1993 Newfoundland general election

1993 Newfoundland general election

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52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.6% ( 3.0 pp) [1]
First party Second party Third party   LIB PC Leader Clyde Wells Len Simms Jack Harris Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader's seat Bay of Islands Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans St. John's East Last election 31 21 0 Seats won 35 16 1 Seat change 4 5 1 Popular vote 148,274 127,150 22,399 Percentage 49.1% 42.1% 7.4% Swing 1.9 5.5 3.0
Premier before election Clyde Wells Liberal Premier after election Clyde Wells Liberal

The 1993 Newfoundland general election was held on May 3, 1993, to elect members of the 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1989	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Clyde Wells	31	35	+6.5%	148,274	49.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	21	16	-24%	127,150	42.1%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	0	1	N/A	22,399	7.4%
	Other		0	0	0%	3,967	1.7%
Total			52	52	-	302,631	100%

Results by district

• Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
• † indicates that the incumbent did not again.
• § indicates that the incumbent lost their party's nomination.

St. John's

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Kilbride		Gerald Glavine 3,086 39.04%		Ed Byrne 3,709 46.92%		Wayne Lucas 1,110 14.04%		Robert Aylward†
Pleasantville		Walter Noel 3,483 46.07%		Randy Pearcey 3,232 42.75%		Elaine Price 846 11.19%		Walter Noel
St. John's Centre		Hubert Kitchen 2,990 47.25%		Paul Stapleton 2,464 38.94%		Fraser March 874 13.81%		Hubert Kitchen
St. John's East		Joan Cook 1,728 31.31%		Sean Fitzgerald 1,285 24.02%		Jack Harris 2,336 43.67%		Jack Harris
St. John's North		Lloyd Matthews 2,520 50.06%		Warren Babb 1,704 33.85%		Sara Rich 810 16.09%		Phil Warren†
St. John's South		Tom Murphy 2,432 48.18%		Jerome Quinlan 2,040 40.41%		Bert Pitcher 576 11.41%		Tom Murphy
St. John's West		Rex Gibbons 3,094 48.24%		Paul Sears 2,485 38.74%		Bonnie MacGillivray 835 13.02%		Rex Gibbons
Waterford-Kenmount		Eric Gullage 3,837 41.61%		Harvey Hodder 4,731 51.31%		Scott Anderson 653 7.08%		Eric Gullage

St. John's suburbs

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Conception Bay South		Pat Cowan 2,995 46.77%		Bud Suter 2,413 37.69%		George Corbett 895 13.98%		Elijah Dawe (Independent) 100 1.56%		Pat Cowan
Mount Pearl		Bill Rowe 2,986 31.26%		Neil Windsor 5,799 60.70%		Sharon King 768 8.04%				Neil Windsor
Mount Scio-Bell Island		Jim Walsh 4,183 50.89%		Larry O'Keefe 3,272 39.81%		Valerie Stafford 765 9.31%				Jim Walsh
St. John's East Extern		Sam Connors 3,383 39.40%		Jack Byrne 4,144 47.04%		Cle Newhook 1,283 14.56%				Kevin Parsons†

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Carbonear		Art Reid 3,672 53.87%		Lew Cole 2,772 40.67%		Ben Baker Jr. 372 5.46%				Art Reid
Ferryland		Mary O'Brien 1,125 22.65%		Loyola Sullivan 3,675 74.00%		Vicki Silk 166 3.34%				Loyola Sullivan
Harbour Grace		John Crane 2,803 51.13%		Douglas Adams 2,576 46.99%		Ted Noseworthy 103 1.88%				John Crane
Harbour Main		Don Whelan 3,310 45.79%		Randy Simms 3,141 43.46%		Gus Flannigan 777 10.75%				Norman Doyle†
Placentia [a]		William Hogan 2,260 48.81%		Nick Careen 2,281 49.27%		Lena Hickey 89 1.92%				William Hogan
Port de Grave		John Efford 4,835 73.37%		Betty Gosse 1,219 18.50%		Jerry Earle 467 7.09%		Arthur Petten (Independent) 69 1.05%		John Efford
St. Mary's-The Capes		Fred B. Rowe 1,368 31.29%		Fabian Manning 2,832 64.78%		Ian Penney 172 3.93%				Loyola Hearn†
Trinity-Bay de Verde		Lloyd Snow 2,617 54.06%		Charles Sparkes 1,662 34.33%		Lucy Tuck 305 6.30%		Peter Hiscock (Independent) 257 5.31%		Lloyd Snow

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Bellevue		Percy Barrett 3,956 62.76%		Frederick Drover 1,803 28.61%		John Robinson 544 8.63%		Percy Barrett
Bonavista North		Tom Lush 3,722 63.72%		John Ackerman 1,770 30.30%		Ed Brown 349 5.98%		Tom Lush
Bonavista South		Aubrey Gover 2,235 44.74%		Roger Fitzgerald 2,613 52.31%		Marion Quinton 147 2.94%		Aubrey Gover
Fogo		Beaton Tulk 3,295 54.09%		Sam Winsor 2,663 43.71%		Sam Kelly 134 2.20%		Sam Winsor
Terra Nova		Kay Young 3,235 56.77%		Glen Greening 2,300 40.37%		Kevin Muggridge 163 2.86%		Glen Greening
Trinity North		Doug Oldford 3,302 54.62%		Wilson Wiseman 2,393 39.59%		Martin Sceviour 350 5.79%		Doug Oldford

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Baie Verte-White Bay		Harold Small 1,830 36.04%		Paul Shelley 3,172 62.48%		Rose Howe 75 1.48%				Harold Small
Exploits		Roger Grimes 3,227 51.43%		Paul Cooper 2,677 42.66%		Reginald Hemeon 371 5.91%				Roger Grimes
Gander		Winston Baker 3,876 63.40%		John Elliott 1,654 27.05%		Roy Locke 584 9.55%				Winston Baker
Grand Falls		Edward Langdon 1,421 27.39%		Len Simms 3,470 66.89%		John Mackey 297 5.72%				Len Simms
Green Bay		Ray Whalen 1,679 31.42%		Alvin Hewlett 2,671 49.98%		Wayne Budgell 472 8.83%		Wilfred Bartlett (Independent) 522 9.77%		Alvin Hewlett
Lewisporte		Melvin Penney 3,696 55.42%		Rex Freake 2,840 42.59%		Ruth Larson 248 3.72%				Melvin Penney
Twillingate		Walter Carter 2,893 63.91%		Raymond Andrews 1,580 34.90%		Peter Halliday 54 1.19%				Walter Carter
Windsor-Buchans		Graham Flight 2,621 55.99%		Ray Hunter 1,888 40.33%		Joe Tremblett 172 3.67%				Graham Flight

Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir		Dave Gilbert 2,980 64.54%		James Oxford 1,450 31.41%		Sam Organ 187 4.05%				Dave Gilbert
Burin-Placentia West		Sadie Popovitch-Penny 3,322 41.12%		Glenn Tobin 8,078 53.71%		Sunitha Anjilvel 417 5.16%				Glenn Tobin
Fortune-Hermitage		Oliver Langdon 3,057 65.45%		Kathy Dunderdale 1,391 29.78%		Terry Hickey 223 4.77%				Oliver Langdon
Grand Bank		Judy Foote 2,805 43.88%		Bill Matthews 3,406 53.29%		Joseph Edwards 181 2.83%				Bill Matthews
La Poile		Bill Ramsay 2,706 49.98%		Cal Mitchell 1,403 25.91%		Janet Francis 99 1.83%		Paul Gillingham (Independent) 1,206 22.28%		Bill Ramsay

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Bay of Islands		Clyde Wells 3,853 63.50%		Arthur Bull 2,048 33.75%		Kevin Hynes 167 2.75%				Clyde Wells
Humber East		Priscilla Boutcher 3,081 44.26%		Lynn Verge 3,696 53.10%		Maureen Mills 184 2.64%				Lynn Verge
Humber Valley		Gary Gale 2,063 40.40%		Rick Woodford 2,944 57.66%		Catherine Shortall 99 1.94%				Rick Woodford
Humber West		Paul Dicks 3,603 58.29%		Gerard Ledrew 2,390 38.67%		Beatrice Buckley 188 3.04%				Paul Dicks
Port au Port		Gerald Smith 2,719 64.55%		Godfrey White 1,205 28.61%		Terry Benoit 288 6.84%				Jim Hodder†
St. Barbe		Chuck Furey 3,580 57.54%		Lorinda O'Connell 1,900 30.54%		Edward Hollahan 742 11.93%				Chuck Furey
St. George's		Bud Hulan 2,015 41.95%		Cynthia Downey 1,514 31.52%		Harold Bennett 189 3.94%		Larry Short (Independent) 900 18.74%		Larry Short§
								Hazel McIsaac (Independent) 185 3.85%
Stephenville		Kevin Aylward 2,325 58.61%		Lorne Barbour 1,350 34.03%		Sheila White 292 7.36%				Kevin Aylward
Strait of Belle Isle		Chris Decker 3,124 55.10%		Wes Cull 1,558 27.48%		Augustine Rumbolt 314 5.54%		Wade Reid (Independent) 674 11.89%		Chris Decker

Labrador

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Other
Eagle River		Danny Dumaresque 1,574 66.95%		Michael Kelly 484 20.59%		Jessie Bird 293 12.46%				Danny Dumaresque
Menihek		Perry Canning 2,840 46.00%		Alec Snow 3,086 49.98%		Ruth Larson 248 4.02%				Alec Snow
Naskaupi		Edward Roberts 2,341 57.49%		Dennis Conway 1,562 38.36%		Tom Davis 115 2.82%		Tom Green (Independent) 35 0.86%		Edward Roberts
								Maurice Coombs (Independent) 19 0.47%
Torngat Mountains [b]		William Andersen III 591 48.80%		Patricia Ford 588 48.55%		Felix Barnable 32 2.64%				Garfield Warren†

Notes

1. A judicial recount was held in this riding. The results were subsequently voided by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and a by-election was held which affirmed Careen's victory.
2. A judicial recount was held in this riding.

References

1. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Second General Assembly - May 3, 1993" (PDF). Elections NL . Retrieved March 29, 2025.