1993 Newfoundland general election

← 1989

May 3, 1993 (1993-05-03)

1996 →

52 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Clyde Wells	Len Simms	Jack Harris
Party	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic
Leader's seat	Bay of Islands	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans	St. John's East
Last election	31	21	0
Seats won	35	16	1
Seat change	4	5	1
Popular vote	148,274	127,150	22,399
Percentage	49.1%	42.1%	7.4%
Swing	1.9	5.5	3.0

Premier before election

Clyde Wells
Liberal

Premier after election

Clyde Wells
Liberal

The 1993 Newfoundland general election was held on May 3, 1993, to elect members of the 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1989	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Clyde Wells	31	35	+6.5%	148,274	49.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Simms	21	16	-24%	127,150	42.1%
	New Democratic	Jack Harris	0	1	N/A	22,399	7.4%
	Other		0	0	0%	3,967	1.7%
Total			52	52	-	302,631	100%

References

Election Report

Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador

Speaker of the Assembly

Legislative Assembly

Active political parties

Political parties that have seats	Liberal Party Progressive Conservative Party New Democratic Party

Defunct political parties

Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance (2019-2023)
Labrador Party (1969-1975, 2003-2007)
Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (1999-2011)
Newfoundland Reform Liberal Party (1975)
United Newfoundland Party (1932, 1959)
Newfoundland Democratic Party (1959)
Responsible Government League (1947-1949)
Confederate Association (1948-1949)
Party for Economic Union with the United States (1948)
United Newfoundland Party (1932-1934)
Fisherman's Protective Union (1913-1934)
Newfoundland People's Party (1907-1923)
Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934)
Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934)
Confederation Party (1860s)
Anti-Confederation Party (1860s)

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See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador by-elections

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