1924 Newfoundland general election

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1924 Newfoundland general election
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  1923 June 2, 1924 1928  

36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Walter Stanley Monroe.jpg Albert Edgar Hickman.png
Leader Walter Monroe Albert Hickman
Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive
Leader since19241924
Leader's seatBonavista Bay [a] Harbour Grace [a]
Last election13 [b] 23 [c]
Seats won2510
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg13
Popular vote57,39140,492
Percentage57.94%40.88%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.93%Decrease2.svg10.62%

Prime Minister before election

Albert Hickman
Liberal-Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Walter Stanley Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

Contents

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

 PartyLeader 1923 CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats
(% change)
Popular vote% of vote
(% change)
  Liberal-Conservative Progressive Walter Monroe 13 [b] 3625Increase2.svg1269.44%
(Increase2.svg33.33%)
57,39157.94%
(Increase2.svg9.93%)
  Liberal-Progressive Albert Hickman 23 [c] 3610Decrease2.svg1327.78%
(Decrease2.svg36.11%)
40,49240.88%
(Decrease2.svg10.62%)
 Other011Increase2.svg 12.78%
(Increase2.svg2.78%)
1,1661.18%
(Increase2.svg0.68%)
Totals367336Steady2.svg100%99,049100%

Results by district

St. John's

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

Conception Bay

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

Avalon Peninsula

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

Eastern Newfoundland

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

Central Newfoundland

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

Southern and Western Newfoundland

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Not the incumbent, but stood in this district and won
  2. 1 2 As the Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 "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.

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