Newfoundland general election, 1909
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The 23rd Newfoundland general election was held on 8 May 1909 to elect members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland
Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...

. The Newfoundland People's Party
Newfoundland People's Party
The Newfoundland People's Party was a political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland before it joined Canada.The party was created by Attorney-General Edward Patrick Morris in 1907, when he split from the ruling Liberal Party to found his own political vehicle...

 led by Edward P. Morris, having secured a majority, formed the government.

Seat totals

  Party Leader 1909 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
Newfoundland People's Party
Newfoundland People's Party
The Newfoundland People's Party was a political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland before it joined Canada.The party was created by Attorney-General Edward Patrick Morris in 1907, when he split from the ruling Liberal Party to found his own political vehicle...

Edward P. Morris 18 26
Liberal Robert Bond
Robert Bond
Sir Robert Bond was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to 1909. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, as the son of merchant John Bond. Bond grew up in St. John's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money...

18 10
Totals 36 36

Members elected

  • Bay de Verde
    Bay de Verde, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Bay de Verde is an incorporated town in Conception Bay on the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The first recorded inhabitants at Bay de Verde arrived in 1662. Bay de Verde became an incorporated town in 1950.-Geography:Bay de Verde is the northern...

    • John C. Crosbie
      John Chalker Crosbie
      Sir John Chalker Crosbie, was a Newfoundland politician and businessman.Born in Brigus, Newfoundland, the son of George Graham Crosbie and Martha, he started a company, Crosbie and Company, which was an exporter of fish. In 1908, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

       People's Party
    • Jesse Whiteway People's Party
  • Bonavista Bay
    Bonavista Bay
    Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean....

    • Sydney Blandford People's Party
    • William C. Winsor
      William C. Winsor
      William Charles "Billy" Winsor was a mariner and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde from 1904 to 1908, Bonavista Bay from 1908 to 1913 and from 1924 to 1928 and Bonavista North from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born in Swain's...

       People's Party
    • Donald Morrison People's Party
  • Burgeo-LaPoile
    • Robert Moulton People's Party
  • Burin
    Burin, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Burin is a town on the Burin Peninsula in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Burin Peninsula is often affectionately nicknamed "The Boot" due to its resemblance to the footwear when seen on a map, with the town of Burin located near the "heel". Burin is approximately 318 km...

    • Henry Gear Liberal
    • Edward H. Davey
      Edward Henry Davey
      Edward Henry Davey architect and politician born St. John’s is best known, along with his brother George, as builders of the city of St. John's after the great fire of 1892....

       Liberal
      • Thomas LeFeuvre People's Party, elected in 1911
  • Carbonear
    • John Goodison
      John R. Goodison
      John R. Goodison was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1909 to 1917 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party....

       People's Party
  • Ferryland
    Ferryland (electoral district)
    Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district....

    • Michael P. Cashin
      Michael Patrick Cashin
      Sir Michael Patrick Cashin, KBE was a Newfoundland businessman and politician....

       People's Party
    • Phillip F. Moore People's Party
  • Fogo
    Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Fogo is an outport town on Fogo Island, Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:The largest community on the island, the town may also be the location of the island's first permanent settlement, which took place in the early 18th century, though it is unknown...

    • Henry Earle
      Henry Earle
      Henry Earle , was an English surgeon.Earle was the third son of Sir James Earle, was born 28 June 1789, in Hanover Square, London. His mother was daughter of Percival Pott, the great surgeon. He was apprenticed to his father at the age of sixteen, became a member of the College of Surgeons in 1808,...

       Liberal
  • Fortune Bay
    Fortune Bay
    Fortune Bay is a fairly large natural bay located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. The Bay is bounded by Point Crewe on the Burin Peninsula and Pass Island at the entrance to Hermitage Bay to the northwest for a distance of 56 kilometers...

    • Charles Emerson People's Party
  • Harbour Grace
    • A. W. Piccott People's Party
    • A. H. Seymour People's Party
    • E. Parsons People's Party
  • Harbour Main
    • William Woodford People's Party
    • J. J. Murphy People's Party
  • Placentia and St. Mary's
    Placentia and St. Mary's
    Placentia—St. Mary’s is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,361 eligible voters living within the district....

    • R. J. Devereaux People's Party
    • William R. Howley People's Party
    • Frank J. Morris
      Francis Morris
      Francis J. Morris, MBE, KC was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada son of Catherine Fitzgerald and Edward Morris and brother of Edward P. Morris. Morris completed his schooling at Saint Bonaventure's College...

       People's Party
  • Port de Grave
    • William R. Warren
      William Warren
      William Robertson Warren was a Newfoundland lawyer, politician and judge who served as the dominion's Prime Minister from July 1923 to April 1924.-Early life:...

       People's Party (speaker)
  • St. Barbe
    St. Barbe (electoral district)
    St. Barbe is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,064 eligible voters living within the district....

    • William M. Clapp Liberal
  • St. George's
    • Joseph F. Downey
      Joseph F. Downey
      Joseph F. Downey was a civil servant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. George's in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1908 to 1919 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party and in 1923 and from 1928 to 1932 as a Liberal.He was born in St. John's and...

       People's Party
  • St. John's East
    St. John's East
    St. John's East is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....

    • James M. Kent Liberal
    • George Shea
      George Shea
      George Edward Shea was a Canadian politician who served as the first mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Born in St. John's, son of Gertrude and Edward D. Shea. Educated St. John's; Ampleforth College, England. Married Louisa Pinsent; Margaret Rendell.In 1870 George joined...

       Liberal
    • J. Dwyer Liberal
  • St. John's West
    St. John's West
    St. John's West was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 2003.This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation....

    • Edward P. Morris People's Party
    • John R. Bennett People's Party
    • Michael J. Kennedy People's Party
  • Trinity Bay
    Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:...

    • Richard A. Squires
      Richard Squires
      Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.-Early career:...

       People's Party
    • Robert Watson
      Robert Watson (Newfoundland politician)
      Robert Watson was a civil servant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1897 to 1900, from 1902 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1913 as a Conservative and later as a member of the People's Party.He was born in Hant's...

       People's Party
    • E.G. Grant People's Party
  • Twillingate
    Twillingate
    Twillingate is a town of 2,448 people located on the Twillingate Islands in Notre Dame Bay. It is located off the northeastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was incorporated on September 30, 1965. The town is about north of Lewisporte and...

    • Robert Bond
      Robert Bond
      Sir Robert Bond was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to 1909. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, as the son of merchant John Bond. Bond grew up in St. John's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money...

       Liberal
    • James A. Clift
      James A. Clift
      James Augustus Clift was a lawyer, insurance agent and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Port de Grave from 1889 to 1893 and Twillingate from 1900 to 1919 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal.He was born in St. John's, the son of Theodore Clift, and was...

       Liberal
    • George Roberts Liberal
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