14th General Assembly of Newfoundland

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14th General Assembly of Newfoundland
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Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded1883
Disbanded1885
Preceded by 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by 15th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier
Elections
Last election
 1882 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1882. The general assembly sat from 1883 to 1885.

Contents

A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal parties led by William Whiteway formed the government. [1]

Robert Kent was chosen as speaker. [2]

Sir John Hawley Glover served as colonial governor of Newfoundland. [3]

Whiteway's government supported the construction of a railway to promote economic growth in the colony. [4] The Newfoundland Railway Company laid 92 kilometres (57 miles) of track before going into receivership in 1884. [5]

On Boxing Day 1883, members of the Orange Order marched through a Roman Catholic section of the town of Harbour Grace. In the resulting confrontation, known as The Harbour Grace Affray, three Orangemen and one Catholic were killed. A subsequent trial of those accused of killing the Orangemen failed to convict anyone because of the lack of witnesses willing to testify. This led to the breakup of Whiteway's coalition and he subsequently resigned as Premier. [4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1882: [6]

MemberElectoral districtAffiliationFirst elected / previously elected
Levi Garland Bay de VerdeIndependent1882
Walter B. Grieve Bonavista BayNew Party1882
George Skelton Coalition1878
Francis Winton Coalition1882
James L. Noonan New Party1869, 1883
Alexander M. Mackay Burgeo-La Poile Coalition1878
James S. Winter BurinCoalition1873
John E. Peters New Party1882
Alfred Penney CarbonearCoalition1882
Daniel J. Greene FerrylandNew Party1878
Augustus F. Goodridge New Party1882
James O. Fraser Fortune BayCoalition1878
Ambrose Shea Harbour GraceCoalition1848, 1874
Charles Dawe Coalition1878
Joseph I. Little Harbour Main Coalition1867
Richard MacDonnell Coalition1882
William J. S. Donnelly Placentia and St. Mary's Coalition1878
Albert BradshawNew Party1882
Michael Tobin Coalition1882
John Bartlett Port de GraveIndependent1882
Michael H. Carty St. George's [nb 1] Coalition1882
Robert J. Kent St. John's East Coalition1873
John Joseph Dearin Coalition1873, 1882
Robert John Parsons, Jr. Coalition1843
Patrick J. Scott St. John's West Coalition1873
Philip D. White Coalition1882
James J. Callanan Coalition1882
William Whiteway Trinity BayCoalition1859, 1873
Robert Bond Coalition1882
Joseph Boyd Coalition1882
Smith McKay Twillingate and FogoCoalition1882
Richard Rice Coalition1882
Jabez Thompson Coalition1882
John H. Boone White Bay [nb 1] Coalition1882

Notes:

  1. 1 2 Election held October 21, 1882

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Bonavista Bay James L. Noonan New Party1883 [nb 1] W Grieve election overturned - employed by government [6]

Notes:

  1. ↑ Declared elected

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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. 1 2 Cadigan, Sean (2009). Newfoundland and Labrador: A History. University of Toronto Press. pp. 17–19. ISBN   978-1442690592.
  5. ↑ "Railway Narrative". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
  6. 1 2 "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . pp. 693–94.
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