Electoral Record
| Newfoundland general election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred B. Peckford | 2,639 | 70.34 | +18.99 | ||
| Liberal | H. Corbin Clarke | 1028 | 27.40 | -21.24 | ||
| New Democratic | Harold James Card | 85 | 2.26 | +2.26 | ||
| Total valid votes/ | 3,752 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 9 | 0.24 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,761 | 66.60 | ||||
| Newfoundland general election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred B. Peckford | 2,560 | 51.35 | |||
| Liberal | Harold E. Starkes | 2,425 | 48.64 | |||
| Total valid votes/ | 4,985 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.31 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,001 | 84.61 | ||||
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