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1908 Newfoundland general election

Election in the Dominion of Newfoundland

Field	Value
election_name	1908 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1904 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1904
previous_mps	Outgoing members
election_date	November 2, 1908
elected_mps	Elected members
next_election	1909 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1909
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	73.78% ( 2.61pp)
image1
colour1	E62020
leader1	Robert Bond
leader_since1	1897
party1	Liberal
leaders_seat1	Twillingate
last_election1	30
seats1	18
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	48,341
percentage1	50.22%
swing1	9.80%
image2	[[File:Sir Edward Morris - Bain Collection crop (cropped).jpg	x160px]]
colour2	FFB6C1
leader2	Edward Morris
leader_since2	1908
party2	People's
leaders_seat2	St. John's West
last_election2	6
seats2	18
seat_change2	12
popular_vote2	47,487
percentage2	49.34%
swing2	9.77%
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Robert Bond
before_party	Liberal
after_election	Robert Bond
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	Liberal
ongoing	No

The 1908 Newfoundland general election was held on November 2, 1908 to elect members of the 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The seats were split evenly between the Liberal Party and the new Newfoundland People's Party formed by Edward Morris after he resigned from the Liberal government in 1907 and joined with the opposition. Robert Bond, the Liberal leader, asked the Governor William MacGregor to dissolve the assembly. MacGregor refused to do this and Bond resigned as Premier. The Governor asked Edward P. Morris to form a government. The assembly was not able to elect a speaker and, after the Governor was unable to convince the two party leaders to form a coalition government, the house of assembly was dissolved on April 9, 1909.

Results

	Party	Leader	1904	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	74	36	100%	96,252	100%
Liberal	Robert Bond	30	36	18	12	50.00%
(33.33%)	48,341	50.22%
(9.80%)	People's	Edward Morris	6	36	18	12	50.00%
(33.33%)	47,487

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

|- 84.83% turnout || |James Kent 2,755 21.37% | |Michael Gibbs 1,935 15.01% ||

James Kent

George Shea
2,555
19.82%

| |Frank McNamara 1,598 12.40% ||

George Shea

John Dwyer
2,461
19.09%

| |Maurice Devine 1,588 12.32% ||

John Dwyer
83.37% turnout

| |George Power 1,822 15.89% || |Edward Morris 2,274 19.83% ||

Edward Morris

| |Andrew Glendenning 1,604 13.99% || |John R. Bennett 2,142 18.68% ||

John R. Bennett

| |Edward Carter 1,575 13.73% || |Michael Kennedy 2,052 17.89% || |John Scott† |}

Conception Bay

|- 84.51% turnout | |William Penney 998 23.54% || |John Crosbie 1,147 27.06% || |William C. Winsor‡ (ran in Bonavista Bay) |- | |F. Mews 992 23.40% || |Jesse Whiteway 1,102 26.00% ||

Charles Hutchings†
80.73% turnout

Joseph Maddock
579
51.01%

| |John Goodison 556 48.99% ||

Joseph Maddock
76.35% turnout

Eli Dawe
1,153
16.55%

Archibald Piccott
1,206
17.31%

Eli Dawe
-

| |Arthur Barnes 1,129 16.20% || |Edward Parsons 1,200 17.22% ||

William Oke

| |William Oke 1,129 16.20% | |Alfred Seymour 1,150 16.51% ||

Arthur Barnes
69.06% turnout

| |John Lewis 862 25.44% || |William Woodford 948 27.98% || |Frank Morris‡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- | |Patrick Summers 702 20.72% || |John J. Murphy 876 25.86% ||

John Lewis
69.58% turnout

| |William Lloyd 581 42.85% || |William Warren 775 57.15% || |Vacant |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 89.12% turnout || |William Ellis 639 27.00% || |Michael Cashin 916 38.70% 298 12.59% ||

Michael Cashin

| |R. J. Moore 225 9.51% | |Philip Moore 587 24.80% ||

William Ellis
78.38% turnout

Edward Jackman
1,846
19.94%

| |Richard Devereaux 1,343 14.55% | | ||

Edward Jackman

Michael Sullivan
1,724
18.67%

| |William Howley 1,341 14.52% | | ||

Thomas Bonia†

James Davis
1,653
17.90%

| |Frank Morris 1,326 14.36% | | || |Michael Sullivan |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 61.47% turnout | |Edward Bishop 1,013 9.81% || |Sydney Blandford 2,624 25.40% ||

Donald Morison

| |James Blackwood 923 8.93% || |William C. Winsor 2,524 24.43% ||

Mark Chaplin†

| |Philip Knowling 808 7.82% || |Donald Morison 2,439 23.61% ||

Sydney Blandford
71.06% turnout

George Gushue
2,007
18.32%

Robert Watson
1,832
16.72%

George Gushue
-

Arthur Miller
1,882
17.18%

| |Richard Squires 1,827 16.67% || |William Lloyd‡ (ran in Port de Grave) |- | |George Ayre 1,690 15.42% | |Aaron Stone 1,719 15.69% ||

Arthur Miller
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 65.73% turnout || |Henry Earle 757 55.13% | |Henry Fitzgerald 616 44.87% ||

Henry Earle
69.48% turnout

Robert Bond
2,639
25.30%

| |Alan Goodridge 1,176 11.28% ||

Robert Bond

James Clift
2,550
24.45%

| |Jordan Milley 975 9.35% ||

James Clift

George Roberts
2,290
21.96%

| |Sydney Woods 800 7.67% || |George Roberts |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 73.06% turnout | |A. J. W. McNeilly 566 41.74% || |Robert Moulton 790 58.26% | | ||

Robert Moulton
71.46% turnout

Edward Davey
930
27.34%

| |John A. Robinson 802 23.57% | | ||

Edward Davey

Henry Gear
896
26.34%

| |Thomas LeFeuvre 774 22.75% | | ||

Henry Gear
68.10% turnout

| |Andrew Carnell 758 46.96% || |Charles Emerson 856 53.04% | | ||

Albert Martin†
69.80% turnout

William Clapp
972
59.30%

| |Henry Mott 667 40.70% | | ||

William Clapp
68.47% turnout

| |Michael Abbott 676 37.43% || |Joseph Downey 1,004 55.59% | |James Hayes (Independent) 126 6.98% ||

George Carty†
}

Notes

References

(1909). "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1909". J. W. Withers.
(16 October 1908). "The West End Aflame! The Fountainhead of Liberalism More Loyal Than Ever!". [[The Telegram.
(30 October 1908). "Voters of St. John's West". Evening Chronicle.
(11 November 1908). "Election Returns". [[The Western Star (Corner Brook).
(16 October 1908). "Bonavista's Watchword: Vote For Bishop, Knowling and Blackwood, and No Confederation!". [[The Telegram.
(24 September 1908). "The Trinity Team: Watson, Squires and Stone". Evening Chronicle.
(28 October 1908). "Michael Francis Abbott". [[The Western Star (Corner Brook).
(28 October 1908). "Jas. R Hayes Addresses Electors". [[The Western Star (Corner Brook).

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