1842 Newfoundland general election
Election in the Colony of Newfoundland
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The 1842 Newfoundland general election was held on December 20, 1842, to elect the members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The original constitution was suspended following conflict between the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and Governor John Harvey combined the two legislatures into an amalgamated assembly.[1]
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December 20, 1842
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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.
St. John's
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | |||||
| St. John's | Laurence O'Brien 1,629 20.23% |
Walter R. Grieve 1,161 14.42% |
William Carson | |||
| John Nugent 1,571 19.51% |
Thomas Bennett 1,127 13.99% |
John Kentâ | ||||
| William Carson 1,539 19.11% |
Patrick Kough 1,027 12.75% |
Laurence O'Brien | ||||
Avalon Peninsula
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Conception Bay | James Prendergast 1,344 17.50% |
Thomas Ridley 1,425 18.56% |
Daniel O'Connell[2] (Independent Liberal) 227 2.96% |
Peter Brown | ||||
| Edmund Hanrahan 1,325 17.25% |
John Munn 1,405 18.30% |
Vacant[f] | ||||||
| John McCarthy 1,015 13.22% |
John McCarthy | |||||||
| Peter Brown 938 12.22% |
James Powerâ | |||||||
| Ferryland | Peter Winser 258 47.34% |
Thomas Glen 287 52.66% |
Peter Winser | |||||
| Placentia and St. Mary's[3][g] | John Dillon 336 |
John Barron[4] 140 |
Patrick Doyleâ | |||||
| Simon Morris Total unknown |
John Nugentâ¡ (ran in St. John's) | |||||||
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | |||||
| Bonavista Bay | Robert Carter Won by acclamation |
Hugh Emersonâ | ||||
| Burin[5][h] | Clement Benning 241 65.67% |
Henry Winton 126 34.33% |
Henry Butlerâ | |||
| Fortune Bay | Bryan Robinson Won by acclamation |
William B. Rowâ | ||||
| Trinity Bay | Richard Barnes Won by acclamation |
Thomas Mooreâ | ||||
| Twillingate and Fogo | John Slade Won by acclamation |
Edward Dwyerâ | ||||
Notes
- Note that this does not include the vote totals for the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, as the full results of those contests are not available.
- Based on incomplete figures from the 1836 election, as no votes were known to have been cast in the 1837 election.
- Given that 336 votes were cast for the leading Liberal candidate in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's and that the Conservative candidate in said district was not elected, it is evident that between 9,941 and 10,136 votes were cast for the government candidates in this election.
- Including the 140 votes for the Conservative candidate in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, a total of 6,698 votes were cast for the opposition candidates in this election.
- Given that at least 617 votes were cast in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, it is evident that a minimum of 16,975 votes were cast in this election.
- Full results for this district are not available.
- These figures are according to a controverted elections application made by the Conservative candidate Winton, which claimed that over a hundred voters had been prevented from going to the polls due to threats of violence.