7th General Assembly of Newfoundland

7th General Assembly of Newfoundland
History
Founded	1860
Disbanded	1861
Preceded by	6th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	8th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
	John Kent
Elections
Last election	1859 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1859. The general assembly sat from 1860 to 1861.

The Liberal Party led by John Kent won the election and Kent served as Newfoundland's premier. ^[1]

Ambrose Shea was chosen as speaker until 1861, when Frederick Carter briefly served as speaker. ^[2]

Sir Alexander Bannerman served as colonial governor of Newfoundland. ^[3]

In February 1861, Premier Kent accused Governor Bannerman of conspiring with the Conservatives and the judiciary to defeat a bill that would have changed the rate of exchange for the dollar. Bannerman dismissed Kent's government and invited the Conservative leader Hugh Hoyles to form a government. That government subsequently was defeated by a vote of no confidence and a general election was held. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1859: ^[4]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
John Bemister	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1855
Stephen March	Bonavista Bay	Conservative	1852
John Henry Warren		Conservative	1852
Matthew W. Walbank		Conservative	1855
James Seaton	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1859
Hugh Hoyles		Conservative	1855, 1860
James Johnstone Rogerson	Burin	Liberal	1859
Ambrose Shea		Liberal	1848
Edmund Hanrahan	Carbonear	Liberal	1855
Thomas Glen	Ferryland	Liberal	1855
Edward Dalton Shea		Liberal	1855
Robert Carter	Fortune Bay	Conservative	1859
James Luke Prendergast	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1855
John Hayward		Liberal	1855
Patrick Nowlan	Harbour Main	Liberal	1859
Charles Furey		Liberal	1859
George James Hogsett	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1852
J. W. English		Liberal	1859
John Delaney		Liberal	1848, 1855
Richard McGrath		Liberal	1860
John Leamon	Port de Grave	Conservative	1859
John Kent	St. John's East	Liberal	1832, 1848
John Kavanagh		Liberal	1857
Robert John Parsons		Liberal	1843
Pierce Barron	St. John's West	Liberal	1859
John Casey		Liberal	1859
Thomas S. Dwyer		Liberal	1859
Stephen Rendell	Trinity Bay	Conservative	1859
John Winter		Conservative	1859
F.B.T. Carter		Conservative	1859
William Whiteway	Twillingate and Fogo	Conservative	1858
Thomas Knight		Conservative	1859

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Harbour Grace	James Luke Prendergast	Liberal	November 1860	Election of JL Prendergast declared invalid [4]
Burgeo-La Poile	Hugh Hoyles	Conservative	1860	J Seaton resigned seat [4]
Placentia and St. Mary's	Richard McGrath	Liberal	1860	J Delaney named Postmaster General [4]

Notes:

References

1. Waite, P. B. (1972). "Kent, John". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13.
3. "Bannerman, Sir Alexander". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
4. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . pp. 685–86.