1982 Newfoundland general election

The 40th Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April 1982 to elect members of the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 11th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1979	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Peckford	33	44	+33%	152,966	61.2%
	Liberal	Len Stirling	19	8	-58%	87,228	34.9%	New Democratic	Peter Fenwick	0	0	0%	9,371	3.7%	Other		0	0	0%	425	0.2%
Totals			52	52	-	251,024	100%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

39th General Assembly of Newfoundland
	District	Member	Party
	Baie Verte-White Bay	Thomas Gerard Rideout	Progressive Conservative
	Bay of Islands	Luke Woodrow	Progressive Conservative
	Bellevue	Wilson Elwood Callan	Liberal
	Bonavista North	Walter George Cross	Progressive Conservative
	Bonavista South	James C. Morgan	Progressive Conservative
	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Harold Dominey Andrews	Progressive Conservative
	Burin-Placentia West	Glenn Tobin	Progressive Conservative
	Carbonear	Milton Peach	Progressive Conservative
	Conception Bay South	John Butt	Progressive Conservative
	Eagle River	Eugene Ronald Hiscock	Liberal
	Exploits	Hugh M. Twomey	Progressive Conservative
	Ferryland	Charlie Power	Progressive Conservative
	Fogo	Beaton Tulk	Liberal
	Fortune-Hermitage	Don Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Gander	Hazel R. Newhook	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Bank	Bill Matthews	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Falls	Leonard Simms	Progressive Conservative
	Green Bay	Alfred Brian Peckford	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Grace	Haig Young	Progressive Conservative
	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Norman E. Doyle	Progressive Conservative
	Humber East	Lynn Verge	Progressive Conservative
	Humber Valley	Wallace House	Progressive Conservative
	Humber West	Raymond Baird	Progressive Conservative
	Kilbride	Robert J. Aylward	Progressive Conservative
	LaPoile	Steve Neary	Liberal
	Lewisporte	James Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Menihek	Peter J. Walsh	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Pearl	H. Neil Windsor	Progressive Conservative
	Mount Scio	Leo Barry	Progressive Conservative
	Naskaupi	Denzil Joseph Goudie	Progressive Conservative
	Placentia	William G. Patterson	Progressive Conservative
	Pleasantville	Jerome W. Dinn	Progressive Conservative
	Port au Port	James Hodder	Liberal
	Port de Grave	Randy W. Collins	Progressive Conservative
	St. Barbe	Everett K. Osmond	Progressive Conservative
	St. George's	Ronald Gilbert Dawe	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's Centre	Patrick J. McNicholas	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East	William W. Marshall	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East Extern	Thomas V. Hickey	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's North	John A. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's South	John F. Collins	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's West	Harold Barrett	Progressive Conservative
	St. Mary's-The Capes	Loyola W. Hearn	Progressive Conservative
	Stephenville	Fred Stagg	Progressive Conservative
	Strait of Belle Isle	Edward Roberts	Liberal
	Terra Nova	Thomas Lush	Liberal
	Torngat Mountains	Garfield Warren	Liberal
	Trinity-Bay de Verde	James G. Reid	Progressive Conservative
	Trinity North	Charlie Brett	Progressive Conservative
	Twillingate	Ida M. Reid	Progressive Conservative
	Waterford-Kenmount	Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative
	Windsor-Buchans	John McLennon	Progressive Conservative

References

• Election Report