1962 Newfoundland general election

1962 Newfoundland general election
November 19, 1962
42 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
22 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout58.5% (Decrease 10.8 pp)[1]
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Joey Smallwood James Greene
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1949 1959
Leader's seat Bonavista North[a] St. John's East
Last election 31 3
Seats won 34 7
Seat change Increase3 Increase4
Popular vote 72,319 45,055
Percentage 58.7% 36.6%
Swing Increase0.7pp Increase11.3pp
Premier before election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

Premier after election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

  Party Leader 1959 Seats won Popular vote (%)
Liberal Joey Smallwood 31 34 72,319 58.7%
Progressive Conservative James Greene 3 7 45,055 36.6%
New Democratic Ed Finn 0[b] 0 4,479 3.6%
  United Newfoundland Augustine Duffy 2 0 638 0.5%
  Other 0 1 740 0.6%
Totals 36 42 123,990 100%

Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC United (historical)
St. John's Centre
60.94% turnout 		Joseph O'Driscoll
1,512
34.95% 		Anthony Murphy
2,176
50.30% 		Augustine Duffy
638
14.75% 		Augustine Duffy
St. John's East
63.71% turnout 		James Higgins
1,251
38.60% 		James Greene
1,990
61.40% 		James Greene
St. John's East Extern
66.37% turnout 		James Fagan
2,060
43.71% 		William Browne
2,653
56.29% 		New district
St. John's North
56.21% turnout 		Geoffrey Carnell
3,077
60.88% 		William Moss
1,977
39.12% 		George Nightingale†
St. John's South
60.96% turnout 		John O'Dea
2,809
46.96% 		Rex Renouf
3,173
53.04% 		John O'Dea
St. John's West
60.55% turnout 		William Adams
2,919
51.58% 		Harvey Cole
2,740
48.42% 		Joey Smallwood‡
(ran in Bonavista North)

Conception Bay

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Bay de Verde
64.69% turnout 		William Saunders
1,127
56.92% 		Charles Bursey
853
43.08% 		New district
Bell Island
71.12% turnout 		Steve Neary
1,814
54.38% 		Richard Greene
1,522
45.62% 		Richard Greene
Carbonear
50.63% turnout 		George Clarke
1,079
62.73% 		Walter Clarke
641
37.27% 		George Clarke
Carbonear-Bay de Verde
Harbour Grace
55.90% turnout 		Claude Sheppard
1,460
57.53% 		Harold Osborne
1,078
42.47% 		Claude Sheppard
Harbour Main Philip Lewis
2,293
29.40% 		Albert Furey
1,904
24.42% 		Philip Lewis
Clifton Joy
2,202
28.24% 		Terry Trainor
1,399
17.94% 		Albert Furey
Port de Grave
58.60% turnout 		Eric Dawe
1,774
68.89% 		Lloyd Stevens
801
31.11% 		Llewellyn Strange†

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Ferryland
74.68% turnout 		Myles Murray
1,676
59.06% 		Otto Byrne
1,162
40.94% 		Myles Murray
Placentia East
63.17% turnout 		Alain Frecker
1,441
54.98% 		David Murphy
868
33.12% 		William Patterson (Independent)
182
6.94% 		Alain Frecker
Esau Thoms (NDP)
130
4.96%
St. Mary's
72.24% turnout 		James M. McGrath
1,118
64.92% 		John Halley
604
35.08% 		James M. McGrath
Trinity South
45.44% turnout 		Uriah Strickland
1,741
62.76% 		Edmund George
1,033
37.24% 		Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC NDP
Bonavista North
57.55% turnout 		Joey Smallwood
3,195
81.15% 		Douglas Parsons
742
18.85% 		Edward Spencer‡
(ran in Fogo)
Bonavista South
47.51% turnout 		Rossy Barbour
2,106
62.57% 		Robert Stead
1,155
34.31% 		George Squire
105
3.12% 		Rossy Barbour
Fogo Edward Spencer
Won by acclamation 		Isaac Mercer†
Trinity North
46.98% turnout 		Arthur Mifflin
2,207
66.96% 		Whitfield Bannister
1,089
33.04% 		Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC NDP
Gander
57.56% turnout 		Beaton Abbott
2,069
52.92% 		Harold Collins
1,841
47.08% 		Beaton Abbott
Grand Falls
61.14% turnout 		Raymond Guy
2,264
48.50% 		Ambrose Peddle
2,404
51.50% 		Raymond Guy
Green Bay
54.47% turnout 		William Smallwood
1,415
59.06% 		Kitchener Pritchett
981
40.94% 		William Smallwood
Lewisporte
58.12% turnout 		Harold Starkes
1,786
60.77% 		Guy Eveleigh
1,153
39.23% 		New district
Twillingate
53.39% turnout 		Leslie Curtis
1,691
82.53% 		Allan Young
358
17.47% 		Leslie Curtis
White Bay South
65.30% turnout 		Frederick W. Rowe
1,561
79.56% 		James Walsh
401
20.44% 		Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Burgeo-La Poile
60.58% turnout 		Walter Hodder
2,125
70.86% 		Allan Evans
874
29.14% 		John Cheeseman‡
(ran in Hermitage)
Burin
39.67% turnout 		Eric Jones
1,892
86.27% 		Harold Russell
301
13.73% 		Eric Jones
Fortune Bay
56.82% turnout 		H.R.V. Earle
1,552
86.17% 		Abram Godwin
249
13.83% 		John Courage†
Fortune Bay-Hermitage
Hermitage John Cheeseman
Won by acclamation 		New district
Placentia West
63.06% turnout 		Patrick Canning
1,948
63.62% 		Joseph Cheeseman
1,114
36.38% 		Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC NDP
Humber East
69.57% turnout 		John Forsey
2,698
46.82% 		Noel Murphy
3,064
53.18% 		John Forsey
Humber West
61.94% turnout 		Charles Ballam
2,860
52.19% 		Ed Finn
2,620
47.81% 		Charles Ballam
Port au Port
69.39% turnout 		Stephen Smith
1,975
54.38% 		Berkley Evans
1,657
45.62% 		Stephen Smith
St. Barbe North
81.63% turnout 		James Chalker
1,340
89.51% 		George Randell
157
10.49% 		James Chalker
St. Barbe
St. Barbe South
73.34% turnout 		Maxwell Lane
929
40.87% 		William Smith
1,102
48.48% 		Gerald P. Byrne
242
10.65% 		New district
St. George's
68.71% turnout 		William Keough
1,907
64.95% 		John Martin
1,029
35.05% 		William Keough
White Bay North
64.01% turnout 		Walter Carter
2,062
89.69% 		Garland Patey
237
10.31% 		Maxwell Lane‡
(ran in St. Barbe South)

Labrador

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Labrador North
44.23% turnout 		Earl Winsor
860
75.97% 		Arthur Hale
272
24.03% 		Earl Winsor
Labrador South Gerald Hill
Won by acclamation 		Gerald Hill
Labrador West
86.38% turnout 		Edward Henley
389
41.08% 		Charles Devine (Independent)
558
58.92% 		New district

Notes

  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
  2. ^ As the Newfoundland Democratic Party

References

  1. ^ "Report on Provincial General Election, 1962". The Newfoundland Gazette. February 26, 1963. Retrieved April 9, 2025.

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