2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| country = Newfoundland and Labrador
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| previous_year = 2015
| election_date = May 16, 2019
| next_election = 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
| next_year = 2021
| previous_mps = 48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| elected_mps =
| seats_for_election = All 40{{cite web|url=http://www.nledbc.ca/|title=2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission|publisher=nledbc.ca|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506124319/http://www.nledbc.ca/|archive-date=2018-05-06|url-status=dead}} seats in the 49th House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| majority_seats = 21
| turnout = 60.6%{{cite web |title=Unofficial 2019 General Election results |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/results.html |website=Elections NL |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518190606/https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/results.html |archive-date=2019-05-18 |url-status=dead }} ({{increase}} 5.4 pp)
| image1 = DwightBall (brightened, cropped).jpg
| image1_size = 150x150px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1 = Dwight Ball
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|November 17, 2013}}
| leaders_seat1 = Humber - Gros Morne
| last_election1 = 31 seats, 57.16%
| seats_before1 = 27
| seats1 = 20
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 7
| popular_vote1 = 93,746
| percentage1 = 44.00%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}13.16pp
| 1blank = {{nowrap|Seats needed}}
| image2 = Ches Crosbie in 2019.jpg
| image2_size = 150x150px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|nohash}}
| leader2 = Ches Crosbie
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}}
| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|April 28, 2018}}
| leaders_seat2 = Windsor Lake
| last_election2 = 7 seats, 30.08%
| seats_before2 = 8
| seats2 = 15
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 7
| popular_vote2 = 90,690
| percentage2 = 42.57%
| swing2 = {{increase}}12.49pp
| image3 = Alison Coffin NDP.png
| image3_size = 150x150px
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|nohash}}
| leader3 = Alison Coffin
| party3 = {{nowrap|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|name}}}}
| leader_since3 = {{nowrap|March 5, 2019}}
| leaders_seat3 = St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
| last_election3 = 2 seats, 12.09%
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote3 = 13,432
| percentage3 = 6.30%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}5.79pp
| map_image = Newfoundland_%26_Labrador_general_election_2019_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
| map_size = 401px
| map_alt =
| map =
| 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.
| title = Premier
| before_election = Dwight Ball
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_election = Dwight Ball
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}}
| elected_members = elected members
}}
The 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on May 16, 2019, to elect members of the 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-labrador-election-may-15-1.5100584|title=May 15 set for Newfoundland and Labrador election, sources say|last=Hutton|first=Fred|date=April 16, 2019|website=CBC News|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417004531/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-labrador-election-may-15-1.5100584|url-status=live}}
Despite consistent Progressive Conservative leads in polling towards the end of the campaign, including a nine-point lead in the final poll released a day before the election,{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/grenier-nl-election-results-1.5140825|title=What didn't happen in the N.L. election — and why that matters|last=Grenier|first=Éric|date=May 18, 2019|work=The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518092027/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/grenier-nl-election-results-1.5140825|url-status=live}} the Liberal Party led by Dwight Ball won re-election, but nonetheless fell one seat short of retaining their majority after an unexpected loss to the New Democrats in Labrador West originally in the initial count by five votes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-votes-2019-election-winner-1.5138888|title=Liberals to hold minority government in N.L., PCs not conceding defeat|last=Cooke|first=Ryan|date=May 16, 2019|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517012611/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-votes-2019-election-winner-1.5138888|url-status=live}} This resulted in the Liberals winning 20 seats, exactly half of the House of Assembly. A subsequent recount shortened the margin of victory in Labrador West to just two votes.{{Cite tweet|number=1142083136626548739|user=MikeConnors|title=NDP candidate Jordan Brown wins by two votes. #nlpoli|date=21 June 2019|author=Michael Connors|access-date=21 June 2019}}[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/defeated-incumbents-1.5139759 "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124014856/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/defeated-incumbents-1.5139759 |date=2022-01-24 }}. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/judicial-recount-for-labrador-west-district-1.5142220|title=NDP clinging to 5-vote victory in Lab West after official addition of vote tally|date=May 19, 2019|publisher=CBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520114223/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/judicial-recount-for-labrador-west-district-1.5142220|archive-date=May 20, 2019|url-status=}}{{cite web|publisher=CBC News|access-date=Nov 25, 2020|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-three-seats-1.5139681|title=Exuberant NDP celebrates 'new era' as it holds St. John's seats, and wins back Labrador West|date=May 16, 2019|first=Daniel|last=MacEachern|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235215/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-three-seats-1.5139681|url-status=live}}{{cite web|publisher=NTV|url=http://ntv.ca/we-have-the-balance-of-power-alison-coffin-says-as-ndp-wins-three-seats/|title='We have the balance of power,' Alison Coffin says as NDP wins three seats|date=May 17, 2019|first=Kelly-Anne|last=Roberts|access-date=January 29, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122001921/http://ntv.ca/we-have-the-balance-of-power-alison-coffin-says-as-ndp-wins-three-seats/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5294332/newfoundland-election-five-votes/|title=NDP newcomer won by 5 votes in Labrador, causing minority Liberal N.L. government {{!}} Globalnews.ca|date=2019-05-19|website=globalnews.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22|archive-date=2019-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521060949/https://globalnews.ca/news/5294332/newfoundland-election-five-votes/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/05/19/five-ndp-votes-in-labrador-to-determine-status-of-nl-liberal-government.html|title=Five NDP votes in Labrador to determine status of N.L. Liberal government {{!}} The Star|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=19 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-22|archive-date=2019-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522140523/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/05/19/five-ndp-votes-in-labrador-to-determine-status-of-nl-liberal-government.html|url-status=live}}
Party standings
{{Election results|image=File:2019 NL House of Assembly.svg|caption=Summary of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results|color1=#EA6D6A|party1=Liberal|seattype1=2015|votes1=93745|seattype2=Dissol.|seattype3=2019|seattype4=Change|st1t1=31|st2t1=27|st3t1=20|st4t1=-11|sw1=-13.3|party2=Progressive Conservative|color2=#9999FF|votes2=90689|sw2=+12.5|st1t2=7|st2t2=8|st3t2=15|st4t2=+8|color3=#F4A460|party3=New Democratic|st1t3=2|st2t3=2|st3t3=3|st4t3=+1|sw3=-5.8|votes3=13434|color4=#f2ba00|party4=NL Alliance|st1t4=New|st2t4=New|st3t4=0|st4t4=New|sw4=New|votes4=5086|color5=#DCDCDC|party5=Independents|st1t5=0|st2t5=3|st3t5=2|st4t5=+2|sw5=+4.0|votes5=10096|invalid=1757|electorate=354136|total_st3t=40}}
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Incumbents not running for reelection
The following MHAs had announced that they would not be running in this provincial election:
Independent
New Democratic Party
- Gerry Rogers (St. John's Centre){{cite news|title=Gerry Rogers stepping down as NDP leader, not seeking re-election|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gerry-rogers-1.5015533|access-date=February 15, 2019|work=CBC Newfoundland and Labrador|date=February 12, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214152620/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gerry-rogers-1.5015533|url-status=live}}
- Lorraine Michael (St. John's East-Quidi Vidi){{cite news|title=NDP MHA Lorraine Michael steps aside, leader Alison Coffin to run in St. John's East-Quidi Vidi|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/coffin-to-run-st-johns-east-1.5056083|access-date=March 14, 2019|work=CBC Newfoundland and Labrador|date=March 14, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314140148/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/coffin-to-run-st-johns-east-1.5056083|url-status=live}}
Progressive Conservative Party
Timeline
{{see also|48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador}}
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| Date
!Member !Party !Reason !Date !Member !Party |
| Mount Pearl-Southlands
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|colour&name|short}} |Removed from caucusas a result of Lane's disapproval of deficit reduction levy | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|colour&name|short}} |
| Mount Pearl North
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|colour&name|short}} |Resignationbecoming Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Mount Pearl |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|colour&name|short}} |
| Humber-Bay of Islands
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|colour&name|short}} |Removed from caucusamid allegations of harassment | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|colour&name|short}} |
| Mount Scio
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|colour&name|short}} | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|colour&name|short}} |
| Windsor Lake
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|colour&name|short}} |Resignation |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|colour&name|short}} |
| Topsail-Paradise
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|colour&name|short}} |Resignation |January 24, 2019 |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|colour&name|short}} |
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2015
- November 30, 2015 – The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador wins 31 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly during the general election ending 12 years of Progressive Conservative rule and defeating incumbent premier Paul Davis.
2016
- May 19, 2016 - Liberal MHA Paul Lane is suspended from the Liberal caucus and sits as an independent MHA.{{cite web|url=http://vocm.com/news/paul-lane-kicked-out-of-liberal-caucus-via-email/|title=Paul Lane Kicked Out of Liberal Caucus via Email|publisher=VOCM|date=May 19, 2016|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220153921/http://vocm.com/news/paul-lane-kicked-out-of-liberal-caucus-via-email/|archive-date=December 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}
- October 11, 2016 - Former premier Paul Davis announces he'll resign as Tory leader once his successor is chosen.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-davis-resign-progressive-conservative-leader-1.3799885|title=Paul Davis to resign as PC leader, 'in best interests of party'|publisher=CBC News|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=2018-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430043153/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-davis-resign-progressive-conservative-leader-1.3799885|url-status=live}}
2017
- July 31, 2017 - A cabinet shuffle takes place after Cathy Bennett resigns as Finance Minister. Dempster and Osborne enter cabinet.
- September 19, 2017 - NDP Leader Earle McCurdy announced his resignation as Party Leader, effective September 30.{{cite web|url=http://vocm.com/news/mccurdy-to-step-down-as-provincial-ndp-leader/|title=McCurdy to Step Down as Provincial NDP Leader|publisher=VOCM|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919153610/http://vocm.com/news/mccurdy-to-step-down-as-provincial-ndp-leader/|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}
- September 28, 2017 - NDP MHA Lorraine Michael is named interim leader of the NDP replacing Earle McCurdy who announced his resignation earlier in the month.
- October 11, 2017 - Mount Pearl North PC MHA Steve Kent resigns to become Chief Administrative Officer of Mount Pearl triggering a by-election.
- November 21, 2017 - Jim Lester (PC) is elected as MHA for Mount Pearl North.
2018
- April 8, 2018 - Gerry Rogers is elected as the leader of the New Democrats, succeeding Lorraine Michael.
- April 25, 2018 - Municipal Affairs Minister Eddie Joyce is formally accused of inappropriate conduct by another Liberal MHA. He is subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an external investigation.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/joyce-cabinet-harassment-review-1.4636126|title=Eddie Joyce removed from Liberal caucus following complaints of harassment, bullying|publisher=CBC News|date=April 26, 2018|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=2018-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507043712/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/joyce-cabinet-harassment-review-1.4636126|url-status=live}}
- April 28, 2018 - Ches Crosbie is elected as the new leader of the Progressive Conservatives, succeeding Paul Davis.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pc-leadership-convention-1.4639739|title=The new leader of the Progressive Conservative party in N.L. has a familiar last name|publisher=CBC News|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=2018-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514082448/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pc-leadership-convention-1.4639739|url-status=live}}
- April 30, 2018 - Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Dale Kirby is removed from cabinet and caucus following allegations of harassment.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-booted-from-cabinet-caucus-1.4641563|title=Dale Kirby removed from cabinet and caucus after complaints|publisher=CBC News|date=April 30, 2018|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=2018-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505034859/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-booted-from-cabinet-caucus-1.4641563|url-status=live}}
- May 13, 2018 - Paul Davis announces his resignation as Leader of the Opposition. Since PC leader Ches Crosbie does not have a seat in the House of Assembly MHA David Brazil was appointed Leader of the Opposition on May 14, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/david-brazil-replace-davis-opposition-leader-1.4661622|title=David Brazil to replace Paul Davis as Opposition leader|publisher=CBC News|date=May 14, 2018|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=2018-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514125431/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/david-brazil-replace-davis-opposition-leader-1.4661622|url-status=live}}
- June 16, 2018 - Delegates at the Liberal Party Annual General Meeting vote to endorse the leadership of Dwight Ball with 79% voting against the party holding a leadership convention.{{cite web |title=Ball guarantees 2019 victory, maintains support at Liberal AGM |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-liberal-agm-day-2-1.4709529 |website=CBC NEWS |access-date=2018-06-17 |archive-date=2018-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616180020/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-liberal-agm-day-2-1.4709529 |url-status=live }}
- August 21, 2018 - Liberal MHA Cathy Bennett resigns her seat of Windsor Lake.{{cite web |title=Cathy Bennett resigns from House of Assembly |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cathy-bennett-announces-retirement-from-house-of-assembly-1.4775752 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-08-07 |archive-date=2020-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930193937/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cathy-bennett-announces-retirement-from-house-of-assembly-1.4775752 |url-status=live }}
- August 27, 2018 - CBC releases a copy of a report by the Commissioner for Legislative Standards that clears Eddie Joyce and Dale Kirby of wrongdoing in all the allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway.{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Ryan |title=Kirby cleared of being Twitter troll, Joyce cleared of bullying MHA Colin Holloway |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-eddie-joyce-colin-holloway-harassment-1.4801117 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-09-02 |archive-date=2018-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831012252/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-eddie-joyce-colin-holloway-harassment-1.4801117 |url-status=live }}
- September 20, 2018 - Ches Crosbie (PC) is elected as MHA for Windsor Lake.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/ches-crosbie-victorious-in-windsor-lake-243337/|title=Ches Crosbie victorious in Windsor Lake - The Telegram|website=www.thetelegram.com|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324174824/https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/ches-crosbie-victorious-in-windsor-lake-243337/|url-status=live}}
- October 18, 2018 - Paul Davis (PC) announces his intention to resign as MHA for Topsail-Paradise on November 2.
- October 20, 2018 - MHA Dale Kirby leaks the results of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding MHA Pam Parsons’ complaint against him to the public. Kirby was cleared on all complaints, except making an inappropriate comment to Parsons at the 2016 Liberal Party AGM; the report recommended a sanction by the House of Assembly on that count.{{cite web |title=Dale Kirby glad harassment investigation over, but says complaints used as 'political weapon' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-harassment-report-1.4870166 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-10-21 |archive-date=2018-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021184331/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-harassment-report-1.4870166 |url-status=live }}
- October 21, 2018 - The Joyce report is leaked to the public which found that Joyce had broken the code of conduct for elected officials when he lobbied Minister Gambin-Walsh to hire a friend of his for a government job; Joyce was cleared on all other allegations.{{cite web |last1=Tobin |first1=Stephanie |title=Eddie Joyce crossed line by lobbying to get friend a government job, report finds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/eddie-joyce-harassment-report-1.4874918 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2018-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024202845/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/eddie-joyce-harassment-report-1.4874918 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Fiery exchanges, pointed questions, but debate on harassment reports pushed to Wednesday |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/harassment-allegations-commissioner-reports-1.4873784 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2018-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024202842/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/harassment-allegations-commissioner-reports-1.4873784 |url-status=live }}
- October 30, 2018 - PC party president Graydon Pelley resigns and creates a new political party, the NL Alliance.{{cite web |title=Graydon Pelley walks away from PCs to start new political group |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-political-party-1.4904572 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-11-19 |archive-date=2018-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116200936/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-political-party-1.4904572 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Crocker |first1=Diane |title=Graydon Pelley offering alternative to province's voters through NL Alliance |url=https://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/graydon-pelley-offering-alternative-to-provinces-voters-through-nl-alliance-259530/ |website=www.thewesternstar.com |access-date=2018-11-19 |archive-date=2018-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091934/https://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/graydon-pelley-offering-alternative-to-provinces-voters-through-nl-alliance-259530/ |url-status=live }}
- November 8, 2018 - Cabinet shuffle takes place MHAs Davis, Haley, and Letto promoted to cabinet.{{cite web |title=Dwight Ball recruits new blood for cabinet to replace Kirby, Joyce |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/premier-dwight-ball-cabinet-shuffle-1.4897463 |website=CBC News |access-date=2018-11-08 |archive-date=2018-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109145916/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/premier-dwight-ball-cabinet-shuffle-1.4897463 |url-status=live }}
- November 16, 2018 - MHA Eddie Joyce confirms he has been denied re-entry into the Liberal caucus.
2019
- January 24, 2019 - Paul Dinn (PC) is elected as MHA for Topsail-Paradise.{{cite web |title=PC candidate Paul Dinn takes Topsail-Paradise byelection |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/topsail-paradise-byelection-day-1.4990614 |website=CBC News |access-date=2019-01-25 |archive-date=2019-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125011747/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/topsail-paradise-byelection-day-1.4990614 |url-status=live }}
- February 12, 2019 - NDP Leader Gerry Rogers announced she would be stepping down as leader and not seeking re-election in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gerry-rogers-1.5015533|title=Gerry Rogers stepping down as NDP leader, not seeking re-election {{!}} CBC News|last1=Feb 12|first1=CBC News · Posted|last2=February 12|first2=2019 11:08 AM NT {{!}} Last Updated|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12|archive-date=2019-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212152726/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gerry-rogers-1.5015533|url-status=live}}
- March 5, 2019 - Alison Coffin is acclaimed leader of the NDP.{{cite news |title=Coffin Acclaimed As NDP Leader |url=http://vocm.com/news/coffin-acclaimed-as-ndp-leader/ |access-date=5 March 2019 |agency=VOCM |date=5 March 2019 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305212422/http://vocm.com/news/coffin-acclaimed-as-ndp-leader/ |url-status=dead }}
- April 12, 2019 - The NL Alliance is officially registered as a political party in Newfoundland and Labrador.{{cite news |title=It's official: NL Alliance registered as 4th party heading into provincial election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-alliance-fourth-party-nlpoli-election-1.5096525/ |access-date=12 April 2019 |agency=CBC |date=12 April 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413113320/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-alliance-fourth-party-nlpoli-election-1.5096525 |url-status=live }}
- April 16, 2019 - Budget is tabled in the House of Assembly.
- April 17, 2019 - Premier Ball visits Lt. Gov. Judy Foote and the writ is dropped.
- June 21, 2019 - A judicial recount confirms Jordan Brown as MHA for Labrador West by a two-vote margin.
Opinion polls
File:NL_50th_provincial_election_polling.png
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="background:#e9e9e9;"
!style="width: 300px"|Polling Firm !style="width: 170px"|Last Day of Polling !style="width: 70px" class="unsortable"|Link |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}} align="center" style="width: 70px"| Liberal |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}} align="center" style="width: 70px"| PC |{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}} align="center" style="width: 70px"| NDP |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Alliance|background}} align="center" style="width: 70px"| NLA |
| Forum Research
|May 15, 2019 |[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/ca9b9839-b686-4d44-a4b7-aef51f4f8183Newfoundland_Prediction_May%2015%202019.pdf PDF] |38 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|47 |7 | |
| Mainstreet Research
|May 14, 2019 |[https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/pcs-ahead-in-popular-vote-in-one-of-the-closest-elections-ever/ HTML] |41 |45 {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|45 |8 |3 |
| Abacus Data
|May 5, 2019 |[https://abacusdata.ca/in-newfoundland-labrador-pcs-lead-by-5-with-a-week-to-go-before-eday/ HTML] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719185724/https://abacusdata.ca/in-newfoundland-labrador-pcs-lead-by-5-with-a-week-to-go-before-eday/ |date=2019-07-19 }} |37 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|42 |15 | |
| Forum Research
|May 4, 2019 |[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/3378d018-a80f-4817-9ae5-c18fc55e51cbNL%20Issues_May%208th%202019_final.pdf PDF] |40 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|42 |13 | |
| MQO Research
|May 4, 2019 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Atlantic-Matters-NL-Provincial-Results-Q2-2019.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|48 |36 |11 |2 |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|February 24, 2019 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/19-1-NL-News-Release-voting-intentions.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307054054/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/19-1-NL-News-Release-voting-intentions.pdf |date=2019-03-07 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|45 |38 |16 | |
| MQO Research
|January 28, 2019 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Atlantic-Matters-NL-Provincial-Results-Q1-2019.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|44 |42 |12 | |
| Mainstreet Research
|January 14, 2019 |[https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/pcs-and-liberals-in-a-statistical-tie/ HTML] |42 |43.3 {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|43.3 |11.5 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|November 24, 2018 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/18-4-NL-News-Release-voting-intentions.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031843/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/18-4-NL-News-Release-voting-intentions.pdf |date=2018-12-16 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|46 |35 |17 | |
| Mainstreet Research
|November 1, 2018 |[https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/governing-newfoundland-and-labrador-liberals-maintain-their-lead-over-pcs/ HTML] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|44.6 |39.1 |12.8 | |
| MQO Research
|October 26, 2018 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Atlantic-Matters-NL-Provincial-Results-Q4-2018.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|47 |35 |16 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|August 30, 2018 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/18-3-NL-Press-Release-343948.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195601/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/18-3-NL-Press-Release-343948.pdf |date=2018-09-06 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|43 |35 |19 | |
| MQO Research
|August 2, 2018 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Atlantic-Matters-NL-Results-Q3-2018.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|44 |38 |16 | |
| Mainstreet Research
|July 17, 2018 |[https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/governing-newfoundland-liberals-with-a-ten-point-lead-over-the-pcs/ HTML] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|45.8 |35.6 |12.5 | |
| Abacus Data
|May 27, 2018 |[http://abacusdata.ca/nl-residents-support-dwight-balls-management-of-bullying-allegations/ HTML] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603174007/http://abacusdata.ca/nl-residents-support-dwight-balls-management-of-bullying-allegations/ |date=2018-06-03 }} |38 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|40 |22 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|May 17, 2018 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/18-2-NL-Press-Release-4983423093-2.pdf PDF]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |36 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|42 |22 | |
| MQO Research
|May 13, 2018 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Atlantic-Matters-Report-NL-May-2018.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|44 |36 |16 | |
| Mainstreet Research
|May 3, 2018 |[https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/newfoundland-liberals-lead-pcs-by-six/ HTML] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|41.7 |35.7 |18.4 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|February 28, 2018 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/18-1-NL-Press-Release-3438340920392.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023041/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/18-1-NL-Press-Release-3438340920392.pdf |date=2018-03-07 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|41 |33 |24 | |
| MQO Research
|January 25, 2018 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Atlantic-Matters-Report-NL-January-2018-FINAL.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|43 |38 |16 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|November 30, 2017 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17-4-NL-Press-Release-34349230939.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003757/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17-4-NL-Press-Release-34349230939.pdf |date=2017-12-08 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|44 |33 |19 | |
| MQO Research
|October 19, 2017 |[http://mqoresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Atlantic-Matters-Report-NL-Q4-2017.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|52 |31 |15 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|September 13, 2017 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17-3-NL-Press-Release-343482324038-1.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913184115/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17-3-NL-Press-Release-343482324038-1.pdf |date=2017-09-13 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|40 |33 |24 | |
| MQO Research
|July 19, 2017 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170730202238/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl-jul2017.pdf PDF] |35 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|48 |16 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|June 1, 2017 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17-2-NL-Press-Release-3237903923.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730235852/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17-2-NL-Press-Release-3237903923.pdf |date=2017-07-30 }} |34 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|40 |24 | |
| MQO Research
|April 26, 2017 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170730202238/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl-jul2017.pdf PDF] |37 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|39 |23 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|February 28, 2017 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17-1-NL-Press-Release-3432724837239281389.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730235823/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17-1-NL-Press-Release-3432724837239281389.pdf |date=2017-07-30 }} |33 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|39 |26 | |
| MQO Research
|January 23, 2017 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170730202238/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl-jul2017.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|43 |36 |20 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|December 1, 2016 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16-4-NL-Press-Release-23132134334-1.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220113227/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16-4-NL-Press-Release-23132134334-1.pdf |date=2016-12-20 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|42 |34 |23 | |
| Abacus Data
|October 29, 2016 |[http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Abacus_NL_Release1.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730205846/http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Abacus_NL_Release1.pdf |date=2017-07-30 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|36 |29 |34 | |
| MQO Research
|October 22, 2016 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170615182132/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl-oct2016.PDF PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|40 |31 |27 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|August 31, 2016 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16-3-NL-Press-Release-342394723479397239743.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730233800/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16-3-NL-Press-Release-342394723479397239743.pdf |date=2017-07-30 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|34 |33 |32 | |
| MQO Research
|July 27, 2016 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170306110134/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl-0716.pdf PDF] |30 |{{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|37 |33 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|May 30, 2016 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/16-2-NL-Press-Release-2980988900980975.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624223144/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/16-2-NL-Press-Release-2980988900980975.pdf |date=2016-06-24 }} |27 |34 |{{Party shading/NDP (Canada)}}|38 | |
| MQO Research
|April 21, 2016 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170306115728/http://mqoresearch.com/am-nl.pdf PDF] |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|37 |30 |31 | |
| Corporate Research Associates Inc.
|March 9, 2016 |[https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/16-1-NL-kijhuyr556632x.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730234237/https://cra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/16-1-NL-kijhuyr556632x.pdf |date=2017-07-30 }} |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|66 |23 |11 | |
| style="background:#ffd;"|Election 2015
| style="background:#ffd;"|November 30, 2015 | style="background:#ffd;"|– |{{Party shading/Liberal}}|57.2 | style="background:#ffd;"|30.1 | style="background:#ffd;"|12.1 | |
Results by region
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|Party Name
! style="text-align:center;"|St. John's ! style="text-align:center;"|Avalon/St. John's Metro ! style="text-align:center;"|Central/Eastern ! style="text-align:center;" |Western ! style="text-align:center;"|Labrador ! style="text-align:center;"|Total |
|---|
| colspan="9"|Parties winning seats in the legislature:
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} | rowspan="2"|Liberal | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|2 ! style="text-align:center;"|20 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|15,989 | style="text-align:center;"|24,884 | style="text-align:center;"|29,040 | style="text-align:center;"|19,344 | style="text-align:center;"|4,489 | style="text-align:center;"|93,746 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} | rowspan="2"|Progressive Conservative | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|1 ! style="text-align:center;"|15 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|11,578 | style="text-align:center;"|36,642 | style="text-align:center;"|28,136 | style="text-align:center;"|11,461 | style="text-align:center;"|2,873 | style="text-align:center;"|90,690 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} | rowspan="2"|New Democratic | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|1 ! style="text-align:center;"|3 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|9,704 | style="text-align:center;"|1,321 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|1,043 | style="text-align:center;"|1,364 | style="text-align:center;"|13,432 |
| {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
|rowspan="2"|Others | Seats: | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;"|2 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} | Popular Vote: | style="text-align:center;"|406 | style="text-align:center;"|6,703 | style="text-align:center;"|2,482 | style="text-align:center;"|4,988 | style="text-align:center;"|603 | style="text-align:center;"|15,182 |
Candidates by district
- 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|Liberal|PC|NDP|Alliance}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"| Mount Scio
54.51% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Sarah Stoodley
1,981
41.68%
|
|Lloyd Power
1,769
37.21%
|
|Jason R. Mercer
597
12.56%
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. John's Centre
48.60% turnout
|
|Seamus O'Keefe
1,207
25.54%
|
|Jonathan Galgay
1,301
27.53%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Jim Dinn
2,218
46.93%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
58.03% turnout
|
|George Murphy
2,072
33.38%
|
|David Porter
1,436
23.14%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Alison Coffin{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/ndp-mha-lorraine-michael-stepping-down-endorses-party-leader-alison-coffin-for-st-johns-east-quidi-vidi-seat-292041/|title=NDP MHA Lorraine Michael stepping down, endorses party leader Alison Coffin for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi seat - The Telegram|website=www.thetelegram.com|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134436/https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/ndp-mha-lorraine-michael-stepping-down-endorses-party-leader-alison-coffin-for-st-johns-east-quidi-vidi-seat-292041/|url-status=live}}
2,699
43.48%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. John's West
57.31% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Siobhan Coady
2,393
45.69%
|
|Shane Skinner{{cite web|url=https://www.pcnl.ca/node/530|title=Nominations Close in the Districts of Bonavista and St. John's West|publisher=Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|date=February 9, 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035456/https://www.pcnl.ca/node/530|url-status=live}}
2,211
42.22%
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Siobhan Coady
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Virginia Waters-Pleasantville
63.64% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Bernard Davis
2,761
44.25%
|
|Beth Crosbie{{cite web|url=https://www.pcnl.ca/node/525|title=Nominations Close in Conception Bay East - Bell Island and Virginia Waters Pleasantville|publisher=Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|date=February 2, 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153227/https://www.pcnl.ca/node/525|url-status=live}}
2,217
35.53%
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|style="background-color:whitesmoke"|Waterford Valley
52.54% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Tom Osborne
3,487
68.56%
|
|
|
|Matthew Cooper
1,599
31.44%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Tom Osborne
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Windsor Lake
59.65% turnout
|
| Bob Osborne
2,088
38.47%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ches Crosbie
2,644
48.71%
|
|Tomás Shea
696
12.82%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Ches Crosbie
|}
=St. John's suburbs=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Alliance|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cape St. Francis
71.40% turnout
|
| Michael Duffy
1,115
17.75%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Parsons
4,539
72.24%
|
|Peter Beck
396
6.30%
|
|Ryan Lane
233
3.71%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Kevin Parsons
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Conception Bay East – Bell Island
55.56% turnout
|
| Cyril Hayden
1,551
26.22%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|David Brazil
4,365
73.78%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|David Brazil
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Conception Bay South
61.85% turnout
|
| Kevin Baker
1,256
22.78%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Barry Petten
3,447
62.52%
|
|
|
|Warrick Butler
810
14.69%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Barry Petten
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Mount Pearl North
57.88% turnout
|
|Nicole Kieley
2,196
37.20%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Jim Lester
2,907
49.24%
|
|Carol Reade
358
6.06%
|
|William Neville
443
7.50%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Jim Lester
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Mount Pearl-Southlands
65.71% turnout
|
|Hasan Hai
1,826
28.30%
|
|Gillian Pearson
1,590
24.64%
|
|David Brake
214
3.32%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|independent|background}}|
|Paul Lane (Ind.)
2,823
43.75%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|independent|background}}|
|Paul Lane
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Topsail-Paradise
54.75% turnout
|
|Patricia Hynes-Coates
1,650
28.95%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Dinn
3,476
60.98%
|
|
|
|Lori Best-Moore
574
10.07%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Paul Dinn
|}
=Avalon Peninsula=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde
66.57% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Steve Crocker
4,292
60.28%
|
|Jason Oliver
2,422
34.02%
|
|Kathleen Burt
353
4.96%
|
|Edward Thomas Cole (Ind.)
53
0.74%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ferryland
69.27% turnout
|
|Janice Ryan
2,350
34.95%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Loyola O'Driscoll
4,074
60.59%
|
|
|
|Chris Molloy (Ind.)
300
4.46%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Harbour Grace-Port de Grave
71.18% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
| Pam Parsons
3,758
52.24%
|
|Glenn Littlejohn
3,408
47.56%
|
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|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Pam Parsons
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Harbour Main
69.85% turnout
|
|Betty Parsley
2,126
30.64%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Helen Conway-Ottenheimer
4,169
60.08%
|
|
|
| Mike Cooze (NL Alliance)
643
9.27%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Betty Parsley
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Placentia-St. Mary's
65.69% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Sherry Gambin-Walsh
2,764
47.39%
|
|Hilda Whelan
2,245
38.49%
|
|
|
|Steve Thorne (Ind.)
824
14.13%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Eastern Newfoundland=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|Alliance}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bonavista
59.36% turnout
|
|Neil King
2,566
49.57%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Craig Pardy
2,611
50.43%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burin-Grand Bank
65.70% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Carol Anne Haley
2,822
51.62%
|
|Bill Matthews
2,645
48.38%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Placentia West-Bellevue
65.69% turnout
|
|Mark Browne
2,667
44.23%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Jeff Dwyer
3,363
55.77%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Mark Browne
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Terra Nova
64.25% turnout
|
|Colin Holloway
2,595
43.47%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Lloyd Parrott
2,876
48.17%
|
|Barry Moores
499
8.36%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Central Newfoundland=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Baie Verte-Green Bay
59.96% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Brian Warr
2,809
49.73%
|
|Neville Robinson
1,872
33.14%
|
|Ben Callahan (NL Alliance)
968
17.14%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Exploits
64.65% turnout
|
|Jerry Dean
1,924
33.10%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Pleaman Forsey
2,874
49.44%
|
| Gloria Cooper (Ind.)
1,015
17.46%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fogo Island-Cape Freels
52.10% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Derrick Bragg
2,811
54.31%
|
|Sue Collins
2,365
45.69%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
61.20% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Elvis Loveless
1,759
53.38%
|
|Charlene Walsh
1,536
46.62%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gander
61.60% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|John Haggie
3,311
58.57%
|
|Ryan Wagg
2,342
41.43%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
60.75% turnout
|
| Al Hawkins
2,586
46.84%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Chris Tibbs
2,935
53.16%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Al Hawkins
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lewisporte-Twillingate
60.69% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Derek Bennett
3,190
54.00%
|
|Krista Freake
2,717
46.00%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Western Newfoundland=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burgeo-La Poile
52.13% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Andrew Parsons
2,947
83.46%
|
|Deborah Ann Turner
584
16.54%
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Andrew Parsons
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Corner Brook
49.87% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Gerry Byrne
2,436
48.85%
|
|Tom Stewart
1,682
33.73%
|
|Mary B. Feltham
733
14.70%
|
|Wayne Bennett (Ind.)
136
2.73%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Humber-Gros Morne
68.11% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Dwight Ball
4,247
69.94%
|
|Greg Osmond
1,825
30.06%
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Dwight Ball
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Humber-Bay of Islands
62.65% turnout
|
|Brian Dicks
1,068
17.20%
|
|Michael Patrick Holden
659
10.61%
|
|Shawn A. Hodder
310
4.99%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|background}}|
|Eddie Joyce (Ind.)
4,172
67.19%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows
64.85% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Chris Mitchelmore
3,474
61.16%
|
|Sheila Fitzgerald
2,036
35.85%
|
|
|
|Ford Mitchelmore (Ind.)
170
2.99%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. George's-Humber
60.23% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Scott Reid
2,691
50.17%
|
|Tom O’Brien
2,163
40.32%
|
|
|
| Shane Snook (NL Alliance)
510
9.51%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Stephenville-Port au Port
55.06% turnout
|
|John Finn
2,481
49.67%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Tony Wakeham
2,512
50.31%
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Labrador=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
58.80% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Lisa Dempster
1,132
67.22%
|
|
|
|
|
|Michael Normore (Ind.){{cite web |title=Crosbie boots candidate with anti-abortion, anti-gay views 24 hours after backing him |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/michael-normore-progressive-conservative-candidate-1.5130014 |website=CBC News |access-date=2019-05-11 |archive-date=2019-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511122028/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/michael-normore-progressive-conservative-candidate-1.5130014 |url-status=live }}{{efn|name=Normore|Although Normore was expelled from the party due to his stance against same-sex marriage and abortion, he remained on the ballot as a Progressive Conservative candidate.}}
552
32.78%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Labrador West
54.21% turnout
|
|Graham Letto
1,362
42.07%
|
|Derick Sharron
509
15.73%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}|
|Jordan Brown
1,364
42.16%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lake Melville
55.62% turnout
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Perry Trimper
1,517
45.84%
|
|Shannon Tobin
1,189
35.93%
|
|
|
|Jim Learning (Ind.)
603
18.22%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Torngat Mountains
55.24% turnout
|
|Randy Edmunds
478
43.42%
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}|
|Lela Evans
623
55.58%
|
|
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}|
|Randy Edmunds
|}
Results
The Liberals lost their parliamentary majority.
= Incumbent MHAs who were defeated =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" |Party !Name !Constituency !Year elected !Seat held by party since !Defeated by ! colspan="2" |Party |
| rowspan="9" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal}};"|
| rowspan="9" |Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
|---|
| Neil King
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Mark Browne
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Colin Holloway
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Jerry Dean
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Al Hawkins
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| John Finn
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Graham Letto
|2015 |2015 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP}};"| |
| Randy Edmunds
|2011 |2011 |style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC}};"| |Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Marland |first1=Alex |last2=Loder |first2=Hannah |title=More Than the Usual Turmoil: The 2019 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador |journal=Canadian Political Science Review |date=July 2021 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=16–33 |doi=10.24124/c677/20211787 |url=https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/view/1787 |language=en |issn=1911-4125|doi-access=free }}
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