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1897 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1897 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1893 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1893
previous_mps	Outgoing members
election_date	October 28, 1897
elected_mps	Elected members
next_election	1900 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1900
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	75.30% ( 0.94pp)
image1
colour1	006699
leader1	James Winter
leader_since1	1897
party1	Conservative
leaders_seat1	Burin
last_election1	12 seats, 45.59%
seats1	23
seat_change1	11
popular_vote1	47,581
percentage1	55.89%
swing1	10.30%
image2	[[File:Whiteway.jpg	x160px]]
colour2	E62020
leader2	William Whiteway
leader_since2	1885
party2	Liberal
leaders_seat2	Harbour Grace
Ran in Trinity Bay (lost)
last_election2	23 seats, 50.68%
seats2	13
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	36,062
percentage2	42.36%
swing2	8.32%
title	Premier
before_election	William Whiteway
before_party	Liberal
after_election	James Winter
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party	Conservative
ongoing	No

Ran in Trinity Bay (lost)

The 1897 Newfoundland general election was held on October 28, 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government. On February 15, 1900, the government was defeated following a vote on a motion of no confidence which was supported by the Liberals and several Tories.

Results

	Party	Leader	1893	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	76	36	100%	85,133	100%
Conservative	James Winter	12	36	23	11	63.89%
(30.56%)	47,581	55.89%
(10.30%)	Liberal	William Whiteway	23	36	13	10	36.11%
(27.78%)	36,062

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- 78.79% turnout | |Edward Shea 1,531 14.79% || |John P. Fox 1,973 19.06% 669 6.46% ||

John P. Fox

| |Robert Parsons Jr. 1,478 14.28% || |Thomas Murphy 1,720 16.62% ||

Charles Hultan†

| |Patrick O'Neil 1,401 13.54% || |Lawrence Furlong 1,577 15.24% ||

Lawrence Furlong
81.99% turnout

| |Thomas White 1,461 15.88% || |Edward Morris 1,752 19.04% | | ||

Edward Morris

| |Charles Ryan 1,418 15.41% || |James Tessier 1,610 17.50% | | || |Patrick Scott‡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- | |Jacob Chafe 1,371 14.90% || |James Callanan 1,588 17.26% | | || |George Tessier† |}

Conception Bay

|- 80.98% turnout || |Abram Kean 1,035 28.27% | |Henry J. B. Woods 829 22.64% | | ||

Henry Woods

William Rogerson
1,013
27.67%

| |Michael Knight 784 21.41% | | ||

John Ayre†
71.75% turnout

| |Alfred Penney 502 48.32% || |William Duff 537 51.68% | | ||

William Duff
76.00% turnout

| |William Ward 915 14.98% || |William Horwood 1,073 17.57% 247 4.04% ||

Henry Dawe

| |Henry Dawe 902 14.77% || |Eli Dawe 1,060 17.35% || |William Whiteway‡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- | |Graham Munn 861 14.10% || |William Oke 1,050 17.19% ||

Eli Dawe
74.80% turnout

John St. John
1,038
31.06%

| |Frank Morris 687 20.56% | | ||

Frank Morris

William Woodford
1,018
30.46%

| |Richard MacDonnell 599 17.92% | | ||

William Woodford
69.18% turnout

Charles Dawe
905
69.88%

| |James Clift 390 30.12% | | || |Charles Dawe |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 86.88% turnout || |George Shea 677 26.80% || |Michael Cashin 809 32.03% 245 9.70% ||

Michael Cashin

| |J. E. White 283 11.20% | |Martin Furlong 512 20.27% ||

Daniel Greene†
78.32% turnout

William J. S. Donnelly
1,769
22.09%

| |Richard McGrath 1,005 12.55% | | ||

Richard McGrath

Rhodie Callahan
1,707
21.31%

| |Patrick Scott 930 11.61% | | ||

Michael Tobin†

Michael Carty
1,704
21.28%

| |William O'Reilly 894 11.16% | | || |John Dunphy† |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 69.56% turnout || |Darius Blandford 2,524 25.73% | |James Tait 829 8.45% ||

Donald Morison†

John Cowan
2,519
25.68%

| |Albert Martin 788 8.03% || |Alfred Morine‡ (ran in Twillingate) |- || |John A. Robinson 2,384 24.30% | |James Blandford 767 7.81% ||

Darius Blandford
78.89% turnout

Robert Bremner
2,507
23.20%

| |William Whiteway 1,317 12.19% || |William Horwood‡ (ran in Harbour Grace) |- || |Robert Watson 2,317 21.44% | |George Gushue 1,250 11.57% ||

George Gushue

Levi March
2,186
20.23%

| |George Johnson 1,229 11.37% ||

George Johnson
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 67.10% turnout || |Thomas Duder 719 60.78% | |Charles Earle 464 39.22% ||

Thomas Duder
78.94% turnout

Alan Goodridge
1,674
16.92%

Robert Bond
1,865
18.85%

Giles Foote†
-

| |Alfred Morine 1,606 16.23% || |Donald Browning 1,688 17.06% ||

Augustus Goodridge†

| |Joshua Taverner 1,447 14.62% | |George Roberts 1,615 16.32% || |Michael Knight‡ (ran in Bay de Verde) |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 69.94% turnout || |Henry Mott 635 59.07% | |James Murray 440 40.93% | | ||

Henry Mott
75.39% turnout

James Winter
1,072
33.10%

| |Henry Gear 578 17.85% | | || |James Pitman‡ (ran in Fortune Bay) |- || |John Lake 1,012 31.24% | |William B. Payne 577 17.81% | | ||

Henry Gear
64.21% turnout

Henry Hayward
780
62.20%

| |James Pitman 474 37.80% | | ||

Vacant
58.40% turnout

Albert Bradshaw
611
63.25%

| |Alexander A. Parsons 355 36.75% | | ||

Alexander Parsons
74.57% turnout

Michael Gibbs
599
43.56%

| |Maurice Devine 447 32.51% | |James Hayse (Independent) 329 23.93% || |Michael Carty‡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- |}

Notes

References

(1897). "A Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland for 1898". J. W. Withers.
(27 September 1897). "Note from Mr. Keating". [[The Telegram.
(18 October 1897). "Nomination". [[The Telegram.
(22 October 1897). "Nomination Day". Harbour Grace Standard.
(28 October 1897). "Martin Furlong's Failure". Daily News.
(5 October 1897). "The Deadly Parallel! Electors, Read This!". [[The Telegram.
(1 October 1897). "Political Notes". Harbour Grace Standard.
(13 September 1897). "Editorial Notes". [[The Telegram.
(14 September 1897). "Political Pars". The Daily News.
(20 October 1897). "Devine vs. Gibbs: For Whom Shall You Vote". [[The Telegram.

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