The 1859 Newfoundland general election was held in 1859 to elect members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. 18 Liberals and 12 Conservatives were elected. The Liberal Party led by John Kent formed the government.
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30 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party edit
| Party | Leader | 1855 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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| Liberal | John Kent | 16 | 18 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh Hoyles | 14 | 12 | ||||
| Totals | 30 | 30 | |||||
Elected members edit
- Twillingate-Fogo
- William V. Whiteway Conservative
- Thomas Knight
- Bonavista Bay
- Stephen March
- John H. Warren Conservative
- M. W. Walbank
- Trinity Bay
- F.B.T. Carter Conservative (speaker)
- Stephen Rendell Conservative
- John Winter
- Bay de Verde
- John Bemister Conservative
- Carbonear
- Edmund Hanrahan Liberal
- Harbour Grace
- John Hayward Conservative
- James L. Prendergast Liberal
- election overturned because of alleged intimidation; Prendergast elected in 1860 by-election[1]
- Brigus-Port de Grave
- St. John's East
- John Kent Liberal
- John Kavanagh
- Robert J. Parsons Liberal
- St. John's West
- Harbour Main
- Patrick Nowlan Liberal
- Charles Furey Liberal
- Ferryland
- Thomas Glen Conservative
- E. D. Shea Liberal
- Placentia and St. Mary's
- George J. Hogsett Liberal
- John English
- John Delaney
- Richard McGrath, elected in 1860[2]
- Burin
- Ambrose Shea Liberal (speaker)
- James J. Rogerson Liberal
- Fortune Bay
- Robert Carter Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- James Seaton
- Hugh Hoyles Conservative, elected in 1860[2]
- James Seaton
References edit
- "Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigessimo tertio Victoriæ Reginæ ... first session of the seventh General Assembly". 1860. p. 6. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ *Budden, Geoffrey E. (1990). "James Luke Prendergast". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ a b Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. v. 1. pp. 685–86. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.