16th General Assembly of Newfoundland

16th 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	1890
Disbanded	1893
Preceded by	15th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	17th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	William Whiteway, Liberal
Elections
Last election	1889 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1889. The general assembly sat from 1890 to 1893.

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

George Emerson was chosen as speaker. ^[2]

Sir Terence O'Brien served as colonial governor of Newfoundland. ^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1889: ^[4]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	Edward White	Bay de Verde	Liberal Party	1889
	Henry J. B. Woods	1889
	Donald Morison	Bonavista	Reform	1888
	Samuel Blandford		Liberal Party	1889
	Alfred B. Morine	Reform	1886
	James Murray	Burgeo-La Poile	Independent	1889
	Edward Rothwell	Burin	Liberal Party	1889
	Dr. James S. Tait		1889
	James S. Winter (1893)	Conservative Party	1873, 1893
	William Duff	Carbonear	Liberal Party	1889
	George Shea	Ferryland	Independent	1885
	Daniel J. Greene	Independent	1878
	James Rolls	Fogo	Reform	1885
	John Studdy	Fortune Bay	Liberal Party	1889
	William H. Whiteley	Harbour Grace	Liberal Party	1889
	Eli Dawe		1889
	Robert S. Munn	Reform	1889
	Frank J. Morris	Harbour Main	Liberal Party	1889
	William Woodford	1889
	George Emerson	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal Party	1885
	Richard O'Dwyer			1885
	James McGrath	1889
	James A. Clift	Port de Grave	Liberal Party	1889
	George C. Fearn	St. Barbe	Liberal Party	1889
	Michael H. Carty	St. George's	Reform	1882
	Thomas J. Murphy	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1886
	Dr. John J. Dearin			1873, 1882, 1889
	Jeremiah Halleran	1889
	Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal Party	1885
	James Day			1889
	Lawrence Gearin	1889
	William Whiteway	Trinity	Liberal Party	1859, 1873, 1889
	Robert Bond			1882
	David C. Webber	1889
	Edward P. Burgess	Twillingate	Liberal Party	1889
	Jabez P. Thompson			1889
	Thomas Peyton	1889

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	James S. Winter [nb 1]	Conservative	1892	E Rothwell died in 1892 [4]

Notes:

1. Winter was named to the Supreme Court in May 1893

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. "O'Brien, Sir John Terence Nicholls". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
4. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . pp. 696–98.