1924 Newfoundland general election

1924 Newfoundland general election

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36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Walter Monroe Albert Hickman Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive Leader since 1924 1924 Leader's seat Bonavista Bay [a] Harbour Grace [a] Last election 13 [b] 23 [c] Seats won 25 10 Seat change 12 13 Popular vote 57,391 40,492 Percentage 57.94% 40.88% Swing 9.93% 10.62%
Prime Minister before election Albert Hickman Liberal-Progressive Prime Minister after election Walter Stanley Monroe Liberal-Conservative Progressive

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21). ^[1] Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Results

	Party	Leader	1923	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats (% change)	Popular vote	% of vote (% change)
	Liberal-Conservative Progressive	Walter Monroe	13 [b]	36	25	12	69.44% (33.33%)	57,391	57.94% (9.93%)
	Liberal-Progressive	Albert Hickman	23 [c]	36	10	13	27.78% (36.11%)	40,492	40.88% (10.62%)
	Other		0	1	1	1	2.78% (2.78%)	1,166	1.18% (0.68%)
Totals			36	73	36		100%	99,049	100%

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

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative
St. John's East		Michael Caul [2] 1,088 7.89%		William Higgins 3,654 26.49%		William Higgins
		Charles Ryan [2] 1,081 7.84%		Cyril Fox 3,557 25.79%		Cyril Fox
		Lewis Edward Emerson 1,039 7.53%		Nicholas Vinnicombe 3,375 24.47%		Nicholas Vinnicombe
St. John's West [2]		Joseph Fitzgibbon 1,676 11.87%		John Crosbie 3,298 23.36%		Charles Hunt†
		Reg Dowden [2] 1,661 11.77%		William Browne 3,115 22.06%		Michael Cashin†
		Andrew Duffy [2] 1,359 9.63%		William Linegar 3,009 21.31%		Richard Squires†

Conception Bay

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative
Bay de Verde		William Cave 851 23.88%		Richard Cramm 1,025 28.77%		William Cave
		Wallace Goobie 708 19.87%		John Puddester 979 27.48%		Richard Cramm
Carbonear		Robert Duff 423 54.16%		John Rorke Jr. 358 45.84%		James Moore†
Harbour Grace		Albert Hickman 1,049 17.66%		John R. Bennett 1,034 17.41%		Archibald Piccott†
		Frank Archibald 957 16.11%		Charles Russell 1,014 17.07%		Ernest Simmons
		Augustus Calpin 938 15.79%		Ernest Simmons 947 15.95%		Augustus Calpin
Harbour Main		Matthew Hawco 628 22.42%		William Woodford 884 31.56%		Matthew Hawco
		Leo Carter [3] 504 17.99%		Cyril Cahill 785 28.03%		William Woodford
Port de Grave		Robert Smith 519 49.76%		F. Gordon Bradley 524 50.24%		Harry A. Winter†

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative
Ferryland		Joseph P. Burke 384 14.95%		Peter Cashin 1,016 39.55%		Peter Cashin
		Thomas Coady [4] 322 12.53%		Philip Moore 847 32.97%		Philip Moore
Placentia and St. Mary's		James Bindon 916 10.57%		Michael Sullivan 2,523 29.10%		Michael Sullivan
		P. J. Murphy 473 5.46%		William Walsh 2,448 28.24%		William Walsh
		M. J. Ryan 392 4.52%		Edward Sinnott 1,917 22.11%		Edward Sinnott

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative
Bonavista		Chesley Forbes 2,056 15.93%		Walter Monroe 2,330 18.06%		William Coaker†
		Arthur Barnes 2,003 15.52%		Lewis Little 2,264 17.54%		Robert G. Winsor†
		Leonard Stick 1,994 15.45%		William C. Winsor 2,258 17.50%		John Abbott†
Trinity		William Halfyard 1,814 19.85%		Harold Mitchell 1,388 15.19%		William Halfyard
		Isaac Randell 1,697 18.57%		William A. King [5] 1,336 14.62%		Isaac Randell
		Edwin Godden 1,645 18.00%		Arch Tait [5] 1,257 13.76%		Richard Hibbs‡ (ran in Fogo)

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative
Fogo		Richard Hibbs 859 55.70%		Martin G. Dalton 683 44.29%		George Grimes‡ (ran in Twillingate)
Twillingate		Kenneth Brown 2,532 21.67%		James S. Ayre 1,737 14.86%		Kenneth Brown
		George Grimes 2,219 18.99%		Walter B. Milley 1,556 13.31%		Arthur Barnes‡ (ran in Bonavista)
		Thomas Ashbourne 2,205 18.87%		Joseph Peters 1,437 12.30%		George Jones†

Southern and Western Newfoundland

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal-Progressive		Liberal-Conservative		Other
Burgeo and LaPoile		Harvey Small 537 40.44%		Walter Chambers 791 59.56%				Harvey Small
Burin		George Harris 850 25.01%		H. B. C. Lake 871 25.63%				George Harris
		Marmaduke Winter 818 24.07%		J. J. Long 860 25.30%				Samuel Foote†
Fortune Bay		Frederick Lukins 120 8.47%		Charles Jeffrey 131 9.24%		William Warren 1,166 82.29%		William Warren
St. Barbe		J. H. Scammell 1,140 50.44%		Joseph Moore [6] 1,120 49.56%				J. H. Scammell
St. George's		Joseph Downey 1,035 49.33%		Thomas Power 1,063 50.67%				Joseph Downey

Notes

1. Not the incumbent, but stood in this district and won
2. As the Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
3. As the Liberal Reform Party in a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union

References

1. "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. "Candidates Nominated for St. John's East and West". The Telegram. May 23, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
3. "Hawco and Carter For Harbor Main". Evening Advocate. May 19, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
4. "Election Returns". The Western Star. June 6, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
5. "Monroe Standard Bearers: Pledged to a "Clean Up and Keep Clean" Policy". Daily News. May 20, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
6. "From the Firing Line: St. Barbe Will Return Moore". Evening Telegram. May 20, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.

Further reading

• Riggs, Bert (1981). "General Election #26: June 2, 1924". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 1. St. John's: Harry Cuff Publications Ltd. Retrieved May 4, 2025.