51st Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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51st Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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  2019 On or before August 19, 202152nd 

All 40 seats in the 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Andrew Furey Ches Crosbie Alison Coffin
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Leader since August 3, 2020 April 28, 2018 March 5, 2019
Leader's seat Humber-Gros Morne Windsor Lake St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
Last election20 seats, 43.9%15 seats, 42.6%3 seats, 6.3%
Current seats19153
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Incumbent Premier

Andrew Furey
Liberal


The 51st Newfoundland and Labrador general election will elect members to the 50th general assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. Under the province's fixed election date law, the vote is tentatively scheduled for October 10, 2023, however a caveat in the law mandates that an election must be held within one year of a new Premier assuming office. Therefore, the election is expected to be held within one year of Premier Andrew Furey's swearing-in on August 19, 2020.

Contents

Incumbents not running for reelection

The following MHAs had announced that they would not be running in this provincial election:

Liberal

Progressive Conservative

Timeline

Changes in seats held (2019–Present)
SeatBeforeChange
DateMemberPartyReasonDateMemberParty
Humber-Gros Morne September 7, 2020 [4] Dwight Ball   Liberal ResignationOctober 6, 2020 [5] Andrew Furey   Liberal
Lake Melville November 10, 2020 [6] Perry Trimper   Liberal Resigned from caucus [lower-alpha 1]   Independent
  1. over his comments regarding Innu/Inuit in his district

2019

2020

Candidates by district

St. John's

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDPOther
Mount Scio
Sarah Stoodley [26] Damian Follett [27] [lower-alpha 1] Andrea Newbury (NL Alliance) [28] Sarah Stoodley
St. John's Centre
Robyn LeGrow [29] Jim Dinn [30] Jim Dinn
St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
John Abbott or Lynn Hammond [31] [32] [lower-alpha 2] Alison Coffin [30] Alison Coffin
St. John's West
Siobhan Coady [33] [lower-alpha 1] Brenda Walsh [34] Siobhan Coady
Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Bernard Davis [33] Victor Lawlor [35] Jenn Deon [34] Bernard Davis
Waterford Valley Tom Osborne [36] [lower-alpha 3] Tom Osborne
Windsor Lake Ches Crosbie [37] Ches Crosbie

St. John's suburbs

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDPOther
Cape St. Francis Chris Andrews or Joedy Wall [38] Kevin Parsons
Conception Bay East – Bell Island David Brazil [39] Gavin Will [40] David Brazil
Conception Bay South Shelley Moores [41] Barry Petten [42] Barry Petten
Mount Pearl North David Burrows [43] Jim Lester [44] William Neville (NL Alliance) [45] Jim Lester
Mount Pearl-Southlands Paul Lane
Topsail-Paradise Paul Dinn [46] Paul Dinn

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDP
Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Steve Crocker [33] Frank Butt [47] Steve Crocker
Ferryland Loyola O'Driscoll [48] [lower-alpha 4] Loyola O'Driscoll
Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Pam Parsons [49] [lower-alpha 1] Pam Parsons
Harbour Main Helen Conway-Ottenheimer [50] Helen Conway-Ottenheimer
Placentia-St. Mary's Sherry Gambin-Walsh [51] [lower-alpha 1] Sherry Gambin-Walsh

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDP
Bonavista Craig Pardy [42] Craig Pardy
Burin-Grand Bank Fred Dodge [52] Carol Anne Haley
Placentia West-Bellevue Sam Synard [53] Jeff Dwyer [44] Jeff Dwyer
Terra Nova Steve Denty [38] [53] Lloyd Parrott [54] [lower-alpha 5] Lloyd Parrott

Central Newfoundland

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDP
Baie Verte-Green Bay Brian Warr [53] Brian Warr
Exploits Doug Kelly or
Kirk McDonald or
Rodney Mercer [55] [lower-alpha 6]
Pleaman Forsey [56] Pleaman Forsey
Fogo Island-Cape Freels Derrick Bragg [57] Sue Collins [35] Derrick Bragg
Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Elvis Loveless [58] Noel Joe [40] Elvis Loveless
Gander John Haggie [59] John Haggie
Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans [lower-alpha 7] Chris Tibbs
Lewisporte-Twillingate Derek Bennett [49] Derek Bennett

Western Newfoundland

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDPOther
Burgeo-La Poile Andrew Parsons [33] Andrew Parsons
Corner Brook Gerry Byrne [60] Tom Stewart [61] Graham Downey-Sutton [34] Gerry Byrne
Humber-Gros Morne Graydon Pelley (NL Alliance) [62] Andrew Furey
Humber-Bay of Islands Eddie Joyce
St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows Chris Mitchelmore
St. George's-Humber Scott Reid [49] Gary Bishop or Tom O'Brien [47] [lower-alpha 5] Scott Reid
Stephenville-Port au Port Tony Wakeham [46] Tony Wakeham

Labrador

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PC NDPOther
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Lisa Dempster [33] Lisa Dempster
Labrador West Wayne Button [63] Nick McGrath [64] Jordan Brown [30] Jordan Brown
Lake Melville [lower-alpha 8] Shannon Tobin [65] Perry Trimper (Independent) [6] Perry Trimper
Torngat Mountains [lower-alpha 9] Lela Evans

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nominations close on December 18, 2020.
  2. Nomination closes on December 13, 2020.
  3. The nomination closed on October 2, 2020, but no announcement has yet been made.
  4. The nomination closed on October 31, 2020, but no candidate has yet been announced.
  5. 1 2 The nominations closed on November 30, 2020, but no candidate has yet been announced.
  6. Nomination closes on January 14, 2021.
  7. The nomination closed on September 4, 2020, but no announcement has yet been made.
  8. Perry Trimper was originally the Liberal candidate, but later withdrew following his comments about homeless Innu/Inuit in his district. He is now running as an independent.
  9. The nomination closed on October 24, 2020, but no announcement has yet been made.

Opinion polls

Voting Intentions in Newfoundland and Labrador since the 2019 Election
51st Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Polling FirmFinal Day of PollingLink Liberal PC NDP NLA
Narrative ResearchDecember 3, 2020 [66] 582613
Angus ReidNovember 30, 2020 [67] 50398
MQO ResearchSeptember 2, 2020 [68] 5333111
Narrative ResearchAugust 18, 2020 [69] 612115
Angus ReidJune 8, 2020 [70] 483512
Narrative ResearchMay 26, 2020 [71] 602613
Narrative ResearchFebruary 23, 2020 [72] 373526
Narrative ResearchNovember 22, 2019 [73] 423324
Narrative ResearchAugust 25, 2019 [74] 423224
MQO ResearchJuly 31, 2019 [75] 5034131
Election 2019 May 16, 201943.942.66.32.4

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