1962 Newfoundland general election

1962 Newfoundland general election

←  1959 November 19, 1962 1966  →
42 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 22 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	58.5% ( 10.8 pp) [1]
First party Second party   PC Leader Joey Smallwood James Greene Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1949 1959 Leader's seat Bonavista North [a] St. John's East Last election 31 3 Seats won 34 7 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 72,319 45,055 Percentage 58.7% 36.6% Swing 0.7pp 11.3pp
Premier before election Joey Smallwood Liberal Premier after election Joey Smallwood Liberal

The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1959	Seats won	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Joey Smallwood	31	34	72,319	58.7%
	Progressive Conservative	James Greene	3	7	45,055	36.6%
	New Democratic	Ed Finn	0 [b]	0	4,479	3.6%
	United Newfoundland	Augustine Duffy	2	0	638	0.5%
	Other		0	1	740	0.6%
Totals			36	42	123,990	100%

Results by district

• Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
• † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
• ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		United (historical)
St. John's Centre 60.94% turnout		Joseph O'Driscoll 1,512 34.95%		Anthony Murphy 2,176 50.30%		Augustine Duffy 638 14.75%		Augustine Duffy
St. John's East 63.71% turnout		James Higgins 1,251 38.60%		James Greene 1,990 61.40%				James Greene
St. John's East Extern 66.37% turnout		James Fagan 2,060 43.71%		William Browne 2,653 56.29%				New district
St. John's North 56.21% turnout		Geoffrey Carnell 3,077 60.88%		William Moss 1,977 39.12%				George Nightingale†
St. John's South 60.96% turnout		John O'Dea 2,809 46.96%		Rex Renouf 3,173 53.04%				John O'Dea
St. John's West 60.55% turnout		William Adams 2,919 51.58%		Harvey Cole 2,740 48.42%				Joey Smallwood ‡ (ran in Bonavista North)

Conception Bay

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal		PC
Bay de Verde 64.69% turnout		William Saunders 1,127 56.92%		Charles Bursey 853 43.08%		New district
Bell Island 71.12% turnout		Steve Neary 1,814 54.38%		Richard Greene 1,522 45.62%		Richard Greene
Carbonear 50.63% turnout		George Clarke 1,079 62.73%		Walter Clarke 641 37.27%		George Clarke Carbonear-Bay de Verde
Harbour Grace 55.90% turnout		Claude Sheppard 1,460 57.53%		Harold Osborne 1,078 42.47%		Claude Sheppard
Harbour Main		Philip Lewis 2,293 29.40%		Albert Furey 1,904 24.42%		Philip Lewis
		Clifton Joy 2,202 28.24%		Terry Trainor 1,399 17.94%		Albert Furey
Port de Grave 58.60% turnout		Eric Dawe 1,774 68.89%		Lloyd Stevens 801 31.11%		Llewellyn Strange†

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		Other
Ferryland 74.68% turnout		Myles Murray 1,676 59.06%		Otto Byrne 1,162 40.94%				Myles Murray
Placentia East 63.17% turnout		Alain Frecker 1,441 54.98%		David Murphy 868 33.12%		William Patterson (Independent) 182 6.94%		Alain Frecker
						Esau Thoms (NDP) 130 4.96%
St. Mary's 72.24% turnout		James M. McGrath 1,118 64.92%		John Halley 604 35.08%				James M. McGrath
Trinity South 45.44% turnout		Uriah Strickland 1,741 62.76%		Edmund George 1,033 37.24%				Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Bonavista North 57.55% turnout		Joey Smallwood 3,195 81.15%		Douglas Parsons 742 18.85%				Edward Spencer‡ (ran in Fogo)
Bonavista South 47.51% turnout		Rossy Barbour 2,106 62.57%		Robert Stead 1,155 34.31%		George Squire 105 3.12%		Rossy Barbour
Fogo		Edward Spencer Won by acclamation						Isaac Mercer†
Trinity North 46.98% turnout		Arthur Mifflin 2,207 66.96%		Whitfield Bannister 1,089 33.04%				Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Gander 57.56% turnout		Beaton Abbott 2,069 52.92%		Harold Collins 1,841 47.08%				Beaton Abbott
Grand Falls 61.14% turnout		Raymond Guy 2,264 48.50%		Ambrose Peddle 2,404 51.50%				Raymond Guy
Green Bay 54.47% turnout		William Smallwood 1,415 59.06%				Kitchener Pritchett 981 40.94%		William Smallwood
Lewisporte 58.12% turnout		Harold Starkes 1,786 60.77%		Guy Eveleigh 1,153 39.23%				New district
Twillingate 53.39% turnout		Leslie Curtis 1,691 82.53%		Allan Young 358 17.47%				Leslie Curtis
White Bay South 65.30% turnout		Frederick W. Rowe 1,561 79.56%		James Walsh 401 20.44%				Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal		PC
Burgeo-La Poile 60.58% turnout		Walter Hodder 2,125 70.86%		Allan Evans 874 29.14%		John Cheeseman‡ (ran in Hermitage)
Burin 39.67% turnout		Eric Jones 1,892 86.27%		Harold Russell 301 13.73%		Eric Jones
Fortune Bay 56.82% turnout		H.R.V. Earle 1,552 86.17%		Abram Godwin 249 13.83%		John Courage† Fortune Bay-Hermitage
Hermitage		John Cheeseman Won by acclamation				New district
Placentia West 63.06% turnout		Patrick Canning 1,948 63.62%		Joseph Cheeseman 1,114 36.38%		Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Humber East 69.57% turnout		John Forsey 2,698 46.82%		Noel Murphy 3,064 53.18%				John Forsey
Humber West 61.94% turnout		Charles Ballam 2,860 52.19%				Ed Finn 2,620 47.81%		Charles Ballam
Port au Port 69.39% turnout		Stephen Smith 1,975 54.38%		Berkley Evans 1,657 45.62%				Stephen Smith
St. Barbe North 81.63% turnout		James Chalker 1,340 89.51%		George Randell 157 10.49%				James Chalker St. Barbe
St. Barbe South 73.34% turnout		Maxwell Lane 929 40.87%		William Smith 1,102 48.48%		Gerald P. Byrne 242 10.65%		New district
St. George's 68.71% turnout		William Keough 1,907 64.95%		John Martin 1,029 35.05%				William Keough
White Bay North 64.01% turnout		Walter Carter 2,062 89.69%		Garland Patey 237 10.31%				Maxwell Lane‡ (ran in St. Barbe South)

Labrador

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		Other
Labrador North 44.23% turnout		Earl Winsor 860 75.97%		Arthur Hale 272 24.03%				Earl Winsor
Labrador South		Gerald Hill Won by acclamation						Gerald Hill
Labrador West 86.38% turnout		Edward Henley 389 41.08%				Charles Devine (Independent) 558 58.92%		New district

Notes

1. Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
2. As the Newfoundland Democratic Party

References

1. "Report on Provincial General Election, 1962". The Newfoundland Gazette. February 26, 1963. Retrieved April 9, 2025.

Further reading

• Riggs, Bert (1981). "General Election #33: November 19, 1962". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 1. St. John's: Harry Cuff Publications Ltd. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
• Saywell, John T., ed. (1963). Canadian Annual Review for 1962 . Toronto: University of Toronto Press.