1999 Newfoundland general election

{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1999 Newfoundland general election | country = Newfoundland and Labrador | type = parliamentary | party_colour = no | party_name = no | previous_election = 1996 Newfoundland general election | previous_year = 1996 | previous_mps = 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | election_date = February 9, 1999 | elected_members = members | next_election = 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | next_year = 2003 | seats_for_election = 48 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 25 seats were needed for a majority | turnout = 69.6% ({{down}} 4.8 pp)<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Election for the Forty-Fourth General Assembly - February 9, 1999 |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/genelections/GEreport1999.pdf |website=Elections NL |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> | image1 = 122px | colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|nohash}} | leader1 = Brian Tobin | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}} | leaders_seat1 = Bay of Islands Ran in The Straits & White Bay North | last_election1 = 37 | seats1 = 32 | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}5 | popular_vote1 = 132,399 | percentage1 = 49.62% | swing1 = {{decrease}}5.48pp

| image2 = <div style="width:115px;"> '''PC''' </div> | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|nohash}} | leader2 = Ed Byrne | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|name}} | leaders_seat2 = Kilbride | last_election2 = 9 | seats2 = 14 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}5 | popular_vote2 = 108,772 | percentage2 = 40.77% | swing2 = {{increase}}2.11pp

| image3 = 95px | colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|nohash}} | leader3 = Jack Harris | party3 = {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|name}} | leaders_seat3 = Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi | last_election3 = 1 | seats3 = 2 | seat_change3 = {{increase}}1 | popular_vote3 = 21,962 | percentage3 = 8.23% | swing3 = {{increase}}3.78pp

| map_image = Newfoundland_and_Labrador_1999_election_-_Results_by_Riding.svg | map_size = 350px | map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details. | title = Premier | before_election = Brian Tobin | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}} | after_election = Brian Tobin | posttitle = Premier after election | after_party = {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|name}} }} The '''1999 Newfoundland general election''' was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

==Results== {| class="wikitable" |- !  !Party !Leader !1996 !Seats won !% change !Popular vote !(%) {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row-name}} | align=right|Brian Tobin | align=right|37 | align=right|32 | align=right|-16% | align=right|132,399 | align=right|49.62% {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row-name}} | align=right|Ed Byrne | align=right|9 | align=right|14 | align=right|+56% | align=right|108,772 | align=right|40.77% {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row-name}} | align=right|Jack Harris | align=right|1 | align=right|2 | align=right|+100% | align=right|21,962 | align=right|8.23% {{Canadian party colour|NL|NLFirst|row}} |Newfoundland & Labrador Party | align=right|Sue Kelland-Dyer<ref>{{cite news |title=Newfoundland and Labrador Party seeks new leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador-party-seeks-new-leader-1.171193 |access-date=3 February 2025 |publisher=CBC News |date=8 June 1999}}</ref> | align=right|* | align=right|- | align=right|* | align=right|2,562 | align=right|0.96% {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} | colspan="2"|Independent/No affiliation | align=right|1 | align=right|- | align=right|-100% | align=right|1,112 | align=right|0.42% |- ! colspan="3"|Total | align=right|48 | align=right|48 | align=right| - | align=right|266,807 | align=right|100% |- |}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

==Results by district==

*Names in '''boldface type''' represent party leaders. *† represents that the incumbent is not running again. *‡ represents that the incumbent is running in a different district.

===St. John's=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}}

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kilbride 77.58% turnout | |Barbara Howlett 2,133 31.90% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |'''Ed Byrne''' 4,145 62.00% | |Lee Ingram 289 4.32% | |Vicki Stuckless (NL Party) 119 1.78% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |'''Ed Byrne'''

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre 76.66% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Joan Aylward 2,609 42.27% | |Paul Brown 2,443 39.58% | |Valerie Long 1,120 18.15% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Joan Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 76.84% turnout | |Tom McGrath 1,559 26.28% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |John Ottenheimer 3,774 63.61% | |Barry Darby 600 10.11% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |John Ottenheimer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 75.76% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Lloyd Matthews 2,304 45.51% | |Ray Andrews 1,971 38.93% | |Dale Kirby 788 15.56% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Lloyd Matthews |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 72.09% turnout | |Patrick Kennedy 1,563 25.71% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Tom Osborne 4,041 66.47% | |Judy Vanta 374 6.15% | |Jason Crummey (Independent) 101 1.66% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Tom Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 74.57% turnout | |Tom Moore 2,532 39.43% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Sheila Osborne 3,206 49.93% | |Pat Lynch 683 10.64% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Sheila Osborne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi 75.76% turnout | |Pete Soucy 2,010 38.66% | |Chris O'Brien 793 15.25% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}| |'''Jack Harris''' 2,179 41.91% | |Paul Hillier (NL Party) 116 2.23% Shaun Dunn (Independent) 53 1.02% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}| |'''Jack Harris'''

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Virginia Waters 73.08% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Walter Noel 2,973 47.43% | |Paul Walsh 2,277 36.33% | |Amanda Will 887 14.15% | |Deanne Stapleton (Independent) 131 2.09% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Walter Noel |}

===St. John's suburbs=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|NLFirst}}

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape St. Francis 86.83% turnout | |Jim Martin 2,169 31.87% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Jack Byrne 4,197 61.67% | |Shawn Sullivan 440 6.46% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Jack Byrne |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay East & Bell Island 74.00% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Jim Walsh 2,426 40.19% | |Doug Cole 1,803 29.87% | |Ken Kavanagh 932 15.44% | |'''Sue Kelland-Dyer''' 876 14.51% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Jim Walsh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Conception Bay South 75.32% turnout | |Bill Lee 1,806 29.98% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Bob French 3,888 64.54% | |Reg Porter 330 5.48% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Bob French |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Mount Pearl 73.19% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Julie Bettney 3,468 55.70% | |Cathy Sheehan 2,269 36.44% | |Glen Grouchey 489 7.85% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Julie Bettney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Topsail 79.77% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Ralph Wiseman 3,381 52.16% | |Rick Fifield 2,533 39.08% | |Mary Snow 568 8.76% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Ralph Wiseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waterford Valley 74.90% turnout | |Paula Buckle 2,680 41.88% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Harvey Hodder 3,480 54.38% | |Bill Maddigan 239 3.73% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Harvey Hodder |}

===Avalon and Burin peninsulas=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|NLFirst}} |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bellevue 64.41% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Percy Barrett 3,229 61.26% | |Gus Coombs 1,667 31.63% | |Mose Ingram 375 7.11% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Percy Barrett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin-Placentia West 75.76% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Mary Hodder 3,469 53.30% | |Dominic Lundrigan 2,658 40.84% | |Wayne Butler 382 5.87% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Mary Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Harbour Grace 75.12% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |George Sweeney 4,132 68.44% | |Claude Garland 37.54% | |Kevin Noel 391 6.48% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Art Reid† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 81.86% turnout | |Harold Mullowney 2,141 31.62% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Loyola Sullivan 4,482 66.20% | |Gerry Ryan 147 2.17% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Loyola Sullivan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Bank 65.15% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Judy Foote 3,964 70.18% | |John Bolt 1,146 20.29% | |Richard Rennie 538 9.53% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Judy Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Main-Whitbourne 79.43% turnout | |Wanda Dawe 2,502 37.44% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Tom Hedderson 3,670 54.92% | |Fred Akerman 511 7.65% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Don Whelan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia & St. Mary's 80.66% turnout | |Anthony Sparrow 2,938 45.08% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Fabian Manning 3,579 54.92% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Anthony Sparrow |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 64.50% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |John Efford 4,488 78.75% | |Paul Cooper 1,026 18.00% | |Steve Quigly 185 3.25% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |John Efford

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity-Bay de Verde 64.84% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Lloyd Snow 3,201 54.15% | |Peter Bursey 2,176 36.81% | |Jeff Jacobs 320 5.41% | |Monty Newhook 214 3.62% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Lloyd Snow |}

===Central Newfoundland=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}} |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Baie Verte 69.07% turnout | |Gerald Burton 1,988 38.68% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Paul Shelley 3,152 61.32% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Paul Shelley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 61.01% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Beaton Tulk 3,943 75.54% | |Jim Cooze 1,277 24.46% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Beaton Tulk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 68.50% turnout | |George Clements 1,768 27.87% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Roger Fitzgerald 4,496 70.87% | |Shawn Crann 80 1.26% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Roger Fitzgerald

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Exploits 61.89% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Roger Grimes 2,526 49.50% | |Gonzo Gillingham 1,944 38.10% | | | |Arnold Best (NL Party) 633 12.40% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Roger Grimes

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 75.19% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Sandra Kelly 3,064 49.56% | |Kevin O'Brien 2,926 47.32% | |Roy Locke 193 3.12% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Sandra Kelly

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls-Buchans 69.84% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Anna Thistle 3,511 58.05% | |Lorne Woolridge 2,349 38.84% | |Bob Buckingham 188 3.11% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Anna Thistle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte 71.92% turnout | |Melvin Penney 2,116 35.08% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Tom Rideout 3,791 62.85% | |Michael Dwyer 125 2.07% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Melvin Penney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Terra Nova 60.01% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Tom Lush 3,514 66.88% | |Rob Stead 1,740 33.12% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Tom Lush

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 65.58% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Doug Oldford 2,979 50.70% | |Sheila Kelly-Blackmore 2,183 37.15% | |Dan Corbett 714 12.15% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Doug Oldford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate & Fogo 56.40% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Gerry Reid 3,343 65.82% | |Gerald McKenna 1,466 28.86% | | | |Dallas Mitchell (Independent) 270 5.32% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Gerry Reid |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Windsor-Springdale 65.40% turnout | |Graham Flight 2,180 37.30% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|background}}| |Ray Hunter 3,192 54.61% | |Rose Howe 115 1.97% | |Audrey Smith (Independent) 263 4.50% Roger Bennett (Independent) 95 1.63% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Graham Flight |- {{Election box end}}

===Western and Southern Newfoundland=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP|Other}} |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay of Islands 68.65% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Eddie Joyce 3,164 57.56% | |Paul Hunt 1,713 31.16% | |Israel Hann 620 11.28% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |'''Brian Tobin'''‡ (ran in The Straits & White Bay North) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo & La Poile 65.02% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Kelvin Parsons 3,421 59.50% | |Greg Sheaves 1,988 34.57% | |Owen Marsden 342 5.95% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Bill Ramsay† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune 56.04% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Oliver Langdon 3,189 70.21% | |Bob Baker 1,353 29.79% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Oliver Langdon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 71.94% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Bob Mercer 3,197 52.35% | |Janice Wells 2,405 39.38% | |Jean Mehaney 246 4.03% | |David Ledrew (NL Party) 259 4.24% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Bob Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber Valley 58.10% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Rick Woodford 3,051 68.21% | |Warren Rose 1,422 31.79% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Rick Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 61.19% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Paul Dicks 2,814 58.41% | |Pat Callahan 1,152 23.91% | |Paul Bourgeois 852 17.84% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Paul Dicks

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 63.45% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Gerald Smith 2,976 56.50% | |Ada Marche 1,719 32.64% | |Sharon Whalen 421 7.99% | |William Smallwood (Independent) 151 2.87% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Gerald Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe 62.72% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Chuck Furey 2,878 59.61% | |Rod Roberts 1,950 40.39% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Chuck Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's-Stephenville East 56.26% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Kevin Aylward 2,546 52.66% | |Leonard Muise 1,944 40.21% | | | |Dave Johnson (NL Party) 345 7.14% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Kevin Aylward |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Straits & White Bay North 52.76% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |'''Brian Tobin''' 3,227 74.77% | |Ford Mitchelmore 1,089 25.23% | | | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Chris Decker† |}

===Labrador=== {{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NL|Liberal|PC|NDP}} |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair 63.66% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Yvonne Jones 1,832 85.45% | |Sharon Moores 312 14.55% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|background}}| |Yvonne Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West 83.23% turnout | |Perry Canning 2,544 45.07% | |Susan Whitten 400 7.09% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|background}}| |Randy Collins 2,700 47.84% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Perry Canning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lake Melville 60.99% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Ernie McLean 1,915 52.45% | |Hayward Broomfield 1,413 38.70% | |Ronald Peddle 323 8.85% |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Ernie McLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torngat Mountains 99.19% turnout |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Wally Andersen 1,036 85.06% | |Simeon Tshakapesh 182 14.94% | | |{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}}| |Wally Andersen |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.gov.nl.ca/ Government of Newfoundland and Labrador] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207051835/http://www.gov.nl.ca/elections/default.asp Elections Newfoundland and Labrador] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142704/http://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/ElectionReports/PDF/General.Elections/GEreport1999.pdf Election Report]

===Parties=== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100107000113/http://www.pcparty.nf.net/ Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador] (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20031024211506/http://www.liberal.nf.net/ Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador] (see also Liberal Party of Canada) *[http://www.nl.ndp.ca/ Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party] (see also New Democratic Party) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080616215701/http://www.labradorparty.ca/ Labrador Party]

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