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1900 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1900 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1897 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1897
previous_mps	Outgoing members
election_date	November 8, 1900
elected_mps	Elected members
next_election	1904 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1904
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	68.96% ( 6.22pp)
image1
colour1	E62020
leader1	Robert Bond
leader_since1	1897
party1	Liberal
leaders_seat1	Twillingate
last_election1	13
seats1	32
seat_change1	19
popular_vote1	51,657
percentage1	62.68%
swing1	20.32%
image2	[[File:Alfred Bishop Morine.png	x160px]]
colour2	006699
leader2	Alfred Morine
leader_since2	1900
party2	Conservative
leaders_seat2	Bonavista Bay
last_election2	23
seats2	4
seat_change2	19
popular_vote2	29,217
percentage2	35.45%
swing2	20.44%
title	Premier
before_election	Robert Bond
before_party	Liberal
after_election	Robert Bond
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party	Liberal
ongoing	No

The 1900 Newfoundland general election was held on 8 November 1900 to elect members of the 19th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the self-governing British colony. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government. The railway policy of the Conservative government under James S. Winter was highly unpopular, which led to the party's defeat under Alfred Morine's leadership.

Results

	Party	Leader	1897	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	78	36	100%	82,416	100%
Liberal	Robert Bond	13	36	32	19	88.89%
(52.78%)	51,657	62.68%
(20.32%)	Conservative	Alfred Morine	23	36	4	19	11.11%
(52.78%)	29,217

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

|- 73.71% turnout || |John Dwyer 2,538 25.06% | |Thomas White 806 7.96% 229 2.26% ||

John P. Fox†

Lawrence Furlong
2,533
25.01%

| |John Ryan 772 7.62% ||

Thomas Murphy

Thomas Murphy
2,500
24.69%

| |Robert J. Parsons 749 7.40% ||

Lawrence Furlong
76.97% turnout

Edward Morris
2,317
24.90%

| |Samuel Collier 1,059 11.38% | | ||

Edward Morris

John Anderson
2,096
22.53%

| |Charles Ryan 985 10.59% | | ||

James Tessier†

John Scott
2,012
21.63%

| |John J. Mullaly 835 8.97% | | || |Vacant |}

Conception Bay

|- 76.58% turnout || |Henry Woods 916 25.63% | |Isaac Mercer 875 24.48% | | || |Abram Kean‡ (ran in Twillingate) |- || |Michael Knight 911 25.49% | |William Rogerson 872 24.40% | | ||

William Rogerson
71.70% turnout

Joseph Maddock
591
59.22%

| |John Powell 407 40.78% | | ||

William Duff†
74.61% turnout

Eli Dawe
1,242
18.91%

| |Charles Dawe 1,016 15.47% | | || |William Horwood‡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- || |Augustus Harvey 1,195 18.19% | |Graham Munn 1,012 15.41% | | ||

Eli Dawe

William Oke
1,190
18.12%

| |Thomas Ross 913 13.90% | | ||

William Oke
67.03% turnout

Frank Morris
931
32.80%

| |Michael O'Toole 296 10.43% 583 20.54% ||

John St. John

John St. John
778
27.41%

| |Thomas Fitzgibbon 250 8.81% ||

William Woodford†
67.59% turnout

| |Jabez Thompson 630 47.95% || |Alexander Mackay 684 52.05% | | || |Charles Dawe‡ (ran in Harbour Grace) |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 87.50% turnout || |Michael Cashin 1,048 40.75% | |James McCullock 190 7.39% 374 14.54% ||

Michael Cashin

James Ryan
837
32.54%

| |J. N. Cleary 123 4.78% ||

George Shea†
72.57% turnout

Edward Jackman
1,907
25.04%

| |Thomas Fitzpatrick 612 8.03% | |Thomas Sullivan (Independent) 160 2.10% ||

Richard McGrath

Thomas Bonia
1,885
24.74%

| |Michael Gibbs 563 7.39% 122 1.60% ||

Rhodie Callahan†

Richard McGrath
1,817
23.85%

| |J. H. Dee 551 7.23% || |Michael Carty† |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 62.19% turnout | |Charles Hutchings 1,266 13.68% || |Alfred Morine 1,874 20.25% ||

Darius Blandford

| |John Cowan 1,258 13.60% || |Darius Blandford 1,843 19.92% ||

John Cowan

| |Albert Martin 1,238 13.38% || |Mark Chaplin 1,774 19.17% ||

Alfred Morine
54.82% turnout

George Gushue
1,990
20.87%

| |Robert Watson 1,286 13.48% ||

Robert Bremner†

George Johnson
1,905
19.97%

| |Reuben Horwood 1,283 13.45% ||

Robert Watson

William Horwood
1,901
19.93%

| |Alex McKay 1,172 12.29% ||

John Robinson†
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 61.70% turnout || |Henry Earle 743 67.92% | |Andrew Cook 351 32.08% ||

Thomas Duder†
71.47% turnout

Robert Bond
2,207
22.86%

| |Alan Goodridge 1,244 12.89% ||

Robert Bond

James Clift
2,044
21.17%

| |Abram Kean 1,119 11.59% ||

Vacant

George Roberts
2,002
20.74%

| |John Aitken 1,037 10.74% || |Alan Goodridge |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 71.44% turnout || |Charles Emerson 679 56.92% | |Robert Moulton 514 43.08% | | || |Henry Mott‡ (ran in St. Barbe) |- 64.03% turnout || |Henry Gear 990 33.64% | |John Lake 492 16.72% 74 2.51% ||

James S. Winter†

Edward Davey
923
31.36%

| |Frank Lilly 464 15.77% ||

John Lake
59.04% turnout

Charles Way
1,006
81.52%

| |L. A. McCuish 228 18.48% | | ||

Charles Way
69.51% turnout

Alexander Parsons
794
63.22%

| |Henry Mott 462 36.78% | | ||

Albert Bradshaw†
68.07% turnout

William Howley
837
62.42%

| |Duncan McIsaac 504 37.58% | | || |Michael Gibbs‡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- |}

Notes

References

(1901). "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1901". J. W. Withers.
(6 November 1900). "Notice of Poll and Candidates". The Daily News.
(26 September 1900). "The Tory Team". [[The Telegram.
(30 October 1900). "The Wave of Victory: The Tide is Rising, Nominations in all Districts". The Daily News.

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