1971 Newfoundland general election

The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.

Results

|align=left|Frank Moores |align="right"|42 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|21 |align="right"|18 |align="right"|120,655 |align="right"|51.34% |align="right"|17.65

|align=left|Joey Smallwood |align="right"|42 |align="right"|39 |align="right"|20 |align="right"|19 |align="right"|104,523 |align="right"|44.48% |align="right"|16.85

|align=left|Tom Burgess |align="right"|3 |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|1 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|5,595 |align="right"|2.38% |align="right"|n/a

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
Ã¢ÂÂ indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
Ã¢ÂÂ¡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre 85.76% turnout | |Leonard Levitz 1,592 28.95% || |Anthony Murphy 3,708 67.43% | |Graham Kelly 90 1.64% | |David Owens (Independent) 109 1.98% || |Anthony Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 85.91% turnout | |Brendan Kelly 1,270 30.19% || |William Marshall 2,936 69.81% | | | | || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern 85.58% turnout | |Howard Young 3,487 29.02% || |Tom Hickey 7,954 66.19% | |Walter Noel 576 4.79% | | || |Tom Hickey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 90.52% turnout | |Gordon Lidstone 5,313 34.77% || |John Carter 9,966 65.23% | | | | || |Nathaniel NoelÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 83.74% turnout | |Francis Galgay 3,082 34.42% || |Hugh Shea 5,712 63.79% | |Roy Taylor 160 1.79% | | || |John NolanÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Ferryland) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 85.05% turnout | |Alma Badcock 2,844 30.85% || |John Crosbie 6,374 69.15% | | | | || |John Crosbie |-

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde 77.66% turnout || |William Saunders 1,307 50.40% | |Brendan Howard 1,286 49.60% | | || |William Saunders |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island 87.28% turnout || |Steve Neary 1,567 65.65% | |Bern Fitzpatrick 820 34.35% | | || |Steve Neary |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear 88.91% turnout | |George Clarke 1,765 49.06% || |Augustus Rowe 1,833 50.94% | | || |George Clarke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace 84.93% turnout || |Hubert Kitchen 2,409 52.91% | |Harold Gosse 1,875 41.18% | |Hubert Badcock (Independent Liberal) 269 5.91% || |Alec MooresÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main 83.28% turnout | |John Mahoney 3,605 22.95% || |Gordon Dawe 4,417 28.12% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Darrell Cole (NDP) 151 0.96% || |Philip LewisÃ¢ÂÂ |- | |Ralph Fagan 3,452 21.97% || |William Doody 4,084 26.00% || |John Mahoney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 83.29% turnout || |James Hussey 2,402 55.90% | |Herbert Bowering 1,793 41.73% | |Edgar Russell (NDP) 102 2.37% || |Eric DaweÃ¢ÂÂ |-

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 86.14% turnout | |John Nolan 1,874 48.62% || |Thomas Doyle 1,980 51.38% || |Aidan MaloneyÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia East 84.91% turnout || |Joey Smallwood 2,852 58.61% | |William Patterson 2,014 41.39% || |Alain FreckerÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's 88.03% turnout | |Michael Maher 1,138 48.34% || |Gerry Ottenheimer 1,216 51.66% || |James M. McGrathÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South 78.38% turnout || |Uriah Strickland 3,424 61.62% | |George Baker 2,267 40.80% || |Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 81.84% turnout || |Paul Thoms 3,324 53.89% | |Robert Wells 2,844 46.11% | | || |Beaton AbbottÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 74.58% turnout || |Rossy Barbour 3,050 53.63% | |Jim Morgan 2,500 43.96% | |Gerald Hayley 137 2.41% || |Rossy Barbour |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 77.04% turnout || |Earl Winsor 2,703 58.10% | |Frederick Jesperson 1,949 41.90% | | || |Eric JonesÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 77.70% turnout || |Uriah Strickland 3,424 56.87% | |Eric Martin 2,597 43.13% | | || |Maxwell LaneÃ¢ÂÂ

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 89.64% turnout | |Douglas Sheppard 2,861 35.26% || |Harold Collins 5,030 62.00% | |Clarence Lingard 222 2.74% | | || |Harold Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls 85.27% turnout | |Frederick W. Rowe 3,601 42.91% || |Aubrey Senior 3,987 47.51% | |John Connors 804 9.58% | | || |Frederick W. Rowe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay 81.22% turnout || |Harold Starkes 2,687 56.38% | |Aubrey Rolfe 1,835 38.50% | |Harold Card 244 5.12% | | || |William SmallwoodÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte 83.24% turnout | |John Whalen 2,364 45.92% || |James Russell 2,614 50.78% | |Walwin Blackmore 170 3.30% | | || |Harold StarkesÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Green Bay) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate 81.76% turnout || |William Adams 2,155 58.69% | |John Loveridge 1,487 40.50% | |Roderick Woolridge 30 0.82% | | || |Leslie CurtisÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South 88.85% turnout || |Bill Rowe 2,477 61.42% | |William Eaton 1,433 35.53% | |Martin Saunders 73 1.81% | |Ronald Budgell (Independent Liberal) 50 1.24% || |Bill Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile 79.85% turnout | |Walter Hodder 2,674 47.66% || |Allan Evans 2,762 49.22% | |Andrew Wells (NDP) 175 3.12% || |Walter Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin 93.11% turnout || |Alex Hickman 3,655 54.51% | |Don Hollett 3,050 45.49% | | || |Alex Hickman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay 78.93% turnout | |H.R.V. Earle 1,206 45.29% || |Augustus Oldford 1,457 54.71% | | || |H.R.V. Earle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hermitage 82.89% turnout || |Harold Piercey 1,850 52.20% | |Roy Cheeseman 1,585 44.72% | |Leo Coffey (NDP) 109 3.08% || |Abel WornellÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West 85.30% turnout || |Patrick Canning 2,387 64.25% | |Lawrence Hudson 1,240 33.38% | |Thomas Fitzpatrick (Independent Liberal) 88 2.37% || |Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 89.66% turnout | |George Warren 2,998 33.34% || |Tom Farrell 5,654 62.87% | |Calvin Hillyard 341 3.79% || |Clyde WellsÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 90.95% turnout | |Noel Murphy 3,270 36.36% || |Frank Moores 5,959 66.26% | |James Walsh 234 2.60% || |Joey SmallwoodÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Placentia East) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 93.50% turnout | |William Callahan 2,730 40.22% || |Frederick Stagg 4,057 59.78% | | || |William Callahan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe North 83.34% turnout || |James Chalker 1,354 66.57% | |Boyd Hiscock 680 33.43% | | || |James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe South 87.95% turnout | |Trevor Bennett 1,748 49.89% || |Edward Maynard 1,756 50.11% | | || |Gerald MyrdenÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 89.83% turnout | |Jeremiah Horan 1,777 43.27% || |Alexander Dunphy 2,327 56.66% | | || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North 85.57% turnout || |Edward Roberts 3,140 81.36% | |Gerald Moore 719 18.63% | | || |Edward Roberts |-

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North || |Melvin Woodward 1,858 44.64% | |Arthur Hale 709 17.04% | |Herbert Brett 1,545 37.12% | | || |Earl WinsorÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Fogo) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South 84.32% turnout || |Joe Harvey 890 47.52% | |Edward Kean 176 9.40% | |Michael Martin 807 43.09% | | || |Gerald HillÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West | |Roy Legge 1,445 22.41% | |Peter Walsh 1,659 25.73% || |Tom Burgess 3,243 50.30% | |Michael Neville 100 1.55% || |Tom Burgess