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Party | Leader | 1993 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Liberal | Brian Tobin | 35 | 37 | +5.7% | 157,229 | 55.10% | |
Progressive Conservative | Lynn Verge | 16 | 9 | -44% | 110,312 | 38.66% | |
New Democratic | Jack Harris | 1 | 1 | 0% | 12,706 | 4.45% | |
Other | 0 | 1 | 0% | 5,111 | 1.79% | ||
Total | 52 | 48 | - | 285,385 | 100% |
Affiliation | Members | |
Liberal | 37 | |
Progressive Conservative | 9 | |
New Democratic | 1 | |
Independents | 1 | |
Total | 48 | |
Government Majority | 39 |
Elected | Party | District |
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Paul Shelley | Progressive Conservative | Baie Verte |
Brian Tobin | Liberal | Bay of Islands |
Percy Barrett | Liberal | Bellevue |
Beaton Tulk | Liberal | Bonavista North |
Roger Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | Bonavista South |
Bill Ramsay | Liberal | Burgeo & La Poile |
Mary Hodder | Liberal | Burin - Placentia West |
Jack Byrne | Progressive Conservative | Cape St. Francis |
Art Reid | Liberal | Carbonear - Harbour Grace |
Yvonne Jones | Independent (Later joined the Liberals) | Cartwright - L'Anse Au Clair |
Jim Walsh | Liberal | Conception Bay East & Bell Island |
Bob French | Progressive Conservative | Conception Bay South |
Roger Grimes | Liberal | Exploits |
Loyola Sullivan | Progressive Conservative | Ferryland |
Oliver Langdon | Liberal | Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune |
Sandra Kelly | Liberal | Gander |
Judy Foote | Liberal | Grand Bank |
Anna Thistle | Liberal | Grand Falls - Buchans |
Don Whelan | Liberal | Harbour Main - Whitbourne |
Bob Mercer | Liberal | Humber East |
Rick Woodford | Liberal | Humber Valley |
Paul Dicks | Liberal | Humber West |
Ed Byrne | Progressive Conservative | Kilbride |
Perry Canning | Liberal | Labrador West |
Ernie McLean | Liberal | Lake Melville |
Melvin Penney | Liberal | Lewisporte |
Julie Bettney | Liberal | Mount Pearl |
Anthony Sparrow | Liberal | Placentia & St. Mary's |
Gerald Smith | Liberal | Port au Port |
John Efford | Liberal | Port De Grave |
Chuck Furey | Liberal | St. Barbe |
Kevin Aylward | Liberal | St. George's - Stephenville East |
Joan Aylward | Liberal | St. John's Centre |
John Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative | St. John's East |
Lloyd Matthews | Liberal | St. John's North |
Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative | St. John's South |
Sheila Osborne | Progressive Conservative | St. John's West |
Jack Harris | New Democrat | Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi |
Tom Lush | Liberal | Terra Nova |
Chris Decker | Liberal | The Straits & White Bay North |
Ralph Wiseman | Liberal | Topsail |
Wally Andersen | Liberal | Torngat Mountains |
Lloyd Snow | Liberal | Trinity - Bay De Verde |
Doug Oldford | Liberal | Trinity North |
Gerry Reid | Liberal | Twillingate & Fogo |
Walter Noel | Liberal | Virginia Waters |
Harvey Hodder | Progressive Conservative | Waterford Valley |
Graham Flight | Liberal | Windsor - Springdale |
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