NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR GENERAL ELECTION, 2003

The 'Newfoundland and Labrador general election of 2003' was held on October 21, 2003,
to elect the 48 members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Contents

Results

Results - by district

See also

External links

General resources

Parties

Results

'Summary of the October 21, 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly election results'
|- bgcolor=CCCCCC
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=left|Party
!rowspan="2" align=left|Party leader
!rowspan="2"|Candidates
!colspan="4" align=center|Seats
!colspan="3" align=center|Popular vote
|- bgcolor=CCCCCC
|align="center"|1999
|align="center"|Dissol.
|align="center"|'2003'
|align="center"|% Change
|align="center"|#
|align="center"|%
|align="center"|Change
|align=left|Progressive Conservative
|align=left|Danny Williams
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|14
|align="right"|19
|align="right"|34
|align="right"|+143%
|align="right"|162,949
|align="right"|58.71%
|align="right"|+17.94%
|align=left|Liberal
|align=left|Roger Grimes
|align="right"|48
|align="right"|32
|align="right"|27
|align="right"|12
|align="right"|-56%
|align="right"|91,729
|align="right"|33.05%
|align="right"|-16.57%
|align=left|New Democratic
|align=left|Jack Harris
|align="right"|34
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|0%
|align="right"|19,048
|align="right"|6.86%
|align="right"|-1.37%
|colspan=2 align=left|Labrador
|align="right"|4
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|2,391
|align="right"|0.86%
|align="right"|–
|colspan=2 align=left|Independents and no affiliation
|align="right"|9
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|1,421
|align="right"|0.51%
|align="right"|–
|-
|align=left colspan="3"|'Total'
| align="right"|'143'
| align="right"|'48'
| align="right"|'48'
| align="right"|'48'
| align="right"|'-'
| align="right"|'277,538'
| align="right"|'100%'
| align="right"| 
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" |'Source :'
|}
This election marked only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada. The Liberals were soundly defeated by Williams' Tories, who took almost 3/4 of the seats in the House of Assembly, and more than half of the popular vote.
The Liberals lost seven of their 17 cabinet ministers, plus the Speaker of the house, from the preceding governments.
The New Democrats' hopes to increase their seat total from 2 were frustrated.

Results - by district

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|1.Baie Verte
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|Paul Shelley
3,045
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|Maurice Budgell
927
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|William Day
(Ind)
114
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|Paul Shelley
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|2.Bay of Islands
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|Mike Monaghan
2,760
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|Eddie Joyce
2,907
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|Dave Quigley
214
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|Eddie Joyce
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|3.Bellevue
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|Joan Cleary
2,523
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|'Percy Barrett'
2,623
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|Michael Fahey
299
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|'Percy Barrett'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|4.Bonavista North
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|Harry Harding
3,384
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|Churence Rogers
2,301
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|Howard E. Parsons
116
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|Harry Harding
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|5.Bonavista South
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|Roger Fitzgerald
4,354
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|Betty Fitzgerald
938
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|Sam Kelly
179
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|Roger Fitzgerald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|6.Burgeo and La Poile
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|Stephen MacKenzie
1,008
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|'Kelvin Parsons'
4,233
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|'Kelvin Parsons'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|7.Burin-Placentia West
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|Clyde Jackman
3,450
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|Sam Synard
2,133
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|Wayne Butler
684
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|Mary Hodder†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|8.Cape St. Francis
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|Jack Byrne
5,604
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|Bill Tapper
1,294
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|Ralph Tapper
980
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|Jack Byrne
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|9.Carbonear-Harbour Grace
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|John Babb
3,165
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|'George Sweeney'
3,699
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|'George Sweeney'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|10.Cartwright-L'Anse Au Clair
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|Dennis Normorebr>804
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|'Yvonne Jones'
1,514
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|Frank Pye
(The Labrador Party)
206
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|'Yvonne Jones'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|11.Conception Bay East and Bell Island
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|Dianne Whalen
4,147
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|Jim Walsh
1,870
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|Ken Kavanagh
1,180
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|Doug Cole
(Ind)
171
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|Jim Walsh
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|12.Conception Bay South
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|Terry French
5,606
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|Sheina Lerman
372
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|Andy Lewis
768
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|Terry French
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|13.Exploits
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|Clayton Forsey
2,346
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|'Roger Grimes'
3,218
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|John L. Whelan
168
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|'Roger Grimes'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|14.Ferryland
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|Loyola Sullivan
5,167
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|Andrea Kavanagh
504
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|Lois Martin
309
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|Pilar Riego-Hickey
(Ind)
11
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|Loyola Sullivan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|15.Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
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|Andrew Colford
2,044
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|'Oliver Langdon'
2,880
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|'Oliver Langdon'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|16.Gander
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|Kevin O'Brien
3,621
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|Dianne Crewe
1,930
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|Steve Johnson
348
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|Sandra Kelly†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|17.Grand Bank
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|Darin King
3,058
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|'Judy Foote'
3,101
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|Bill Wakeley
136
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|'Judy Foote'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|18.Grand Falls-Buchans
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|'Paula Flood'
2,331
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|'Anna Thistle'
3,921
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|Gerry Tobin
370
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|'Anna Thistle'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|19.Harbour Main-Whitbourne
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|Tom Hedderson
4,769
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|Fred Akerman
1,482
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|Eugene Conway
493
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|Tom Hedderson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|20.Humber East
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|Tom Marshall
3,976
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|'Bob Mercer'
2,624
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|'Bob Mercer'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|21.Humber Valley
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|Kathy Goudie
2,796
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|Dwight Ball
2,507
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|Rick Woodford†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|22.Humber West
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|'Danny William'
3,823
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|Edward Buckle
1,533
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|Matthew Robbins
207
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|'Danny Williams'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|23.Kilbride
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|Ed Byrne
5,315
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|Joe Wadden
1,071
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|David Reynolds
404
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|Ed Byrne
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|24.Labrador West
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|Graham Letto
1,142
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|Doris Sacrey
423
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|Randy Collins
2,762
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|Ern Condon
(The Labrador Party)
631
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|Randy Collins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|25.Lake Melville
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|John Hickey
1,778
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|Ken Anthony
1,126
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|Barbara Stickley
129
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|Brandon Pardy
(The Labrador Party)
1,485
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|'Ernie MacLean'†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|26.Lewisporte
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|Tom Rideout
3,504
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|Todd Manuel
1,275
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|Garry Vatcher
(Ind)
159
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|Tom Rideout
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|27.Mount Pearl
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|Dave Denine
5,662
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|Wayne Ralph
798
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|Roy Locke
504
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|'Julie Bettney'†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|28.Placentia & St. Mary's
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|Fabian Manning
3,746
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|Kevin Power
1,812
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|Janet Stringer
152
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|Fabian Manning
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|29.Port au Port
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|Jim Hodder
3,101
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|'Gerald Smith'
2,378
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|Frederick G. Ollerhead
(N/A)
84
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|'Gerald Smith'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|30.Port de Grave
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|Clarence Gosse
2,374
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|Roland Butler
3,983
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|Roland Butler
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|31.St. Barbe
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|Wallace Young
2,948
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|Ralph H. Payne
1,577
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|Holly E. Patey
293
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|Wallace Young
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|32.St. George's-Stephenville East
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|Joan Burke
2,927
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|Ron Dawe
2,464
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|Nancy Critchley
(Ind.)
170
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|Kevin Aylward†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|33.St. John's Centre
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|Shawn Skinner
3,349
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|'Joan-Marie Aylward'
1,763
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|Carol Cantwell
956
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|'Joan-Marie Aylward'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|34.St. John's East
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|John Ottenheimer
4,151
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|George Murphy
862
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|Bruce Clarke
841
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|Steve Durrant
(Ind.)
66
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|John Ottenheimer
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|35.St. John's North
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|Bob Ridgley
3,107
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|Jeff Brace
1,433
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|Liam Walsh
820
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|'Lloyd Mathews'†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|36.St. John's South
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|Tom Osborne
4,532
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|Dennis O'Keefe
756
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|Tom McGinnis
676
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|Tom Osborne
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|37.St. John's West
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|Sheila Osborne
4,557
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|Tom Hann
1,292
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|Raj Sharan
460
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|Sheila Osborne
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|38.Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
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|Karen Carroll
2,221
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|Ray O'Neill
391
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|'Jack Harris'
2,456
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|'Jack Harris'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|39.Terra Nova
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|Paul Oram
3,114
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|'Tom Lush'
2,614
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|Herbert Ralph
218
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|'Tom Lush'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|40.The Straits & White Bay North
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|Trevor Taylor
3,133
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|Don McDonald
1,802
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|Ford Michelmore
(Ind)
78
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|Trevor Taylor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|40.Topsail
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|Elizabeth Marshall
5,354
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|Ralph Wiseman
2,354
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|Michael Kehoe
472
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|Ralph Wiseman
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|42.Torngat Mountains
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|Winston White
352
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|'Wally Andersen'
934
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|Lucy Jararuse
(The Labrador Party)
69
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|'Wally Andersen'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|43.Trinity-Bay de Verde
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|Charlene Johnson
4,091
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|'Lloyd Snow'
2,095
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|Victoria Harnum
287
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|'Lloyd Snow'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|44.Trinity North
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|Ross Wiseman
4,126
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|Kathryn Small
1,640
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|Howard W. Duffett
340
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|Ross Wiseman
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|45.Twillingate & Fogo
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|Derrick Dalley
2,334
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|'Gerry Reid'
2,941
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|'Gerry Reid'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|46.Virginia Waters
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|Kathy Dunderdale
4,193
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|'Walter Noel'
2,358
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|David Sullivan
666
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|'Walter Noel'
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|47.Waterford Valley
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|Harvey Hodder
4,569
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|Averill Baker
1,277
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|Justin Locke
410
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|Harvey Hodder
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|48.Windsor-Springdale
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|Ray Hunter
3,488
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|Barry J. Oake
1,826
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|Clar Jacobs
138
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|Elmer Anthony
(Ind)
145
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|Ray Hunter

See also

★ List of Newfoundland and Labrador political parties

★ Canadian Politics in 2003.

External links

General resources

★ Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

★ Elections Newfoundland and Labrador

★ CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

Parties

★ Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)

★ Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)

★ Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)

★ Labrador Party

★ Terra Nova Greens (see Green Party of Canada)