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 + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCNL LPNL NLNDP Other SampleElection 2003October 21, 200358.7133.056.861.38Corporate Research Associates Inc.October 200357336Corporate Research Associates Inc.August 200354366Election 1999February 9, 199940.7749.628.231.38

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

|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%

Results by region Party nameSt. John'sAvalon/BurinCentral/SouthernWesternLabradorTotalParties winning seats in the legislature:Progressive Conservative Seats:13587134 Popular vote: 67.73%57.61%54.02%57.48%30.52%58.71%Liberal Seats:-451212 Popular vote: 19.43%38.17%42.78%40.16%29.93%33.05%New Democratic Seats:1---12 Popular vote: 12.59%4.20%2.62%1.61%21.65%6.86%Parties not winning seats in the legislature:Other Popular vote: 0.25%0.02%0.58%0.75%17.90%1.38%Total seats: 149138448

Results by riding

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

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride70.54% turnout | |Joe Wadden 1,07115.77% || |Ed Byrne 5,31578.28% | |David Reynolds 4045.95%

|Ed Byrne

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre70.51% turnout | |Joan Marie Aylward 1,76329.05% || |Shawn Skinner 3,34955.19% | |Carol Cantwell 95615.75%

|Joan Marie Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East65.68% turnout | |George Murphy 86214.56% || |John Ottenheimer 4,15170.11% | |Bruce Clark 84114.21% | |Steve Durant (Independent) 661.11% || |John Ottenheimer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North62.69% turnout | |Jeff Brace 1,43326.74% || |Bob Ridgley 3,10757.97% | |Liam Walsh 82015.30%

|Lloyd Matthews† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South67.72% turnout | |Dennis O'Keefe 75612.68% || |Tom Osborne 4,53275.99% | |Tom McGinnis 67611.33%

|Tom Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West66.91% turnout | |Tom Hann 1,29220.48% || |Sheila Osborne 4,55772.23% | |Raj Sharan 4607.29%

|Sheila Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi67.55% turnout | |Ray O'Neill 3917.72% | |Karen Carroll 2,22143.82% || |Jack Harris 2,45648.46%

|Jack Harris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters69.14% turnout | |Walter Noel 2,35832.67% || |Kathy Dunderdale 4,19358.10% | |Dave Sullivan 6669.23%

|Walter Noel

St. John's suburbs

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis78.42% turnout | |Bill Tapper 1,29416.43% || |Jack Byrne 5,60471.13% | |Ralph Tapper 98012.44%

|Jack Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East and Bell Island77.71% turnout | |Jim Walsh 1,87025.41% || |Dianne Whalen 4,14756.36% | |Ken Kavanaugh 1,18016.04% | |Doug Cole (Independent) 1712.32% || |Jim Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South72.74% turnout | |Sheina Lerman 3725.51% || |Terry French 5,60683.10% | |Andy Lewis 76811.38%

|Terry French |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl68.79% turnout | |Wayne Ralph 79811.46% || |Dave Denine 5,66281.30% | |Roy Locke 5047.24%

|Julie Bettney† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail80.53% turnout | |Ralph Wiseman 2,35428.78% || |Elizabeth Marshall 5,35465.45% | |Michael Kehoe 4725.77%

|Ralph Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley66.81% turnout | |Averill Baker 1,27720.41% || |Harvey Hodder 4,56973.03% | |Justin Locke 4106.55%

|Harvey Hodder

Avalon and Burin peninsulas

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue74.54% turnout || |Percy Barrett 2,62348.17% | |Joan Cleary 2,52346.34% | |Michael Fahey 2995.49%

|Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin—Placentia West82.20% turnout | |Sam Synard 2,13334.04% || |Clyde Jackman 3,45055.05% | |Wayne Butler 68410.91%

|Mary Hodder† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear—Harbour Grace77.95% turnout || |George Sweeney 3,69953.84% | |John Babb 3,16546.11%

|George Sweeney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland71.73% turnout | |Andrea Kavanagh 5048.41% || |Loyola Sullivan 5,16785.25% | |Lois Martin 3095.16% | |Pilar Riego-Hickey (Independent) 110.18% || |Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank85.51% turnout || |Judy Foote 3,10149.26% | |Darin King 3,05848.58% | |Bill Wakeley 1362.16%

|Judy Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main—Whitbourne83.69% turnout | |Fred Akerman 1,48221.98% || |Tom Hedderson 4,76970.71% | |Eugene Conway 4937.31%

|Tom Hedderson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia and St. Mary's 84.87% turnout | |Kevin Power 1,81231.73% || |Fabian Manning 3,74665.60% | |Janet Stringer 1522.66%

|Fabian Manning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.97% turnout || |Roland Butler 3,98362.66% | |Clarence Gosse 2,37437.34%

|Roland Butler |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity—Bay de Verde 81.40% turnout | |Lloyd Snow 2,09532.37% || |Charlene Johnson 4,09163.20% | |Victoria Harnum 2874.43%

|Lloyd Snow

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte71.03% turnout | |Maurice Budgell 92722.69% || |Paul Shelley 3,04574.52%

|William Day (Independent) 1142.79% || |Paul Shelley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North74.42% turnout | |Churence Rogers 2,30139.67% || |Harry Harding 3,38458.33% | |Howard E. Parsons 1162.00%

|Harry Harding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South66.82% turnout | |Betty Fitzgerald 93817.14% || |Roger Fitzgerald 4,35479.58% | |Sam Kelly 1793.27%

|Roger Fitzgerald

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits75.26% turnout || |Roger Grimes 3,21856.14% | |Clayton Forsey 2,34640.93% | |John L. Whelan 1682.93%

|Roger Grimes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander65.94% turnout | |Dianne Crewe 1,93032.72% || |Kevin O'Brien 3,62161.38% | |Steve Johnson 3485.90%

|Sandra Kelly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls—Buchans70.63% turnout || |Anna Thistle 3,92159.21% | |Paula Flood 2,33135.20% | |Gerry Tobin 3705.59%

|Anna Thistle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte65.49% turnout | |Todd Manuel 1,27525.82% || |Tom Rideout 3,50470.96%

|Garry Vatcher (Independent) 1593.22% || |Tom Rideout |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova79.03% turnout | |Tom Lush 2,61443.96% || |Paul Oram 3,11452.37% | |Herbert Ralph 2183.67%

|Tom Lush |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North76.88% turnout | |Kathryn Small 1,64026.86% || |Ross Wiseman 4,12667.57% | |Howard W. Duffett 3405.57%

|Ross Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo72.73% turnout || |Gerry Reid 2,94155.75% | |Derrick Dalley 2,33444.25%

|Gerry Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor—Springdale65.82% turnout | |Barry Oake 1,82632.62% || |Ray Hunter 3,48862.32% | |Clar Jacobs 1382.47% | |Elmer Anthony (Independent) 1452.59% || |Ray Hunter

Western and Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands76.61% turnout || |Eddie Joyce 2,90749.43% | |Mike Monaghan 2,76046.93% | |Dave Quigley 2143.64%

|Eddie Joyce |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and La Poile69.79% turnout || |Kelvin Parsons 4,23380.77% | |Stephen MacKenzie 1,00819.23%

|Kelvin Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune72.55% turnout || |Oliver Langdon 2,88058.49% | |Andrew Colford 2,04441.52%

|Oliver Langdon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East71.90% turnout | |Bob Mercer 2,62439.75% || |Tom Marshall 3,97660.25%

|Bob Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley78.02% turnout | |Dwight Ball 2,50747.28% || |Kathy Goudie 2,79652.72%

|Rick Woodford† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West61.52% turnout | |Edward Buckle 1,53327.56% || |Danny Williams 3,82368.72% | |Matthew Robbins 2073.72%

|Danny Williams |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port67.91% turnout | |Gerald Smith 2,37842.75% || |Jim Hodder 3,10155.74%

|Frederick G. Ollerhead (Independent) 841.51% || |Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe73.59% turnout | |Ralph Payne 1,57732.67% || |Wallace Young 2,94861.07% | |Holly Patey 2936.07%

|Wallace Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's—Stephenville East70.23% turnout | |Ron Dawe 2,46444.31% || |Joan Burke 2,92752.63%

|Nancy Critchley (Independent) 1703.06% || |Kevin Aylward† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits - White Bay North70.46% turnout | |Don McDonald 1,80235.95% || |Trevor Taylor 3,13362.50%

|Ford Michelmore (Independent) 781.56% || |Trevor Taylor

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair80.47% turnout || |Yvonne Jones 1,51459.98% | |Dennis Normore 80431.85%

|Frank Pye 2068.16% || |Yvonne Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West67.34% turnout | |Doris Sacrey 4238.53% | |Graham Letto 1,14223.03% || |Randy Collins 2,76255.71% | |Ern Condon 63112.73% || |Randy Collins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville72.56% turnout | |Ken Anthony 1,12624.92% || |John Hickey 1,77839.35% | |Barbara Stickley 1292.86% | |Brandon Pardy 1,48532.87% || |Ernie McLean† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains80.80% turnout || |Wally Andersen 93468.93% | |Winston White 35225.98%

|Lucy Jararuse 695.09% || |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"|

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"|

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

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