April 02 1985 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1985-04-02
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 861
Invalid Votes 861
Total Electors 359,087
Turnout Rate 77
Valid Ballots 277,641
Valid Votes 277,641

Notes

  • Sources: Figures taken from ELECTION RETURNS 1985, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 5 0 0.00% 0.28%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 52 15 28.85% 36.74%
New Democratic Party 49 1 1.92% 14.39%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 52 36 69.23% 48.59%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Glenn Tobin Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin-Placentia West 3,869 ✅
Norman E Doyle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main 3,784 ✅
Robert J Aylward Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Kilbride 3,668 ✅
John R Efford Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 3,614 ✅
Thomas Valentine Hickey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East Extern 3,489 ✅
Harold Barrett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 3,382 ✅
Alfred Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 3,373 ✅
H Neil Windsor Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Mount Pearl 3,365 ✅
Patrick J McNicholas Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's Centre 3,332 ✅
Leo Barry Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Mount Scio-Bell Island 3,321 ✅
Winston Baker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Gander 3,309 ✅
Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Waterford-Kenmount 3,251 ✅
Milton Peach Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear 3,203 ✅
R Charlie Brett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity North 3,137 ✅
Chris Decker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Strait of Belle Isle 3,136 ✅
Loyola W Hearn Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Mary's-The Capes 3,125 ✅
R Beaton Tulk Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 3,124 ✅
Maxwell James Russell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Lewisporte 3,035 ✅
Wilson Elwood Callan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bellevue 3,030 ✅
Bill Matthews Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Bank 3,028 ✅
Jerome W Dinn Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Pleasantville 3,003 ✅
Thomas Lush Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 2,983 ✅
V Lynn Verge Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber East 2,955 ✅
James Patrick Hearn Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Mount Scio-Bell Island 2,879 ❌
Walter George Cross Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista North 2,861 ❌
Glenn C Greening Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Terra Nova 2,857 ✅
Basil H Jamieson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bellevue 2,852 ❌
Peter Wayne Fenwick New Democratic Party Menihek 2,841 ✅
Hugh Matthew Twomey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Exploits 2,805 ✅
Wilson Brown Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin-Placentia West 2,794 ❌
Chuck Furey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe 2,768 ✅
Everett K Osmond Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe 2,752 ❌
William W Marshall Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 2,738 ✅
D Haig Young Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 2,729 ✅
Ron Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's 2,729 ✅
Rod Moores Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear 2,712 ❌
T Maxwell Snook Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Bank 2,689 ❌
Jim Kelland Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Naskaupi 2,685 ✅
Keith Payne Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber East 2,670 ❌
Randy W Collins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 2,657 ❌
John Arthur Carter Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's North 2,631 ✅
Alec Snow Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Menihek 2,610 ❌
Wayne Frank Wheaton Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fogo 2,580 ❌
Joy Sceviour Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Lewisporte 2,551 ❌
Graham R Flight Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Windsor-Buchans 2,547 ✅
Charlie J Power Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Ferryland 2,537 ✅
Roger Simmons Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune-Hermitage 2,535 ✅
Thomas Gerard Rideout Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Baie Verte-White Bay 2,532 ✅
John Crane Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 2,498 ❌
John F Collins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's South 2,466 ✅
Jim Hodder Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port au Port 2,429 ✅
James Charles Morgan Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 2,424 ✅
Ted A Blanchard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bay of Islands 2,419 ✅
Graham Watton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bay of Islands 2,404 ❌
James G Reid Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity-Bay de Verde 2,369 ✅
Walter Carmichael Carter Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 2,329 ✅
Hazel R Newhook Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Gander 2,319 ❌
William G Patterson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia 2,295 ✅
Dave Gilbert Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir 2,256 ✅
Donald Stewart Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune-Hermitage 2,254 ❌
George J Flaherty New Democratic Party Harbour Main 2,245 ❌
Mary Frances Philpott Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Centre 2,229 ❌
Len Simms Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 2,208 ✅
Rick Woodford Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber Valley 2,197 ✅
Walter Noel Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Pleasantville 2,196 ❌
Raymond J Baird Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber West 2,195 ✅
Kevin Aylward Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Stephenville 2,185 ✅
John Butt Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Conception Bay South 2,179 ✅
Bryan Blackmore New Democratic Party Grand Falls 2,167 ❌
Rex Murphy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia 2,149 ❌
Calvin Mitchell Progressive Conservative Party of NFL La Poile 2,138 ✅
Harold Small Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Baie Verte-White Bay 2,127 ❌
Scott Simmons Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber West 2,112 ❌
Everett Cross Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Terra Nova 2,099 ❌
Myra Moore Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 2,082 ❌
Harold Dominey Andrews Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir 2,062 ❌
Gene Long New Democratic Party St. John's East 1,981 ❌
Francis J Berkshire Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's 1,914 ❌
Ida May Reid Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 1,874 ❌
Walter Brown Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity-Bay de Verde 1,860 ❌
David Hedd Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber Valley 1,804 ❌
Noreen Saunders Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador La Poile 1,797 ❌
Ron Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Conception Bay South 1,737 ❌
John McLennon Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Windsor-Buchans 1,726 ❌
Frederick R Stagg Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Stephenville 1,690 ❌
Alfred J Sullivan New Democratic Party Kilbride 1,630 ❌
Gerald S Moore Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 1,595 ❌
Gerald L Thompson Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Exploits 1,517 ❌
Thomas O\'Leary New Democratic Party St. John's West 1,508 ❌
Joseph Denzil Goudie Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Naskaupi 1,454 ❌
Boyd Batten Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Mount Pearl 1,432 ❌
Dorothy C Inglis New Democratic Party St. John's North 1,431 ❌
Max Short New Democratic Party Strait of Belle Isle 1,430 ❌
Thomas (Fred) Littlejohn Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East Extern 1,410 ❌
Eric Adams Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Waterford-Kenmount 1,401 ❌
Robert A Anderson New Democratic Party St. John's East Extern 1,370 ❌
Judy Murphy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's North 1,347 ❌
Adrian Sullivan New Democratic Party Ferryland 1,346 ❌
Leo Thistle New Democratic Party Mount Pearl 1,324 ❌
Stephen MacKenzie New Democratic Party La Poile 1,295 ❌
Frank Burke New Democratic Party Humber West 1,273 ❌
Renold E Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 1,254 ❌
Sandy Chisholm Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port au Port 1,203 ❌
Ancel John Johnson Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 1,193 ❌
Paul Michael Ring New Democratic Party Pleasantville 1,172 ❌
Ronald Eugene Hiscock Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Eagle River 1,170 ✅
Joseph Sala Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Kilbride 1,170 ❌
Ed Broaders New Democratic Party St. Barbe 1,150 ❌
Dolores Linehan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's South 1,145 ❌
George Sutton Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Strait of Belle Isle 1,077 ❌
Wallace Day New Democratic Party Waterford-Kenmount 1,054 ❌
Stuart Fraser New Democratic Party Humber East 996 ❌
Nina P Patey New Democratic Party St. John's Centre 976 ❌
Bob Matthews New Democratic Party St. John's South 924 ❌
Bob Cormier New Democratic Party Port au Port 923 ❌
Ronald Chafe New Democratic Party Exploits 916 ❌
Stanley W Pike Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Eagle River 781 ❌
Jeanette Leitch New Democratic Party Bay of Islands 771 ❌
Hugh Shea Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 738 ❌
Marie Walsh Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's-The Capes 733 ❌
Helen T Kenny Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 687 ❌
Bert Pitcher New Democratic Party Trinity-Bay de Verde 685 ❌
Gerald E Panting New Democratic Party Mount Scio-Bell Island 624 ❌
George H Anderson Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 615 ❌
Moses L. Ingram New Democratic Party Bellevue 613 ❌
Terry Brazil New Democratic Party Humber Valley 611 ❌
Garfield E Warren Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Torngat Mountains 589 ✅
Claude Ronald Rumbolt New Democratic Party Eagle River 573 ❌
Chesley Cribb New Democratic Party Burin-Placentia West 557 ❌
Harry Clarence Faulkner New Democratic Party Bonavista South 519 ❌
Melvin Woodward Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Torngat Mountains 463 ❌
Calvin Peach New Democratic Party Grand Bank 431 ❌
Isabelle J King New Democratic Party Carbonear 418 ❌
Jerry J Lewis Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main 398 ❌
Leo Coffey New Democratic Party St. Mary's-The Capes 379 ❌
Art Dawe New Democratic Party Conception Bay South 353 ❌
John Budden New Democratic Party Windsor-Buchans 332 ❌
Marion McEachren New Democratic Party Stephenville 328 ❌
Wade Reid Independent Strait of Belle Isle 318 ❌
Byron C Petten New Democratic Party Port de Grave 305 ❌
Andrew Spracklin Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Menihek 299 ❌
Bill Abbott New Democratic Party Trinity North 294 ❌
Mervyn W Poole New Democratic Party Green Bay 293 ❌
Gerard Joe Tremblett New Democratic Party Gander 241 ❌
Barbara A Maidment New Democratic Party Naskaupi 230 ❌
Ken Gould New Democratic Party St. George's 228 ❌
Richard Shelley New Democratic Party Baie Verte-White Bay 222 ❌
William Fogwill New Democratic Party Lewisporte 206 ❌
Gordon W Dawe Independent Conception Bay South 196 ❌
Joe Edwards New Democratic Party Fortune-Hermitage 157 ❌
P John Blackwood New Democratic Party Bonavista North 150 ❌
Gordon W Genge Independent Terra Nova 143 ❌
Helen Porter New Democratic Party Harbour Grace 133 ❌
Hayward Cross New Democratic Party Fogo 132 ❌
Kevin D Walsh New Democratic Party Placentia 132 ❌
John Terriak New Democratic Party Torngat Mountains 85 ❌
Derek Woodman Independent Humber West 63 ❌
Wayne S Davis Independent Bonavista North 58 ❌

Districts

Baie Verte-White Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Thomas Gerard Rideout · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,532 votes
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Ted A Blanchard · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,419 votes
Bellevue
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Wilson Elwood Callan · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,030 votes
Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Thomas Lush · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,983 votes
Bonavista South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

James Charles Morgan · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,424 votes
Burgeo-Bay d\'Espoir
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Dave Gilbert · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,256 votes
Burin-Placentia West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Glenn Tobin · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,869 votes
Carbonear
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Milton Peach · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,203 votes
Conception Bay South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

John Butt · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,179 votes
Eagle River
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Ronald Eugene Hiscock · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,170 votes
Exploits
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

Hugh Matthew Twomey · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,805 votes
Ferryland
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2021)

Charlie J Power · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,537 votes
Fogo
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

R Beaton Tulk · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,124 votes
Fortune-Hermitage
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Roger Simmons · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,535 votes
Gander
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Winston Baker · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,309 votes
Grand Bank
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Bill Matthews · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,028 votes
Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Len Simms · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,208 votes
Green Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Alfred Brian Peckford · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,373 votes
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

D Haig Young · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,729 votes
Humber East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

V Lynn Verge · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,955 votes
Humber Valley
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Rick Woodford · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,197 votes
Humber West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Raymond J Baird · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,195 votes
Kilbride
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

Robert J Aylward · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,668 votes
La Poile
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Calvin Mitchell · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,138 votes
Lewisporte
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1962–2011)

Maxwell James Russell · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,035 votes
Menihek
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Peter Wayne Fenwick · New Democratic Party

2,841 votes
Mount Pearl
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 9 elections (1975–2003)

H Neil Windsor · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,365 votes
Naskaupi
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Jim Kelland · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,685 votes
Placentia
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

William G Patterson · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,295 votes
Pleasantville
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Jerome W Dinn · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,003 votes
Port au Port
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Jim Hodder · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,429 votes
Port de Grave
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

John R Efford · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,614 votes
St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1949–2011)

Chuck Furey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,768 votes
St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 12 elections (1956–1993)

Ron Dawe · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,729 votes
St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Patrick J McNicholas · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,332 votes
St. John's East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

William W Marshall · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,738 votes
St. John's East Extern
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1962–1993)

Thomas Valentine Hickey · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,489 votes
St. John's North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John Arthur Carter · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,631 votes
St. John's South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John F Collins · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,466 votes
St. John's West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 23 elections (1949–2021)

Harold Barrett · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,382 votes
St. Mary's-The Capes
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Loyola W Hearn · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,125 votes
Stephenville
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Kevin Aylward · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,185 votes
Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Chris Decker · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,136 votes
Terra Nova
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1975–2021)

Glenn C Greening · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,857 votes
Torngat Mountains
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 13 elections (1979–2021)

Garfield E Warren · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

589 votes
Trinity North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

R Charlie Brett · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,137 votes
Trinity-Bay de Verde
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 11 elections (1975–2011)

James G Reid · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,369 votes
Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Walter Carmichael Carter · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,329 votes
Waterford-Kenmount
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,251 votes
Windsor-Buchans
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1975–1993)

Graham R Flight · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,547 votes
Harbour Main
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1956–2021)

Norman E Doyle · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,784 votes
Mount Scio-Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 3 elections (1985–1993)

Leo Barry · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,321 votes

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