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50th Newfoundland and Labrador general election
← 2015 On or before October 8, 2019 51st →
All 40[1] seats in the 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
21 seats needed for a majority
 
NDP
Leader Dwight Ball Paul Davis (interim) Earle McCurdy
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Leader since November 17, 2013 September 13, 2014 March 7, 2015
Leader's seat Humber - Gros Morne Topsail-Paradise None
Last election 31 seats, 57.2% 7 seats, 30.1% 2 seats, 12.1%
Current seats 30 7 2
Incumbent Premier

Dwight Ball
Liberal



The 50th Newfoundland and Labrador general election is tentatively scheduled for October 8, 2019, to elect members of the 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Timeline

2015

2016

  • May 19, 2016 - Liberal MHA Paul Lane is suspended from the Liberal caucus and sits as an independent MHA.[2]
  • October 11, 2016 - Former premier Paul Davis announces he'll resign as Tory leader once his successor is chosen.[3]

2016

Party standings

Party Leader Seats
2015 Current
Liberal Dwight Ball 31 30
Progressive Conservative Paul Davis 7 7
New Democratic Earle McCurdy 2 2
  Independent 0 1
Total 40 40

Opinion polls

Three-day average of NL opinion polls from November 30, 2015, to the last possible date of the next election on October 8, 2019. Each line corresponds to a political party.

Polling Firm Last Day of Polling Link Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal align="center" style="width: 70px"| Liberal Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives align="center" style="width: 70px"| PC Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP align="center" style="width: 70px"| NDP
Corporate Research Associates Inc. June 1, 2017 [1] 34 40 24
Corporate Research Associates Inc. February 28, 2017 [2] 33 39 26
Corporate Research Associates Inc. December 1, 2016 [3] 42 34 23
Abacus Data Inc. October 29, 2016 [4] 36 29 34
Corporate Research Associates Inc. August 31, 2016 [5] 34 33 32
MQO Research July 27, 2016 HTML 30 37 33
Corporate Research Associates Inc. May 30, 2016 PDF 27 34 38
MQO Research April 21, 2016 HTML 37 30 31
Election 2015 November 30, 2015 – 57.2 30.1 12.1

References

  1. ^ http://www.nledbc.ca/
  2. ^ http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=62669
  3. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-davis-resign-progressive-conservative-leader-1.3799885
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