1966 Newfoundland general election

1966 Newfoundland general election
September 8, 1966
42 seats to the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.8% (Increase 3.3 pp)[1]
  First party Second party
 
PC
Leader Joey Smallwood Noel Murphy
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1949 1966
Leader's seat Humber West[a] Humber East[b]
Last election 34 seats, 58.7% 7 seats, 36.6%
Seats won 39 3
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4
Popular vote 91,613 50,316
Percentage 61.8% 34.0%
Swing Increase3.1pp Decrease2.6pp
Premier before election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

Premier after election

Joey Smallwood
Liberal

The 1966 Newfoundland general election was held on 8 September 1966 to elect members of the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

  Party Leader 1962 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
Liberal Joey Smallwood 34 39 +15% 91,613 61.8%
Progressive Conservative Noel Murphy 7 3 -57% 50,316 34.0%
New Democratic Calvin Normore 0 0 0% 2,725 1.8%
  Other 1 0 -100% 3,548 2.4%
Totals 42 42 - 149,371 100%

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
St. John's Centre
66.15% turnout 		Denis Galway
1,773
39.58% 		Anthony Murphy
2,706
60.42% 		Anthony Murphy
St. John's East
71.61% turnout 		Kevin O'Regan
1,373
37.13% 		Gerry Ottenheimer
2,325
62.87% 		James Greene†
St. John's East Extern
70.78% turnout 		John Murphy
3,327
47.84% 		Tom Hickey
3,627
52.16% 		William Browne†
St. John's North
66.97% turnout 		Nathaniel Noel
4,586
57.33% 		Mervyn Russell
3,414
42.67% 		Geoffrey Carnell†
St. John's South
73.65% turnout 		John Nolan
4,166
54.71% 		Rex Renouf
3,448
45.29% 		Rex Renouf
St. John's West
69.20% turnout 		John Crosbie
4,054
57.63% 		Harvey Cole
2,980
42.37% 		William Adams†

Conception Bay

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Bay de Verde
63.70% turnout 		William Saunders
1,363
66.61% 		Walter Hudson
395
19.31% 		Alvin Clarke (Independent)
288
14.08% 		William Saunders
Bell Island
57.09% turnout 		Steve Neary
1,761
75.55% 		Herbert Buckingham
423
18.15% 		Joseph Gendreau (Independent)
147
6.31% 		Steve Neary
Carbonear
65.80% turnout 		George Clarke
1,591
64.02% 		Joseph Noel
555
22.33% 		Elmer Vaters (Independent)
339
13.64% 		George Clarke
Harbour Grace
61.49% turnout 		Alec Moores
2,296
75.38% 		Harold Osborne
750
24.62% 		Claude Sheppard†
Harbour Main
66.37% turnout 		Philip Lewis
2,712
30.83% 		Gordon Dawe
2,090
23.74% 		James Hickey (Independent)
534
6.07% 		Philip Lewis
John Mahoney
2,342
26.61% 		John Carroll
1,120
12.73% 		Clifton Joy†
Port de Grave
54.23% turnout 		Eric Dawe
1,696
66.64% 		Lloyd Stevens
849
33.36% 		Eric Dawe

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Ferryland
68.85% turnout 		Aidan Maloney
1,905
69.70% 		Thomas Greene
828
30.30% 		Myles Murray†
Placentia East
72.22% turnout 		Alain Frecker
2,037
62.47% 		William Patterson
1,224
37.53% 		Alain Frecker
St. Mary's
71.32% turnout 		James M. McGrath
1,229
67.49% 		John Halley
592
32.51% 		James M. McGrath
Trinity South
53.07% turnout 		Uriah Strickland
1,840
51.80% 		John Carter
1,712
48.20% 		Uriah Strickland

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Bonavista North
52.87% turnout 		Beaton Abbott
2,932
73.65% 		John Pinsent
834
20.95% 		Hubert Granter (NDP)
215
5.40% 		Joey Smallwood‡
(ran in Humber West)
Bonavista South
45.36% turnout 		Rossy Barbour
2,161
63.71% 		William Moss
1,231
36.29% 		Rossy Barbour
Fogo
48.76% turnout 		Eric Jones
2,150
73.33% 		Artie Willis
782
26.67% 		Edward Spencer†
Trinity North
46.72% turnout 		Maxwell Lane
2,215
62.93% 		Robert Barton
638
18.13% 		Sam Drover (Independent)
667
18.95% 		Arthur Mifflin†


Central Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Gander
66.71% turnout 		Charles Granger
3,180
61.13% 		Harold Collins
2,022
38.87% 		Beaton Abbott‡
(ran in Bonavista North)
Grand Falls
75.57% turnout 		Frederick W. Rowe
3,642
55.31% 		Ambrose Peddle
2,943
44.69% 		Ambrose Peddle
Green Bay
65.48% turnout 		William Smallwood
2,496
71.17% 		Rupert Short
1,011
28.83% 		William Smallwood
Lewisporte
54.95% turnout 		Harold Starkes
2,287
73.85% 		Douglas Hayward
810
26.15% 		Harold Starkes
Twillingate Leslie Curtis
Won by acclamation 		Leslie Curtis
White Bay South
63.24% turnout 		Bill Rowe
2,014
79.95% 		Cyril Pelley
505
20.05% 		Frederick W. Rowe‡
(ran in Grand Falls)

Southern Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Burgeo-La Poile
58.16% turnout 		Walter Hodder
2,331
68.68% 		Allan Evans
1,063
31.32% 		Walter Hodder
Burin
56.56% turnout 		Alex Hickman
2,744
79.01% 		Scott Bradley
729
20.99% 		Eric Jones‡
(ran in Fogo)
Fortune Bay H.R.V. Earle
Won by acclamation 		H.R.V. Earle
Hermitage Abel Wornell
Won by acclamation 		Abel Wornell
Placentia West
62.59% turnout 		Patrick Canning
2,367
74.34% 		Joseph Cheeseman
817
25.66% 		Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Humber East
74.70% turnout 		Clyde Wells
3,652
52.74% 		Noel Murphy
3,273
47.26% 		Noel Murphy
Humber West
67.53% turnout 		Joey Smallwood
4,431
67.21% 		Calvin Normore (NDP)
2,162
32.79% 		Charles Ballam†
Port au Port
76.87% turnout 		William Callahan
2,454
57.61% 		Berkley Evans
948
22.25% 		Michael Harper (Independent)
858
20.14% 		Stephen Smith†
St. Barbe North
63.92% turnout 		James Chalker
1,139
79.48% 		Gerald Hynes
294
20.52% 		James Chalker
St. Barbe South
66.93% turnout 		Gerald Myrden
1,511
64.68% 		Andrew Swimm
825
35.32% 		Vacant[c]
St. George's
72.61% turnout 		William Keough
1,736
51.24% 		Prime Power
937
27.66% 		Fred Wells (Independent)
715
21.10% 		William Keough
White Bay North
61.99% turnout 		Edward Roberts
2,165
84.94% 		Anita Sulley
384
15.06% 		Walter Carter†

Labrador

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC NDP
Labrador North
57.38% turnout 		Earl Winsor
1,333
71.25% 		Arthur Hale
538
28.75% 		Earl Winsor
Labrador South
58.99% turnout 		Gerald Hill
1,129
90.39% 		Leace Critch
120
9.61% 		Gerald Hill
Labrador West
64.10% turnout 		Tom Burgess
1,493
61.82% 		Charles Devine
574
23.77% 		Albert McGrath
348
14.41% 		Charles Devine

Notes

  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
  2. ^ Was defeated for re-election in this seat
  3. ^ William Smith had been elected in 1962, but he had died on August 4, 1965.

References

  1. ^ "Report on Provincial General Election, 1966". The Newfoundland Gazette. November 8, 1966. Retrieved April 7, 2025.

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