Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2015

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All 40 seats in the 48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador 21 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	55.2%
First party Second party Third party   NDP Leader Dwight Ball Paul Davis 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 ran in St. John's West (lost) Last election 6 seats, 19.1% 37 seats, 56.1% 5 seats, 24.6% Seats before 16 28 3 Seats won 31 7 2 Seat change 15 21 1 Popular vote 114,195 60,080 24,130 Percentage 57.2% 30.1% 12.1% Swing 38.1pp 26.0pp 12.5pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
Premier before election Paul Davis Progressive Conservative Elected Premier Dwight Ball Liberal

Paul Davis
Progressive Conservative

Dwight Ball
Liberal

The 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, formally the 49th Newfoundland and Labrador general election, elected members of the House of Assembly in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party which had formed a majority government since the 2011 election, was defeated by the Liberal Party, which won a majority in the new assembly.

The election had been scheduled for October 13, 2015, under Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly Act, mandating a fixed election day on the second Tuesday in October in the fourth calendar year after the previous election. However, the House of Assembly amended the act in June 2015, to delay the election until November 30, 2015, so that the election campaign would not overlap with the federal election scheduled on October 19, 2015.

Following the result of the election no party with the word "Conservative" in its name formed the government in either a provincial or federal jurisdiction in Canada for the first time since 1943.

With 55.2% of eligible voters casting a ballot, this election had the lowest turnout of any provincial election since confederation.

Following the 2011 provincial election Liberal leader Kevin Aylward announced his resignation as leader. Aylward was unable to win a seat in the legislature and announced on October 26, 2011, he would step down once his successor was chosen. On December 15, 2011, the Liberal Party announced that Dwight Ball would become Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader effective January 3, 2012. Party president Judy Morrow announced in December 2011, that the party was not likely to hold a leadership convention until sometime in 2013. On November 17, 2013 Dwight Ball was elected leader of the Liberal Party.