1979 Newfoundland general election

The 1979 Newfoundland general election was held on June 18, 1979 to elect members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

1979 Newfoundland general election

September 18, 1979
52 seats to the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC NDP Leader Brian Peckford Donald Jamieson John Greene Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since March 26, 1979 1979 1977 Leader's seat Green Bay Bellevue Ran in St. John's West (lost) Last election 30 seats, 45.54% 16 seats, 37.09% 0 seats, 4.35% Seats won 33 19 0 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 119,151 95,943 18,507 Percentage 50.25% 40.46% 7.80% Swing 4.71pp 3.37pp 3.45pp
Premier before election Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative Premier after election Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative

Results

	Party	Leader	1975	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Peckford	30	33	+10%	119,151	50.4%
	Liberal	Donald Jamieson	16	19	+19%	95,943	40.6%
	New Democratic	John Greene	0	0	0%	18,507	7.8%
	Other		5	0	0%	2,786	1.2%
Totals			51	52	-	237,135	100%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

38th General Assembly of Newfoundland
	District	Member	Party
	Baie Verte-White Bay	Thomas Gerald Rideout	Liberal
	Bay of Islands	Luke Woodrow	Progressive Conservative
	Bellevue	Donald C. Jamieson	Liberal
	Bonavista North	Len Stirling	Liberal
	Bonavista South	James C. Morgan	Progressive Conservative
	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Roger Simmons	Liberal
	Burin-Placentia West	Don Hollett	Liberal
	Carbonear	Rod Moores	Liberal
	Conception Bay South	John Butt	Progressive Conservative
	Eagle River	Eugene Hiscock	Liberal
	Exploits	Hugh M. Twomey	Progressive Conservative
	Ferryland	Charlie Power	Progressive Conservative
	Fogo	Beaton Tulk	Liberal
	Fortune-Hermitage	Don Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Gander	Hazel R. Newhook	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Bank	Leslie Thoms	Liberal
	Grand Falls	Leonard Simms	Progressive Conservative
	Green Bay	Brian Peckford	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Grace	Haig Young	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Norman E. Doyle	Progressive Conservative
	Humber East	Lynn Verge	Progressive Conservative
	Humber Valley	Wallace House	Progressive Conservative
	Humber West	Raymond Baird	Progressive Conservative
	Kilbride	Robert J. Aylward	Progressive Conservative
	LaPoile	Steve Neary	Liberal
	Lewisporte	Freeman White	Liberal
	Menihek	Peter J. Walsh	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Pearl	H. Neil Windsor	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Scio	Leo Barry	Progressive Conservative
	Naskaupi	Joseph Goudie	Progressive Conservative
	Placentia	William G. Patterson	Progressive Conservative
	Pleasantville	Jerome Dinn	Progressive Conservative
	Port au Port	James Hodder	Liberal
	Port de Grave	Randy W. Collins	Progressive Conservative
	St. Barbe	Trevor Bennett	Liberal
	St. George's	Ronald Gilbert Dawe	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's Centre	Patrick J. McNicholas	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East	William W. Marshall	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East Extern	Thomas V. Hickey	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's North	John A. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's South	John Collins	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's West	Harold Barrett	Progressive Conservative
	St. Mary's-The Capes	Walter C. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	Stephenville	Fred Stagg	Progressive Conservative
	Strait of Belle Isle	Edward Roberts	Liberal
	Terra Nova	Thomas Lush	Liberal
	Torngat Mountains	Garfield Warren	Liberal
	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Fred B. Rowe	Liberal
	Trinity North	Charlie Brett	Progressive Conservative
	Twillingate	William N. Rowe	Liberal
	Waterford-Kenmount	Gerry Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative
	Windsor-Buchans	Graham Flight	Liberal

References

• Election Report

Further reading

• Byers, R.B. (1981). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs. 1979. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-7193-5.