Newfoundland general election, 1971

The 36th Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the seventh general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.^[1]

Results

	Party	Photo	Leader	1966	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative		Frank Moores	3	21	+600%	118,899	51.3%
	Liberal		Joey Smallwood	39	20	-49%	102,775	44.4%
	New Democratic		John Connors	0	0	0%	4,075	1.8%
	Labrador			-	1	N/A	*	2.4%
	Other			0	0	0%	5,804	0.1%
Totals				42	42	-	233,573	100%

^[2] *Labrador Party's votes included in "Other" votes

References

1. ^ Former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores dies. CBC News, June 11, 2005
2. ^ General Election Statistics (1949-1999), Elections Newfoundland and Labrador, accessed 2006-12-11