Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
Electoral performance

Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Section Title: Electoral performance
Table Section Text: None

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government

1949	Joey Smallwood	109,802	65.5	22 / 28	22	1st	Majority

1951	83,628	63.1	24 / 28	2	1st	Majority

1956	75,883	65.7	32 / 36	8	1st	Majority

1959	75,560	58.0	31 / 36	1	1st	Majority

1962	72,319	58.7	34 / 42	3	1st	Majority

1966	91,613	61.8	39 / 42	5	1st	Majority

1971	102,775	44.4	20 / 42	19	2nd	Minority

1972	Edward Roberts	77,849	37.1	9 / 42	33	2nd	Opposition

1975	82,270	37.0	16 / 51	7	2nd	Opposition

1979	Don Jamieson	95,943	40.6	19 / 52	3	2nd	Opposition

1982	Len Stirling	87,228	34.9	8 / 52	11	2nd	Opposition

1985	Leo Barry	102,016	36.7	15 / 52	7	2nd	Opposition

1989	Clyde Wells	137,271	47.2	31 / 52	16	1st	Majority

1993	148,274	49.1	35 / 52	4	1st	Majority

1996	Brian Tobin	157,229	55.1	37 / 48	2	1st	Majority

1999	132,399	49.6	32 / 48	5	1st	Majority

2003	Roger Grimes	91,729	33.0	12 / 48	20	2nd	Opposition

2007	Gerry Reid	48,598	21.6	3 / 48	9	2nd	Opposition

2011	Kevin Aylward	42,417	19.1	6 / 48	3	2nd	Opposition

2015	Dwight Ball	114,195	57.2	31 / 40	25	1st	Majority

2019	TBD	TBD	0 / 40	TBD	TBD

Sentence(s)

The Liberals won 47.2% of the vote.

final_sentence: The Liberals won 47.2% of the vote.