2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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All 40[1] seats in the 49th House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.6%[2] (Increase 5.4 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dwight Ball Ches Crosbie Alison Coffin
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Leader since November 17, 2013 April 28, 2018 March 5, 2019
Leader's seat Humber - Gros Morne Windsor Lake St. John's East-Quidi Vidi
Last election 31 seats, 57.16% 7 seats, 30.08% 2 seats, 12.09%
Seats before 27 8 2
Seats won 20 15 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 93,746 90,690 13,432
Percentage 44.00% 42.57% 6.30%
Swing Decrease13.16pp Increase12.49pp Decrease5.79pp
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.
Premier before election

Dwight Ball
Liberal

Premier after election

Dwight Ball
Liberal

The 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on May 16, 2019, to elect members of the 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]

Despite consistent Progressive Conservative leads in polling towards the end of the campaign, including a nine-point lead in the final poll released a day before the election,[4] the Liberal Party led by Dwight Ball won re-election, but nonetheless fell one seat short of retaining their majority after an unexpected loss to the New Democrats in Labrador West originally in the initial count by five votes.[5] This resulted in the Liberals winning 20 seats, exactly half of the House of Assembly. A subsequent recount shortened the margin of victory in Labrador West to just two votes.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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  2. ^ "Unofficial 2019 General Election results". Elections NL. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Hutton, Fred (April 16, 2019). "May 15 set for Newfoundland and Labrador election, sources say". CBC News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Grenier, Éric (May 18, 2019). "What didn't happen in the N.L. election — and why that matters". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Cooke, Ryan (May 16, 2019). "Liberals to hold minority government in N.L., PCs not conceding defeat". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Michael Connors [@MikeConnors] (June 21, 2019). "NDP candidate Jordan Brown wins by two votes. #nlpoli" (Tweet). Retrieved June 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals" Archived 2022-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "NDP clinging to 5-vote victory in Lab West after official addition of vote tally". CBC News. May 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019.
  9. ^ MacEachern, Daniel (May 16, 2019). "Exuberant NDP celebrates 'new era' as it holds St. John's seats, and wins back Labrador West". CBC News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Roberts, Kelly-Anne (May 17, 2019). "'We have the balance of power,' Alison Coffin says as NDP wins three seats". NTV. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  11. ^ "NDP newcomer won by 5 votes in Labrador, causing minority Liberal N.L. government | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. May 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "Five NDP votes in Labrador to determine status of N.L. Liberal government | The Star". The Toronto Star. May 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.