1999 Newfoundland general election

The 1999 Newfoundland general election was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

1999 Newfoundland general election

← 1996 February 9, 1999 2003 →
48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 25 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	69.6% ( 4.8 pp)[1]
First party Second party Third party   PC Leader Brian Tobin Ed Byrne Jack Harris Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader's seat Bay of Islands Ran in The Straits & White Bay North Kilbride Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Last election 37 9 1 Seats won 32 14 2 Seat change 5 5 1 Popular vote 132,399 108,772 21,962 Percentage 49.62% 40.77% 8.23% Swing 5.48pp 2.11pp 3.78pp
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	1996	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Brian Tobin	37	32	-16%	132,399	49.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Byrne	9	14	+56%	108,772	40.77%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	1	2	+100%	21,962	8.23%
	Newfoundland & Labrador Party	Sue Kelland-Dyer[2]	*	-	*	2,562	0.96%
	Independent/No affiliation		1	-	-100%	1,112	0.42%
Total			48	48	-	266,807	100%

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Results by district

• Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
• † represents that the incumbent is not running again.
• ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.

St. John's

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Kilbride 77.58% turnout		Barbara Howlett 2,133 31.90%		Ed Byrne 4,145 62.00%		Lee Ingram 289 4.32%		Vicki Stuckless (NL Party) 119 1.78%		Ed Byrne
St. John's Centre 76.66% turnout		Joan Aylward 2,609 42.27%		Paul Brown 2,443 39.58%		Valerie Long 1,120 18.15%				Joan Aylward
St. John's East 76.84% turnout		Tom McGrath 1,559 26.28%		John Ottenheimer 3,774 63.61%		Barry Darby 600 10.11%				John Ottenheimer
St. John's North 75.76% turnout		Lloyd Matthews 2,304 45.51%		Ray Andrews 1,971 38.93%		Dale Kirby 788 15.56%				Lloyd Matthews
St. John's South 72.09% turnout		Patrick Kennedy 1,563 25.71%		Tom Osborne 4,041 66.47%		Judy Vanta 374 6.15%		Jason Crummey (Independent) 101 1.66%		Tom Osborne
St. John's West 74.57% turnout		Tom Moore 2,532 39.43%		Sheila Osborne 3,206 49.93%		Pat Lynch 683 10.64%				Sheila Osborne
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi 75.76% turnout		Pete Soucy 2,010 38.66%		Chris O'Brien 793 15.25%		Jack Harris 2,179 41.91%		Paul Hillier (NL Party) 116 2.23% Shaun Dunn (Independent) 53 1.02%		Jack Harris
Virginia Waters 73.08% turnout		Walter Noel 2,973 47.43%		Paul Walsh 2,277 36.33%		Amanda Will 887 14.15%		Deanne Stapleton (Independent) 131 2.09%		Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		NLFirst
Cape St. Francis 86.83% turnout		Jim Martin 2,169 31.87%		Jack Byrne 4,197 61.67%		Shawn Sullivan 440 6.46%				Jack Byrne
Conception Bay East & Bell Island 74.00% turnout		Jim Walsh 2,426 40.19%		Doug Cole 1,803 29.87%		Ken Kavanagh 932 15.44%		Sue Kelland-Dyer 876 14.51%		Jim Walsh
Conception Bay South 75.32% turnout		Bill Lee 1,806 29.98%		Bob French 3,888 64.54%		Reg Porter 330 5.48%				Bob French
Mount Pearl 73.19% turnout		Julie Bettney 3,468 55.70%		Cathy Sheehan 2,269 36.44%		Glen Grouchey 489 7.85%				Julie Bettney
Topsail 79.77% turnout		Ralph Wiseman 3,381 52.16%		Rick Fifield 2,533 39.08%		Mary Snow 568 8.76%				Ralph Wiseman
Waterford Valley 74.90% turnout		Paula Buckle 2,680 41.88%		Harvey Hodder 3,480 54.38%		Bill Maddigan 239 3.73%				Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		NLFirst
Bellevue 64.41% turnout		Percy Barrett 3,229 61.26%		Gus Coombs 1,667 31.63%		Mose Ingram 375 7.11%				Percy Barrett
Burin-Placentia West 75.76% turnout		Mary Hodder 3,469 53.30%		Dominic Lundrigan 2,658 40.84%		Wayne Butler 382 5.87%				Mary Hodder
Carbonear-Harbour Grace 75.12% turnout		George Sweeney 4,132 68.44%		Claude Garland 37.54%		Kevin Noel 391 6.48%				Art Reid†
Ferryland 81.86% turnout		Harold Mullowney 2,141 31.62%		Loyola Sullivan 4,482 66.20%		Gerry Ryan 147 2.17%				Loyola Sullivan
Grand Bank 65.15% turnout		Judy Foote 3,964 70.18%		John Bolt 1,146 20.29%		Richard Rennie 538 9.53%				Judy Foote
Harbour Main-Whitbourne 79.43% turnout		Wanda Dawe 2,502 37.44%		Tom Hedderson 3,670 54.92%		Fred Akerman 511 7.65%				Don Whelan†
Placentia & St. Mary's 80.66% turnout		Anthony Sparrow 2,938 45.08%		Fabian Manning 3,579 54.92%						Anthony Sparrow
Port de Grave 64.50% turnout		John Efford 4,488 78.75%		Paul Cooper 1,026 18.00%		Steve Quigly 185 3.25%				John Efford
Trinity-Bay de Verde 64.84% turnout		Lloyd Snow 3,201 54.15%		Peter Bursey 2,176 36.81%		Jeff Jacobs 320 5.41%		Monty Newhook 214 3.62%		Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Baie Verte 69.07% turnout		Gerald Burton 1,988 38.68%		Paul Shelley 3,152 61.32%						Paul Shelley
Bonavista North 61.01% turnout		Beaton Tulk 3,943 75.54%		Jim Cooze 1,277 24.46%						Beaton Tulk
Bonavista South 68.50% turnout		George Clements 1,768 27.87%		Roger Fitzgerald 4,496 70.87%		Shawn Crann 80 1.26%				Roger Fitzgerald
Exploits 61.89% turnout		Roger Grimes 2,526 49.50%		Gonzo Gillingham 1,944 38.10%				Arnold Best (NL Party) 633 12.40%		Roger Grimes
Gander 75.19% turnout		Sandra Kelly 3,064 49.56%		Kevin O'Brien 2,926 47.32%		Roy Locke 193 3.12%				Sandra Kelly
Grand Falls-Buchans 69.84% turnout		Anna Thistle 3,511 58.05%		Lorne Woolridge 2,349 38.84%		Bob Buckingham 188 3.11%				Anna Thistle
Lewisporte 71.92% turnout		Melvin Penney 2,116 35.08%		Tom Rideout 3,791 62.85%		Michael Dwyer 125 2.07%				Melvin Penney
Terra Nova 60.01% turnout		Tom Lush 3,514 66.88%		Rob Stead 1,740 33.12%						Tom Lush
Trinity North 65.58% turnout		Doug Oldford 2,979 50.70%		Sheila Kelly-Blackmore 2,183 37.15%		Dan Corbett 714 12.15%				Doug Oldford
Twillingate & Fogo 56.40% turnout		Gerry Reid 3,343 65.82%		Gerald McKenna 1,466 28.86%				Dallas Mitchell (Independent) 270 5.32%		Gerry Reid
Windsor-Springdale 65.40% turnout		Graham Flight 2,180 37.30%		Ray Hunter 3,192 54.61%		Rose Howe 115 1.97%		Audrey Smith (Independent) 263 4.50% Roger Bennett (Independent) 95 1.63%		Graham Flight

Western and Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Bay of Islands 68.65% turnout		Eddie Joyce 3,164 57.56%		Paul Hunt 1,713 31.16%		Israel Hann 620 11.28%				Brian Tobin‡ (ran in The Straits & White Bay North)
Burgeo & La Poile 65.02% turnout		Kelvin Parsons 3,421 59.50%		Greg Sheaves 1,988 34.57%		Owen Marsden 342 5.95%				Bill Ramsay†
Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune 56.04% turnout		Oliver Langdon 3,189 70.21%		Bob Baker 1,353 29.79%						Oliver Langdon
Humber East 71.94% turnout		Bob Mercer 3,197 52.35%		Janice Wells 2,405 39.38%		Jean Mehaney 246 4.03%		David Ledrew (NL Party) 259 4.24%		Bob Mercer
Humber Valley 58.10% turnout		Rick Woodford 3,051 68.21%		Warren Rose 1,422 31.79%						Rick Woodford
Humber West 61.19% turnout		Paul Dicks 2,814 58.41%		Pat Callahan 1,152 23.91%		Paul Bourgeois 852 17.84%				Paul Dicks
Port au Port 63.45% turnout		Gerald Smith 2,976 56.50%		Ada Marche 1,719 32.64%		Sharon Whalen 421 7.99%		William Smallwood (Independent) 151 2.87%		Gerald Smith
St. Barbe 62.72% turnout		Chuck Furey 2,878 59.61%		Rod Roberts 1,950 40.39%						Chuck Furey
St. George's-Stephenville East 56.26% turnout		Kevin Aylward 2,546 52.66%		Leonard Muise 1,944 40.21%				Dave Johnson (NL Party) 345 7.14%		Kevin Aylward
The Straits & White Bay North 52.76% turnout		Brian Tobin 3,227 74.77%		Ford Mitchelmore 1,089 25.23%						Chris Decker†

Labrador

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair 63.66% turnout		Yvonne Jones 1,832 85.45%		Sharon Moores 312 14.55%				Yvonne Jones
Labrador West 83.23% turnout		Perry Canning 2,544 45.07%		Susan Whitten 400 7.09%		Randy Collins 2,700 47.84%		Perry Canning
Lake Melville 60.99% turnout		Ernie McLean 1,915 52.45%		Hayward Broomfield 1,413 38.70%		Ronald Peddle 323 8.85%		Ernie McLean
Torngat Mountains 99.19% turnout		Wally Andersen 1,036 85.06%		Simeon Tshakapesh 182 14.94%				Wally Andersen

See also

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