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The 1959 Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.
| Party | Leader | 1956 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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| Liberal | Joey Smallwood | 32 | 31 | -3.1% | 75,560 | 58.0% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Hollett | 4 | 3 | -25% | 33,002 | 25.3% | |
| Newfoundland Democratic Party* | Ed Finn, Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0% | 9,352 | 7.2% | |
| United Newfoundland | James D. Higgins | - | 2 | N/A | ** | 8.2% | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12,411 | 1.3% | ||
| Totals | 36 | 36 | - | 131,148 | 100% | ||
*The CCF supported the Newfoundland Democratic Party which was founded by the Newfoundland Federation of Labour to run candidates as a protest against the Liberal government's decertification of the International Woodworkers of America in the course of the Newfoundland Loggers' Strike. The Newfoundland Democratic Party ran eighteen candidates, none of whom was elected. The party went on to become the Newfoundland New Democratic Party in 1961.
** United Newfoundland votes included in "other" total.
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