1848 Newfoundland general election
Election in the Colony of Newfoundland
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The 1848 Newfoundland general election was held on November 20, 1848 to elect members of the 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The House of Assembly and the Legislative Council were restored as separate bodies following an experiment by Governor John Harvey which had amalgamated the two legislatures.[1] The Liberal Party continued to maintain a majority of seats with a Conservative opposition.
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November 20, 1848
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15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | 1842 | Candidates | Seats won | Seat change | % of seats (% change) |
Popular vote[a] | % of vote (% change) | |
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| Liberal | 8 | 17 | 9 |  1 |
60.00% ( 6.67%) |
11,066 | 84.86% ( 24.95%) | |
| Conservative | 7 | 13 | 6 |  1 |
40.00% ( 6.67%) |
1,975 | 15.14% ( 24.95%) | |
| Totals | 15 | 30 | 15 |  |
100% | 13,041 | 100% | |
Results by district
- â indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
St. John's
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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| Liberal (historical) | Other | |||||
| St. John's | Laurence O'Brien 1,901 23.43% |
James Douglas (Independent Liberal)[2] 1,666 20.53% |
Robert Parsons | |||
| John Kent[3] 1,895 23.35% |
John Nugent (Independent Liberal) 875 10.78% |
Laurence O'Brien | ||||
| Robert John Parsons 1,777 21.90% |
John Nugent | |||||
Avalon Peninsula
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Conception Bay 40.06% turnout[4] |
James Prendergast 702 21.12% |
Richard Rankin 493 14.83% |
Thomas Ridleyâ | |||||
| Edmund Hanrahan 687 20.67% |
Thomas Newell[5] 472 14.20% |
John Munnâ | ||||||
| Nicholas Molloy 510 15.34% |
Robert Ayles[5] 460 13.84% |
James Prendergast | ||||||
| Edmund Hanrahan | ||||||||
| Ferryland[c] | Peter Winser | Thomas Glen[6] | Thomas Glen | |||||
| Placentia and St. Mary's[7] | Ambrose Shea 224 23.88% |
John Delaney (Independent Liberal) 287 30.60% |
John Dillonâ | |||||
| Simon Morris 28 2.99% |
? Furlong (Independent Liberal) 189 20.15% |
Simon Morris | ||||||
| ? Murphy (Independent Liberal) 168 17.91% | ||||||||
| ? McGill (Independent Liberal) 42 4.48% | ||||||||
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Bonavista Bay[c] | Robert Carter | Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative)[6] | Robert Carter | |||||
| Burin[6][c] | Clement Benning | Joshua Falle | Henry Winton (Independent Conservative) | Clement Benning | ||||
| ? Douglas (Independent Conservative) | ||||||||
| ? Perchard (Independent Conservative) | ||||||||
| Fortune Bay | Hugh Hoyles Won by acclamation |
Bryan Robinsonâ | ||||||
| Trinity Bay[8] | George Brooking 402 42.23% |
Thomas Job 550 57.77% |
Thomas Job | |||||
| Twillingate and Fogo | George Emerson Won by acclamation |
Vacant[d] | ||||||
Notes
- Note that this does not include the vote totals for the districts of Bonavista Bay, Burin, and Ferryland, as the full results of those contests are not available.
- Based on incomplete figures from the previous election
- Returns are not available for this district.
- John Slade had been elected in 1842, but he died while in office on January 9, 1847.