1852 Newfoundland general election
Election in the Colony of Newfoundland
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The 1852 Newfoundland general election was held on November 18, 1852 to elect members of the 5th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Liberal Party maintained control of the House of Assembly. This was the last election to be held in Newfoundland prior to the introduction of responsible government in 1855.
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November 18, 1852
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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) | ||||
| St. John's | John Kent[1] Won by acclamation |
John Kent | ||
| Philip Little[1] Won by acclamation |
Philip Little | |||
| Robert John Parsons[1] Won by acclamation |
Robert Parsons | |||
Avalon Peninsula
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Conception Bay[2] | Edmund Hanrahan 1,479 22.23% |
John Bemister 1,455 21.87% |
James Prendergast (Independent Liberal) 778 11.69% |
James Prendergast | ||||
| William Talbot 846 12.71% |
John Hayward 1,300 19.54% |
Edmund Hanrahan | ||||||
| ? Power[3] 796 11.96% |
Nicholas Molloyâ | |||||||
| Richard Rankinâ | ||||||||
| Ferryland[4] | Peter Winser Total unknown |
? Carter 49 |
Peter Winser | |||||
| Placentia and St. Mary's[5] | Ambrose Shea 472 39.80% |
John Delaney (Independent Liberal) 259 21.18% |
Ambrose Shea | |||||
| George Hogsett 455 38.36% |
John Delaney | |||||||
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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| Liberal (historical) | Conservative (historical) | Other | ||||||
| Bonavista Bay[6] | James Douglas[7][8] 212 29.69% |
John Warren 299 41.88% |
Bryan Robinson (Independent Conservative)[9] 203 28.43% |
Robert Carterâ | ||||
| Burin[e][11] | Clement Benning 275 53.19% |
? Evans 242 46.81% |
Joshua Falleâ | |||||
| Fortune Bay | Hugh Hoyles Won by acclamation[12] |
Hugh Hoyles | ||||||
| Trinity Bay | Stephen March Won by acclamation[13] |
Thomas Jobâ | ||||||
| Twillingate and Fogo | George Emerson Won by acclamation[12] |
George Emerson | ||||||
Notes
- Note that this does not include the vote totals for the district of Ferryland as the full results of that contest are not available.
- Based on incomplete figures from the previous election
- Including the 49 votes cast for the Conservative candidate in Ferryland, a total of 3,548 votes were cast for the Conservative candidates in this election.
- Given that at least 49 votes were cast in the district of Ferryland, it is evident that a minimum of 9,120 votes were cast in this election.