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.
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Seat totals
edit| Party | Leader | 1923 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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| Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party | Walter Stanley Monroe | 13[2] | 25 | ||||
| Liberal-Progressive | Albert Hickman | 23[3] | 10 | ||||
| Other | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 36 | 36 | |||||
- ^ "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ As Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
- ^ As Liberal Reform Party
Elected members
edit- Bay de Verde
- Richard Cramm Liberal-Conservative
- John C. Puddester Liberal-Conservative
- Bonavista Bay
- Walter S. Monroe Liberal-Conservative
- Lewis Little Liberal-Conservative
- William C. Winsor Liberal-Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- Walter M. Chambers Liberal-Conservative
- Burin
- H. B. C. Lake Liberal-Conservative
- J. J. Lang Liberal-Conservative
- Carbonear
- Robert Duff Liberal-Progressive
- Ferryland
- Peter J. Cashin Liberal-Conservative
- Phillip F. Moore Liberal-Conservative
- Fogo
- Richard Hibbs Liberal-Progressive
- Fortune Bay
- William R. Warren Independent
- Harris M. Mosdell Liberal-Progressive, elected 1926
- William R. Warren Independent
- Harbour Grace
- Albert E. Hickman Liberal-Progressive
- John R. Bennett Liberal-Conservative
- C. E. Russell Liberal-Conservative
- Harbour Main
- William J. Woodford Liberal-Conservative
- C. J. Cahill Liberal-Conservative
- Placentia and St. Mary's
- Michael S. Sullivann Liberal-Conservative
- William J. Walsh Liberal-Conservative
- E. Sinnott Liberal-Conservative
- Port de Grave
- F. Gordon Bradley Liberal-Conservative
- St. Barbe
- J. H. Scammell Liberal-Progressive
- St. George's
- T. J. Power Liberal-Conservative
- St. John's East
- William J. Higgins Liberal-Conservative
- Cyril J. Fox Liberal-Conservative (speaker)
- N. J. Vinnicombe Liberal-Conservative
- William E. Brophy Liberal-Progressive, elected in 1927
- St. John's West
- John C. Crosbie Liberal-Conservative
- William J. Browne Liberal-Conservative
- W. L. Linegar Liberal-Conservative
- Trinity Bay
- William W. Halfyard Liberal-Progressive
- I. R. Randell Liberal-Progressive
- Edwin J. Godden Liberal-Progressive
- Twillingate
- Kenneth M. Brown Liberal-Progressive
- George F. Grimes Liberal-Progressive
- Thomas G. W. Ashbourne Liberal-Progressive
References
edit- Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.