The 1989 Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives.

Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.^[1] Seven years later, Verge was the leader of the Progressive Conservatives during the 1996 election, and she also lost Humber East in the election, though her party did not win that election.

Summary of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador election results^[4]

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1985	Dissol.	1989	Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Clyde Wells	52	15	14	31	+16	137,271	47.2	+10.5
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Rideout	52	36	34	21	−15	138,609	47.6	–1.0
	New Democratic	Cle Newhook	36	1	2	0	−1	12,929	4.4	–10.0
	Independents		5	0	0	0	0	2,138	0.8	+0.5
	Vacant				2
Total			145	52	52	52	-	291,785	100	-

• Election Report

• Leyton-Brown, David, ed. (1995). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1989. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802007148.