1874 Newfoundland general election
The 1874 Newfoundland general election was held in 1874 to elect members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter 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
Party | Leader | 1873 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Conservative | Frederick Carter | 13 | 17 | +30.8% | |||
Anti-Confederation | Charles Fox Bennett | 17 | 13 | -23.5% | |||
Totals | 30 | 30 | |||||
Elected members
- Twillingate-Fogo
- F.B.T. Carter Conservative
- Charles Duder Conservative
- William Kelligrew Conservative
- Bonavista Bay
- John H. Warren Conservative
- Charles Bowring Conservative
- A. J. W. McNeily Conservative
- Trinity Bay
- William V. Whiteway Conservative
- John Steer Conservative
- James H. Watson Conservative
- Bay de Verde
- James J. Rogerson Conservative
- Carbonear
- John Rorke Conservative
- Harbour Grace
- Ambrose Shea Liberal
- Joseph Godden
- Brigus-Port de Grave
- Nathaniel Rabbits Conservative
- St. John's East
- Robert J. Kent Liberal
- Robert J. Parsons Liberal
- J. J. Dearin Liberal
- St. John's West
- Lewis Tessier Liberal
- Maurice Fenelon Liberal
- P. 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
- C. F. Bennett Liberal
- James Collins Liberal
- Michael E. Dwyer Liberal
- Burin
- Charles R. Ayre Conservative
- James S. Winter Conservative
- Fortune Bay
- Robert Alexander Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- Prescott Emerson Conservative (speaker)
- Alexander M. Mackay Conservative; elected later
- Prescott Emerson Conservative (speaker)
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References
- Rochfort, John A (1877). Business and general directory of Newfoundland, 1877 : containing classified lists of the business men of St. John's and the leading towns and districts of the colony. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- Morgan, Henry J (1876). The Canadian parliamentary companion for 1876. pp. 649–50. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
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