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1923 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Summary

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1923 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1919 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1919
previous_mps	outgoing members
election_date	May 3, 1923
elected_mps	members
next_election	1924 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1924
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	82.77% (10.08pp)
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	24 seats, 59.64%
seats1	23
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	65,063
percentage1	51.50%
swing1	8.14%
image2
colour2	FFB6C1
leader2	John R. Bennett
leader_since2	1923
party2	Liberal-Labour-Progressive	leaders_seat2=St. John's West
Ran in Harbour Grace (lost)
last_election2	12 seats, 36.70%
seats2	13
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	60,658
percentage2	48.01%
swing2	11.31%
map_size	400px
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Richard Squires
before_party	Liberal Reform
after_election	Richard Squires
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	Liberal Reform
ongoing	No

Bonavista Bay Ran in Harbour Grace (lost)

The 1923 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1923 to elect members of the 25th 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, were re-elected. The Liberal-Labour-Progressive party, led by John R. Bennett, formed the opposition. Squires was forced to resign as Prime Minister just two months later in July 1923 after allegations of corruption were brought forward. William Warren became Liberal Reform Party leader and Prime Minister. After Warren's government was defeated following a motion of no confidence, Albert Hickman was asked to form a government and Warren joined William J. Higgins to form the new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party.

Seat totals

	Party	Leader	1919	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	74	36	100%	126,348	100%
Liberal Reform	Richard Squires	24	36
Liberal 25
FPU 11	23
Liberal 12
FPU 11	1	63.89%
(2.78%)	65,063
Liberal 34,105
FPU 30,958	51.50%
(8.14%)	Fishermen's Protective Union	William Coaker	Liberal-Labour-Progressive	John R. Bennett	12	36	13	1

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

|- 89.32% turnout | |Joseph P. Burke 2,595 15.00% || |William Higgins 3,266 18.88% 323 1.87% ||

William Higgins

| |Henry Bartlett 2,514 14.53% || |Cyril Fox 3,116 18.01% ||

Cyril Fox

| |Arthur Bulley 2,404 13.90% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe 3,083 17.82% ||

Nicholas Vinnicombe
95.31% turnout

Richard Squires
2,759
16.89%

Charles Hunt
2,790
17.08%

| | ||

Richard Squires

| |Alexander Campbell 2,755 16.86% || |Michael Cashin 2,770 16.95% | | ||

Henry Brownrigg†

| |Joseph Fitzgibbon 2,617 16.02% | |William Linegar 2,648 16.21% | | || |John R. Bennett‡ (ran in Harbour Grace) |}

Conception Bay

|- 84.52% turnout || |William Cave 1,199 27.66% | |John Crosbie 1,049 24.20% | | ||

Frederick LeGrow†

Richard Cramm
1,116
25.74%

| |John Puddester 971 22.40% | | ||

William Cave
77.89% turnout

| |Joseph Maddock 440 48.03% || |James Moore 476 51.97% | | ||

William Penney†
85.19% turnout

Archibald Piccott
1,296
18.26%

| |John R. Bennett 1,147 16.16% | | ||

George A. Gosse†

Ernest Simmons
1,234
17.39%

| |Albert Hickman 1,132 15.95% | | || |Arthur Barnes‡ (ran in Twillingate) |- || |Augustus Calpin 1,210 17.05% | |Frank Archibald 1,078 15.19% | | ||

Frank Archibald
76.44% turnout

Matthew Hawco
914
25.80%

William Woodford
807
22.78%
304
8.58%

William Jones
-

| |John J. St. John 746 21.06% | |Patrick Kennedy 771 21.77% ||

William Woodford
84.87% turnout

Harry A. Winter
886
60.07%

| |William Mackay 589 39.93% | | || |John Crosbie‡ (ran in Bay de Verde) |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 90.07% turnout | |Ambrose Hearn 412 15.69% || |Peter Cashin 1,090 41.51% || |Michael Cashin‡ (ran in St. John's West) |- | |George McGuire 193 7.35% || |Philip Moore 931 35.45% ||

Philip Moore
84.40% turnout

| |Thomas Bonia 944 8.58% || |Michael S. Sullivan 2,963 26.92% ||

William Walsh

| |William Browne 804 7.31% || |William Walsh 2,890 26.26% ||

Michael Sullivan

| |James Bindon 668 6.07% || |Edward Sinnott 2,737 24.87% || |Edward Sinnott |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 85.95% turnout || |William Coaker 3,045 18.44% | |Walter Monroe 2,628 15.92% ||

William Coaker

Robert G. Winsor
2,950
17.87%

| |Lewis Little 2,498 15.13% ||

John Abbott

John Abbott
2,932
17.76%

| |William C. Winsor 2,458 14.89% ||

Robert G. Winsor
79.66% turnout

William Halfyard
3,233
22.44%

| |John Stone 1,819 12.63% ||

William Halfyard

Richard Hibbs
3,069
21.31%

| |F. Gordon Bradley 1,648 11.44% ||

John Guppy†

Isaac Randell
3,003
20.85%

| |James G. Hodder 1,633 11.34% ||

Archibald Targett†
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 80.00% turnout || |George Grimes 1,121 56.73% | |J. J. Long 855 43.27% || |Richard Hibbs‡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- 77.83% turnout || |Kenneth Brown 3,491 22.77% | |James S. Ayre 1,784 11.63% ||

Walter Jennings†

Arthur Barnes
3,406
22.21%

| |Joseph Peters 1,678 10.94% ||

George Jones

George Jones
3,343
21.80%

| |Kenneth Short 1,632 10.64% || |Solomon Samson† |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 79.46% turnout || |Harvey Small 881 50.95% | |Walter Chambers 848 49.04% ||

Harvey Small
78.98% turnout

Samuel Foote
1,182
24.82%

George Harris
1,288
27.05%

John Cheeseman
-

| |John Cheeseman 1,150 24.15% | |Eric Chafe 1,142 23.98% ||

Samuel Foote
68.67% turnout

William Warren
1,675
83.17%

| |Philip Outerbridge 339 16.83% ||

William Warren
78.15% turnout

J. H. Scammell (FPU)
1,365
57.21%

| |Joseph Moore 1,021 42.79% ||

J. H. Scammell
78.37% turnout

Joseph Downey
1,511
58.25%

| |James MacDonnell 1,083 41.75% ||

James MacDonnell
}

Notes

References

(1924). "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1924". Trade Printers & Publishers Limited.
(29 March 1923). "The Winning Team for St. John's East is Bartlett, Bulley, Burke". Evening Advocate.
(24 April 1923). "Editorial Comments: Independent Candidates". The Daily News.
(28 March 1923). "Mr. Joseph Maddock Will Contest the District of Carbonear in Interests of the Govt.". Evening Advocate.
(24 April 1923). "The Liberal Party: Candidates of Sir Richard A. Squires Nominated Yesterday". Evening Advocate.
(21 April 1923). "Woodford and Kennedy To Contest Harbor Main". The Daily News.
(14 April 1923). "Mr. W. A. Mackay for Port de Grave". The Daily News.
(7 April 1923). "Chambers for Burgeo, Chafe for Burin". The Daily News.

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