1971 Newfoundland general election

The 1971 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]

1971 Newfoundland general election
October 28, 1971
42 seats to the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
NLP
Leader Frank Moores Joey Smallwood Tom Burgess
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Labrador
Leader since 1970 1949 1969
Leader's seat Humber West[lower-alpha 1] Placentia East[lower-alpha 2] Labrador West
Last election 3 seats, 33.69% 39 seats, 61.33% New party
Seats won 21 20 1
Seat change 18 19 1
Popular vote 120,655 104,523 5,595
Percentage 51.34% 44.48% 2.38%
Swing 17.65pp 16.85pp n/a
Premier before election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

 Premier after election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

Results

Summary of the 1971 Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly election results

Political party Party leader Candidates MHAs Popular vote
1966 1971 ± # % ± (pp)
Progressive Conservative Frank Moores 42 3 21 18 120,655 51.34% 17.65
Liberal Joey Smallwood 42 39 20 19 104,523 44.48% 16.85
Labrador Tom Burgess 3 n/a 1 1 5,595 2.38% n/a
New Democratic John Connors 17 0 0 3,718 1.58% 0.24
  Independent Liberal 3 0 0 407 0.17% n/a
  Independent 1 0 0 109 0.05% 2.33
Total 108 42 42 235,007 100%

[2]

Notes
  1. Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
  2. Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won

References
  1. Former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores dies. CBC News, June 11, 2005 (Dead Link)
  2. General Election Returns Archived 2015-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Elections Newfoundland and Labrador, accessed 2013-11-04
  • "Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections". Election Almanac. Election Almanac. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.


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