1996 Newfoundland general election

The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996, to elect members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal Party under new leader Brian Tobin. PC Leader Lynn Verge was not re-elected in her riding of Humber East.

1996 Newfoundland general election

February 22, 1996 (1996-02-22)
48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 25 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC Leader Brian Tobin Lynn Verge Jack Harris Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader's seat Bay of Islands Humber East (lost re-election) Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Last election 35 16 1 Seats won 37 9 1 Seat change 2 7 ±0 Popular vote 157,229 110,312 12,706 Percentage 55.10% 38.66% 4.45% Swing 6.0pp 3.44pp 2.95pp
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.
Premier before election Brian Tobin Liberal Premier after election Brian Tobin Liberal

Results

	Party	Leader	1993	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	35	37	+5.7%	157,229	55.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn Verge	16	9	-44%	110,312	38.66%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	1	1	0%	12,706	4.45%
	Other		0	1	0%	5,111	1.79%
Total			52	48	-	285,385	100%

Party standings after the general election

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	37
	Progressive Conservative	9
	New Democratic	1
	Independents	1
Total		48
Government Majority		39

Elected members by riding

Elected	Party	District
Paul Shelley	Progressive Conservative	Baie Verte
Brian Tobin	Liberal	Bay of Islands
Percy Barrett	Liberal	Bellevue
Beaton Tulk	Liberal	Bonavista North
Roger Fitzgerald	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista South
Bill Ramsay	Liberal	Burgeo & La Poile
Mary Hodder	Liberal	Burin - Placentia West
Jack Byrne	Progressive Conservative	Cape St. Francis
Art Reid	Liberal	Carbonear - Harbour Grace
Yvonne Jones	Independent (Later joined the Liberals)	Cartwright - L'Anse Au Clair
Jim Walsh	Liberal	Conception Bay East & Bell Island
Bob French	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay South
Roger Grimes	Liberal	Exploits
Loyola Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	Ferryland
Oliver Langdon	Liberal	Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune
Sandra Kelly	Liberal	Gander
Judy Foote	Liberal	Grand Bank
Anna Thistle	Liberal	Grand Falls - Buchans
Don Whelan	Liberal	Harbour Main - Whitbourne
Bob Mercer	Liberal	Humber East
Rick Woodford	Liberal	Humber Valley
Paul Dicks	Liberal	Humber West
Ed Byrne	Progressive Conservative	Kilbride
Perry Canning	Liberal	Labrador West
Ernie McLean	Liberal	Lake Melville
Melvin Penney	Liberal	Lewisporte
Julie Bettney	Liberal	Mount Pearl
Anthony Sparrow	Liberal	Placentia & St. Mary's
Gerald Smith	Liberal	Port au Port
John Efford	Liberal	Port De Grave
Chuck Furey	Liberal	St. Barbe
Kevin Aylward	Liberal	St. George's - Stephenville East
Joan Aylward	Liberal	St. John's Centre
John Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative	St. John's East
Lloyd Matthews	Liberal	St. John's North
Tom Osborne	Progressive Conservative	St. John's South
Sheila Osborne	Progressive Conservative	St. John's West
Jack Harris	New Democrat	Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi
Tom Lush	Liberal	Terra Nova
Chris Decker	Liberal	The Straits & White Bay North
Ralph Wiseman	Liberal	Topsail
Wally Andersen	Liberal	Torngat Mountains
Lloyd Snow	Liberal	Trinity - Bay De Verde
Doug Oldford	Liberal	Trinity North
Gerry Reid	Liberal	Twillingate & Fogo
Walter Noel	Liberal	Virginia Waters
Harvey Hodder	Progressive Conservative	Waterford Valley
Graham Flight	Liberal	Windsor - Springdale

See also

• List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies
• List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties

Parties

• Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
• Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)

References

• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
• Election Report

Further reading

• Mutimer, David, ed. (2002). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1996. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442672093.