1878 Newfoundland general election
The 1878 Newfoundland general election was held in 1878 to elect members of the 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Conservative Party led by William Vallance Whiteway formed the government.
Results by party[]
Party | Leader | 1874 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Conservative | William Whiteway | 17 | 21 | ||||
Liberal | 13[1] | 10 | |||||
Totals | 30 | 31 |
Elected members[]
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- Conservative
- A. J. W. McNeily Conservative (speaker)
- R. P. Rice Conservative
- Bonavista Bay
- George Skelton Conservative
- Francis Winton Conservative
- [2] Conservative
- Trinity Bay
- William V. Whiteway Conservative
- Conservative
- James H. Watson Conservative
- Bay de Verde
- A. Penney Conservative
- Carbonear
- John Rorke Conservative
- Harbour Grace
- Ambrose Shea Conservative
- Charles Dawe Conservative
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- Nathan Norman Conservative
- St. John's East
- Robert J. Kent Liberal
- Liberal
- Michael J. O'Mara Liberal
- St. John's West
- Lewis Tessier Liberal
- Maurice Fenelon Liberal
- Patrick J. Scott Liberal
- Harbour Main
- Joseph I. Little Liberal
- Patrick Nowlan Liberal
- Ferryland
- Richard Raftus Liberal
- James G. Conroy Liberal
- Placentia and St. Mary's
- W. J. S. Donnelly Conservative
- Conservative
- Conservative
- Burin
- J. J. Rogerson Conservative
- James S. Winter Conservative
- Fortune Bay
- James O. Fraser Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- Alexander M. Mackay Conservative
References[]
- Mackintosh, Charles H (1879). "The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879". pp. 399–400. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ As Anti-Confederates
- ^ Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.
Categories:
- Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador
- 1878 elections in North America
- 1878 elections in Canada
- Pre-Confederation Newfoundland
- 1878 in Newfoundland