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36 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 19 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 61.0% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 October 1956 to elect members of the 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.
Party | Leader | 1951 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Liberal | Joey Smallwood | 24 | 32 | 75,883 | 66.3% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Hollett | 4 | 4 | 36,591 | 32.0% | ||
CCF | Sam Drover | 0 | 0 | * [a] | * | ||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,964 | 1.7% | ||
Totals | 28 | 36 | - | 114,438 | 100% | ||
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal | PC | |||||
St. John's Centre 63.19% turnout | James Gibbs 2,164 35.99% | Augustine Duffy 3,848 64.01% | New district | |||
St. John's East 71.08% turnout | Edward Thorburn 1,839 32.60% | James Higgins 3,802 67.40% | James Higgins | |||
Frank Fogwill† | ||||||
St. John's North 67.88% turnout | George Nightingale 2,694 56.32% | Derrick Bowring 2,089 43.68% | New district | |||
St. John's South 66.95% turnout | Hubert Kelly 2,590 43.93% | William Browne 3,306 56.07% | New district | |||
St. John's West | Malcolm Hollett Won by acclamation | William Browne‡ (ran in St. John's South) | ||||
Malcolm Hollett |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal | PC | CCF | Other | |||||||
Bell Island 69.52% turnout | Joseph O'Driscoll 1,912 60.05% | David Jackman 901 28.30% | Ray Littlejohn 43 1.35% | Michael Hawco (Independent) 328 10.30% | New district | |||||
Carbonear-Bay de Verde 59.38% turnout | George Clarke 2,699 70.14% | P. W. Crummey 1,052 27.34% | Stanley Atkins 97 2.52% | Herbert Pottle† | ||||||
Harbour Grace 70.23% turnout | Claude Sheppard 1,714 58.98% | Richard Parsons 544 18.72% | Israel Gosse 41 1.41% | Frank Archibald (Independent) 607 20.89% | James Chalker‡ (ran in St. Barbe) | |||||
Harbour Main | Philip Lewis 2,251 30.55% | Arthur Harnett 1,648 22.37% | David Jackman‡ Harbour Main-Bell Island (ran in Bell Island) | |||||||
Matthew Whelan 1,861 25.26% | James A. McGrath 1,608 21.82% | Philip Lewis Harbour Main-Bell Island | ||||||||
Port de Grave 56.12% turnout | Llewellyn Strange 1,853 75.94% | John Pinsent 587 24.06% | Isaac Mercer‡ (ran in Fogo) |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | PC | CCF | ||||||
Ferryland 76.33% turnout | Myles Murray 1,941 69.22% | Rex Renouf 863 30.78% | Myles Murray | |||||
Placentia East 62.55% turnout | Greg Power 1,849 76.82% | Esau Thoms 558 23.18% | Greg Power Placentia-St. Mary's | |||||
St. Mary's 75.67% turnout | James M. McGrath 1,163 67.50% | Larry Daley 560 32.50% | New district | |||||
Trinity South 51.21% turnout | Samuel Hefferton 2,419 81.94% | Charles Bailey 533 18.06% | Maxwell Button† |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | PC | CCF | ||||||
Bonavista North 57.17% turnout | Joey Smallwood 3,429 93.00% | Paul Thoms 258 7.00% | Joey Smallwood | |||||
Bonavista South 50.32% turnout | Uriah Strickland 2,490 71.53% | Rossy Barbour 905 26.00% | Guy Dixon 86 2.47% | Clyde Brown† | ||||
Fogo | Isaac Mercer Won by acclamation | Gordon Janes† | ||||||
Trinity North 50.15% turnout | Arthur Mifflin 3,038 88.65% | Solomon Drodge 389 11.35% | Samuel Hefferton‡ (ran in Trinity South) |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | PC | Other | ||||||
Gander 68.97% turnout | Beaton Abbott 4,045 75.02% | Bennett Elliott 1,347 24.98% | New district | |||||
Grand Falls 76.69% turnout | Edward Spencer 2,680 55.82% | Kevin Griffin 2,121 44.18% | Edward Spencer | |||||
Green Bay 67.04% turnout | William Smallwood 2,529 78.61% | Roy Manuel 497 15.45% | Cyril Pelley (Independent) 191 5.94% | Baxter Morgan† | ||||
Twillingate 55.78% turnout | Leslie Curtis 2,380 87.05% | Arthur Butcher 354 12.95% | Leslie Curtis | |||||
White Bay South 66.43% turnout | Frederick W. Rowe 1,437 84.23% | Sam Drover (CCF) 269 15.77% | Sam Drover White Bay |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | PC | CCF | ||||||
Burgeo-La Poile 64.47% turnout | John Cheeseman 2,201 68.14% | Allan Evans 992 30.71% | Willis Parsons 37 1.15% | George Norman† | ||||
Burin 69.20% turnout | Eric S. Jones 3,219 83.96% | Frank Pearce 615 16.04% | Phillip Forsey† | |||||
Fortune and Hermitage 64.46% turnout | John Courage 3,337 85.00% | Samuel Walters 589 15.00% | John Courage | |||||
Placentia West | Patrick Canning Won by acclamation | Patrick Canning |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | PC | Other | ||||||
Humber East 74.84% turnout | John Forsey 3,058 60.59% | Woodrow Hunt 1,812 35.90% | Darius Powell (Independent) 177 3.51% | New district | ||||
Humber West 78.57% turnout | Charles Ballam 3,923 61.11% | William Young 1,860 38.89% | Charles Ballam Humber | |||||
Port au Port 73.93% turnout | Stephen Smith 2,019 67.71% | William Goodyear 963 32.29% | New district | |||||
St. Barbe 66.25% turnout | James Chalker 2,187 79.64% | Wallace Maynard 559 20.36% | Reginald Sparkes† | |||||
St. George's 78.23% turnout | William Keough 1,695 59.49% | Richard White 1,154 40.51% | William Keough St. George's-Port au Port | |||||
White Bay North 75.05% turnout | Maxwell Lane 2,414 91.06% | James Tucker 138 5.21% | Gilbert Simms (CCF) 99 3.73% | New district |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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Liberal | PC | |||||
Labrador North 68.60% turnout | Earl Winsor 873 87.21% | Roderick Roberts 128 12.79% | Frederick W. Rowe‡ Labrador (ran in White Bay South) | |||
Labrador South | George Sellars Won by acclamation | New district |