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The 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 14, 2025, to elect members to the 51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. [3]
In a major upset, Tony Wakeham led the Progressive Conservatives to a majority government for the first time since 2011. With a popular vote share of 44.4%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador's electoral history. [4]
Premier John Hogan requested Lieutenant Governor Joan Marie Aylward issue the writs of election on September 15, 2025. Every party represented in the assembly had elected a new leader since the 2021 election. [5]
Former NDP leader Alison Coffin ran as an independent candidate in both Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde and Harbour Grace-Port de Grave on a platform of election reform. [6] She was the first person since Henry Renouf in the 1869 Newfoundland general election to run in more than one riding. [7] [8]
| 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 | |
| Party | MHA | Riding | Date announced | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Perry Trimper | Lake Melville | March 24, 2025 | [10] | |
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | St. John's West | July 7, 2025 | [11] | |
| Liberal | Steve Crocker | Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde | July 14, 2025 | [12] | |
| Liberal | Scott Reid | St. George's-Humber | July 14, 2025 | [13] | |
| Liberal | John Haggie | Gander | July 14, 2025 | [12] | |
| Liberal | Gerry Byrne | Corner Brook | July 17, 2025 | [14] | |
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Torngat Mountains | October 25, 2021 | Lela Evans | █ PC | Resignation from PC caucus [17] | █ Independent | ||
| March 7, 2022 | █ Independent | Joined the NDP caucus [18] | █ New Democratic | ||||
| July 16, 2024 | █ New Democratic | Re-joined the PC caucus [32] | █ PC | ||||
| Lake Melville | September 12, 2022 | Perry Trimper | █ Independent | Joined the Liberal caucus [20] | █ Liberal | ||
| Conception Bay East-Bell Island | December 29, 2023 | David Brazil | █ PC | Resigned from House of Assembly [23] | January 30, 2024 | Fred Hutton | █ Liberal |
| Fogo Island-Cape Freels | January 22, 2024 | Derrick Bragg | █ Liberal | Death of incumbent [24] | April 15, 2024 | Jim McKenna | █ PC |
| Baie Verte-Green Bay | March 1, 2024 | Brian Warr | █ Liberal | Resigned from House of Assembly [28] | May 27, 2024 | Lin Paddock | █ PC |
| Waterford Valley | July 5, 2024 | Tom Osborne | █ Liberal | Resigned from House of Assembly [31] | August 22, 2024 | Jamie Korab | █ Liberal |
| Burgeo-LaPoile | May 1, 2025 | Andrew Parsons | █ Liberal | Resigned from House of Assembly [38] | █ Vacant | ||
| Humber-Gros Morne | July 3, 2025 | Andrew Furey | █ Liberal | Resigned from House of Assembly [43] | █ Vacant | ||
| Labrador West | August 1, 2025 | Jordan Brown | █ New Democratic | Resigned from House of Assembly [44] | █ Vacant | ||
| St. John's East-Quidi Vidi | August 15, 2025 | John Abbott | █ Liberal | Resigned from House of Assembly [47] | █ Vacant | ||
Issues in the election included the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding, the cost-of-living, crime, healthcare, and housing. The leaders' debate was held on October 8, with the NDP's Dinn, Liberals' Hogan, and PC's Wakeham all invited. The CBC's Carolyn Stokes hosted.
| Party | Slogan |
|---|---|
| █ Liberal | "Real Momentum. Real Energy. Real Leadership." [48] |
| █ PC | "For All of Us" [48] |
| █ New Democratic | "Get a Better Deal" [49] |
| Polling firm | Dates conducted | Link | Liberal | PC | NDP | Others | Margin of error | Sample size | Polling method | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forum Research | Oct 11, 2025 | [p 1] | 47.4% | 37.0% | 12.3% | 3.3% | ±4.0% | 1,067 | IVR | 10.4% |
| Mainstreet Research | Oct 9–10,2025 | [p 2] | 52% | 32% | 13% | 3% | ±3% | 1,100 | Smart IVR | 20% |
| Cardinal Research | Oct 7–10,2025 | [p 3] | 49% | 41% | 8% | 2% | ±4.9% | 418 | IVR | 8% |
| Independent Insights | Sep 28–Oct 10,2025 | [p 4] | 31.1% | 48.3% | 16.4% | 4.2% | ±9.2% | 230 | Online | 17.2% |
| MQO Research | Oct 4–7,2025 | [p 5] | 43% | 40% | 13% | 3% | ±5.1% | 435 | Telephone/Online | 3% |
| Election campaign begins. | ||||||||||
| Narrative Research | Aug 7–29,2025 | [p 6] | 59% | 31% | 9% | — | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 28% |
| John Hogan is elected Liberal leader. He is sworn-in as premier on May 9. | ||||||||||
| Andrew Furey announces his resignation as premier and Liberal leader. | ||||||||||
| Narrative Research | Nov 4–19,2024 | [p 7] | 50% | 40% | 10% | 0% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 10% |
| Narrative Research | Aug 6–16,2024 | [p 8] | 43% | 35% | 19% | 2% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 8% |
| Narrative Research | May 7–29,2024 | [p 9] | 38% | 41% | 19% | 2% | ±6.8% | 208 | Telephone | 3% |
| Narrative Research | Feb 7–18,2024 | [p 10] | 43% | 33% | 23% | 1% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 10% |
| Narrative Research | Nov 2–26,2023 | [p 11] | 44% | 38% | 16% | 3% | ±5.0% | 388 | Telephone | 6% |
| Tony Wakeham is elected leader of the PCs. [50] | ||||||||||
| Abacus Data | Sep 19–25,2023 | [p 12] | 40% | 38% | 21% | 1% | ±4.5% | 341 | Online | 2% |
| Narrative Research | Aug 1–11,2023 | [p 13] | 40% | 37% | 23% | 0% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 3% |
| Narrative Research | May 4–15,2023 | [p 14] | 50% | 31% | 17% | 2% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 19% |
| Jim Dinn is acclaimed permanent NDP leader. | ||||||||||
| Narrative Research | Feb 17–21,2023 | [p 15] | 46% | 36% | 17% | 0% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 10% |
| Narrative Research | Nov 3–27,2022 | [p 16] | 47% | 34% | 16% | 3% | ±4.2% | 535 | Telephone | 13% |
| Narrative Research | Aug 3–23,2022 | [p 17] | 40% | 42% | 16% | 1% | ±6.0% | 260 | Telephone | 2% |
| Angus Reid | Jun 7–13,2022 | [p 18] | 36% | 45% | 12% | 6% | ±7.0% | 201 | Online | 9% |
| Narrative Research | May 5–24,2022 | [p 19] | 48% | 32% | 17% | 3% | ±5.9% | 275 | Telephone | 16% |
| Angus Reid | Mar 10–15,2022 | [p 20] | 43% | 44% | 10% | 4% | ±7.0% | 196 | Online | 1% |
| Narrative Research | Feb 8–21,2022 | [p 21] | 49% | 32% | 15% | 3% | ±5.2% | 350 | Telephone | 17% |
| Angus Reid | Jan 7–12,2022 | [p 22] | 37% | 44% | 15% | 4% | ±8.0% | 155 | Online | 7% |
| MQO Research | Nov 19–Dec 5,2021 | [p 23] | 47% | 31% | 18% | 4% | ±5.5% | 400 | Telephone | 16% |
| Narrative Research | Nov 2–23,2021 | [p 24] | 48% | 27% | 23% | 2% | ±3.5% | 800 | Telephone | 21% |
| Alison Coffin resigns as leader of the NDP; Jim Dinn becomes interim leader. | ||||||||||
| Angus Reid | Sep 29–Oct 3,2021 | [p 25] | 39% | 39% | 17% | 5% | N/A | 203 | Online | Tie |
| Narrative Research | Aug 9–29,2021 | [p 26] | 53% | 28% | 18% | 1% | ±4.9% | 400 | Telephone | 25% |
| MQO Research | Jun 12–Jul 10,2021 | [p 27] | 56% | 26% | 15% | 2% | ±4.9% | 400 | Telephone | 30% |
| Angus Reid | Jun 2–7,2021 | [p 28] | 50% | 39% | 8% | 2% | ±2.0% | 153 | Online | 11% |
| Narrative Research | May 11–26,2021 | [p 29] | 54% | 30% | 14% | 2% | ±3.5% | 800 | Telephone | 24% |
| Andrew Furey and his cabinet sworn in. [51] | ||||||||||
| Ches Crosbie resigns as leader of the PCs; David Brazil becomes interim leader. [52] | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
The election resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives. [53] The incumbent Liberals had been in government for 10 years. [3] The Wakeham ministry will be sworn in.
| Party | Seats | Change from last election | Votes | Change from last election | Popular votes | Change from last election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | 21 | 88,550 | 44,4 % | |||
| Liberal | 15 | 86,671 | 43,4 % | |||
| NDP | 2 | 16,579 | 8,3 % | |||
| Independents | 2 | 7,776 | 3,9 % | |||
| Total | 40 | 199,566 | 100.0% | |||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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| Liberal | PC | NDP | ||||||
| Mount Scio | Sarah Stoodley [54] 2,006 46.13% | Darrell Hynes [55] 1,551 35.66% | Laurabel Mba [56] 792 18.21% | Sarah Stoodley | ||||
| St. John's Centre | Gemma Hickey [57] 1,003 26.00% | Ben Duggan [58] 457 11.85% | Jim Dinn [59] 2,398 62.16% | Jim Dinn | ||||
| St. John's East-Quidi Vidi | John Whelan [60] 2,458 42.50% | Alex Edwards-Cepovski [58] 440 7.61% | Sheilagh O'Leary [61] 2,886 49.90% | Vacant [b] | ||||
| St. John's West | Keith White [62] 2,354 53.77% | Kristina Ennis [63] 1,472 33.62% | Marius Normore [64] 552 12.61% | Siobhan Coady† [11] | ||||
| Virginia Waters-Pleasantville | Bernard Davis [65] 3,366 61.97% | G. Patrick Condon [66] 986 18.15% | Raj Sharan [67] 1,080 19.88% | Bernard Davis | ||||
| Waterford Valley | Jamie Korab [68] 2,527 47.20% | David Thomlyn [69] 1,467 27.40% | Nicole Boland [70] 1,360 25.40% | Jamie Korab | ||||
| Windsor Lake | John Hogan [71] 3,424 69.27% | Deanne Stapleton [72] 1,052 21.28% | Marcia Porter [73] 467 9.45% | John Hogan | ||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Cape St. Francis | Kara Connors [74] 2,457 39.39% | Joedy Wall [75] 3,388 54.32% | Greg Rockwood [76] 392 6.29% | Joedy Wall | ||||||
| Conception Bay East–Bell Island | Fred Hutton [77] 3,730 57.23% | Tina Neary [78] 2,285 35.06% | Henry House [79] 503 7.72% | Fred Hutton | ||||||
| Conception Bay South | Ken McDonald [80] 2,043 37.75% | Barry Petten [75] 3,060 56.54% | Rhonda Watkins [73] 309 5.71% | Barry Petten | ||||||
| Mount Pearl North | Lucy Stoyles [71] 3,038 58.41% | Jim Lester [81] 1,733 33.32% | Donn Sears [82] 430 8.27% | Lucy Stoyles | ||||||
| Mount Pearl-Southlands | Sarah Furlong [74] 1,682 28.38% | Bryan Robbins [58] 666 11.24% | Brenda Walsh [82] 217 3.66% | Paul Lane [59] 3,361 56.72% | Paul Lane | |||||
| Topsail-Paradise | Dan Bobbett [83] 2,929 46.40% | Paul Dinn [75] 3,031 48.01% | Tyler Bourne [82] 353 5.59% | Paul Dinn | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde | Danielle Doyle [84] 3,085 44.49% | Riley Balsom [85] 3,459 49.88% | Kathleen Burt [82] 242 3.49% | Alison Coffin [73] [c] 134 1.93% | Steve Crocker† [12] | |||||
| Edward Thomas Cole [73] 15 0.22% | ||||||||||
| Ferryland | Cheryl O'Brien [80] 2,904 43.64% | Loyola O'Driscoll [86] 3,507 52.71% | Josh Meadus [87] 243 3.65% | Loyola O'Driscoll | ||||||
| Harbour Grace-Port de Grave | Pam Parsons [88] 3,750 59.20% | Walter Yetman [72] 2,241 35.38% | Darian Vincent [87] 110 1.74% | Alison Coffin [73] [c] 233 3.68% | Pam Parsons | |||||
| Harbour Main | Don Lewis [89] 2,297 33.58% | Helen Conway-Ottenheimer [86] 4,187 61.21% | Dion Hynes [90] 263 3.85% | Clem Whittle [73] 93 1.36% | Helen Conway-Ottenheimer | |||||
| Placentia-St. Mary's | Sherry Gambin-Walsh [88] 2,973 49.91% | Rhonda Power [72] 2,470 41.46% | Douglas Meggison [82] 176 2.95% | Philip Gardiner [91] 338 5.67% | Sherry Gambin-Walsh | |||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | ||||||
| Bonavista | Heather Matthews [92] 1,037 22.79% | Craig Pardy [86] 3,260 71.65% | David Ellis [90] 253 5.56% | Craig Pardy | ||||
| Burin-Grand Bank | Paul Pike [93] 2,437 49.11% | Jamie Engram [94] 2,384 48.05% | Tori Locke [82] 141 2.84% | Paul Pike | ||||
| Placentia West-Bellevue | Brian Keating [62] 2,577 45.97% | Jeff Dwyer [86] 2,641 47.11% | Jasmine Paul [95] 388 6.92% | Jeff Dwyer | ||||
| Terra Nova | Greg French [96] 1,704 29.33% | Lloyd Parrott [86] 3,875 66.70% | Melanie Adams [82] 231 3.98% | Lloyd Parrott | ||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Baie Verte-Green Bay | Owen Burt [97] 1,013 20.69% | Lin Paddock [98] 3,643 74.42% | Sarah Hillier [82] 239 4.88% | Lin Paddock | ||||||
| Exploits | Fabian Power [99] 2,019 36.15% | Pleaman Forsey [100] 3,406 60.98% | Dawn Lahey [73] 160 2.86% | Pleaman Forsey | ||||||
| Fogo Island-Cape Freels | Dale Lewis [101] 2,208 43.96% | Jim McKenna [102] 2,602 51.80% | Albert Murphy [82] 69 1.37% | Garry Leyte [73] 144 2.87% | Jim McKenna | |||||
| Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune | Elvis Loveless [54] 1,842 65.95% | Ada John [103] 903 32.33% | Eamon Carew [82] 48 1.72% | Elvis Loveless | ||||||
| Gander | Bettina Ford [84] 3,063 58.29% | Tom Healey [69] 2,054 39.09% | Justin Foley [73] 138 2.63% | John Haggie† [12] | ||||||
| Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans | Barry Manuel [84] 2,144 37.09% | Chris Tibbs [100] 3,408 58.95% | Liz Noseworthy [82] 229 3.96% | Chris Tibbs | ||||||
| Lewisporte-Twillingate | Derek Bennett [68] 2,552 48.95% | Mark Butt [104] 2,570 49.30% | Steven Kent [82] 76 1.46% | Stacy Coish [73] 15 0.29% | Derek Bennett | |||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Burgeo-La Poile | Michael King [101] 2,001 59.84% | Victoria Young [58] 1,259 37.65% | Judy Vanta [82] 84 2.51% | Vacant [d] | ||||||
| Corner Brook | Jim Parsons [105] 2,347 56.94% | Charles Pender [106] 1,420 34.45% | Jean Graham [82] 355 8.61% | Gerry Byrne† [14] | ||||||
| Humber-Bay of Islands | Meghan Parsons [107] 735 15.44% | Ethan Wheeler-Park [108] 514 10.80% | Collin Glavac [73] 77 1.62% | Eddie Joyce [73] 3,433 72.14% | Eddie Joyce | |||||
| Humber-Gros Morne | Helen Reid [99] 2,093 37.52% | Mike Goosney [109] 3,238 58.05% | Rebecca Brushett [82] 247 4.43% | Vacant [e] | ||||||
| St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows | Krista Howell [110] 2,001 42.55% | Andrea Barbour [111] 2,596 55.20% | Beth Ryan [82] 106 2.25% | Krista Howell | ||||||
| St. George's-Humber | Mark Lamswood [84] 2,366 45.31% | Hal Cormier [112] 2,648 50.71% | Jim McKeown [82] 208 3.98% | Scott Reid† [13] | ||||||
| Stephenville-Port au Port | Jeff Young [113] 1,044 20.85% | Tony Wakeham [100] 3,820 76.29% | Susan Jarvis [82] 143 2.86% | Tony Wakeham | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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| Liberal | PC | NDP | ||||||
| Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | Lisa Dempster [77] 789 53.75% | Nina Rumbolt-Pye [114] 641 43.66% | Patricia Bailey [73] 38 2.59% | Lisa Dempster | ||||
| Labrador West | Todd Seward [115] 1,364 39.34% | Joseph Power [103] 1,639 47.27% | Shazia Razi [116] 464 13.38% | Vacant [f] | ||||
| Lake Melville | Shaun Maclean [89] 1,280 41.29% | Keith Russell [117] 1,718 55.42% | Jamie Ruby [73] 102 3.29% | Perry Trimper† [10] | ||||
| Torngat Mountains | Tony Powell [118] 29 3.23% | Lela Evans [100] 859 95.66% | MK Morris [73] 10 1.11% | Lela Evans | ||||
The Student Vote elections were run by CIVIX and Elections Newfoundland and Labrador, and do not affect the actual elections. 123 schools participated and delivered a result of a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives, with 23 seats, 12 seats for the Liberals, 2 for the NDP, 2 Independent seats and 1 Non-affiliated. [119]
| 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Independent | Unaffiliated |
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