1999 Newfoundland general election

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48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
25 seats were needed for a majority
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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

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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.

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| Premier before election

Brian Tobin
Liberal

| Premier after election

Brian Tobin
Liberal

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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.

## Results

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| Party  | Leader  | 1996 | Seats won  | % change  | Popular vote  | (%)

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| 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[1] | *  | \-  | *  | 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

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* 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

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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)

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

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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%  |  |  |  | Pat Cowan†
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

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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

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)

1.63%  |  | Graham Flight

### Western and Southern Newfoundland

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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

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Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ "Newfoundland and Labrador Party seeks new leader". CBC News. June 8, 1999. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

## External links

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* Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
* Election Report

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* Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
* Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)
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