2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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All 40 seats in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
LIB Leader John Hogan Tony Wakeham Jim Dinn Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since May 3, 2025 October 14, 2023 October 19, 2021 [a] Leader's seat Windsor Lake Stephenville-Port au Port St. John's Centre Last election 22 seats, 48.24% 13 seats, 38.80% 2 seats, 8.02% Current seats 19 14 1
Incumbent Premier John Hogan Liberal

The 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election will take place on October 14, 2025, to elect members to the 51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Background

Premier Hogan requested to Lieutenant Governor Joan Marie Aylward to issue the writs of election on September 15, 2025. Every party represented in the Assembly elected a new leader since the 2021 election. ^[3]

Standings at dissolution

Standings in the 50th General Assembly ^[4]

Affiliation		Leader	House members
			2021 election results	At dissolution
	Liberal	John Hogan	22	19
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Wakeham	13	14
	New Democratic	Jim Dinn	2	1
	Independent	N/A	3	2
	Vacant	N/A	0	4

Incumbents not standing for re-election

Party		MHA	Riding	Date announced	Ref.
	Liberal	Perry Trimper	Lake Melville	March 24, 2025	[5]
	Liberal	Siobhán Coady	St. John's West	July 7, 2025	[6]
	Liberal	Steve Crocker	Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde	July 14, 2025	[7]
	Liberal	Scott Reid	St. George's-Humber	July 14, 2025	[8]
	Liberal	John Haggie	Gander	July 14, 2025	[7]
	Liberal	Gerry Byrne	Corner Brook	July 17, 2025	[9]

Timeline

• March 31, 2021 – PC leader Ches Crosbie resigns and MHA David Brazil is appointed interim leader and interim Leader of the Opposition. ^{[10] [11]}
• October 19, 2021 – St. John's Centre MHA Jim Dinn was named interim leader of the New Democratic Party, following the resignation of Alison Coffin. ^[1]
• October 25, 2021 – PC MHA Lela Evans leaves the PC caucus to sit as an independent. ^[12]
• March 7, 2022, Independent MHA Lela Evans joins the NDP caucus. ^[13]
• July 6, 2022 – A cabinet shuffle takes place, Haggie and Osborne switch portfolios. ^[14]
• September 12, 2022 – Independent MHA Perry Trimper joins the Liberal caucus. ^[15]
• March 28, 2023 – Jim Dinn is acclaimed permanent NDP leader. ^[2]
• June 14, 2023 – Premier Furey shuffles his cabinet. ^[16]
• October 13–15, 2023 – The Progressive Conservative party leadership convention is held at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John's. MHA Tony Wakeham is elected leader on the second ballot. ^[17]
• November 10, 2023 – Conception Bay East-Bell Island MHA David Brazil announced his resignation as MHA effective 29 December 2023. ^[18]
• January 22, 2024 – Cabinet Minister and Fogo Island-Cape Freels MHA Derrick Bragg dies of cancer at the age of 59. ^[19]
• January 28, 2024 – Conception Bay East-Bell Island by-election is moved to 30 January from its original date of 29 January due to a storm warning. ^[20]
• January 30, 2024 – Conception Bay East-Bell Island by-election is held. Liberal candidate Fred Hutton is elected, gaining the seat from the Progressive Conservatives. ^[21]
• February 29, 2024 – MHA Fred Hutton is appointed Minister of Housing and Minister responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation. ^[22]
• March 1, 2024 – Baie Verte-Green Bay MHA Brian Warr resigns. ^[23]
• April 15, 2024 – Fogo Island-Cape Freels by-election. Progressive Conservative candidate Jim McKenna is elected, gaining the seat from the Liberals. ^[24]
• May 27, 2024 – Baie Verte-Green Bay by-election. Progressive Conservative candidate Lin Paddock is elected, gaining the seat from the Liberals. ^[25]
• July 5, 2024 – Health Minister and Waterford Valley MHA Tom Osborne resigns. John Hogan is named interim Health Minister. ^[26]
• July 16, 2024 – Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans rejoins the PC Party. ^[27]
• July 19, 2024 – Premier Furey shuffles his cabinet. Scott Reid enters cabinet. ^[28]
• August 22, 2024 – Waterford Valley by-election was held. ^[29] Liberal Jamie Korab was elected. ^[30]
• January 6, 2025 – Special session of the House of Assembly to debate the Churchill Falls MOU. ^[31]
• February 25, 2025 – Andrew Furey announces his pending resignation as Premier, leader of the Liberal party, and as an MHA. ^[32]
• May 1, 2025 – Andrew Parsons resigns as MHA and Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology. ^[33]
• May 3, 2025 – Windsor Lake MHA John Hogan wins the 2025 Liberal leadership election. ^[34]
• May 3, 2025 – Steve Crocker is appointed Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology following the resignation of Andrew Parsons. ^[35]
• May 9, 2025 – John Hogan was officially sworn in as Premier at the Government House. His Cabinet was also sworn in as well. ^[36]
• June 11, 2025 – John Abbott announces that later in the summer he would step down as the MHA for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi to avoid a legal battle over the results of the 2021 election in the district. ^[37]
• July 3, 2025 – Former premier Andrew Furey resigns his seat of Humber-Gros Morne, Liberal government falls to minority status. ^[38]
• July 7, 2025 – Finance minister and deputy premier Siobhan Coady announces that she will not seek re-election. ^[6]
• July 14, 2025 – MHAs Steve Crocker, John Haggie, and Scott Reid all announce they will not seek re-election. ^{[7] [8]}
• July 17, 2025 – Corner Brook MHA Gerry Byrne announces that he will not seek re-election. ^[9]
• August 1, 2025 – Jordan Brown resigns as MHA for Labrador West. ^[39]
• August 15, 2025 – John Abbott resigns as MHA for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi. ^[40]
• September 15, 2025 – Premier Hogan asks the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the House of Assembly for a general provincial election, scheduled for October 14, 2025. ^[41]

Changes in MHAs/seats held

Changes in seats held (2021–present)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Torngat Mountains	October 25, 2021	Lela Evans	█  PC	Resignation from PC caucus [12]			█  Independent
	March 7, 2022		█  Independent	Joined the NDP caucus [13]			█  New Democratic
	July 16, 2024		█  New Democratic	Re-joined the PC caucus [27]			█  PC
Lake Melville	September 12, 2022	Perry Trimper	█  Independent	Joined the Liberal caucus [15]			█  Liberal
Conception Bay East-Bell Island	December 29, 2023	David Brazil	█  PC	Resigned from House of Assembly [18]	January 30, 2024	Fred Hutton	█  Liberal
Fogo Island-Cape Freels	January 22, 2024	Derrick Bragg	█  Liberal	Death of incumbent [19]	April 15, 2024	Jim McKenna	█  PC
Baie Verte-Green Bay	March 1, 2024	Brian Warr	█  Liberal	Resigned from House of Assembly [23]	May 27, 2024	Lin Paddock	█  PC
Waterford Valley	July 5, 2024	Tom Osborne	█  Liberal	Resigned from House of Assembly [26]	August 22, 2024	Jamie Korab	█  Liberal
Burgeo-LaPoile	May 1, 2025	Andrew Parsons	█  Liberal	Resigned from House of Assembly [33]			█ Vacant
Humber-Gros Morne	July 3, 2025	Andrew Furey	█  Liberal	Resigned from House of Assembly [38]			█ Vacant
Labrador West	August 1, 2025	Jordan Brown	█  New Democratic	Resigned from House of Assembly. [39]			█ Vacant
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi	August 15, 2025	John Abbott	█  Liberal	Resigned from House of Assembly [42]			█ Vacant

Campaign

Prior to the drawing up of the writ, the NDP launched their campaign on September 14.

Party slogans

Party	Slogan
█  Liberal	"Real Momentum. Real Energy. Real Leadership." [43]
█  PC	"For All of Us"
█  New Democratic	"Get a Better Deal" [44]

Candidates by district

• Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
• † indicates that the incumbent is not seeking re-election.
• § indicates that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
• ₰ indicates that the incumbent ran in another district and lost the nomination.
• ‡ indicates that the incumbent is running in a different district.
• $ indicates that the incumbent was initially announced as their party's nominee, but they later chose to not seek re-election.

St. John's

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Mount Scio		Sarah Stoodley [45]		Darrell Hynes [46]		Laurabel Mba [47]		Sarah Stoodley
St. John's Centre		Gemma Hickey [48]		Ben Duggan [49]		Jim Dinn [50]		Jim Dinn
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi		John Whelan [51]		Alex Cepovski [49]		Sheilagh O'Leary [52]		Vacant [b]
St. John's West		Keith White [53]		Kristina Ennis [54]		Marius Normore [55]		Siobhan Coady† [6]
Virginia Waters-Pleasantville		Bernard Davis [56]		G. Patrick Condon [57]		Raj Sharan [58]		Bernard Davis
Waterford Valley		Jamie Korab [59]		David Thomlyn [60]		Nicole Boland [61]		Jamie Korab
Windsor Lake		John Hogan [62]		Deanne Stapleton [63]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		John Hogan

St. John's suburbs

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Independent
Cape St. Francis		Kara Connors [65]		Joedy Wall [66]		Greg Rockwood [67]				Joedy Wall
Conception Bay East–Bell Island		Fred Hutton [68]		Tina Neary [69]		Henry House [70]				Fred Hutton
Conception Bay South		Ken McDonald [71]		Barry Petten [66]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]				Barry Petten
Mount Pearl North		Lucy Stoyles [62]		Jim Lester [72]		Donn Sears [73]				Lucy Stoyles
Mount Pearl-Southlands		Sarah Furlong [65]		Bryan Robbins [49]		Brenda Walsh [73]		Paul Lane [50]		Paul Lane
Topsail-Paradise		Dan Bobbett [74]		Paul Dinn [66]		Tyler Bourne [73]				Paul Dinn

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Independent
Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde		Danielle Doyle [75]		Riley Balsom [76]		Kathleen Burt [73]				Steve Crocker† [7]
Ferryland		Cheryl O'Brien [71]		Loyola O'Driscoll [77]		Josh Meadus [78]				Loyola O'Driscoll
Harbour Grace-Port de Grave		Pam Parsons [79]		Walter Yetman [63]		Darian Vincent [78]				Pam Parsons
Harbour Main		Don Lewis [80]		Helen Conway-Ottenheimer [77]		Dion Hynes [81]				Helen Conway-Ottenheimer
Placentia-St. Mary's		Sherry Gambin-Walsh [79]		Rhonda Power [63]		Douglas Meggison [73]		Philip Gardiner [82]		Sherry Gambin-Walsh

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Bonavista		Heather Matthews [83]		Craig Pardy [77]		David Ellis [81]		Craig Pardy
Burin-Grand Bank		Paul Pike [84]		Jamie Engram [85]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		Paul Pike
Placentia West-Bellevue		Brian Keating [53]		Jeff Dwyer [77]		Jasmine Paul [86]		Jeff Dwyer
Terra Nova		Greg French [87]		Lloyd Parrott [77]		Melanie Adams [73]		Lloyd Parrott

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Independent
Baie Verte-Green Bay		Owen Burt [88]		Lin Paddock [89]		Sarah Hillier [73]				Lin Paddock
Exploits		Fabian Power [90]		Pleaman Forsey [91]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]				Pleaman Forsey
Fogo Island-Cape Freels		Dale Lewis [92]		Jim McKenna [93]		Albert Murphy [73]		Garry Leyte [94]		Jim McKenna
Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune		Elvis Loveless [45]		Ada John [95]		Eamon Carew [73]				Elvis Loveless
Gander		Bettina Ford [75]		Tom Healey [60]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]				John Haggie† [7]
Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans		Barry Manuel [75]		Chris Tibbs [91]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]				Chris Tibbs
Lewisporte-Twillingate		Derek Bennett [59]		Mark Butt [96]		Steven Kent [73]		Stacy Coish [97]		Derek Bennett

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Independent
Burgeo-La Poile		Michael King [92]		Victoria Young [49]		Judy Vanta [73]				Vacant [c]
Corner Brook		Jim Parsons [98]		Charles Pender [99]		Jean Graham [73]				Gerry Byrne† [9]
Humber-Bay of Islands		Meghan Parsons [100]		Ethan Wheeler-Park [101]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		Eddie Joyce [102]		Eddie Joyce
Humber-Gros Morne		Helen Reid [90]		Mike Goosney [103]		Rebecca Brushett [73]				Vacant [d]
St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows		Krista Howell [104]		Andrea Barbour [105]		Beth Ryan [73]				Krista Howell
St. George's-Humber		Mark Lamswood [75]		Hal Cormier [106]		Jim McKeown [73]				Scott Reid† [8]
Stephenville-Port au Port		Jeff Young [107]		Tony Wakeham [91]		Susan Jarvis [73]				Tony Wakeham

Labrador

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair		Lisa Dempster [68]		Nina Rumbolt-Pye [108]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		Lisa Dempster
Labrador West		Todd Seward [109]		Joseph Power [95]		Shazia Razi [110]		Vacant [e]
Lake Melville		Shaun Maclean [80]		Keith Russell [111]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		Perry Trimper† [5]
Torngat Mountains		Tony Powell [112]		Lela Evans [91]		(Nominations opened August 29) [64]		Lela Evans

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
	Sep. 15, 2025	Election campaign begins.
	May 3, 2025	John Hogan is elected Liberal leader. He is sworn-in as premier on May 9.
	Feb. 25, 2025	Andrew Furey announces his resignation as premier and Liberal leader.
Narrative Research	Nov 4–19, 2024	[p 1]	50%	40%	10%	0%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	10%
Narrative Research	Aug 6–16, 2024	[p 2]	43%	35%	19%	2%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	8%
Narrative Research	May 7–29, 2024	[p 3]	38%	41%	19%	2%	±6.8%	208	Telephone	3%
Narrative Research	Feb 7–18, 2024	[p 4]	43%	33%	23%	1%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	10%
Narrative Research	Nov 2–26, 2023	[p 5]	44%	38%	16%	3%	±5.0%	388	Telephone	6%
	Oct 14, 2023	Tony Wakeham is elected leader of the PCs. [113]
Abacus Data	Sep 19–25, 2023	[p 6]	40%	38%	21%	1%	±4.5%	341	Online	2%
Narrative Research	Aug 1–11, 2023	[p 7]	40%	37%	23%	0%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	3%
Narrative Research	May 4–15, 2023	[p 8]	50%	31%	17%	2%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	19%
	Mar 28, 2023	Jim Dinn is acclaimed permanent NDP leader.
Narrative Research	Feb 17–21, 2023	[p 9]	46%	36%	17%	0%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	10%
Narrative Research	Nov 3–27, 2022	[p 10]	47%	34%	16%	3%	±4.2%	535	Telephone	13%
Narrative Research	Aug 3–23, 2022	[p 11]	40%	42%	16%	1%	±6.0%	260	Telephone	2%
Angus Reid	Jun 7–13, 2022	[p 12]	36%	45%	12%	6%	±7.0%	201	Online	9%
Narrative Research	May 5–24, 2022	[p 13]	48%	32%	17%	3%	±5.9%	275	Telephone	16%
Angus Reid	Mar 10–15, 2022	[p 14]	43%	44%	10%	4%	±7.0%	196	Online	1%
Narrative Research	Feb 8–21, 2022	[p 15]	49%	32%	15%	3%	±5.2%	350	Telephone	17%
Angus Reid	Jan 7–12, 2022	[p 16]	37%	44%	15%	4%	±8.0%	155	Online	7%
MQO Research	Nov 19 – Dec 5, 2021	[p 17]	47%	31%	18%	4%	±5.5%	400	Telephone	16%
Narrative Research	Nov 2–23, 2021	[p 18]	48%	27%	23%	2%	±3.5%	800	Telephone	21%
	Oct 19, 2021	Alison Coffin resigns as leader of the NDP; Jim Dinn becomes interim leader.
Angus Reid	Sep 29 – Oct 3, 2021	[p 19]	39%	39%	17%	5%	N/A	203	Online	Tie
Narrative Research	Aug 9–29, 2021	[p 20]	53%	28%	18%	1%	±4.9%	400	Telephone	25%
MQO Research	Jun 12 – Jul 10, 2021	[p 21]	56%	26%	15%	2%	±4.9%	400	Telephone	30%
Angus Reid	Jun 2–7, 2021	[p 22]	50%	39%	8%	2%	±2.0%	153	Online	11%
Narrative Research	May 11–26, 2021	[p 23]	54%	30%	14%	2%	±3.5%	800	Telephone	24%
	Apr 8, 2021	Andrew Furey and his cabinet sworn in. [114]
	Mar 31, 2021	Ches Crosbie resigns as leader of the PCs; David Brazil becomes interim leader. [115]
2021 general election	Mar 25, 2021	HTML	48.24%	38.80%	8.02%	4.93%	—	178,632	—	9.44%
Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link				Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
			Liberal	PC	NDP

Notes

1. On October 19, 2021, Alison Coffin resigned as leader of the NDP. The same day, Dinn would become interim leader. ^[1] On March 28, 2023, Dinn was officially instated as the permanent leader of the NDP. ^[2]
2. John Abbott had been elected in 2021, but he resigned his seat on August 15, 2025 to avoid a prolonged lawsuit over the disputed election results in his riding. ^[40]
3. On May 1, 2025, Andrew Parsons resigned from the House of Assembly, leaving the district vacant. ^[33]
4. On July 3, 2025, Andrew Furey resigned his seat in the House of Assembly, leaving the district vacant. ^[38]
5. On August 1, 2025, Jordan Brown resigned from the House of Assembly, leaving the district vacant. ^[39]

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