1972 Newfoundland general election

The 1972 Newfoundland general election was held on 24 March 1972 to elect members of the 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party. In the district of Labrador South, the election was a virtual tie between two candidates and had to be declared void. In a subsequent by-election, the seat was taken by a member of the Labrador Party.

1972 Newfoundland general election

March 24, 1972
42 seats to the 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   PC Lib Leader Frank Moores Edward Roberts Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since 1972 1972 Leader's seat Humber West White Bay North Last election 21 seats, 51.34% 20 seats, 44.48% Seats won 33 9 Seat change 12 11 Popular vote 126,508 77,849 Percentage 60.22% 37.06% Swing 8.88pp 7.42pp
Premier before election Frank Moores Progressive Conservative Premier after election Frank Moores Progressive Conservative

Results

	Party	Leader	1971	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Moores	21	33	+57%	126,508	60.5%
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	20	9	-55%	77,849	37.1%
	New Democratic	John Connors	0	0	0%	410	0.2%
	Other		1	0	-100%	4,307	2.1%
Totals			42	42	-	210,078	100%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

36th General Assembly of Newfoundland
	District	Member	Party
	Bay de Verde	Brendan Howard	Progressive Conservative
	Bell Island	Steve Neary	Liberal
	Bonavista North	Paul S. Thoms	Liberal
	Bonavista South	James C. Morgan	Progressive Conservative
	Burgeo & LaPoile	Allan Evans	Progressive Conservative
	Burin	Alex Hickman	Progressive Conservative
	Carbonear	Augustus T. Rowe	Progressive Conservative
	Ferryland	Tom Doyle	Progressive Conservative
	Fogo	Earl Winsor	Liberal
	Fortune Bay	H. R. Val Earle	Progressive Conservative
	Gander	Harold A. Collins	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Falls	Aubrey J. Senior	Progressive Conservative
	Green Bay	Brian Peckford	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Grace	Haig Young	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Main (Dual Riding)	Gordon Dawe	Progressive Conservative
		William Doody	Progressive Conservative
	Hermitage	Roy L. Cheeseman	Progressive Conservative
	Humber East	Thomas C. Farrell	Progressive Conservative
	Humber West	Frank D. Moores	Progressive Conservative
	Labrador North	Melvin Woodward	Liberal
	Labrador South	Joe Harvey	Liberal
	Labrador West	Joseph G. Rousseau	Progressive Conservative
	Lewisporte	Maxwell J. Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Placentia East	Fintan Aylward	Progressive Conservative
	Placentia West	Leo Barry	Progressive Conservative
	Port au Port	Frederick R. Stagg	Progressive Conservative
	Port de Grave	George M. Wilson	Progressive Conservative
	St. Barbe North	Fred B. Rowe	Liberal
	St. Barbe South	Edward Maynard	Progressive Conservative
	St. George's	Alex M. Dunphy	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's Centre	Anthony J. Murphy	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East	William W. Marshall	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East Extern	Tom Hickey	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's North	John A. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's South	Robert Wells	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's West	John Crosbie	Progressive Conservative
	St. Mary's	Gerry Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative
	Trinity North	Charlie Brett	Progressive Conservative
	Trinity South	James Reid	Progressive Conservative
	Twillingate	Herbert W. C. Gillett	Liberal
	White Bay North	Edward M. Roberts	Liberal
	White Bay South	William N. Rowe	Liberal

References

• "General Election Returns (1972)" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2013.