1982 Newfoundland general election

The 1982 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April 1982 to elect members of the 39th 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.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride 76.66% turnout || |Robert Aylward 4,710 81.45% | |Sean Callahan 1,073 18.55% | | || |Robert Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville 78.23% turnout || |Jerome Dinn 4,803 68.97% | |Walter Noel 1,349 19.37% | |Gerry Panting 812 11.66% || |Jerome Dinn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre 72.80% turnout || |Patrick McNicholas 2,357 71.27% | |John Slattery 657 19.87% | |Robert Harry Cuff 293 8.86% || |Patrick McNicholas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 63.09% turnout || |William Marshall 2,021 68.53% | |Hugh Coady 382 12.95% | |Nancy Riche 546 18.52% || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 75.05% turnout || |John Carter 2,520 66.67% | |Norman Whalen 1,095 28.97% | |Austin Scott 165 4.36% || |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 64.30% turnout || |John Collins 2,286 73.67% | |Ernest Antle 582 18.76% | |Barbara Roberts 235 7.57% || |John Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 64.92% turnout || |Harold Barrett 2,475 71.64% | |Ronald Pumphrey 755 21.85% | |Ronald Lewis 225 6.51% || |Harold Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount 81.21% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer 5,063 72.33% | |William Callahan 1,427 20.39% | |John March 510 7.28% || |Gerry Ottenheimer |-

St. John's suburbs

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South 75.76% turnout || |John Butt 5,382 70.56% | |Gerald Greenslade 1,664 21.81% | |Howard Story 292 3.83% | |Jerry LeDrew (Independent) 290 3.80% || |John Butt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl 82.14% turnout || |Neil Windsor 5,196 75.46% | |Seymour Dyke 928 13.48% | |Helen Porter 762 11.06% | | || |Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio 77.04% turnout || |Leo Barry 3,997 77.43% | |Sonya Abbott 785 15.21% | |Raymond Ryall 380 7.36% | | || |Leo Barry |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern 80.88% turnout || |Tom Hickey 4,795 72.64% | |David Wheeler 1,338 20.27% | |Robert Anderson 468 7.09% | | || |Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear 85.94% turnout || |Milton Peach 3,319 54.31% | |Rod Moores 2,792 45.69% | | || |Rod Moores |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 84.89% turnout || |Charlie Power 3,374 79.84% | |John Wiseman 852 20.16% | | || |Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace 86.08% turnout || |Haig Young 3,394 70.15% | |Carl Cooper 1,444 29.85% | | || |Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Bell Island 81.67% turnout || |Norman Doyle 4,238 77.24% | |Joe Furey 1,077 19.63% | |Bill Healey (NDP) 172 3.13% || |Norman Doyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia 79.42% turnout || |William Patterson 2,706 64.20% | |Basil Power 1,509 35.80% | | || |William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 81.80% turnout || |Randy W. Collins 3,003 51.82% | |Ambrose Stoyles 2,657 45.85% | |James Roberts (Independent) 135 2.33% || |Randy W. Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes 94.15% turnout || |Loyola Hearn 2,619 56.55% | |Derrick Hancock 2,012 43.45% | | || |Derrick Hancock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde 84.02% turnout || |James Reid 2,700 56.40% | |Phil Warren 2,087 43.60% | | || |Frederick B. RoweÃ¢ÂÂ

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue 79.19% turnout | |Basil Jamieson 2,858 48.90% || |Wilson Callan 2,987 51.10% || |Wilson Callan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 86.71% turnout || |George Cross 2,972 52.60% | |Len Stirling 2,678 47.40% || |Len Stirling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 64.93% turnout || |Jim Morgan 2,742 73.43% | |Cyril Mifflin 992 26.57% || |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 83.83% turnout | |Manson Sheppard 2,438 47.41% || |Beaton Tulk 2,704 52.59% || |Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova 76.18% turnout | |Glen Greening 2,256 47.89% || |Tom Lush 2,455 52.11% || |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 77.33% turnout || |Charlie Brett 3,022 59.50% | |Fred Best 2,057 40.50% || |Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay 80.53% turnout || |Tom Rideout 3,062 56.06% | |Chris Decker 2,400 43.94% | | || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits 59.51% turnout || |Hugh Twomey 2,787 61.75% | |Glenn Noseworthy 1,726 38.25% | | || |Hugh Twomey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 74.76% turnout || |Hazel Newhook 2,876 57.75% | |Winston Baker 1,845 37.05% | |Lowell Paulson 259 5.20% || |Hazel Newhook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls 74.13% turnout || |Len Simms 2,786 70.73% | |Walter Clarke 1,153 29.27% | | || |Len Simms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay 70.56% turnout || |Brian Peckford 3,338 78.36% | |Munden Batstone 922 21.64% | | || |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte 78.05% turnout || |James Russell 3,559 63.37% | |Graham Wood 2,057 36.63% | | || |Freeman WhiteÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate 73.65% turnout || |Ida Reid 1,880 49.69% | |Bill Rowe 1,588 41.98% | |Roderick Woolridge 315 8.33% || |Bill Rowe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans 73.97% turnout || |John McLennon 2,057 51.05% | |Graham Flight 1,972 48.95% | | || |Graham Flight

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir 81.21% turnout || ||Harold Andrews 2,221 55.14% | |Lloyd Walters 1,807 44.86% | | || |Harold Andrews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West 90.66% turnout || |Glenn Tobin 3,429 52.02% | |Don Hollett 3,163 47.98% | | || |Don Hollett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage 71.10% turnout || |Don Stewart 2,446 61.47% | |John Rideout 1,533 38.53% | | || |Don Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank 77.41% turnout || |Bill Matthews 2,857 51.64% | |Leslie Thoms 2,442 44.13% | |Eric Miller 234 4.23% || |Leslie Thoms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile 68.02% turnout | |David Martin 2,051 49.51% || |Steve Neary 2,092 50.49% | | || |Steve Neary

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands 74.06% turnout || |Luke Woodrow 3,254 65.40% | |Elizabeth Hann 1,377 27.67% | |Clarence Galliott 345 6.93% || |Luke Woodrow |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 76.96% turnout || |Lynn Verge 3,102 66.82% | |Paul Dicks 1,249 26.91% | |Cynthia Wishart 291 6.27% || |Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley 76.54% turnout || |Wallace House 3,480 63.53% | |Kevin Saunders 1,998 36.47% | | || |Wallace House |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 81.33% turnout || |Ray Baird 3,365 63.97% | |Doyle Mills 1,130 21.48% | |Peter Fenwick 765 14.55% || |Ray Baird |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 89.86% turnout | |Don Bennett 1,798 44.69% || |Jim Hodder 2,094 52.05% | |Jenny Fenwick 131 3.26% || |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe 79.41% turnout || |Everett Osmond 2,611 50.38% | |Trevor Bennett 2,166 41.79% | |Donald Snook 406 7.83% || |Trevor Bennett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 80.17% turnout || |Ron Dawe 2,910 63.75% | |Charles Mercer 1,655 36.25% | | || |Ron Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville 75.31% turnout || |Frederick Stagg 2,205 56.21% | |William MacNeil 1,718 43.79% | | || |Frederick Stagg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle 72.66% turnout | |Frank Kearney 1,318 28.54% || |Edward Roberts 2,975 64.42% | |Levi Squires 325 7.04% || |Edward Roberts |-

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River 88.25% turnout | |Philip Stone 527 21.86% || |Eugene Hiscock 1,316 54.58% | |Ronald Rumbolt 568 23.56% || |Eugene Hiscock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek 82.91% turnout || |Peter Walsh 3,589 58.86% | |Gordon Manstan 1,637 26.84% | |Roland LeGrow 872 14.30% || |Peter Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi 83.98% turnout || |Joseph Goudie 1,998 50.61% | |Melvin Woodward 1,950 49.39% | | || |Joseph Goudie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains 99.06% turnout | |David Hunt 214 18.79% || |Garfield Warren 925 81.21% | | || |Garfield Warren |-