1985 Newfoundland general election

1985 Newfoundland general election
April 2, 1985 (1985-04-02)
52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.3% (Decrease 0.2 pp)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
NDP
Leader Brian Peckford Leo Barry Peter Fenwick
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 17 March 1979 1984 1981
Leader's seat Green Bay Mount Scio Menihek
Last election 44 8 0
Seats won 36 15 1
Seat change Decrease8 Increase7 Increase1
Popular vote 134,893 102,016 39,954
Percentage 48.6% 36.7% 14.4%
Swing Decrease12.5pp Increase1.6pp Increase10.7pp
Premier before election

Brian Peckford
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Brian Peckford
Progressive Conservative

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

  Party Leader 1982 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
Progressive Conservative Brian Peckford 44 36 -18% 134,893 48.6%
Liberal Leo Barry 8 15 +88% 102,016 36.7%
New Democratic Peter Fenwick 0 1 100% 39,954 14.4%
  Other 0 0 0% 778 0.3%
Totals 52 52 - 278,502 100%

Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.

St. John's

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Kilbride
76.04% turnout 		Robert Aylward
3,668
56.71% 		Joseph Sala
1,170
18.09% 		Alfred Sullivan
1,630
25.20% 		Robert Aylward
Pleasantville
74.33% turnout 		Jerome Dinn
3,003
47.13% 		Walter Noel
2,196
34.47% 		Paul Ring
1,172
18.40% 		Jerome Dinn
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
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
St. John's North
72.14% turnout 		John Carter
2,631
48.64% 		Judi Murphy
1,347
26.46% 		Dorothy Inglis
1,431
26.46% 		John Carter
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
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
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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
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
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
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
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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Carbonear
80.91% turnout 		Milton Peach
3,203
50.58% 		Rod Moores
2,712
42.82% 		Isabelle King
418
6.60% 		Milton Peach
Ferryland
82.12% turnout 		Charlie Power
2,537
55.52% 		Helen Kenny
687
15.03% 		Adrian Sullivan
1,346
29.45% 		Charlie Power
Harbour Grace
83.50% turnout 		Haig Young
2,729
50.91% 		John Crane
2,498
46.61% 		Helen Porter
133
2.48% 		Haig Young
Harbour Main
79.27% turnout 		Norman Doyle
3,784
58.88% 		Jerry Lewis
398
6.19% 		George Flaherty
2,245
34.93% 		Norman Doyle
Placentia
83.78% turnout 		William Patterson
2,295
50.15% 		Rex Murphy
2,149
46.96% 		Kevin Walsh
132
2.89% 		William Patterson
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
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
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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Bellevue
80.27% turnout 		Basil Jamieson
2,852
43.91% 		Wilson Callan
3,030
46.65% 		Mose Ingram
613
9.44% 		Wilson Callan
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
Bonavista South
66.73% turnout 		Jim Morgan
2,424
58.61% 		Ancel Johnson
1,193
28.84% 		Harry Faulkner
519
12.55% 		Jim Morgan
Fogo
84.14% turnout 		Wayne Wheaton
2,580
44.21% 		Beaton Tulk
3,124
53.53% 		Hayward Cross
132
2.26% 		Beaton Tulk
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
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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
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
Exploits
65.70% turnout 		Hugh Twomey
2,805
53.55% 		Gerald Thompson
1,517
28.96% 		Ron Chafe
916
17.49% 		Hugh Twomey
Gander
77.25% turnout 		Hazel Newhook
2,319
39.51% 		Winston Baker
3,309
56.38% 		Joe Tremblett
241
4.11% 		Hazel Newhook
Grand Falls
89.53% turnout 		Len Simms
2,208
44.25% 		George Anderson
615
12.32% 		Bryan Blackmore
2,167
43.43% 		Len Simms
Green Bay
70.36% turnout 		Brian Peckford
3,373
68.56% 		Renold Clarke
1,254
25.49% 		Mervyn Poole
293
5.95% 		Brian Peckford
Lewisporte
71.07% turnout 		James Russell
3,035
52.40% 		Joy Sceviour
2,551
44.04% 		William Fogwill
206
3.56% 		James Russell
Twillingate
71.51% turnout 		Ida Reid
1,874
44.59% 		Walter Carter
2,329
55.41% 		Ida Reid
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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP
Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir
78.39% turnout 		Harold Andrews
2,062
47.75% 		Dave Gilbert
2,256
52.25% 		Harold Andrews
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
Fortune-Hermitage
81.12% turnout 		Don Stewart
2,254
45.57% 		Roger Simmons
2,535
51.25% 		Joe Edwards
157
3.18% 		Don Stewart
Grand Bank
79.89% turnout 		Bill Matthews
3,028
49.25% 		Maxwell Snook
2,689
43.74% 		Calvin Peach
431
7.01% 		Bill Matthews
La Poile
76.22% turnout 		Cal Mitchell
2,138
40.88% 		Noreen Saunders
1,797
34.36% 		Stephen MacKenzie
1,295
24.76% 		Steve Neary†

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Other
Bay of Islands
77.51% turnout 		Ted Blanchard
2,419
43.24% 		Graham Watton
2,404
42.98% 		Jeanette Leitch
771
13.78% 		Luke Woodrow†
Humber East
77.87% turnout 		Lynn Verge
2,955
44.63% 		Keith Payne
2,670
40.33% 		Stuart Fraser
996
15.04% 		Lynn Verge
Humber Valley
76.40% turnout 		Rick Woodford
2,197
47.64% 		David Hedd
1,804
39.11% 		Terry Brazil
611
13.25% 		Vacant[a]
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
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
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
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
Stephenville
78.86% turnout 		Frederick Stagg
1,690
40.21% 		Kevin Aylward
2,185
51.99% 		Marion McEachren
328
7.80% 		Frederick Stagg
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 Roberts†

Labrador

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

Notes

  1. ^ Wallace House had been elected in 1982, but he died on February 3, 1985, leaving the seat vacant.

References

  1. ^ "Election Returns 1985" (PDF). Elections NL. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

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