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36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Leader | 1923 | Candidates | Seats won | Seat change | % of seats (% change) | Popular vote | % of vote (% change) | |
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Liberal-Conservative Progressive | Walter Monroe | 13 [b] | 36 | 25 | ![]() | 69.44% ( ![]() | 57,391 | 57.94% ( ![]() | |
Liberal-Progressive | Albert Hickman | 23 [c] | 36 | 10 | ![]() | 27.78% ( ![]() | 40,492 | 40.88% ( ![]() | |
Other | 0 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | 2.78% ( ![]() | 1,166 | 1.18% ( ![]() | ||
Totals | 36 | 73 | 36 | ![]() | 100% | 99,049 | 100% | ||
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-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† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-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 | ||||
Carbonear | John 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† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-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 |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-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) |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Progressive | |||||
Fogo | Martin 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† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Progressive | Other | ||||||
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 Bay | Charles 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 |