1971 Newfoundland general election
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42 seats to the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland. 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]
Results
Political party | Party leader | Candidates | MHAs | Popular vote | |||||
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1966 | 1971 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Moores | 42 | 3 | 21 | ![]() | 120,655 | 51.34% | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joey Smallwood | 42 | 39 | 20 | ![]() | 104,523 | 44.48% | ![]() | |
Labrador | Tom Burgess | 3 | n/a | 1 | ![]() | 5,595 | 2.38% | n/a | |
New Democratic | John Connors | 17 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 3,718 | 1.58% | ![]() | |
Independent Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 407 | 0.17% | n/a | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 109 | 0.05% | ![]() | ||
Total | 108 | 42 | 42 | 235,007 | 100% |
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Notes
References
- ^ Former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores dies. CBC News, June 11, 2005 (Dead Link)
- ^ 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 April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
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