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1966 Newfoundland general election

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1966 Newfoundland general election

← 1962 September 8, 1966 1971 →

42 seats to the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland
22 seats needed for a majority
  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

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  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%

Notes

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  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
  2. ^ Was defeated for re-election in this seat

References

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  • "Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections". Election Almanac. Election Almanac. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

Further reading

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