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1924 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Summary

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1924 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1923 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1923
previous_mps	outgoing members
election_date	June 2, 1924
elected_mps	members
next_election	1928 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1928
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
turnout	67.28% (15.49pp)
image1
colour1
leader1	Walter Monroe
leader_since1	1924
party1	Liberal-Conservative Progressive
leaders_seat1	Bonavista Bay
last_election1	13 seats, 48.01%
seats1	25
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	57,391
percentage1	57.94%
swing1	9.93%
image2	Albert Edgar Hickman.png
colour2
leader2	Albert Hickman
leader_since2	1924
party2	Liberal-Progressive
leaders_seat2	Harbour Grace
last_election2	23 seats, 51.50%
seats2	10
seat_change2	13
popular_vote2	40,492
percentage2	40.88%
swing2	10.62%
map_size	400px
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Albert Hickman
before_party	Liberal-Progressive	after_election=Walter Stanley Monroe
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	Liberal-Conservative Progressive
ongoing	No

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21). Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Results

	Party	Leader	1923	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	73	36	100%	99,049	100%
Liberal-Conservative Progressive	Walter Monroe	13	36	25	12	69.44%
(33.33%)	57,391	57.94%
(9.93%)	Liberal-Progressive	Albert Hickman	23	36	10	13	27.78%
(36.11%)	40,492

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

|- 74.21% turnout | |Michael Caul 1,088 7.89% || |William Higgins 3,654 26.49% ||

William Higgins

| |Charles Ryan 1,081 7.84% || |Cyril Fox 3,557 25.79% ||

Cyril Fox

| |Lewis Edward Emerson 1,039 7.53% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe 3,375 24.47% ||

Nicholas Vinnicombe
87.50% turnout

| |Joseph Fitzgibbon 1,676 11.87% || |John Crosbie 3,298 23.36% ||

Charles Hunt†

| |Reg Dowden 1,661 11.77% || |William Browne 3,115 22.06% ||

Michael Cashin†

| |Andrew Duffy 1,359 9.63% || |William Linegar 3,009 21.31% || |Richard Squires† |}

Conception Bay

|- 72.55% turnout | |William Cave 851 23.88% || |Richard Cramm 1,025 28.77% ||

William Cave

| |Wallace Goobie 708 19.87% || |John Puddester 979 27.48% ||

Richard Cramm
66.07% turnout

Robert Duff
423
54.16%

| |John Rorke Jr. 358 45.84% ||

James Moore†
71.07% turnout

Albert Hickman
1,049
17.66%

John R. Bennett
1,034
17.41%

Archibald Piccott†
-

| |Frank Archibald 957 16.11% || |Charles Russell 1,014 17.07% ||

Ernest Simmons

| |Augustus Calpin 938 15.79% | |Ernest Simmons 947 15.95% ||

Augustus Calpin
59.66% turnout

| |Matthew Hawco 628 22.42% || |William Woodford 884 31.56% ||

Matthew Hawco

| |Leo Carter 504 17.99% || |Cyril Cahill 785 28.03% ||

William Woodford
60.23% turnout

| |Robert Smith 519 49.76% || |F. Gordon Bradley 524 50.24% || |Harry A. Winter† |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 90.08% turnout | |Joseph P. Burke 384 14.95% || |Peter Cashin 1,016 39.55% ||

Peter Cashin

| |Thomas Coady 322 12.53% || |Philip Moore 847 32.97% ||

Philip Moore
72.34% turnout

| |James Bindon 916 10.57% || |Michael Sullivan 2,523 29.10% ||

Michael Sullivan

| |P. J. Murphy 473 5.46% || |William Walsh 2,448 28.24% ||

William Walsh

| |M. J. Ryan 392 4.52% || |Edward Sinnott 1,917 22.11% || |Edward Sinnott |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- 68.79% turnout | |Chesley Forbes 2,056 15.93% || |Walter Monroe 2,330 18.06% ||

William Coaker†

| |Arthur Barnes 2,003 15.52% || |Lewis Little 2,264 17.54% ||

Robert G. Winsor†

| |Leonard Stick 1,994 15.45% || |William C. Winsor 2,258 17.50% ||

John Abbott†
52.96% turnout

William Halfyard
1,814
19.85%

| |Harold Mitchell 1,388 15.19% ||

William Halfyard

Isaac Randell
1,697
18.57%

| |William A. King 1,336 14.62% ||

Isaac Randell

Edwin Godden
1,645
18.00%

| |Arch Tait 1,257 13.76% || |Richard Hibbs‡ (ran in Fogo) |- |}

Central Newfoundland

|- 63.22% turnout || |Richard Hibbs 859 55.70% | |Martin G. Dalton 683 44.29% || |George Grimes‡ (ran in Twillingate) |- 61.88% turnout || |Kenneth Brown 2,532 21.67% | |James S. Ayre 1,737 14.86% ||

Kenneth Brown

George Grimes
2,219
18.99%

| |Walter B. Milley 1,556 13.31% || |Arthur Barnes‡ (ran in Bonavista) |- || |Thomas Ashbourne 2,205 18.87% | |Joseph Peters 1,437 12.30% || |George Jones† |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 62.76% turnout | |Harvey Small 537 40.44% || |Walter Chambers 791 59.56% | | ||

Harvey Small
58.87% turnout

| |George Harris 850 25.01% || |H. B. C. Lake 871 25.63% | | ||

George Harris

| |Marmaduke Winter 818 24.07% || |J. J. Long 860 25.30% | | ||

Samuel Foote†
48.71% turnout

| |Frederick Lukins 120 8.47% | |Charles Jeffrey 131 9.24% || |William Warren 1,166 82.29% ||

William Warren
71.50% turnout

J. H. Scammell
1,140
50.44%

| |Joseph Moore 1,120 49.56% | | ||

J. H. Scammell
65.50% turnout

| |Joseph Downey 1,035 49.33% || |Thomas Power 1,063 50.67% | | ||

Joseph Downey
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Notes

References

(1926). "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1926". David R. Thistle.
"Women's Suffrage".
(23 May 1924). "Candidates Nominated for St. John's East and West". [[The Telegram]].
(19 May 1924). "Hawco and Carter For Harbor Main". Evening Advocate.
(6 June 1924). "Election Returns". [[The Western Star (Corner Brook).
(20 May 1924). "Monroe Standard Bearers: Pledged to a "Clean Up and Keep Clean" Policy". Daily News.
(20 May 1924). "From the Firing Line: St. Barbe Will Return Moore". [[The Telegram.

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