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2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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The 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on May 16, 2019, to elect members of the 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]

Quick Facts All 40 seats in the 49th House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador 21 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

Despite consistent Progressive Conservative leads in polling towards the end of the campaign, including a nine-point lead in the final poll released a day before the election,[4] the Liberal Party led by Dwight Ball won re-election, but nonetheless fell one seat short of retaining their majority after an unexpected loss to the New Democrats in Labrador West originally in the initial count by five votes.[5] This resulted in the Liberals winning 20 seats, exactly half of the House of Assembly. A subsequent recount shortened the margin of victory in Labrador West to just two votes.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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Party standings

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20 15 3 2
Liberal Progressive Conservative NDP Ind
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Incumbents not running for reelection

The following MHAs had announced that they would not be running in this provincial election:

Independent

New Democratic Party

Progressive Conservative Party

Timeline

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Changes in seats held (2015–2019)
  1. as a result of Lane's disapproval of deficit reduction levy
  2. becoming Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Mount Pearl
  3. amid allegations of harassment

2015

2016

  • May 19, 2016 - Liberal MHA Paul Lane is suspended from the Liberal caucus and sits as an independent MHA.[27]
  • October 11, 2016 - Former premier Paul Davis announces he'll resign as Tory leader once his successor is chosen.[28]

2017

  • July 31, 2017 - A cabinet shuffle takes place after Cathy Bennett resigns as Finance Minister. Dempster and Osborne enter cabinet.[29]
  • September 19, 2017 - NDP Leader Earle McCurdy announced his resignation as Party Leader, effective September 30.[30]
  • September 28, 2017 - NDP MHA Lorraine Michael is named interim leader of the NDP replacing Earle McCurdy who announced his resignation earlier in the month.[31]
  • October 11, 2017 - Mount Pearl North PC MHA Steve Kent resigns to become Chief Administrative Officer of Mount Pearl triggering a by-election.[32]
  • November 21, 2017 - Jim Lester (PC) is elected as MHA for Mount Pearl North.[33]

2018

  • April 8, 2018 - Gerry Rogers is elected as the leader of the New Democrats, succeeding Lorraine Michael.[34]
  • April 25, 2018 - Municipal Affairs Minister Eddie Joyce is formally accused of inappropriate conduct by another Liberal MHA. He is subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an external investigation.[35]
  • April 28, 2018 - Ches Crosbie is elected as the new leader of the Progressive Conservatives, succeeding Paul Davis.[36]
  • April 30, 2018 - Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Dale Kirby is removed from cabinet and caucus following allegations of harassment.[37]
  • May 13, 2018 - Paul Davis announces his resignation as Leader of the Opposition. Since PC leader Ches Crosbie does not have a seat in the House of Assembly MHA David Brazil was appointed Leader of the Opposition on May 14, 2018.[38]
  • June 16, 2018 - Delegates at the Liberal Party Annual General Meeting vote to endorse the leadership of Dwight Ball with 79% voting against the party holding a leadership convention.[39]
  • August 21, 2018 - Liberal MHA Cathy Bennett resigns her seat of Windsor Lake.[40]
  • August 27, 2018 - CBC releases a copy of a report by the Commissioner for Legislative Standards that clears Eddie Joyce and Dale Kirby of wrongdoing in all the allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway.[41]
  • September 20, 2018 - Ches Crosbie (PC) is elected as MHA for Windsor Lake.[42]
  • October 18, 2018 - Paul Davis (PC) announces his intention to resign as MHA for Topsail-Paradise on November 2.[43]
  • October 20, 2018 - MHA Dale Kirby leaks the results of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding MHA Pam Parsons’ complaint against him to the public. Kirby was cleared on all complaints, except making an inappropriate comment to Parsons at the 2016 Liberal Party AGM; the report recommended a sanction by the House of Assembly on that count.[44]
  • October 21, 2018 - The Joyce report is leaked to the public which found that Joyce had broken the code of conduct for elected officials when he lobbied Minister Gambin-Walsh to hire a friend of his for a government job; Joyce was cleared on all other allegations.[45][46]
  • October 30, 2018 - PC party president Graydon Pelley resigns and creates a new political party, the NL Alliance.[47][48]
  • November 8, 2018 - Cabinet shuffle takes place MHAs Davis, Haley, and Letto promoted to cabinet.[49]
  • November 16, 2018 - MHA Eddie Joyce confirms he has been denied re-entry into the Liberal caucus.

2019

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Opinion polls

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Results by region

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Candidates by district

  • All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly.
  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † represents that the incumbent is not running again.
  • § represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
  • ₰ represents that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination
  • ‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.

St. John's

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St. John's suburbs

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Avalon Peninsula

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Eastern Newfoundland

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Central Newfoundland

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Western Newfoundland

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Labrador

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Results

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The Liberals lost their parliamentary majority.

Incumbent MHAs who were defeated

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Notes

  1. Although Normore was expelled from the party due to his stance against same-sex marriage and abortion, he remained on the ballot as a Progressive Conservative candidate.

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