1971 Newfoundland general election

1971 Newfoundland general election

← 1966 October 28, 1971 1972 →
42 seats to the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC NLP Leader Frank Moores Joey Smallwood Tom Burgess Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Labrador Leader since 1970 1949 1969 Leader's seat Humber West[a] Placentia East[b] Labrador West Last election 3 seats, 33.69% 39 seats, 61.33% New party Seats won 21 20 1 Seat change 18 19 1 Popular vote 120,655 104,523 5,595 Percentage 51.34% 44.48% 2.38% Swing 17.65pp 16.85pp n/a
Premier before election Joey Smallwood Liberal Premier after election Joey Smallwood Liberal

The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.^[1]
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