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The retums in three of the districts, Bonavista North, Ex¬ ploits and Ferryland, were challenged in the courts on grounds of election irregularities. In Bonavista South PC George Cross had defeated Liberal Paul Thoms by seven votes, in Exploits Liberal Stephen Mulrooney had defeated PC Hugh Twomey by nine votes and in Ferryland PC Charles Power had defeated Liberal Martin O'Brien by eight votes. Ir¬ regularities were proven and the returns were declared null and void. The results of by-elections held on June 30, 1976 were
Bonavista North
George Cross (PC) 2,245
Pauls. Thoms (L) 1,950
Wayne Davis (LR) 128
Samuel King (IL) 65
Exploits
Hugh Twomey (PC) 2,848
Stephen Mulrooney (L) 2,197
AlexS. Faulkner (LR) 103
Andrew Eari (NDP) 37
Ferryland
Martin O'Brien (L) 1,384
Charles Power (I) 1,375
Thomas Doyle (PC) 977
Gerald Panting (NDP) 114
Michael Laurie (LR) 30
The result in Ferryland sparked a second protest. Charles Power had been elected as the PC member in 1975. In the by- election he was challenged for the PC nomination by Thomas Doyle, a former member for Ferryland; Doyle won. Power ran as an Independent. When Liberal O'Brien won by only nine votes. Power filed a petition to have the election declared null and void claiming persons who were ineligible had voted. The court agreed that there had been irregularities and set the result aside a second time. A by-election was held in Ferry¬ land on June 16, 1977 and this time Power as the PC candi¬ date was the undisputed winner. The results were
Ferryland
Charles Power (PC) 1,496
Walter Power (L) 1,256
Leonard Kenny (NDP) 543
A second by-election was held on that day in St. John's West. The seat had been vacated when John C Crosbie resigned to enter federal politics. The result was a narrow victory for Lib¬ eral Hubert Kitchen over NDP Leader John Greene:
St. John's West
Hubert Kitchen (L) 1,020
John Greene (NDP) 979
Clarence Englebrecht (PC) 808
A third by-election was held in 1977 in the district of Twillin¬ gate. Joseph R. SmaUwood resigned from the House of As¬ sembly. Earlier in the year he and his Liberal Reform col¬ leagues had joined the Liberal Party. The by-election was held on December 8 and newly elected Liberal Leader Wil¬ liam N. Rowe was the winner:
TwiUingate
WilliamN.Rowe (L) 2,314
Jeremiah Canning (PC) 1,794
ELECTIONS 741
Roderick Woolridge (NDP) 105
Emerson Renouf (IL) 18
General Election #38: June 18, 1979. In January 1979 Frank Moores announced that he was resigning as Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. A leadership convention was scheduled for March 17, 1979 and Brian Peckford, the Minister of Mines and Energy, emerged the victor. The Lib-
William N. Rowe
Lynn Verge
eral Party Leader, William N. Rowe, had asked the Party to hold a leadership convention and it was scheduled for July 5-6, 1979. A federal election was held on May 22, 1979 and shortly afterwards Peckford called a general election for New¬ foundland to be held on June 18, 1979. Rowe resigned as Liberal leader and was replaced by Liberal Member of the House of Commons, Donald C Jamieson, who had been Canadian Secretary of State for Ex- temal Affairs until the defeat of the federal Liberal Party in the May election. Jamieson retumed to New¬ foundland amid a great deal of fan¬ fare and the Liberal Party entered
the election with the slogan 'Bring Don Jamieson Home for Good.' The PCs campaigned under the slogan 'Step Forward With Peckford,' offering a promise of increased development and the energetic leadership of Peckford. The Liberal cam-
Hazel Newhook
A. Brian Peckford
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| Transcript | The retums in three of the districts, Bonavista North, Ex¬ ploits and Ferryland, were challenged in the courts on grounds of election irregularities. In Bonavista South PC George Cross had defeated Liberal Paul Thoms by seven votes, in Exploits Liberal Stephen Mulrooney had defeated PC Hugh Twomey by nine votes and in Ferryland PC Charles Power had defeated Liberal Martin O'Brien by eight votes. Ir¬ regularities were proven and the returns were declared null and void. The results of by-elections held on June 30, 1976 were Bonavista North George Cross (PC) 2,245 Pauls. Thoms (L) 1,950 Wayne Davis (LR) 128 Samuel King (IL) 65 Exploits Hugh Twomey (PC) 2,848 Stephen Mulrooney (L) 2,197 AlexS. Faulkner (LR) 103 Andrew Eari (NDP) 37 Ferryland Martin O'Brien (L) 1,384 Charles Power (I) 1,375 Thomas Doyle (PC) 977 Gerald Panting (NDP) 114 Michael Laurie (LR) 30 The result in Ferryland sparked a second protest. Charles Power had been elected as the PC member in 1975. In the by- election he was challenged for the PC nomination by Thomas Doyle, a former member for Ferryland; Doyle won. Power ran as an Independent. When Liberal O'Brien won by only nine votes. Power filed a petition to have the election declared null and void claiming persons who were ineligible had voted. The court agreed that there had been irregularities and set the result aside a second time. A by-election was held in Ferry¬ land on June 16, 1977 and this time Power as the PC candi¬ date was the undisputed winner. The results were Ferryland Charles Power (PC) 1,496 Walter Power (L) 1,256 Leonard Kenny (NDP) 543 A second by-election was held on that day in St. John's West. The seat had been vacated when John C Crosbie resigned to enter federal politics. The result was a narrow victory for Lib¬ eral Hubert Kitchen over NDP Leader John Greene: St. John's West Hubert Kitchen (L) 1,020 John Greene (NDP) 979 Clarence Englebrecht (PC) 808 A third by-election was held in 1977 in the district of Twillin¬ gate. Joseph R. SmaUwood resigned from the House of As¬ sembly. Earlier in the year he and his Liberal Reform col¬ leagues had joined the Liberal Party. The by-election was held on December 8 and newly elected Liberal Leader Wil¬ liam N. Rowe was the winner: TwiUingate WilliamN.Rowe (L) 2,314 Jeremiah Canning (PC) 1,794 ELECTIONS 741 Roderick Woolridge (NDP) 105 Emerson Renouf (IL) 18 General Election #38: June 18, 1979. In January 1979 Frank Moores announced that he was resigning as Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. A leadership convention was scheduled for March 17, 1979 and Brian Peckford, the Minister of Mines and Energy, emerged the victor. The Lib- William N. Rowe Lynn Verge eral Party Leader, William N. Rowe, had asked the Party to hold a leadership convention and it was scheduled for July 5-6, 1979. A federal election was held on May 22, 1979 and shortly afterwards Peckford called a general election for New¬ foundland to be held on June 18, 1979. Rowe resigned as Liberal leader and was replaced by Liberal Member of the House of Commons, Donald C Jamieson, who had been Canadian Secretary of State for Ex- temal Affairs until the defeat of the federal Liberal Party in the May election. Jamieson retumed to New¬ foundland amid a great deal of fan¬ fare and the Liberal Party entered the election with the slogan 'Bring Don Jamieson Home for Good.' The PCs campaigned under the slogan 'Step Forward With Peckford,' offering a promise of increased development and the energetic leadership of Peckford. The Liberal cam- Hazel Newhook A. Brian Peckford |
