1966 Newfoundland general election

Premier
parliamentary
Election name	1966 Newfoundland general election
Turnout	61.8% ( 3.3 pp)^[1]
Seat change 2	4
Popular vote 2	50,316
Percentage 2	34.0%
Swing 2	2.6pp
Last election 2	7 seats, 36.6%
Before election	Joey Smallwood
Posttitle	Premier after election
After election	Joey Smallwood
Ongoing	No
Seats 2	3
Leaders seat 2	Humber East^[a]
Country	Newfoundland and Labrador
Leader 1	Joey Smallwood
Election date	September 8, 1966
Previous election	1962 Newfoundland general election
Previous year	1962
Outgoing members	Outgoing members
Next election	1971 Newfoundland general election
Next year	1971
Elected members	Elected members
Seats for election	42 seats to the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Majority seats	22
Leader since 1	1949
Leader since 2	1966
Leaders seat 1	Humber West^[b]
Last election 1	34 seats, 58.7%
Seats 1	39
Seat change 1	5
Popular vote 1	91,613
Percentage 1	61.8%
Swing 1	3.1pp
Leader 2	Noel Murphy

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

	Party	Leader	1962	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	Joey Smallwood	34	39	+15%	91,613	61.8%	Noel Murphy	7	3	-57%	50,316	34.0%	Calvin Normore	0	0	0%	2,725	1.8%	Other		1	0	-100%	3,548	2.4%
Totals			42	42	-	149,371	100%

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre
66.15% turnout | |Denis Galway
1,773
39.58% || |Anthony Murphy
2,706
60.42% || |Anthony Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East
71.61% turnout | |Kevin O'Regan
1,373
37.13% || |Gerry Ottenheimer
2,325
62.87% || |James Greene† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern
70.78% turnout | |John Murphy
3,327
47.84% || |Tom Hickey
3,627
52.16% || |William Browne† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North
66.97% turnout || |Nathaniel Noel
4,586
57.33% | |Mervyn Russell
3,414
42.67% || |Geoffrey Carnell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South
73.65% turnout || |John Nolan
4,166
54.71% | |Rex Renouf
3,448
45.29% || |Rex Renouf |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West
69.20% turnout || |John Crosbie
4,054
57.63% | |Harvey Cole
2,980
42.37% || |William Adams† |- |}

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde
63.70% turnout || |William Saunders
1,363
66.61% | |Walter Hudson
395
19.31% | |Alvin Clarke (Independent)
288
14.08% || |William Saunders |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island
57.09% turnout || |Steve Neary
1,761
75.55% | |Herbert Buckingham
423
18.15% | |Joseph Gendreau (Independent)
147
6.31% || |Steve Neary |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear
65.80% turnout || |George Clarke
1,591
64.02% | |Joseph Noel
555
22.33% | |Elmer Vaters (Independent)
339
13.64% || |George Clarke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace
61.49% turnout || |Alec Moores
2,296
75.38% | |Harold Osborne
750
24.62% | | || |Claude Sheppard† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main
66.37% turnout || |Philip Lewis
2,712
30.83% | |Gordon Dawe
2,090
23.74% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Hickey (Independent)
534
6.07% || |Philip Lewis |- || |John Mahoney
2,342
26.61% | |John Carroll
1,120
12.73% || |Clifton Joy† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave
54.23% turnout || |Eric Dawe
1,696
66.64% | |Lloyd Stevens
849
33.36% | | || |Eric Dawe |- |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland
68.85% turnout || |Aidan Maloney
1,905
69.70% | |Thomas Greene
828
30.30% || |Myles Murray† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia East
72.22% turnout || |Alain Frecker
2,037
62.47% | |William Patterson
1,224
37.53% || |Alain Frecker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's
71.32% turnout || |James M. McGrath
1,229
67.49% | |John Halley
592
32.51% || |James M. McGrath |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South
53.07% turnout || |Uriah Strickland
1,840
51.80% | |John Carter
1,712
48.20% || |Uriah Strickland |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North
52.87% turnout || |Beaton Abbott
2,932
73.65% | |John Pinsent
834
20.95% | |Hubert Granter (NDP)
215
5.40% || |Joey Smallwood‡
(ran in Humber West) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South
45.36% turnout || |Rossy Barbour
2,161
63.71% | |William Moss
1,231
36.29% | | || |Rossy Barbour |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo
48.76% turnout || |Eric Jones
2,150
73.33% | |Artie Willis
782
26.67% | | || |Edward Spencer† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North
46.72% turnout || |Maxwell Lane
2,215
62.93% | |Robert Barton
638
18.13% | |Sam Drover (Independent)
667
18.95% || |Arthur Mifflin† |}

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander
66.71% turnout || |Charles Granger
3,180
61.13% | |Harold Collins
2,022
38.87% || |Beaton Abbott‡
(ran in Bonavista North) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls
75.57% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe
3,642
55.31% | |Ambrose Peddle
2,943
44.69% || |Ambrose Peddle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay
65.48% turnout || |William Smallwood
2,496
71.17% | |Rupert Short
1,011
28.83% || |William Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte
54.95% turnout || |Harold Starkes
2,287
73.85% | |Douglas Hayward
810
26.15% || |Harold Starkes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate || |Leslie Curtis
Won by acclamation | | || |Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South
63.24% turnout || |Bill Rowe
2,014
79.95% | |Cyril Pelley
505
20.05% || |Frederick W. Rowe‡
(ran in Grand Falls) |}

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile
58.16% turnout || |Walter Hodder
2,331
68.68% | |Allan Evans
1,063
31.32% || |Walter Hodder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin
56.56% turnout || |Alex Hickman
2,744
79.01% | |Scott Bradley
729
20.99% || |Eric Jones‡
(ran in Fogo) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |H.R.V. Earle
Won by acclamation | | || |H.R.V. Earle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hermitage || |Abel Wornell
Won by acclamation | | || |Abel Wornell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West
62.59% turnout || |Patrick Canning
2,367
74.34% | |Joseph Cheeseman
817
25.66% || |Patrick Canning |}

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East
74.70% turnout || |Clyde Wells
3,652
52.74% | |Noel Murphy
3,273
47.26% | | || |Noel Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West
67.53% turnout || |Joey Smallwood
4,431
67.21% | | | |Calvin Normore (NDP)
2,162
32.79% || |Charles Ballam† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port
76.87% turnout || |William Callahan
2,454
57.61% | |Berkley Evans
948
22.25% | |Michael Harper (Independent)
858
20.14% || |Stephen Smith† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe North
63.92% turnout || |James Chalker
1,139
79.48% | |Gerald Hynes
294
20.52% | | || |James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe South
66.93% turnout || |Gerald Myrden
1,511
64.68% | |Andrew Swimm
825
35.32% | | || |Vacant^[c] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's
72.61% turnout || |William Keough
1,736
51.24% | |Prime Power
937
27.66% | |Fred Wells (Independent)
715
21.10% || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North
61.99% turnout || |Edward Roberts
2,165
84.94% | |Anita Sulley
384
15.06% | | || |Walter Carter† |- |}

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North
57.38% turnout || |Earl Winsor
1,333
71.25% | |Arthur Hale
538
28.75% | | || |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South
58.99% turnout || |Gerald Hill
1,129
90.39% | |Leace Critch
120
9.61% | | || |Gerald Hill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West
64.10% turnout || |Tom Burgess
1,493
61.82% | |Charles Devine
574
23.77% | |Albert McGrath
348
14.41% || |Charles Devine |}

Notes

^ Was defeated for re-election in this seat
^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
^ William Smith had been elected in 1962, but he had died on August 4, 1965.

References

^ "Report on Provincial General Election, 1966". The Newfoundland Gazette. 8 November 1966. Retrieved 7 April 2025.