Newfoundland general election, 1989

Newfoundland general election, 1989

The 42nd Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 13th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives.[1]

Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.[2]

Results

  Party Leader 1985 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
     Liberal Clyde Wells 15 31 +107% 137,271 47.2%
     Progressive Conservative Tom Rideout 36 21 -42% 138,609 47.6%
     New Democratic Cle Newhook 1 0 -100% 12,929 4.4%
     Other 0 0 0% 2,138 0.8%
Totals 52 52 - 291,785 100%

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