align:right;" |48
| style="text-align:right;" |1
| style="text-align:right;" |1
| style="text-align:right;" |5
| style="text-align:right;" |+4
| style="text-align:right;" |54,713
| style="text-align:right;" |24.6%
| style="text-align:right;" |+16.11%
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"|Independents
| style="text-align:right;" |3
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |430
| style="text-align:right;" |0.2%
| style="text-align:right;" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|48
| style="text-align:right;"|48
| style="text-align:right;"|48
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|222,083
| style="text-align:right;"|100%
| style="text-align:right;"|
|}
=Results by region=
| class="wikitable" | |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|Party Name
! style="text-align:center;"|St. John's ! style="text-align:center;"|St. John's Metro ! style="text-align:center;"|Avalon/Burin ! style="text-align:center;"|Central ! style="text-align:center;"|Western/ ! style="text-align:center;"|Labrador ! style="text-align:center;"|Total | |
|---|---|
| colspan=10|Parties winning seats in the legislature:
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} | rowspan="2"|Progressive Conservative | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|2 ! style="text-align:center;"|37 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|47.47% | style="text-align:center;"|63.29% | style="text-align:center;"|62.87% | style="text-align:center;"|59.18% | style="text-align:center;"|51.13% | style="text-align:center;"|44.14% ! style="text-align:center;"| {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} | rowspan="2"|Liberal | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|2 ! style="text-align:center;"|6 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|7.1% | style="text-align:center;"|5.21% | style="text-align:center;"|17.10% | style="text-align:center;"|24.49% | style="text-align:center;"|33.76% | style="text-align:center;"|31.45% ! style="text-align:center;"| {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} | rowspan="2"|New Democratic | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;"|5 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|45.43% | style="text-align:center;"|31.51% | style="text-align:center;"|19.08% | style="text-align:center;"|15.61% | style="text-align:center;"|14.67% | style="text-align:center;"|24.40% ! style="text-align:center;"| | |
| colspan="10"|Parties that won no seats in the legislature | |
| {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} | Independent
| Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|0.73% | style="text-align:center;"|0.14% | style="text-align:center;"| ! style="text-align:center;"| |
| colspan=3|Total seats:
! style="text-align:center;"|8 ! style="text-align:center;"|6 ! style="text-align:center;"|9 ! style="text-align:center;"|11 ! style="text-align:center;"|10 ! style="text-align:center;"|4 ! style="text-align:center;"|48 |
Results by district
Bold incumbents indicates party leaders. The premier's name is boldfaced and italicized.
- All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly.
- Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
- † represents that the incumbent is not running again.
- § represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
- ₰ represents that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination
- ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.
=St. John's=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| Kilbride
55.10% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|John Dinn
3,347
58.32%
|
|Brian Hanlon
454
7.91%
|
|Paul Boundridge
1,927
33.58%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|John Dinn
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
59.44% turnout
|
|John Noseworthy
1,550
31.17%
|
| Drew Brown
173
3.48%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Lorraine Michael
3,239
65.13%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Lorraine Michael
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. John's Centre
59.60% turnout
|
|Shawn Skinner
2,041
43.13%
|
|Carly Bigelow
109
2.30%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
| Gerry Rogers
2,569
54.29%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Shawn Skinner
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. John's East
64.11% turnout
|
|Ed Buckingham
2,175
40.77%
|
|Mike Duffy
367
6.88%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|George Murphy
2,766
51.85%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ed Buckingham
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. John's North
52.25% turnout
|
|Bob Ridgley
1,905
40.29%
|
|Elizabeth Scammel Reynolds
201
4.25%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Dale Kirby
2,595
54.89%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Bob Ridgley
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. John's South
63.66% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Osborne
2,967
57.71%
|
|Trevor Hickey
163
3.17%
|
|Keith Dunne
1,994
38.79%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Osborne
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. John's West
59.60% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Dan Crummell
2,004
43.25%
|
|George Joyce
890
19.21%
|
|Chris Pickard
1,729
37.32%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| Virginia Waters
55.34% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kathy Dunderdale
3,371
59.85%
|
|Sheila Miller
536
9.52%
|
|Dave Sullivan
1,708
30.33%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kathy Dunderdale
|}
=St. John's suburbs=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cape St. Francis
65.53% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Parsons
4,132
59.06%
|
|Joy Buckle
204
2.92%
|
|Geoff Gallant
2,623
37.49%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Parsons
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Conception Bay East - Bell Island
49.63% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|David Brazil
3,059
54.91%
|
|Kim Ploughman
213
3.82%
|
|Bill Kavanagh
2,290
41.11%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|David Brazil
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Conception Bay South
51.40% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Terry French
3,632
69.01%
|
|Cynthia Layden Barron
354
6.73%
|
|Noah Davis-Power
1,263
24.00%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Terry French
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Mount Pearl North
51.93% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Steve Kent
3,727
70.82%
|
|Maurice Budgell
363
6.90%
|
|Kurtis Coombs
994
18.89%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Steve Kent
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Mount Pearl South
53.42% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Lane
2,375
54.52%
|
|Norm Snelgrove
299
6.86%
|
|John Riche
1,675
38.45%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Topsail
49.85% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Davis
3,860
68.26%
|
|Nic Reid
280
4.95%
|
|Brian Nolan
1,507
26.65%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Davis
|}
=Avalon and Burin Peninsulas=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bellevue
65.34% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Calvin Peach
3,005
60.12%
|
|Pam Pardy Ghent
626
12.53%
|
|Gabe Ryan
1,356
27.13%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Calvin Peach
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burin—Placentia West
69.16% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Clyde Jackman
2,538
48.34%
|
|Jacqueline Mullett
202
3.85%
|
|Julie Mitchell
2,498
47.58%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Clyde Jackman
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carbonear—Harbour Grace
56.71% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Jerome Kennedy
3,993
75.94%
|
|Phillip Earle
774
14.72%
|
|Shawn Hyde
445
8.46%
|
|Kyle Brookings (Independent)
22
0.42%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Jerome Kennedy
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ferryland
58.16% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Keith Hutchings
3,640
71.99%
|
|Dianne Randell
181
3.58%
|
|Chris Molloy
1,224
24.21%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Keith Hutchings
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grand Bank
69.17% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Darin King
3,271
68.33%
|
|Carol Anne Haley
1,336
27.91%
|
|Wally Layman
167
3.49%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Darin King
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Harbour Main
57.08% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Hedderson
3,600
69.32%
|
|Bern Hickey
580
11.17%
|
|Mike Maher
990
19.06%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Hedderson
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Placentia—St. Mary's
68.55% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Felix Collins
2,516
49.71%
|
|Todd Squires
1,055
20.85%
|
|Trish Dodd
1,475
29.14%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Felix Collins
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Port de Grave
66.49% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Glenn Littlejohn
3,551
59.33%
|
|Leanne Hussey
2,022
33.78%
|
|Sarah Downey
396
6.62%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Trinity—Bay de Verde
67.21% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Charlene Johnson
2,889
61.73%
|
|Barry Snow
1,114
23.86%
|
|Sheina Lerman
659
14.11%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Charlene Johnson
|}
=Central Newfoundland=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|PC|Liberal|NDP|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Baie Verte—Springdale
59.79% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Pollard
2,552
52.65%
|
|Neil Ward
1,827
37.69%
|
|Tim Howse
456
9.41%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Pollard
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bonavista North
53.71% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Eli Cross
1,723
46.26%
|
|Paul Kean
1,518
40.75%
|
|John Coaker
467
12.54%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bonavista South
57.95% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Glen Little
2,214
55.99%
|
|Johanna Ryan Guy
532
13.45%
|
|Darryl Johnson
1,198
30.30%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Exploits
53.18% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Clayton Forsey
2,819
68.64%
|
|Jim Samson
654
15.92%
|
|Grant Hemeon
629
15.32%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Clayton Forsey
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gander
49.48% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin O'Brien
2,393
52.09%
|
|Barry Warren
1,415
30.80%
|
|Lukas Norman
770
16.76%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin O'Brien
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grand Falls-Windsor—Buchans
63.76% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Susan Sullivan
2,957
61.44%
|
|Wayne Morris
1,540
31.20%
|
|John Whelan
313
6.27%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Susan Sullivan
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grand Falls-Windsor—Green Bay South
52.64% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ray Hunter
2,131
57.16%
|
|Merv Wiseman
1,165
31.25%
|
|Clyde Bridger
418
11.21%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ray Hunter
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lewisporte
55.91% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Wade Verge
2,450
56.48%
|
|Todd Manuel
891
20.54%
|
|Lloyd Snow
988
22.78%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Wade Verge
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Terra Nova
52.75% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Sandy Collins
2,785
62.92%
|
|Ryan Lane
631
14.26%
|
|Robin Brentnall
648
14.64%
|
|John Baird (Independent)
346
7.82%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Sandy Collins
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Isles of Notre Dame
58.48% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Derrick Dalley
2,746
67.48%
|
|Danny Dumaresque
1,070
26.12%
|
|Tree Walsh
252
6.15%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Derrick Dalley
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Trinity North
57.14% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ross Wiseman
3,211
66.74%
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|Brad Cabana
344
7.15%
|
|Vanessa Wiseman
1,247
25.92%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ross Wiseman
|}
=Western and Southern Newfoundland=
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bay of Islands
69.98% turnout
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|Terry Loder
2,003
37.05%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Eddie Joyce
2,760
51.05%
|
|Tony Adey
625
11.56%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Terry Loder
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burgeo—La Poile
56.60% turnout
|
|Colin Short
1,850
43.14%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Andrew Parsons
2,228
51.96%
|
|Matt Fuchs
197
4.59%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune
63.45% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tracey Perry
2,592
67.06%
|
|Eric Skinner
596
15.42%
|
|Susan Skinner
665
17.21%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tracey Perry
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Humber East
51.03% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Marshall
3,493
77.97%
|
|Charles Murphy
378
8.44%
|
|Marc Best
593
13.24%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tom Marshall
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Humber Valley
67.77% turnout
|
|Darryl Kelly
2,541
46.72%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Dwight Ball
2,609
47.97%
|
|Sheldon Hynes
270
4.96%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Darryl Kelly
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Humber West
47.07% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Vaughn Granter
2,335
59.28%
|
|Donna Luther
832
21.12%
|
|Jordan Stringer
765
19.42%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Vaughn Granter
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Port au Port
52.61% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tony Cornect
2,609
58.69%
|
|Kate Mitchell-Mansfield
954
21.46%
|
|Jamie Brace
860
19.35%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tony Cornect
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Barbe
57.19% turnout
|
|Wallace Young
1,779
44.05%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Jim Bennett
1816
44.94%
|
|Diane Ryan
437
10.82%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Wallace Young
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. George's—Stephenville East
53.86% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Joan Burke
2,104
49.08%
|
|Kevin Aylward
1,396
32.56%
|
|Bernice Hancock
705
16.45%
|
|Dean Simon (Independent)
62
1.45%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Joan Burke
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Straits - White Bay North
62.03% turnout
|
|Selma Pike
1,336
31.46%
|
|Marshall Dean
1,382
32.54%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Chris Mitchelmore
1,511
35.58%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Marshall Dean
|}
=Labrador=
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair
67.89% turnout
|
|Glen Acreman
576
26.77%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Yvonne Jones
1,516
71.07%
|
|Bill Cooper
44
2.06%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Yvonne Jones
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Labrador West
54.13% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Nick McGrath
1,843
50.80%
|
|Karen Oldford
593
16.35%
|
|Tom Harris
1,182
32.58%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lake Melville
52.41% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Keith Russell
1,741
49.50%
|
|Chris Montague
531
15.10%
|
|Arlene Michelin-Pittman
1,209
34.38%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Torngat Mountains
72.74% turnout
|
|Patty Pottle
586
37.66%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Randy Edmunds
744
47.81%
|
|Alex Saunders
186
11.95%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Patty Pottle
|}
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Liberal
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Progressive Conservative
- Jim Baker, Labrador West
- Dave Denine, Mount Pearl South
- Roger Fitzgerald, Bonavista South
- Harry Harding, Bonavista North
- John Hickey, Lake Melville
- Sheila Osborne, St. John's West
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Opinion polls
File:Newfoundland and Labrador Polling for 2011 Election.svg
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| style="background:#e9e9e9;"
!width=20%|Polling Firm !width=16%|Date of Polling !width=7%|Link |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}} align="center" width=19%| Progressive Conservative |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}} align="center" width=19%| Liberal |{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}} align="center" width=19%| New Democratic |
| Corporate Research Associates
|September 29 – October 3, 2011 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402215132/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-10-06/article-2768220/In-depth-poll-points-to-PC-win/1 HTML] |59 |16 |25 |
| Environics
|September 29 – October 4, 2011 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230301/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-10-05/article-2767570/Newfoundland-Liberals-distant-third-Tories-leading-over-NDP-in-Environics-poll/1 HTML] |54 |13 |33 |
| MarketQuest Omnifacts Research
|September 28–30, 2011 |[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/liberal-support-in-freefall-poll-1.1083676 HTML] |54 |13 |33 |
| MarketQuest Omnifacts Research
|September 16–19, 2011 |[https://archive.today/20120912083048/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-09-20/article-2753704/Dunderdales-PCs-continue-to-lead-according-to-poll/1 HTML] |53 |18 |29 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|August 15–31, 2011 |[http://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/11-3-nl-press-release.pdf PDF] |54 |22 |24 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|May 11–28, 2011 |[http://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/11-2-NL-Press-Release.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401173035/http://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/11-2-NL-Press-Release.pdf |date=April 1, 2012 }} |57 |22 |20 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|February 10–28, 2011 |[http://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11-1-NL-Press-Release.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173959/http://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11-1-NL-Press-Release.pdf |date=July 6, 2011 }} |73 |18 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|November 9–30, 2010 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-4%20NL%20TABLES.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223231539/http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-4%20NL%20TABLES.pdf |date=December 23, 2010 }} |75 |16 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|August 10–30, 2010 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-3%20NL%20Tables.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223233138/http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-3%20NL%20Tables.pdf |date=December 23, 2010 }} |76 |17 |7 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|May 11–31, 2010 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-2%20NL%20WEB%20TABLES(1).pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205600/http://cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-2%20NL%20WEB%20TABLES(1).pdf |date=October 24, 2017 }} |75 |16 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|February 9–25, 2010 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-1%20NL%20Tables.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174459/http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/10-1%20NL%20Tables.pdf |date=July 6, 2011 }} |80 |15 |5 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|November 5–22, 2009 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-4%20NL%20TABLES(1).pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223225423/http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-4%20NL%20TABLES(1).pdf |date=December 23, 2010 }} |77 |16 |7 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|August 11–29, 2009 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-3%20NL%20Tables.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223214507/http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-3%20NL%20Tables.pdf |date=December 23, 2010 }} |77 |15 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|May 12–30, 2009 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-2%20NL%20Tables.pdf PDF] |72 |19 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|February 11–28, 2009 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/09-1%20NL%20Tables.pdf PDF] |71 |22 |7 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|November 5 – December 2, 2008 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/08-4%20NL%20WEB%20Tables.pdf PDF] |72 |19 |9 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|August 12–30, 2008 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/08-3%20NL%20WEB%20TABLES.pdf PDF] |78 |14 |7 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|May 8 – June 1, 2008 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/08-2%20NL%20Web%20Tables.pdf PDF] |77 |13 |8 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|February 12 – March 4, 2008 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/08-1%20NL%20Web%20Tables.pdf PDF] |79 |14 |6 |
| Corporate Research Associates
|November 9 – December 3, 2007 |[http://www.cra.ca/site-cra/media/CRA/07-4%20NL%20TABLES.pdf PDF] |82 |12 |7 |
| Election 2007
|October 9, 2007 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20090723084211/http://www.electionalmanac.com/canada/newfoundlandandlabrador/polls.php HTML] |69.6 |21.7 |8.5 |
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite journal |first1=Alex |last1=Marland |title=A Race for Second Place: The 2011 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador |journal=Canadian Political Science Review |date=2012 |volume=6 |issue=2 |issn=1911-4125 |url=https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/view/475/439 |pages=287–300 |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713140400/https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/view/475/439 |url-status=live }}
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Political parties
- [http://www.newenergynl.ca Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador]
- [http://www.nlliberals.ca/ Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador]
- [http://www.nl.ndp.ca/ Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party]
External links
- [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nlvotes2011/ CBC – Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011]
- [http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ Elections Newfoundland and Labrador]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706091258/http://www.electionalmanac.com/canada/newfoundlandandlabrador/ Election Almanac – Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Election 2011]
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