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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

The 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Opinion polls

Results

This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals, led by Roger Grimes, were soundly defeated by the Danny Williams-led Progressive Conservative Party, who took almost three-quarters of the seats in the House of Assembly and well over half of the popular vote. The Liberals lost seven of their 17 Cabinet ministers, along with the Speaker of the House, from the preceding government. Jack Harris and the New Democrats hopes to increase their seat total from two were frustrated, although their incumbents were re-elected.

Results by party

!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 80%;">Candidates</span> !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote |- !1999 !<span style="font-size: 80%;">Dissol.</span> !2003 !Change !# !% !Change

|Danny Williams | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |14 | style="text-align:right;" |19 ! style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |+78.9% | style="text-align:right;" |162,949 | style="text-align:right;" |58.71% | style="text-align:right;" |+17.94%

| style="text-align:left;" |Roger Grimes | style="text-align:right;" |48 | style="text-align:right;" |32 | style="text-align:right;" |27 ! style="text-align:right;" |12 | style="text-align:right;" |-55.6% | style="text-align:right;" |91,729 | style="text-align:right;" |33.05% | style="text-align:right;" |-16.57%

| style="text-align:left;" |Jack Harris | style="text-align:right;" |34 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |2 ! style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |19,048 | style="text-align:right;" |6.86% | style="text-align:right;" |-1.37%

| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |Independent and no affiliation | style="text-align:right;" |13 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- ! style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |3,812 | style="text-align:right;" |1.38% | style="text-align:right;" |-% |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total ! style="text-align:right;" |143 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" |48 ! style="text-align:right;" | &nbsp;- ! style="text-align:right;" |277,538 ! style="text-align:right;" |100.00% ! style="text-align:right;" | &nbsp;

Results by region

Results by riding

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † represents that the incumbent is not running again.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride<br>70.54% turnout | |Joe Wadden <br /> 1,071<br>15.77% || |Ed Byrne <br /> 5,315<br>78.28% | |David Reynolds <br /> 404<br>5.95% | | || |Ed Byrne

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre<br>70.51% turnout | |Joan Marie Aylward <br /> 1,763<br>29.05% || |Shawn Skinner <br /> 3,349<br>55.19% | |Carol Cantwell <br /> 956<br>15.75% | | || |Joan Marie Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East<br>65.68% turnout | |George Murphy<br /> 862<br>14.56% || |John Ottenheimer <br /> 4,151<br>70.11% | |Bruce Clark <br /> 841<br>14.21% | |Steve Durant (Independent) <br /> 66<br>1.11% || |John Ottenheimer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North<br>62.69% turnout | |Jeff Brace <br /> 1,433<br>26.74% || |Bob Ridgley <br /> 3,107<br>57.97% | |Liam Walsh <br /> 820<br>15.30% | | || |Lloyd Matthews†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South<br>67.72% turnout | |Dennis O'Keefe <br /> 756<br>12.68% || |Tom Osborne <br /> 4,532<br>75.99% | |Tom McGinnis <br /> 676<br>11.33% | | || |Tom Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West<br>66.91% turnout | |Tom Hann <br /> 1,292<br>20.48% || |Sheila Osborne <br /> 4,557<br>72.23% | |Raj Sharan <br /> 460<br>7.29% | | || |Sheila Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi<br>67.55% turnout | |Ray O'Neill <br /> 391<br>7.72% | |Karen Carroll <br /> 2,221<br>43.82% || |Jack Harris <br /> 2,456<br>48.46% | | || |Jack Harris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters<br>69.14% turnout | |Walter Noel <br /> 2,358<br>32.67% || |Kathy Dunderdale <br /> 4,193<br>58.10% | |Dave Sullivan <br /> 666<br>9.23% | | || |Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

|- |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis<br>78.42% turnout | |Bill Tapper <br /> 1,294<br>16.43% || |Jack Byrne <br /> 5,604<br>71.13% | |Ralph Tapper <br /> 980<br>12.44% | | || |Jack Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East and Bell Island<br>77.71% turnout | |Jim Walsh <br /> 1,870<br>25.41% || |Dianne Whalen <br /> 4,147<br>56.36% | |Ken Kavanaugh <br /> 1,180<br>16.04% | |Doug Cole (Independent) <br /> 171<br>2.32% || |Jim Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South<br>72.74% turnout | |Sheina Lerman <br /> 372<br>5.51% || |Terry French <br /> 5,606<br>83.10% | |Andy Lewis <br /> 768<br>11.38% | | || |Terry French |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl<br>68.79% turnout | |Wayne Ralph <br /> 798<br>11.46% || |Dave Denine <br /> 5,662<br>81.30% | |Roy Locke <br /> 504<br>7.24% | | || |Julie Bettney†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail<br>80.53% turnout | |Ralph Wiseman <br /> 2,354<br>28.78% || |Elizabeth Marshall <br /> 5,354<br>65.45% | |Michael Kehoe <br /> 472<br>5.77% | | || |Ralph Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley<br>66.81% turnout | |Averill Baker <br /> 1,277<br>20.41% || |Harvey Hodder <br /> 4,569<br>73.03% | |Justin Locke <br /> 410<br>6.55% | | || |Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue<br>74.54% turnout || |Percy Barrett <br /> 2,623<br>48.17% | |Joan Cleary <br /> 2,523<br>46.34% | |Michael Fahey <br /> 299<br>5.49% | | || |Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin—Placentia West<br>82.20% turnout | |Sam Synard <br /> 2,133<br>34.04% || |Clyde Jackman <br /> 3,450<br>55.05% | |Wayne Butler <br /> 684<br>10.91% | | || |Mary Hodder†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear—Harbour Grace<br>77.95% turnout || |George Sweeney <br /> 3,699<br>53.84% | |John Babb <br /> 3,165<br>46.11% | | | | || |George Sweeney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland<br>71.73% turnout | |Andrea Kavanagh <br /> 504<br>8.41% || |Loyola Sullivan <br /> 5,167<br>85.25% | |Lois Martin <br /> 309<br>5.16% | |Pilar Riego-Hickey (Independent) <br /> 11<br>0.18% || |Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank<br>85.51% turnout || |Judy Foote <br /> 3,101<br>49.26% | |Darin King <br /> 3,058<br>48.58% | |Bill Wakeley <br /> 136<br>2.16% | | || |Judy Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main—Whitbourne<br>83.69% turnout | |Fred Akerman <br /> 1,482<br>21.98% || |Tom Hedderson <br /> 4,769<br>70.71% | |Eugene Conway <br /> 493<br>7.31% | | || |Tom Hedderson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia and St. Mary's <br>84.87% turnout | |Kevin Power <br /> 1,812<br>31.73% || |Fabian Manning <br /> 3,746<br>65.60% | |Janet Stringer <br /> 152<br>2.66% | | || |Fabian Manning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave<br>74.97% turnout || |Roland Butler <br /> 3,983<br>62.66% | |Clarence Gosse <br /> 2,374<br>37.34% | | | | || |Roland Butler |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity—Bay de Verde <br>81.40% turnout | |Lloyd Snow <br /> 2,095<br>32.37% || |Charlene Johnson <br /> 4,091<br>63.20% | |Victoria Harnum <br /> 287<br>4.43% | | || |Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte<br>71.03% turnout | |Maurice Budgell <br /> 927<br>22.69% || |Paul Shelley <br /> 3,045<br>74.52% | | | |William Day (Independent) <br /> 114<br>2.79% || |Paul Shelley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North<br>74.42% turnout | |Churence Rogers <br /> 2,301<br>39.67% || |Harry Harding <br /> 3,384<br>58.33% | |Howard E. Parsons <br /> 116<br>2.00% | | || |Harry Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South<br>66.82% turnout | |Betty Fitzgerald <br /> 938<br>17.14% || |Roger Fitzgerald <br /> 4,354<br>79.58% | |Sam Kelly <br /> 179<br>3.27% | | || |Roger Fitzgerald

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits<br>75.26% turnout || |Roger Grimes <br /> 3,218<br>56.14% | |Clayton Forsey <br /> 2,346<br>40.93% | |John L. Whelan <br /> 168<br>2.93% | | || |Roger Grimes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander<br>65.94% turnout | |Dianne Crewe <br /> 1,930<br>32.72% || |Kevin O'Brien <br /> 3,621<br>61.38% | |Steve Johnson <br /> 348<br>5.90% | | || |Sandra Kelly†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls—Buchans<br>70.63% turnout || |Anna Thistle <br /> 3,921<br>59.21% | |Paula Flood <br /> 2,331<br>35.20% | |Gerry Tobin <br /> 370<br>5.59% | | || |Anna Thistle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte<br>65.49% turnout | |Todd Manuel <br /> 1,275<br>25.82% || |Tom Rideout <br /> 3,504<br>70.96% | | | |Garry Vatcher (Independent) <br /> 159<br>3.22% || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova<br>79.03% turnout | |Tom Lush <br /> 2,614<br>43.96% || |Paul Oram <br /> 3,114<br>52.37% | |Herbert Ralph <br /> 218<br>3.67% | | || |Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North<br>76.88% turnout | |Kathryn Small <br /> 1,640<br>26.86% || |Ross Wiseman <br /> 4,126<br>67.57% | |Howard W. Duffett <br /> 340<br>5.57% | | || |Ross Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo<br>72.73% turnout || |Gerry Reid <br /> 2,941<br>55.75% | |Derrick Dalley <br /> 2,334<br>44.25% | | | | || |Gerry Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor—Springdale<br>65.82% turnout | |Barry Oake <br /> 1,826<br>32.62% || |Ray Hunter <br /> 3,488<br>62.32% | |Clar Jacobs <br /> 138<br>2.47% | |Elmer Anthony (Independent) <br /> 145<br>2.59% || |Ray Hunter

Western and Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands<br>76.61% turnout || |Eddie Joyce <br /> 2,907<br>49.43% | |Mike Monaghan <br /> 2,760<br>46.93% | |Dave Quigley <br /> 214<br>3.64% | | || |Eddie Joyce |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and La Poile<br>69.79% turnout || |Kelvin Parsons <br /> 4,233<br>80.77% | |Stephen MacKenzie <br /> 1,008<br>19.23% | | | | || |Kelvin Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune<br>72.55% turnout || |Oliver Langdon <br /> 2,880<br>58.49% | |Andrew Colford <br /> 2,044<br>41.52% | | | | || |Oliver Langdon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East<br>71.90% turnout | |Bob Mercer <br /> 2,624<br>39.75% || |Tom Marshall <br /> 3,976<br>60.25% | | | | || |Bob Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley<br>78.02% turnout | |Dwight Ball <br /> 2,507<br>47.28% || |Kathy Goudie <br /> 2,796<br>52.72% | | | | || |Rick Woodford†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West<br>61.52% turnout | |Edward Buckle <br /> 1,533<br>27.56% || |Danny Williams <br /> 3,823<br>68.72% | |Matthew Robbins <br /> 207<br>3.72% | | || |Danny Williams |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port<br>67.91% turnout | |Gerald Smith <br /> 2,378<br>42.75% || |Jim Hodder <br /> 3,101<br>55.74% | | | |Frederick G. Ollerhead (Independent) <br /> 84<br>1.51% || |Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe<br>73.59% turnout | |Ralph Payne <br /> 1,577<br>32.67% || |Wallace Young <br /> 2,948<br>61.07% | |Holly Patey <br /> 293<br>6.07% | | || |Wallace Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's—Stephenville East<br>70.23% turnout | |Ron Dawe <br /> 2,464<br>44.31% || |Joan Burke <br /> 2,927<br>52.63% | | | |Nancy Critchley (Independent) <br /> 170<br>3.06% || |Kevin Aylward†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits - White Bay North<br>70.46% turnout | |Don McDonald <br /> 1,802<br>35.95% || |Trevor Taylor <br /> 3,133<br>62.50% | | | |Ford Michelmore (Independent) <br /> 78<br>1.56% || |Trevor Taylor

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair<br>80.47% turnout || |Yvonne Jones <br /> 1,514<br>59.98% | |Dennis Normore <br /> 804<br>31.85% | | | |Frank Pye <br /> 206<br>8.16% || |Yvonne Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West<br>67.34% turnout | |Doris Sacrey <br /> 423<br>8.53% | |Graham Letto <br /> 1,142<br>23.03% || |Randy Collins <br /> 2,762<br>55.71% | |Ern Condon <br /> 631<br>12.73% || |Randy Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville<br>72.56% turnout | |Ken Anthony <br /> 1,126<br>24.92% || |John Hickey <br /> 1,778<br>39.35% | |Barbara Stickley <br /> 129<br>2.86% | |Brandon Pardy <br /> 1,485<br>32.87% || |Ernie McLean†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains<br>80.80% turnout || |Wally Andersen <br /> 934<br>68.93% | |Winston White <br /> 352<br>25.98% | | | |Lucy Jararuse <br /> 69<br>5.09% || |Wally Andersen

By-elections since the general election

Exploits (resignation of Roger Grimes), June 23, 2005:

|PC |Clayton Forsey |align="right"|2,605 |align="right"|55.2 |align="right"| |-

|Liberal |George Saunders |align="right"|1,958 |align="right"|41.5 |align="right"| |-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Whelan |align="right"|159 |align="right"|3.4 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,722 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

Placentia and St. Mary's (resignation of Fabian Manning), February 21, 2006:

|PC |Felix Collins |align="right"|2,247 |align="right"|46.3 |align="right"| |-

|Independent |Nick Careen |align="right"|1,641 |align="right"|33.8 |align="right"| |-

|Liberal |Kevin Power |align="right"|931 |align="right"|19.2 |align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,850 !align="right"| !align="right"|

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (resignation of Jack Harris), November 1, 2006:

|-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |Lorraine Michael |align="right"|1,968 |align="right"|55.23 |align="right"|+6.77

|PC |Jerome Kennedy |align="right"|1,595 |align="right"|44.77 |align="right"|+0.95 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,563 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

Ferryland (resignation of Loyola Sullivan), February 8, 2007:

|PC |Keith Hutchings |align="right"|2,770 |align="right"|75.52 |align="right"|-10.73 |-

|Liberal |Kevin Bennett |align="right"|715 |align="right"|19.49 |align="right"|+11.08 |-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |Rick Boland |align="right"|183 |align="right"|4.99 |align="right"|-0.17 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,668 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

Kilbride (resignation of Ed Byrne), February 8, 2007:

|PC |John Dinn |align="right"|2,744 |align="right"|78.83 |align="right"|+0.55 |-

|Liberal |Bob Clarke |align="right"|508 |align="right"|14.59 |align="right"|-1.18 |-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |Gemma Schlamp-Hickey |align="right"|229 |align="right"|6.58 |align="right"|+0.63 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,481 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

Port au Port (resignation of Jim Hodder), February 8, 2007:

|PC |Tony Cornect |align="right"|2,701 |align="right"|61.99 |align="right"|+6.25 |-

|Liberal |Mark Felix |align="right"|1,521 |align="right"|34.91 |align="right"|-7.84 |-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |Paul O'Keefe |align="right"|135 |align="right"|3.90 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,357 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

Humber Valley (resignation of Kathy Goudie), February 13, 2007:

|-

|Liberal |Dwight Ball |align="right"|2,153 |align="right"|48.70 |align="right"|+1.26

|PC |Darryl Kelly |align="right"|2,146 |align="right"|48.54 |align="right"|-4.02 |-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP |Shelley Senior |align="right"|122 |align="right"|2.76 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|4,421 !align="right"|100% !align="right"|

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