1897 Newfoundland general election

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The 1897 Newfoundland general election was held on October 28, 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government. On February 15, 1900, the government was defeated following a vote on a motion of no confidence which was supported by the Liberals and several Tories.

Quick facts 36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
1897 Newfoundland general election
← 1893
October 28, 1897
1900 â†’
36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.30%[1] (Decrease 0.94pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Winter William Whiteway
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1897 1885
Leader's seat Burin[a] Harbour Grace
Ran in Trinity Bay (lost)
Last election 12 seats, 45.59% 23 seats, 50.68%
Seats won 23 13
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 10
Popular vote 47,581 36,062
Percentage 55.89% 42.36%
Swing Increase 10.30% Decrease 8.32%
Premier before election

William Whiteway
Liberal

 Premier after election

James Winter
Conservative

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Results

More information Party, Leader ...
  Party Leader 1893 Candidates Seats won Seat change % of seats
(% change)		 Popular vote % of vote
(% change)
  Conservative James Winter 12 36 23 Increase11 63.89%
(Increase30.56%)		 47,581 55.89%
(Increase10.30%)
  Liberal William Whiteway 23 36 13 Decrease10 36.11%
(Decrease27.78%)		 36,062 42.36%
(Decrease8.32%)
  Other 1 4 0 Decrease1 0.00%
(Decrease 2.78%)		 1,490 1.75%
(Decrease 1.97%)
Totals 36 76 36 Steady 100% 85,133[b] 100%
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Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)Other
St. John's East
78.79% turnout		 John P. Fox
1,973
19.06%		 Edward Shea
1,531
14.79%		 Thomas Keating (Independent)[2]
669
6.46%		 John P. Fox
Thomas Murphy
1,720
16.62%		 Robert Parsons Jr.
1,478
14.28%		 Charles Hutton†
Lawrence Furlong
1,577
15.24%		 Patrick O'Neil[3]
1,401
13.54%		 Lawrence Furlong
St. John's West
81.99% turnout		 Edward Morris
1,752
19.04%		 Thomas White[3]
1,461
15.88%		 Edward Morris
James Tessier
1,610
17.50%		 Charles Ryan[3]
1,418
15.41%		 Patrick Scott‡
(ran in Placentia and St. Mary's)
James Callanan
1,588
17.26%		 Jacob Chafe[3]
1,371
14.90%		 Thomas Jackman†
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Conception Bay

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)Other
Bay de Verde
80.98% turnout		 Henry J. B. Woods
829
22.64%		 Abram Kean
1,035
28.27%		 Henry Woods
Michael Knight
784
21.41%		 William Rogerson
1,013
27.67%		 John Ayre†
Carbonear
71.75% turnout		 William Duff
537
51.68%		 Alfred Penney
502
48.32%		 William Duff
Harbour Grace
76.00% turnout		 William Horwood
1,073
17.57%		 William Ward[4]
915
14.98%		 D. J. Green (Independent)
247
4.04%		 Henry Dawe
Eli Dawe
1,060
17.35%		 Henry Dawe
902
14.77%		 William Whiteway‡
(ran in Trinity Bay)
William Oke
1,050
17.19%		 Graham Munn
861
14.10%		 Eli Dawe
Harbour Main
74.80% turnout		 Frank Morris
687
20.56%		 John St. John
1,038
31.06%		 Frank Morris
Richard MacDonnell
599
17.92%		 William Woodford
1,018
30.46%		 William Woodford
Port de Grave
69.18% turnout		 James Clift
390
30.12%		 Charles Dawe
905
69.88%		 Charles Dawe
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Avalon Peninsula

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)Other
Ferryland
86.88% turnout		 Michael Cashin
809
32.03%		 George Shea
677
26.80%		 Michael Condon (Independent)
245
9.70%		 Michael Cashin
Martin W. Furlong[5]
512
20.27%		 J. E. White
283
11.20%		 Daniel Greene†
Placentia and St. Mary's
78.32% turnout		 Richard McGrath
1,005
12.55%		 William J. S. Donnelly
1,769
22.09%		 Richard McGrath
Patrick Scott
930
11.61%		 Rhodie Callahan
1,707
21.31%		 Michael Tobin†
William O'Reilly[6]
894
11.16%		 Michael Carty
1,704
21.28%		 John Dunphy†
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Eastern Newfoundland

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)
Bonavista Bay
69.56% turnout		 James Tait
829
8.45%		 Darius Blandford
2,524
25.73%		 Donald Morison†
Albert Martin[7]
788
8.03%		 John Cowan
2,519
25.68%		 Alfred Morine‡
(ran in Twillingate)
James Blandford[7]
767
7.81%		 John A. Robinson
2,384
24.30%		 Darius Blandford
Trinity Bay
78.89% turnout		 William Whiteway
1,317
12.19%		 Robert Bremner
2,507
23.20%		 William Horwood‡
(ran in Harbour Grace)
George Gushue
1,250
11.57%		 Robert Watson
2,317
21.44%		 George Gushue
George Johnson
1,229
11.37%		 Levi March
2,186
20.23%		 George Johnson
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Central Newfoundland

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)
Fogo
67.10% turnout		 Charles Earle[7]
464
39.22%		 Thomas Duder
719
60.78%		 Thomas Duder
Twillingate
78.94% turnout		 Robert Bond
1,865
18.85%		 Alan Goodridge
1,674
16.92%		 Giles Foote†
Donald Browning
1,688
17.06%		 Alfred Morine
1,606
16.23%		 Augustus Goodridge†
George Roberts
1,615
16.32%		 Joshua Taverner
1,447
14.62%		 Robert Bond
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Southern and Western Newfoundland

More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical)Conservative (historical)Other
Burgeo and LaPoile
69.94% turnout		 James Murray[8][9]
440
40.93%		 Henry Mott
635
59.07%		 Henry Mott
Burin
75.39% turnout		 Henry Gear
578
17.85%		 James Winter
1,072
33.10%		 James Pitman‡
(ran in Fortune Bay)
William B. Payne
577
17.81%		 John Lake
1,012
31.24%		 Henry Gear
Fortune Bay
64.21% turnout		 James Pitman
474
37.80%		 Henry Hayward
780
62.20%		 Vacant[c]
St. Barbe
58.40% turnout		 Alexander A. Parsons
355
36.75%		 Albert Bradshaw
611
63.25%		 Alexander Parsons
St. George's
74.57% turnout		 Maurice Devine
447
32.51%		 Michael Gibbs
599
43.56%		 James Hayse[10] (Independent)
329
23.93%		 Michael Carty‡
(ran in Placentia and St. Mary's)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Not the incumbent, but ran in this district and won.
  2. [b]
    This figure includes votes cast for more than one candidate in multi-member districts. A total of 49,386 individual votes were cast in this election.[1]
  3. [c]
    James Fraser Jr. had been elected in 1893, but he had died while in office on April 22, 1896.

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