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2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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The 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 14, 2025, to elect members to the 51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]

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

In a major upset, Tony Wakeham led the Progressive Conservatives to a majority government for the first time since 2011. With a popular vote share of 44.4%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador's electoral history.[4]

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Background

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Premier John Hogan requested Lieutenant Governor Joan Marie Aylward issue the writs of election on September 15, 2025. Every party represented in the assembly had elected a new leader since the 2021 election.[5]

Former NDP leader Alison Coffin ran as an independent candidate in both Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde and Harbour Grace-Port de Grave on a platform of election reform.[6] She was the first person since Henry Renouf in the 1869 Newfoundland general election to run in more than one riding.[7][8]

Standings at dissolution

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Incumbents not standing for re-election

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Timeline

Changes in MHAs/seats held between elections

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Campaign

Issues in the election included the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding, the cost-of-living, crime, healthcare, and housing. The leaders' debate was held on October 8, with the NDP's Dinn, Liberals' Hogan, and PC's Wakeham all invited. The CBC's Carolyn Stokes hosted.

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Results

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The election resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives.[53] The incumbent Liberals had been in government for 10 years.[3] The Wakeham ministry will be sworn in.

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Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent is not seeking re-election.

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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Seats changing hands

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Student vote results

The Student Vote elections were run by CIVIX and Elections Newfoundland and Labrador, and do not have an affect on the actual elections. 123 schools participated and delivered a result of a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives, with 23 seats, 12 seats for the Liberals, 2 for the NDP, 2 Independent seats and 1 Non-affiliated.[119]

23 12 2 2 1
Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP Independent Unaffiliated
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Notes

  1. On October 19, 2021, Alison Coffin resigned as leader of the NDP. The same day, Dinn would become interim leader.[1] On March 28, 2023, Dinn was officially instated as the permanent leader of the NDP.[2]
  2. John Abbott had been elected in 2021, but he resigned his seat on August 15, 2025 to avoid a prolonged lawsuit over the disputed election results in his riding.[45]
  3. Coffin ran as an independent candidate in both Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde and Harbour Grace-Port de Grave as a protest in favour of electoral reform. There was no provision in the Elections Act 1991 which prohibited a candidate from simultaneously running in two separate districts.[6]
  4. Andrew Parsons had been elected in 2021, but he resigned from the House of Assembly on May 1, 2025, leaving the district vacant.[38]
  5. Andrew Furey had been elected in 2021, but he resigned his seat in the House of Assembly on July 3, 2025, leaving the district vacant.[43]
  6. Jordan Brown had been elected in 2021, but he resigned from the House of Assembly on August 1, 2025, leaving the district vacant.[44]
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