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1919 Newfoundland general election

Election in Newfoundland

Field	Value
election_name	1919 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1913 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1913
previous_mps	outgoing members
election_date	November 3, 1919
elected_mps	members
next_election	1923 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1923
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	72.69% (6.52pp)
image1
colour1	D71920
leader1	Richard Squires and William Coaker
leader_since1	1919 / 1908
party1	Liberal Reform
leaders_seat1	St. John's West /
Bonavista Bay
last_election1	15 seats, 54.32%
seats1	24
seat_change1	9
popular_vote1	70,207
percentage1	59.64%
swing1	5.32%
image2	[[File:Michael_Patrick_Cashin.png	x160px]]
colour2	FFB6C1
leader2	Michael Cashin
leader_since2	1919
party2	Liberal-Progressive
leaders_seat2	Ferryland
last_election2	21 seats, 45.55%
seats2	12
seat_change2	9
popular_vote2	43,250
percentage2	36.70%
swing2	8.85%
map_size	400px
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Michael Cashin
before_party	People's
after_election	Richard Squires
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	Liberal Reform
ongoing	No

Bonavista Bay

The 1919 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 November 1919 to elect members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker, formed the government. The People's Party, became the Liberal-Labour-Progressive party following the election and formed the opposition. Squires served as Newfoundland prime minister.

Results

	Party	Leader	1913	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	78	36	100%	117,719	100%
Liberal Reform	Richard Squires	15	36
Liberal 24
FPU 12	24
Liberal 13
FPU 11	9	66.67%
(25.00%)	70,207
FPU 36,329
Liberal 33,878	59.64%
(5.32%)	Fishermen's Protective Union	William Coaker	Liberal-Progressive	Michael Cashin	21	36	12	9

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

|- 80.64% turnout || |William Higgins 2,925 18.11% | |Henry Bartlett 2,410 14.92% | | 635 3.93% ||

James Kent†

Cyril Fox
2,775
17.18%

| |Leo Carter 2,379 14.73% | | ||

William Higgins

Nicholas Vinnicombe
2,707
16.76%

| |Daniel Curtin 2,321 14.36% | | ||

Vacant
76.33% turnout

John R. Bennett
1,808
13.30%

Richard Squires
1,954
14.38%

| |William Linegar 1,025 7.54% 102 0.75% ||

Edward Morris†

| |James Martin 1,749 12.87% || |Henry Brownrigg 1,839 13.53% | |John Caldwell 933 6.86% ||

John R. Bennett

| |J. J. Mullaly 1,646 12.11% | |Alexander Campbell 1,658 12.20% | |Michael Foley 877 6.45% || |Vacant |}

Conception Bay

|- 82.94% turnout | |Albert Hickman 1,193 25.55% || |Frederick LeGrow 1,207 25.85% | | ||

Albert Hickman

| |Jesse Whiteway 1,071 22.94% || |William Cave 1,198 25.66% | | || |John Crosbie‡ (ran in Port de Grave) |- 64.89% turnout | |James Moore 317 34.23% || |William Penney 609 65.77% | | ||

Vacant
69.36% turnout

| |Archibald Piccott 821 12.54% || |George Gosse 1,388 21.20% 419 6.40% ||

Archibald Piccott

| |Edward Parsons 626 9.56% || |Arthur Barnes 1,385 21.15% ||

Edward Parsons

| |Josiah Gosse 561 8.57% || |Frank Archibald 1,347 20.57% ||

Moses Young†
71.18% turnout

William Jones
1,101
28.83%

| |John Meaney 866 22.68% | | ||

William Woodford

William Woodford
1,039
27.21%

| |Walter Kennedy 813 21.29% | | ||

George Kennedy†
74.25% turnout

John Crosbie
837
55.61%

| |George Grimes (FPU) 668 44.39% | | || |George Grimes |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 84.39% turnout || |Michael Cashin 1,190 40.33% | |Michael Hartery 436 14.77% ||

Michael Cashin

Philip Moore
1,012
34.29%

| |Arthur English 313 10.61% ||

Philip Moore
78.23% turnout

William Walsh
2,258
21.39%

| |John M. Devine 1,376 13.03% ||

Richard Devereaux†

Michael Sullivan
2,146
20.33%

| |William Jackman 1,370 12.98% ||

Frank Morris†

Edward Sinnott
2,129
20.17%

| |Philip Brown 1,278 12.11% || |William Walsh |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 75.39% turnout | |William C. Winsor 1,550 10.06% || |William Coaker 3,732 24.21% ||

Alfred Morine

| |Chesley Forbes 1,485 9.63% || |John Abbott 3,611 23.43% ||

Robert G. Winsor

| |Alfred Morine 1,455 9.44% || |Robert G. Winsor 3,582 23.24% ||

John Abbott
70.55% turnout

| |John Stone 1,185 8.53% || |William Halfyard 3,768 27.12% ||

John Stone

| |Robert Matthews 962 6.93% || |John Guppy 3,576 25.75% ||

Archibald Targett

| |Andrew Carnell 859 6.18% || |Archibald Targett 3,539 25.48% ||

William F. Lloyd†
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 66.12% turnout | |Jesse Oake 252 14.32% || |Richard Hibbs 1,508 85.68% || |William Halfyard‡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- 64.47% turnout | |William Mackay 922 8.52% || |Walter Jennings 3,718 34.37% || |William Coaker‡ (ran in Bonavista Bay) |- | |Lorenzo Moore 881 8.14% || |George Jones 3,683 34.05% ||

James Clift†

| |Kenneth Short 656 6.06% || |Solomon Samson 3,417 31.59% || |Walter Jennings |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 75.20% turnout | |Charlie James 231 13.92% || |Harvey Small 1,428 86.08% ||

Robert Moulton†
76.81% turnout

| |George Bartlett 680 15.22% || |John Cheeseman 1,568 35.09% ||

John Currie

| |John Currie 679 15.19% || |Samuel Foote 1,542 34.50% ||

Thomas LeFeuvre†
80.01% turnout

| |Henry Elliott 451 20.20% || |William Warren 1,782 79.80% ||

Vacant
68.17% turnout

| |Abram Kean 660 30.46% || |J. H. Scammell (FPU) 1,507 69.54% ||

William Clapp†
62.12% turnout

| |Joseph Downey 701 32.88% || |James MacDonnell 1,431 67.12% ||

Joseph Downey
}

Notes

References

(1920). "Year Book of Newfoundland 1920". J. W. Withers.
{{cite archive. . . (1919). Maritime History Archive]]
(24 October 1919). "Nomination Day". Evening Advocate.
(1927). "James T. Martin". [[Richard Hibbs]].
(1 November 1919). "Workmen! Read This!! The "Daily Star" and the Workingmen's Party". The Daily News.
(29 October 1919). "Nominations at Hr. Grace". The Daily News.
(7 October 1919). "Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!". [[The Telegram.
(18 October 1919). "Rowdyism at Holyrood, Low Tactics of Heelers". Morning Post.
(7 October 1919). "A Straight Challenge to Cashin". Evening Advocate.
(6 October 1919). "Arthur English for Ferryland". Morning Post.
(1 October 1919). "Placentia Team for Liberal Reform". Evening Advocate.
(6 October 1919). "Vote for Stone, Matthews, and Carnell". The Daily News.
(2 October 1919). "Oake for Fogo". [[The Telegram.
(27 October 1919). "Timely Topics". Morning Post.
(1 October 1919). "In the Field". [[The Telegram.
(13 October 1919). "Victory Messages: Elliott Confident of Victory". [[The Telegram.

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