Newfoundland general election, 1859

The 8th Newfoundland general election was held in 1859 to elect members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 18 Liberals and 12 Conservatives were elected. The Liberal Party led by John Kent formed the government.

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1855	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	John Kent		18
	Conservative	Hugh Hoyles		12
Totals			30	30

Elected members

• 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
  • John Leamon
• St. John's East
  • John Kent Liberal
  • John Kavanagh
  • Robert J. Parsons Liberal
• St. John's West
  • John Casey
  • Thomas S. Dwyer
  • P.M. Barron
• 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]

References

• "Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigessimo tertio Victoriæ Reginæ ... first session of the seventh General Assembly". 1860. p. 6. http://www.canadiana.org/view/9_02229_13/7/650/0. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 

1. ^ *Budden, Geoffrey E. (1990). "James Luke Prendergast". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6375. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. v. 1. pp. 685–86. ISBN 0-920508-14-6. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/cns_enl&CISOPTR=313&CISOSHOW=79.