1985 Newfoundland general election

The 1985 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 April 1985 to elect members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party under Premier Brian Peckford.

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 76.04% turnout || |Robert Aylward 3,668 56.71% | |Joseph Sala 1,170 18.09% | |Alfred Sullivan 1,630 25.20% || |Robert Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pleasantville 74.33% turnout || |Jerome Dinn 3,003 47.13% | |Walter Noel 2,196 34.47% | |Paul Ring 1,172 18.40% || |Jerome Dinn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre 73.55% turnout || |Patrick McNicholas 3,332 50.97% | |Mary Philpott 2,229 34.10% | |Nina Patey 976 14.93% || |Patrick McNicholas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 72.79% turnout || |William Marshall 2,738 50.18% | |Hugh Shea 738 13.52% | |Gene Long 1,981 36.30% || |William Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 72.14% turnout || |John Carter 2,631 48.64% | |Judi Murphy 1,347 24.90% | |Dorothy Inglis 1,431 26.46% || |John Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 64.28% turnout || |John Collins 2,466 54.38% | |Dolores Linehan 1,145 25.25% | |Bob Matthews 924 20.37% || |John Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 67.08% turnout || |Harold Barrett 3,382 52.15% | |Gerald Moore 1,595 24.60% | |Thomas O'Leary 1,508 23.25% || |Harold Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford-Kenmount 70.65% turnout || |Gerry Ottenheimer 3,251 56.98% | |Eric Adams 1,401 24.55% | |Wallace Day 1,054 18.47% || |Gerry Ottenheimer |-

St. John's suburbs

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South 73.51% turnout || |John Butt 2,179 48.80% | |Ron Clarke 1,737 38.90% | |Art Dawe 353 7.91% | |Gordon Dawe (Independent) 196 4.39% || |John Butt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl 73.16% turnout || |Neil Windsor 3,365 54.97% | |Boyd Batten 1,432 23.40% | |Leo Thistle 1,324 21.63% | | || |Neil Windsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Scio-Bell Island 83.79% turnout | |James Hearn 2,879 42.19% || |Leo Barry 3,321 48.67% | |Gerry Panting 624 9.14% | | || |Leo Barry |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern 80.50% turnout || |Tom Hickey 3,489 55.66% | |Fred Littlejohn 1,410 22.49% | |Robert Anderson 1,370 21.85% | | || |Tom Hickey

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear 80.91% turnout || |Milton Peach 3,203 50.58% | |Rod Moores 2,712 42.82% | |Isabelle King 418 6.60% || |Milton Peach |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 82.12% turnout || |Charlie Power 2,537 55.52% | |Helen Kenny 687 15.03% | |Adrian Sullivan 1,346 29.45% || |Charlie Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace 83.50% turnout || |Haig Young 2,729 50.91% | |John Crane 2,498 46.61% | |Helen Porter 133 2.48% || |Haig Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main 79.27% turnout || |Norman Doyle 3,784 58.88% | |Jerry Lewis 398 6.19% | |George Flaherty 2,245 34.93% || |Norman Doyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia 83.78% turnout || |William Patterson 2,295 50.15% | |Rex Murphy 2,149 46.96% | |Kevin Walsh 132 2.89% || |William Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 84.58% turnout | |Randy W. Collins 2,657 40.40% || |John Efford 3,614 54.96% | |Byron Petten 305 4.64% || |Randy W. Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's-The Capes 80.11% turnout || |Loyola Hearn 3,125 73.76% | |Marie Walsh 733 17.30% | |Leo Coffey 379 8.94% || |Loyola Hearn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde 77.49% turnout || |James Reid 2,369 48.21% | |Walter Brown 1,860 37.85% | |Bert Pitcher 685 13.94% || |James Reid

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue 80.27% turnout | |Basil Jamieson 2,852 43.91% || |Wilson Callan 3,030 46.65% | |Mose Ingram 613 9.44% | | || |Wilson Callan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 85.03% turnout | |George Cross 2,861 47.27% || |Tom Lush 2,983 49.29% | |John Blackwood 150 2.48% | |Wayne Davis (Independent) 58 0.96% || |George Cross |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 66.73% turnout || |Jim Morgan 2,424 58.61% | |Ancel Johnson 1,193 28.84% | |Harry Faulkner 519 12.55% | | || |Jim Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 84.14% turnout | |Wayne Wheaton 2,580 44.21% || |Beaton Tulk 3,124 53.53% | |Hayward Cross 132 2.26% | | || |Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova 74.23% turnout || |Glen Greening 2,857 56.03% | |Everett Cross 2,099 41.17% | | | |Gordon Genge (Independent) 143 2.80% || |Glen Greening |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 74.52% turnout || |Charlie Brett 3,137 56.90% | |Myra Moore 2,082 37.76% | |Bill Abbott 294 5.34% | | || |Charlie Brett

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte-White Bay 82.42% turnout || |Tom Rideout 2,532 51.87% | |Harold Small 2,127 43.58% | |Richard Shelley 222 4.55% || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits 65.70% turnout || |Hugh Twomey 2,805 53.55% | |Gerald Thompson 1,517 28.96% | |Ron Chafe 916 17.49% || |Hugh Twomey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 77.25% turnout | |Hazel Newhook 2,319 39.51% || |Winston Baker 3,309 56.38% | |Joe Tremblett 241 4.11% || |Hazel Newhook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls 89.53% turnout || |Len Simms 2,208 44.25% | |George Anderson 615 12.32% | |Bryan Blackmore 2,167 43.43% || |Len Simms |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay 70.36% turnout || |Brian Peckford 3,373 68.56% | |Renold Clarke 1,254 25.49% | |Mervyn Poole 293 5.95% || |Brian Peckford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte 71.07% turnout || |James Russell 3,035 52.40% | |Joy Sceviour 2,551 44.04% | |William Fogwill 206 3.56% || |James Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate 71.51% turnout | |Ida Reid 1,874 44.59% || |Walter Carter 2,329 55.41% | | || |Ida Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Buchans 81.18% turnout | |John McLennon 1,726 37.48% || |Graham Flight 2,547 55.31% | |John Budden 332 7.21% || |John McLennon

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir 78.39% turnout | |Harold Andrews 2,062 47.75% || |Dave Gilbert 2,256 52.25% | | || |Harold Andrews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West 85.16% turnout || |Glenn Tobin 3,869 53.59% | |Wilson Brown 2,794 38.70% | |Chesley Cribb 557 7.71% || |Glenn Tobin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune-Hermitage 81.12% turnout | |Don Stewart 2,254 45.57% || |Roger Simmons 2,535 51.25% | |Joe Edwards 157 3.18% || |Don Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank 79.89% turnout || |Bill Matthews 3,028 49.25% | |Maxwell Snook 2,689 43.74% | |Calvin Peach 431 7.01% || |Bill Matthews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|La Poile 76.22% turnout || |Cal Mitchell 2,138 40.88% | |Noreen Saunders 1,797 34.36% | |Stephen MacKenzie 1,295 24.76% || |Steve NearyÃ¢ÂÂ

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands 77.51% turnout || |Ted Blanchard 2,419 43.24% | |Graham Watton 2,404 42.98% | |Jeanette Leitch 771 13.78% | | || |Luke WoodrowÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 77.87% turnout || |Lynn Verge 2,955 44.63% | |Keith Payne 2,670 40.33% | |Stuart Fraser 996 15.04% | | || |Lynn Verge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley 76.40% turnout || |Rick Woodford 2,197 47.64% | |David Hedd 1,804 39.11% | |Terry Brazil 611 13.25% | | || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 79.49% turnout || |Ray Baird 2,195 38.90% | |Scott Simmons 2,112 37.43% | |Frank Burke 1,273 22.56% | |Derek Woodman (Independent) 63 1.11% || |Ray Baird |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 85.25% turnout || |Jim Hodder 2,429 53.33% | |Sandy Chisholm 1,203 26.41% | |Bob Cormier 923 20.26% | | || |Jim Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe 78.83% turnout | |Everett Osmond 2,752 41.26% || |Chuck Furey 2,768 41.50% | |Ed Broaders 1,150 17.24% | | || |Everett Osmond |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 78.77% turnout || |Ron Dawe 2,729 56.03% | |Francis Berkshire 1,914 39.29% | |Ken Gould 228 4.68% | | || |Ron Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Stephenville 78.86% turnout | |Frederick Stagg 1,690 40.21% || |Kevin Aylward 2,185 51.99% | |Marion McEachren 328 7.80% | | || |Frederick Stagg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strait of Belle Isle 75.92% turnout | |George Sutton 1,077 18.07% || |Chris Decker 3,136 52.61% | |Max Short 1,430 23.99% | |Wade Reid (Independent) 318 5.33% || |Edward RobertsÃ¢ÂÂ |-

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eagle River 78.19% turnout | |Stanley Pike 781 30.94% || |Eugene Hiscock 1,170 46.36% | |Claude Rumbolt 573 22.70% || |Eugene Hiscock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Menihek 90.82% turnout | |Alec Snow 2,610 45.39% | |Andrew Spracklin 299 5.20% || |Peter Fenwick 2,841 49.41% || |Peter Fenwick |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Naskaupi 86.06% turnout | |Joseph Goudie 1,454 33.28% || |Jim Kelland 2,685 61.46% | |Barbara Maidment 230 5.26% || |Joseph Goudie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains 81.69% turnout || |Garfield Warren 589 51.80% | |Melvin Woodward 463 40.72% | |John Terriak 85 7.48% || |Garfield Warren |-