2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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All 48 seats in the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
25 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kathy Dunderdale Kevin Aylward Lorraine Michael
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since April 2, 2011 August 14, 2011 May 26, 2006
Leader's seat Virginia Waters ran in St. George's-Stephenville East
(lost) 		Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Last election 44 seats, 69.59% 3 seats, 21.69% 1 seat, 8.49%
Seats before 43 4 1
Seats won 37 6 5
Seat change Decrease6 Increase2 Increase4
Popular vote 124,523 42,417 54,713
Percentage 56.1% 19.1% 24.6%
Swing Decrease13.49 Decrease2.59 Increase16.11
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.
Premier before election

Kathy Dunderdale
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Kathy Dunderdale
Progressive Conservative

The 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election took place on October 11, 2011, to elect members of the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) formed a majority government in the 2007 election, with the Liberal Party serving as the Official Opposition and the New Democratic Party (NDP) serving as a third party.

Under amendments passed by the Legislature in 2004, elections in Newfoundland and Labrador are now held on fixed dates: the second Tuesday in October every four years.[1]

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Kathy Dunderdale, won their third consecutive majority government. Dunderdale became only the third woman in Canadian history to lead a political party to power.[2] The Liberal Party, led by Kevin Aylward, formed the Official Opposition, however the party placed third in the popular vote and Aylward himself was not elected to the legislature.[3] Lorraine Michael's New Democratic Party won a record number of seats and placed second in the popular vote for the first time in the province's history.[4]

  1. ^ "Canada's New Government Proposes Fixed Election Dates". Democraticreform.gc.ca. May 30, 2006. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Dunderdale leads N.L. Tories to majority". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 12, 2011. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Kevin Aylward resigning as Liberal leader". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 26, 2011. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  4. ^ "NDP celebrates historic gains". CBC News. October 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2019.