1909 Newfoundland general election
The 1909 Newfoundland general election was held on 8 May 1909 to elect members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris, having secured a majority, formed the government.
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36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seat totals
| Party | Leader | 1909 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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| People's | Edward P. Morris | 18 | 26 | +44.4% | |||
| Liberal Party | Robert Bond | 18 | 10 | -44.4% | |||
| Totals | 36 | 36 | |||||
Members elected
- Bay de Verde
- John C. Crosbie People's Party
- Jesse Whiteway People's Party
- Bonavista Bay
- Sydney Blandford People's Party
- William C. Winsor People's Party
- Donald Morison People's Party
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- Robert Moulton People's Party
- Burin
- Henry Gear Liberal
- Edward H. Davey Liberal
- Thomas LeFeuvre People's Party, elected in 1911
- Carbonear
- John Goodison People's Party
- Ferryland
- Michael P. Cashin People's Party
- Phillip F. Moore People's Party
- Fogo
- Henry Earle Liberal
- Fortune Bay
- Charles Emerson People's Party
- Harbour Grace
- A. W. Piccott People's Party
- A. H. Seymour People's Party
- E. Parsons People's Party
- Harbour Main
- William Woodford People's Party
- J. J. Murphy People's Party
- Placentia and St. Mary's
- R. J. Devereaux People's Party
- William R. Howley People's Party
- Frank J. Morris People's Party
- Port de Grave
- William R. Warren People's Party (speaker)
- St. Barbe
- William M. Clapp Liberal
- St. George's
- Joseph F. Downey People's Party
- St. John's East
- James M. Kent Liberal
- George Shea Liberal
- J. Dwyer Liberal
- St. John's West
- Edward P. Morris People's Party
- John R. Bennett People's Party
- Michael J. Kennedy People's Party
- Trinity Bay
- Richard A. Squires People's Party
- Robert Watson People's Party
- E.G. Grant People's Party
- Twillingate
- Robert Bond Liberal
- James A. Clift Liberal
- George Roberts Liberal
References
- Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.
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