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1913 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1913 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	No
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1909 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1909
previous_mps	Outgoing members
election_date	October 30, 1913
elected_mps	Elected members
next_election	1919 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1919
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	79.21% (1.40pp)
image1	[[File:Sir Edward Morris - Bain Collection crop (cropped).jpg	x160px]]
colour1
leader1	Edward Morris
leader_since1	1908
party1	People's
leaders_seat1	St. John's West
last_election1	26 seats, 52.89%
seats1	21
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	51,451
percentage1	45.55%
swing1	2.52%
image2
colour2
leader2	Robert Bond and William Coaker
leader_since2	1897 / 1908
party2	Liberal-Unionist
leaders_seat2	Twillingate /
Bonavista Bay
last_election2	10 seats, 47.11%
seats2	15
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	61,362
percentage2	54.32%
swing2	2.39%
map_size	400px
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Edward Morris
before_party	People's
after_election	Edward Morris
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	People's

Bonavista Bay

The 1913 Newfoundland general election was held on 30 October 1913 to elect members of the 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union led by William Coaker. Although the majority held by the Newfoundland People's Party was reduced in this election, it was again returned to power and Edward P. Morris continued to serve as Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A general election originally scheduled for 1917 was deferred until 1919 because of World War I. After Morris retired from politics in 1918, William F. Lloyd, a Liberal member of the Executive Council, was asked to form a government. In May 1919, Michael Patrick Cashin, the leader of the People's Party, introduced a motion of no confidence which resulted in the defeat of the government. Cashin served as Newfoundland prime minister until the election held later in 1919.

Results

	Party	Leader	1909	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	73	36	100%	112,966	100%
People's	Edward Morris	26	36	21	5	58.33%
(13.89%)	51,451	45.55%
(2.52%)	Liberal	Robert Bond	10	36
Liberal 27
FPU 9	15
FPU 8
Liberal 7	5	41.67%
(13.89%)	61,362
Liberal 39,228
FPU 22,134

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

|- 83.98% turnout || |William Higgins 2,660 17.29% || |James Kent 2,835 18.43% ||

James Kent

| |William Howley 2,443 15.88% || |John Dwyer 2,609 16.96% ||

George Shea†

| |Henry Bartlett 2,306 14.99% | |Charles Ryan 2,533 16.46% ||

John Dwyer
90.02% turnout

Edward Morris
2,749
21.25%

| |William Ellis 1,738 13.43% ||

Edward Morris

John R. Bennett
2,643
20.43%

| |Henry Cowan 1,719 13.29% ||

John R. Bennett

Michael Kennedy
2,545
19.67%

| |John Scott 1,545 11.94% || |Michael Kennedy |}

Conception Bay

|- 85.82% turnout || |John Crosbie 1,150 25.35% || |Albert Hickman 1,168 25.75% ||

John Crosbie

| |Jesse Whiteway 1,078 23.77% | |Nathan Barrett (FPU) 1,140 25.13% ||

Jesse Whiteway
82.57% turnout

John Goodison
608
53.24%

| |William Penney 534 46.76% ||

John Goodison
85.40% turnout

Archibald Piccott
1,444
18.71%

| |George A. Gosse 1,200 15.55% ||

Archibald Piccott

Edward Parsons
1,374
17.81%

| |George Gordon 1,187 15.38% ||

Alfred Seymour†

Moses Young
1,342
17.39%

| |Harris Mosdell 1,169 15.15% ||

Edward Parsons
78.55% turnout

William Woodford
1,178
29.64%

| |John Lewis 904 22.75% ||

William Woodford

George Kennedy
1,116
28.08%

| |Leo Carter 776 19.53% ||

John J. Murphy†
81.33% turnout

| |William Warren 697 44.45% || |George Grimes (FPU) 871 55.55% || |William Warren |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 93.54% turnout || |Michael Cashin 1,095 40.02% | |Michael Hartery 303 11.07% 153 5.59% ||

Michael Cashin

Philip Moore
918
33.55%

| |Fred Williams 267 9.76% ||

Philip Moore
77.59% turnout

Richard Devereaux
2,023
20.58%

| |Michael Sullivan 1,544 15.70% | | ||

Richard Devereaux

Frank Morris
1,953
19.86%

| |Patrick Summers 1,300 13.22% | | || |William Howley‡ (ran in St. John's East) |- || |William Walsh 1,758 17.88% | |George Carty 1,254 12.75% | | || |Frank Morris |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 74.97% turnout | |Sydney Blandford 1,624 11.04% || |William Coaker 3,473 23.61% ||

Sydney Blandford

| |William C. Winsor 1,515 10.30% || |Robert G. Winsor 3,313 22.52% ||

William C. Winsor

| |Donald Morison 1,477 10.04% || |John Abbott 3,308 22.49% ||

Donald Morison
77.08% turnout

| |Richard Squires 1,678 13.39% || |John Stone 2,685 21.42% ||

Richard Squires

| |Richard Fowlow 1,510 12.05% || |Archibald Targett 2,608 20.81% ||

Robert Watson†

| |Brian Dunfield 1,462 11.66% || |William Lloyd (Liberal) 2,592 20.68% ||

Edwin Grant†
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 83.20% turnout | |Henry Fitzgerald 594 30.76% || |William Halfyard (FPU) 1,337 69.24% ||

Henry Earle†
73.84% turnout

| |Jordan Milley 887 7.03% || |Robert Bond 3,481 27.57% ||

Robert Bond

| |William Temple 734 5.81% || |James Clift 3,427 27.14% ||

James Clift

| |Adolphus Yates 698 5.53% || |Walter Jennings (FPU) 3,399 26.92% || |George Roberts† |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 75.73% turnout || |Robert Moulton 760 51.08% | |Charles James 728 48.92% ||

Robert Moulton
73.22% turnout

John Currie
1,200
30.76%

| |George Bartlett 786 20.15% ||

Henry Gear

Thomas LeFeuvre
1,174
30.09%

| |Henry Gear 741 19.00% ||

Thomas LeFeuvre
71.62% turnout

Charles Emerson
1,000
53.62%

| |Randall Fudge 865 46.38% ||

Charles Emerson
79.43% turnout

| |Henry Mott 871 41.01% || |William Clapp 1,253 58.99% ||

William Clapp
66.95% turnout

Joseph Downey
1,187
60.65%

| |Arthur English 770 39.35% ||

Joseph Downey
}

Notes

References

(1914). "A Year Book & Almanac of Newfoundland 1914". J. W. Withers.
(21 August 1934). "Telegram Scribblers Taken to Task". Fishermen's Advocate.
(1930). "Twenty Years of the Fishermen's Protective Union of Newfoundland". Advocate Publishing Company Ltd..
(24 October 1913). "Nomination Day". Harbour Grace Standard.
(14 October 1913). "Harbor Breton Fishermen For Capt. Fudge: Capt. John Lewis Appeals to the Fishermen". [[The Telegram.
(24 October 1913). "Motor Man From Ferryland on the War Path". [[The Telegram.
(15 October 1913). "Another Scorcher From the Southern Shore". [[The Telegram.
(21 October 1913). "Yesterday's Nominations". The Daily News.

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