13th General Assembly of Newfoundland

13th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1879
Disbanded	1882
Preceded by	12th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	14th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	William Whiteway
Elections
Last election	1878 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1878. The general assembly sat from 1879 to 1882.

The Conservative Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. ^[1]

A.J.W. McNeilly was chosen as speaker. ^[2]

Sir John Hawley Glover served as colonial governor of Newfoundland until 1881. ^[3] Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse succeeded Glover as governor. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878: ^{[5] [6]}

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	Alfred Penney	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1878
	Francis Winton	Bonavista Bay	Conservative	1878
	George Skelton		Conservative	1878
	James Saint	Conservative	1878
	Alexander M. Mackay	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1878
	James S. Winter	Burin	Conservative	1873
	James J. Rogerson	Conservative	1870
	John Rorke	Carbonear	Conservative	1863
	James G. Conroy	Ferryland	Liberal	1874
	Daniel J. Greene	Liberal	1878
	James O. Fraser	Fortune Bay	Conservative	1878
	Ambrose Shea	Harbour Grace	Conservative	1848, 1874
	Charles Dawe	Conservative	1878
	Joseph I. Little	Harbour Main	Liberal	1867
	Patrick Nowlan	Liberal	1873
	William J. S. Donnelly	Placentia and St. Mary's	Conservative	1878
	James Collins		Conservative	1873
	Michael E. Dwyer	Conservative	1874
	Nathan Norman	Port de Grave	Conservative	1878
	Michael J. O'Mara	St. John's East	Liberal	1878
	Robert J. Kent		Liberal	1873
	Robert John Parsons, Jr.	Liberal	1843
	Lewis Tessier	St. John's West	Liberal	1873
	Patrick J. Scott		Liberal	1873
	Maurice Fenelon	Liberal	1873
	William Whiteway	Trinity Bay	Conservative	1859, 1873
	James H. Watson		Conservative	1874
	John Randall	Conservative	1878
	Alexander J.W. McNeilly	Twillingate and Fogo	Conservative	1878
	Stanley B. Carter		Conservative	1878
	Richard P. Rice	Conservative	1878

By-elections

None

References

1. Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
3. "Glover, Sir John Hawley". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
4. "Maxse, Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
5. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . pp. 692–93.
6. "Roll of Members, 13th General Assembly" (PDF). House of Assembly Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 2025-03-23.