1836 Newfoundland general election
Election in the Colony of Newfoundland
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The 1836 Newfoundland general election was held from October 24 to November 15, 1836 in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Liberal reformers secured control of the government and defeated the governing Conservative party. However, the results of the election were later set aside by Chief Justice Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal. Some felt that this was a pretext used to justify holding another election because Liberal reformers had dominated the assembly.
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October 24 â November 15, 1836
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15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Results by district
- â indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
- â¡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.
- $ indicates that the incumbent initially ran for re-election, but they later chose to withdraw
St. John's
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Conservative (historical) | Liberal (historical) | |||||
| St. John's | [d] | John Kent Won by acclamation |
John Kent | |||
| William Carson Won by acclamation |
William Carson | |||||
| Patrick Morris Won by acclamation |
Patrick Kough$ | |||||
Avalon Peninsula
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Conservative (historical) | Liberal (historical) | |||||
| Conception Bay | Thomas Ridley 5 1.66%[e] |
Peter Brown 76 25.17% |
Robert Pack | |||
| Robert Prowse 2 0.66%[e] |
Anthony Godfrey 73 24.17% |
Charles Cozensâ | ||||
| [f] | Robert Pack 73 24.17% |
James Power | ||||
| James Power 73 24.17% |
Peter Brown | |||||
| Ferryland | Patrick Morris[g] Won by acclamation |
Robert Carterâ | ||||
| Placentia and St. Mary's | Patrick Doyle Won by acclamation |
John Martinâ | ||||
| John Nugent Won by acclamation |
Roger Sweetmanâ | |||||
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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| Conservative (historical) | Liberal (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Bonavista Bay[h] | Robert Job | ? Douglas[4] | Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative) |
William Brownâ | ||||
| Burin | John Shea Won by acclamation |
William Hooperâ | ||||||
| Fortune Bay | William B. Row Won by acclamation |
Newman Hoyles | ||||||
| Trinity Bay[4][i] | Archibald Graham At least 97 votes |
Thomas Moore At least 98 votes |
William Rowâ¡ (ran in Fortune Bay) | |||||
| Twillingate and Fogo | Thomas Bennett Won by acclamation |
Thomas Bennett | ||||||
Notes
- Full results are only available for the district of Conception Bay, where voting was interrupted by violence on the first day of polling.
- Given that the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Trinity received 97 votes on the first day of polling, it is evident that the Liberal candidate there received at least 98 votes, meaning that at least 393 votes were cast for the opposition candidates in this election.
- Given that the Conservative candidate in Trinity received 97 votes on the first day of polling, it is evident that at least 104 votes were cast for the government candidates in this election.
- Morris was elected for both the districts of Ferryland and St. John's. No by-election was held as the House of Assembly did not meet before the next election was called in 1837, but Morris evidently chose to remain in St. John's as he did not run for re-election in Ferryland.
- Returns are not available for this district.
- Full results are not available for this district.