1975 Newfoundland general election

1975 Newfoundland general election

September 16, 1975
51 seats to the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC Lib Leader Frank Moores Edwards Roberts Joey Smallwood Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Reform Liberal Leader since 1972 1972 1975 Leader's seat Humber West White Bay North Twillingate Last election 33 seats, 60.22% 9 seats, 37.06% New party Seats won 30 16 4 Seat change 3 7 4 Popular vote 101,016 82,270 26,552 Percentage 45.54% 37.09% 11.96% Swing 14.68pp 0.03pp n/a
Premier before election Frank Moores Progressive Conservative Premier after election Frank Moores Progressive Conservative

The 1975 Newfoundland general election was held on 16 September 1975 to elect members of the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1972	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Moores	33	30	-9.1%	101,016	45.54
	Liberal	Ed Roberts	9	16	+56%	82,270	37.09
	Reform Liberal	Joey Smallwood	-	4	N/A	26,522	11.96
	New Democratic	Gerry Panting	-	-	0%	9,653	4.35
	Other (Independent Liberal)		-	*1	0%	2,357	1.06
Totals			42	51	-	222,789	100.00

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

37th Newfoundland Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Baie Verte-White Bay	Tom Rideout	Liberal
	Bay of Islands	Luke Woodrow	Progressive Conservative
	Bellevue	Wilson Callan	Reform Liberal
	Bonavista North	George W. Cross	Progressive Conservative
	Bonavista South	James C. Morgan	Progressive Conservative
	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Roger Simmons	Liberal
	Burin-Placentia West	Patrick J. Canning	Liberal
	Carbonear	Rod Moores	Reform Liberal
	Conception Bay South	John A. Nolan	Liberal
	Eagle River	Ian Strachan	Liberal
	Exploits	Stephen J. Mulrooney	Liberal
	Ferryland	Charlie Power	Progressive Conservative
	Fogo	Earl W. Winsor	Liberal
	Fortune-Hermitage	C. Jack Winsor	Liberal
	Gander	Harold A. Collins	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Bank	Alex Hickman	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Falls	John Lundrigan	Progressive Conservative
	Green Bay	Brian Peckford	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Grace	Haig Young	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Main-Bell Island	William Doddy	Progressive Conservative
	Humber East	Thomas C. Farrell	Progressive Conservative
	Humber Valley	Wallace House	Progressive Conservative
	Humber West	Frank D. Moores	Progressive Conservative
	Kilbride	Robert Wells	Progressive Conservative
	LaPoile	Steve Neary	Independent Liberal
	Lewisporte	Freeman White	Liberal
	Menihek	Joseph G. Rousseau	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Pearl	H. Neil Windsor	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Scio	Ray Winsor	Progressive Conservative
	Naskaupi	Joseph Goudie	Progressive Conservative
	Placentia	William G. Patterson	Progressive Conservative
	Pleasantville	Jerome Dinn	Progressive Conservative
	Port au Port	Jim Hodder	Liberal
	Port de Grave	Eric Dawe	Reform Liberal
	St. Barbe	Edward Maynard	Liberal
	St. George's	Hazel McIsaac	Liberal
	St. John's Centre	Anthony J. Murphy	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	John Crosbie	Progressive Conservative
	St. Mary's-The Capes	Walter C. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	Stephenville	William J. MacNeil	Liberal
	Strait of Belle Isle	Edward Roberts	Liberal
	Terra Nova	Tom Lush	Liberal
	Torngat Mountains	Garfield Warren	Liberal
	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Fred B. Rowe	Liberal
	Trinity North	Charlie Brett	Progressive Conservative
	Twillingate	Joey Smallwood	Reform Liberal
	Waterford-Kenmount	Gerry Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative
	Windsor-Buchans	Graham Flight	Liberal

References

• Election Reports

Further reading

• Saywell, John, ed. (1976). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442671898.