1861 Newfoundland general election
The 1861 Newfoundland general election was held in 1861 to elect members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. 14 Conservatives and 12 Liberals were elected. The results in Harbour Grace and Harbour Main electoral districts were set aside following violence at the polls; members were elected in subsequent by-elections.[1] The Liberal Party led by John Kent was defeated by the Conservatives led by Hugh Hoyles; Ambrose Shea replaced Kent as party leader.
Results by party[]
Party | Leader | 1859 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Conservative | Hugh Hoyles | 12 | 15 | ||||
Liberal | John Kent | 18 | 13 | ||||
Vacant | - | 2 | |||||
Totals | 30 | 30 |
Elected members[]
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- William V. Whiteway Conservative
- Bonavista Bay
- John H. Warren Conservative
- Matthew W. Walbank
- Stephen March
- Trinity Bay
- Stephen Rendell Conservative
- F.B.T. Carter Conservative (speaker)
- John Winter
- Bay de Verde
- John Bemister Conservative
- Carbonear
- Edmund Hanrahan Liberal
- Harbour Grace (elected later)[2]
- John Hayward Conservative
- Conservative
- St. John's East
- John Kavanagh
- Robert J. Parsons Liberal
- John Kent Liberal
- St. John's West
- Harbour Main (election results determined later)[3]
- Liberal
- Patrick Nowlan Liberal
- Ferryland
- E. D. Shea Liberal
- Thomas Glen Conservative
- Placentia and St. Mary's
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- Pierce M. Barron elected later
- Ambrose Shea Liberal
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- Burin
- H. W. Hoyles Conservative
- Fortune Bay
- Robert Carter Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- D. W. Prowse Conservative
References[]
- "Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigessimo (sic) quarto Victoriæ Reginæ ... first session of the eighth General Assembly". 1861. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "The Election Riots of 1861". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigession quinto Victoriæ Reginæ ... second session of the eighth General Assembly". 1862. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigessimo (sic) quarto Victoriæ Reginæ ... first session of the eighth General Assembly". 1861. p. 90. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
Categories:
- Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador
- 1861 elections in North America
- 1861 elections in Canada
- Pre-Confederation Newfoundland
- 1861 in Newfoundland