1966 Newfoundland general election
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42 seats to the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Party | Leader | 1962 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- "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
[edit]- Saywell, John, ed. (1967). Canadian Annual Review for 1966. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.