Newfoundland general election, 1869

Newfoundland general election, 1869

The 11th Newfoundland general election was held in 1869 to elect members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 21 Anti-Confederates (A-C) were elected against 9 Confederates (Con), ending for a moment the debate over joining the Dominion of Canada.

Results by party

  Party Leader 1865 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
     Anti-Confederates Charles Fox Bennett 8[1] 21
     Conservative Frederick Carter 22 9
Totals 30 30

Elected members

  • Twillingate-Fogo
  • Bonavista Bay
    • James L. Noonan (A-C)
    • William M. Barnes (A-C)
    • Francis Winton (A-C)
  • Trinity Bay
    • Stephen Rendell (Con)
    • Thomas H. Ridley (Con)
      • Alexander Graham (later in a by-election)[2]
    • Robert Alsop (A-C) (defeated after named to cabinet post in 1870)[3]
      • John H. Warren (later, in a by-election)
  • Bay de Verde
    • John Bemister (Con)
      • James J. Rogerson (later, in a by-election)
  • Carbonear
    • John Rorke (Con)
  • Harbour Grace
    • John Munn (Con)
    • William S. Green (Con)
  • Brigus-Port de Grave
    • James B. Woods (A-C)
  • St. John's East
    • William P. Walsh (A-C)
    • James Jordan (A-C)
    • Robert J. Parsons, senior (A-C)
  • St. John's West
    • Peter Brennan (A-C)
    • Thomas Talbot (A-C)
    • Henry Renouf (A-C)[4]
      • Lewis Tessier (later, in a by-election)
  • Harbour Main
    • James I. Little (A-C)
    • John Kennedy (A-C)
  • Ferryland
    • Thomas Glen (A-C)
    • Thomas Badcock (or Battcock) (A-C)
  • Placentia-St. Mary's
    • Charles Fox Bennett (A-C) (Leader of the Anti-Confederates)
    • Robert J. Parsons, junior (A-C)
    • Henry Renouf (A-C)
  • Burin
  • Fortune Bay
    • Thomas R. Bennett (A-C) (Speaker of the Assembly)
  • Burgeo-LaPoile
    • Prescott Emerson (Con)

References

  1. ^ As Liberals
  2. ^ a b Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6. 
  3. ^ Senior, Elinor (1972). "Robert Alsop". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4792. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
  4. ^ Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.  Renouf was elected in Saint John's West and Placentia & St. Mary's, choosing to sit for the latter district.
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