Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada conducted a general election in October 2003, to elect the 48 members of the House of Assembly. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Polling took place on October 21.

Table of contents

1 Results 2 External links 2.1 General resources 2.2 Parties

Results

Party Standings
Party	Leader	Pre-election seats	Results
			Seats	% of votes cast
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador	Danny Williams	19	34	58.68%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador	Roger Grimes	27	12	33.24%
Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party	Jack Harris	2	2	6.86%
Other		0	0	1.22%

In only the third change of government in the 54 years since the province joined Canada, the Liberals were soundly defeated by Williams' Tories, who took almost 3/4 of the seats in the House of Assembly and more than half of the popular vote.

The Liberals lost seven of their 17 cabinet ministers, plus the speaker of the house, from the preceding governments.

The New Democrats' hopes to increase their seat total from 2 were frustrated.

See also Canadian Politics in 2003.

External links

General resources

• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
• CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003

Parties

• Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (see also Liberal Party of Canada)
• Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (see also New Democratic Party)
• Labrador Party
• Terra Nova Greens (see Green Party of Canada)