1975 Newfoundland general election

The 1975 Newfoundland general election was held on 16 September 1975 to elect members of the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

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 another district and lost the nomination.
Ã¢ÂÂ¡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride 72.56% turnout || |Robert Wells 2,939 62.71% | |Ern Antle 1,037 22.12% | |Hugh Shea 711 15.17% | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville 75.76% turnout || |Jerome Dinn 2,903 46.33% | |Maxwell Dyke 1,125 17.95% | |David Owens 479 7.65% | |Gerry Panting 1,759 28.07% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre 66.08% turnout || |Anthony Murphy 2,366 59.58% | |William Doyle 956 24.08% | |John Coyle 649 16.34% | | || |Anthony Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 65.30% turnout || |William Marshall 2,032 55.08% | |Brian Clarke 357 9.68% | |David Gulliver 721 19.54% | |Robert Griffiths 579 15.70% || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 72.49% turnout || |John Carter 1,944 46.13% | |Graham Wood 1,386 32.89% | | | |Andrew Wells 884 20.98% || |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 65.66% turnout || |John Collins 2,221 66.96% | |Gordon Lidstone 1,096 33.04% | | | | || |Robert WellsÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Kilbride) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 67.55% turnout || |John Crosbie 2,134 55.70% | |Robert Innes 1,697 44.30% | | | | || |John Crosbie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount 66.24% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer 2,922 54.29% | |Gerald Moore 1,062 19.73% | |Roy Upshall 808 15.02% | |Elizabeth Genge 590 10.96% || |New district |-

St. John's suburbs

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South 79.24% turnout | |Gordon Dawe 3,062 44.21% || |John Nolan 3,112 44.93% | |Ralph Petten 467 6.74% | |Wilson Porter 285 4.12% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl 75.20% turnout || |Neil Windsor 1,885 41.03% | |Kell Ashford 1,513 32.93% | | | |Helen Porter 1,196 26.04% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio 85.10% turnout || |Ray Winsor 2,685 47.88% | |Len Stirling 1,978 35.27% | | | |Bill Gillespie 945 16.85% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern 82.05% turnout || |Tom Hickey 3,318 65.28% | |Michael Laurie 1,765 34.72% | | | | || |Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear 79.22% turnout | |Fred Earle 1,919 36.92% | |Walter Milley 1,194 22.97% || |Rod Moores 2,085 40.11% | | || |Augustus RoweÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 83.47% turnout || |Charlie Power 1,240 30.48% | |Martin O'Brien 1,232 30.28% | |Kenneth Carew 918 22.57% | |Kevin Condon 678 16.67% || |Thomas DoyleÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Twillingate) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace 79.89% turnout || |Haig Young 1,982 45.79% | |Ted Pike 969 22.38% | |Clarence Engelbrecht (Bob Lewis) 1,378 31.83% | | || |Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Harbour Main-Bell Island 69.24% turnout |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4|William Doody 2,944 65.96% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4|Wilfred Drover 1,519 34.04% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4| || |Gordon DaweÃ¢ÂÂ¡ Harbour Main (ran in Conception Bay South) |- || |William Doody Harbour Main |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- || |Steve NearyÃ¢ÂÂ° Bell Island (ran in La Poile) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia 78.90% turnout || |William Patterson 1,721 41.40% | |Anthony Sparrow 1,698 40.85% | |Alphonsus Best 738 17.75% | | || |Fintan AylwardÃ¢ÂÂ Placentia East |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 74.97% turnout | |George Wilson 1,625 33.18% | |James Hussey 1,624 33.15% || |Eric Dawe 1,649 33.67% | | || |George Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes 77.41% turnout || |Walter Carter 2,168 60.81% | |Ted Noseworthy 264 7.41% | |John Devereaux 1,133 31.78% | | || |Gerry Ottenheimer St. Mary's (ran in Waterford-Kenmount) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity-Bay de Verde 74.09% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|James Reid 1,536 37.85% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Frederick B. Rowe 2,197 54.14% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Raymond Taylor 325 8.01% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Brendan HowardÃ¢ÂÂ Bay de Verde |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- || |James Reid Trinity South

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue 74.42% turnout | |Graham Bennett 1,303 23.55% | |Hubert Kitchen 2,044 36.94% || |Wilson Callan 2,186 39.51% | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 70.07% turnout || |George Cross 1,518 35.80% | |Paul Thoms 1,511 35.64% | |Samuel King 1,211 28.56% | | || |Paul Thoms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 67.69% turnout || |Jim Morgan 2,326 62.23% | |George Allen 474 12.68% | |William Smallwood 938 25.09% | | || |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 58.14% turnout | |Barton Manning 947 28.06% || |Earl Winsor 2,428 71.94% | | | | || |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova 68.44% turnout | |Samuel Saunders 1,069 26.80% || |Tom Lush 2,116 53.06% | |Bill Broderick 803 20.14% | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 73.04% turnout || |Charlie Brett 2,554 54.67% | |Calvin Lethbridge 979 20.95% | |Bren Power Jr. 1,073 22.97% | |Edgar Russell (Independent) 66 1.41% || |Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay 79.86% turnout | |Desmond Sullivan 1,592 31.35% | |Tom Rideout 2,911 57.31% | |Carl Wright 576 11.34% | | || |Bill RoweÃ¢ÂÂ White Bay South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits 69.70% turnout || |Stephen Mulrooney 2,464 50.09% | |Hugh Twomey 2,455 49.91% | | | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 76.91% turnout || |Harold Collins 2,462 57.07% | |Averill Baker 1,852 42.93% | | | | || |Harold Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls 77.19% turnout || |John Lundrigan 2,126 70.34% | |Mundun Batstone 1,014 27.21% | | | |Ernest Duder 586 15.73% || |Aubrey SeniorÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay 66.60% turnout || |Brian Peckford 2,639 70.34% | |Corbin Clarke 1,028 27.40% | | | |Harold Card 85 2.26% || |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte 75.98% turnout | |James Russell 2,214 43.18% || |Freeman White 2,719 53.02% | |Randolph LeDrew 195 3.80% | | || |James Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate 73.80% turnout | |Thomas Doyle 877 24.17% | |Woodrow Philpott 1,200 33.07% || |Joey Smallwood 1,467 40.42% | |Roderick Woolridge 85 2.34% || |Herbert GillettÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans 75.59% turnout | |Walter Critchley 1,233 29.32% || |Graham Flight 2,363 56.18% | | | |Donald Head 610 14.50% || |New district

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir 72.00% turnout | |Brendan Howard 770 23.19% || |Roger Simmons 2,550 76.81% | | | | || |Allan Evans Burgeo-La Poile (ran in La Poile) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West 81.02% turnout | |Leo Barry 2,237 39.95% || |Patrick Canning 3,363 60.05% | | | | || |Leo Barry Placentia West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Fortune-Hermitage 66.59% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|H.R.V. Earle 1,219 34.71% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Jack Winsor 1,696 48.29% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|William Brown 597 17.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |H.R.V. Earle Fortune Bay |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- || |Roger SimmonsÃ¢ÂÂ¡ Hermitage (ran in Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank 75.07% turnout || |Alex Hickman 2,038 39.72% | |Ted Skakum 1,912 37.26% | |Robert Field 1,054 20.54% | |Esther Spracklin (NDP) 127 2.48% || |Alex Hickman Burin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|La Poile 76.96% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Allan Evans 1,558 34.23% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Walter Hodder 758 16.66% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Steve Neary (Independent Liberal) 2,185 48.01% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|New district |- | |Eric Hiscock (Independent) 50 1.10%

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands 75.29% turnout || |Luke Woodrow 1,726 37.71% | |David Barter 1,250 27.31% | |Arthur Vincent 970 21.19% | |David Hunt (NDP) 631 13.79% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 72.03% turnout || |Tom Farrell 2,595 58.17% | |Clayton Hutchings 1,866 41.83% | | | | || |Tom Farrell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley 69.42% turnout || |Wallace House 2,221 53.03% | |Stanley Parsons 902 21.54% | |Alex Wiseman 865 20.65% | |Kenneth Prowse (Independent) 200 4.78% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 78.22% turnout || |Frank Moores 2,419 49.77% | |Fred Basha 927 19.07% | |Geoff Stirling 1,380 28.39% | |Gordon Mullett (NDP) 135 2.77% || |Frank Moores |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 80.87% turnout | |James Cochrane 1,543 43.69% || |Jim Hodder 1,989 56.31% | | | | || |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. Barbe 70.35% turnout |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Edward Maynard 2,019 50.96% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Wilson Brown 1,943 49.04% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Frederick B. RoweÃ¢ÂÂ¡ St. Barbe North (ran in Trinity-Bay de Verde) |- |colspan=2|Merged district |- || |Edward Maynard St. Barbe South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 76.85% turnout | |Alexander Dunphy 1,990 48.15% || |Hazel McIsaac 2,143 51.85% | | | | || |Alexander Dunphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville 71.65% turnout | |Wayne Morrison 1,823 46.32% || |William MacNeil 2,113 53.68% | | | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle 67.45% turnout | |Marlene Maynard 982 21.71% || |Edward Roberts 2,819 62.33% | |Cyril Humber 568 12.56% | |Raymond Elliott (NDP) 154 3.40% || |Edward Roberts White Bay North

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River 66.58% turnout | |Winston White 585 37.82% || |Ian Strachan 962 62.18% | | | | || |Michael MartinÃ¢ÂÂ Labrador South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek 50.39% turnout || |Joseph Rousseau 2,561 65.00% | |Eric Chaulk 621 15.76% | |Eugene Canning 434 11.02% | |William Smeaton 324 8.22% || |Joseph Rousseau Labrador West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi 62.86% turnout || |Joseph Goudie 1,869 54.32% | |Melvin Woodward 1,572 45.68% | | | | || |Melvin Woodward Labrador North