Newfoundland general election, 1989

Newfoundland general election, 1989

April 20, 1989 (1989-04-20)

52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Clyde Wells Tom Rideout Cle Newhook Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader's seat Ran in Humber East (lost) Baie Verte-Springdale Ran in Cape St. Francis (lost) Last election 15 36 1 Seats won 31 21 0 Seat change +16 -15 -1 Popular vote 137,271 138,609 12,929 Percentage 47.2% 47.6% 4.4%

Premier before election Tom Rideout Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Clyde Wells Liberal

The 42nd Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 13th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives.

Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.^[1]

Results

References

External links

• Election Report

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See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador by-elections