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1928 Newfoundland general election
Election in Newfoundland
Election in Newfoundland
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1928 Newfoundland general election | |
| country | Dominion of Newfoundland | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| ongoing | No | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1924 Newfoundland general election | |
| previous_year | 1924 | |
| previous_mps | outgoing members | |
| election_date | October 29, 1928 | |
| elected_mps | members | |
| next_election | 1932 Newfoundland general election | |
| next_year | 1932 | |
| seats_for_election | 40 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | |
| majority_seats | 21 | |
| turnout | 75.62% (8.34pp) | |
| image1 | ||
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | Richard Squires and J. H. Scammell | |
| leader_since1 | 1928 / 1926 | |
| party1 | Liberal | |
| leaders_seat1 | Humber / | |
| Bonavista Centre | ||
| last_election1 | 10 seats, 40.88% | |
| seats1 | 28 | |
| seat_change1 | 18 | |
| popular_vote1 | 58,750 | |
| percentage1 | 54.98% | |
| swing1 | 14.10% | |
| image2 | [[File:Frederick C. Alderdice.png | 160x160px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | Frederick C. Alderdice | |
| leader_since2 | 1928 | |
| party2 | Liberal-Conservative Progressive | |
| leaders_seat2 | St. John's City East | |
| last_election2 | 25 seats, 57.94% | |
| seats2 | 12 | |
| seat_change2 | 13 | |
| popular_vote2 | 45,787 | |
| percentage2 | 42.85% | |
| swing2 | 15.09% | |
| map_size | 400px | |
| title | Prime Minister | |
| before_election | Walter Monroe | |
| before_party | Liberal-Conservative Progressive | |
| after_election | Richard Squires | |
| posttitle | Prime Minister after election | |
| after_party | Liberal |
Bonavista Centre
The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 29 October 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection.
In April 1925, women over the age of 25 had been granted the right to vote; in the 1928 general election, 90 per cent of women eligible to vote cast a ballot. Helena Squires became the first woman elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a 1930 by-election.
Results by party
| Party | Leader | 1924 | Candidates | Seats won | Seat change | % of seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% change) | Popular vote | % of vote | |||||||
| (% change) | Totals | 36 | 88 | 40 | 4 | 100% | 106,854 | 100% | |
| Liberal | Richard Squires | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| Liberal 26 | |||||||||
| FPU 14 | 28 | 18 | 70.00% | ||||||
| (42.22%) | 58,750 | 54.98% | |||||||
| (14.10%) | Fishermen's Protective Union | J. H. Scammell | – | Liberal-Conservative Progressive | Frederick C. Alderdice | 25 | 40 | 12 | 13 |
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
|- 84.26% turnout 3,826 28.91% 2,956 22.34% || |William Higgins† St. John's East |- || |Cyril Fox† St. John's East |- || |Gerald G. Byrne 3,687 27.86% | |St. Clair Churchill 2,764 20.89% | | || |William Brophy St. John's East |- 80.01% turnout || |John Tobin 1,256 57.43% | |Thomas S. Devine 931 42.57% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 86.41% turnout |
| 3,373 |
| 21.73% |
| 4,352 |
| 28.04% |
| 296 |
| 1.91% |
| John Crosbie† |
| St. John's West |
| - |
| William Browne |
| St. John's West |
| - |
| |William Browne 3,333 21.47% || |Joseph Fitzgibbon 4,169 26.86% || |William Linegar† St. John's West |- 90.00% turnout || |Frank Bennett 1,317 51.53% | |Kenneth Ruby 1,239 48.47% | | || |New district |}
Conception Bay
|- 82.07% turnout 1,638 59.46% 1,117 40.54% || |Richard Cramm (ran in Carbonear) |- ||
| John Puddester |
|---|
| 67.71% turnout |
| |Augustus Calpin 608 33.76% || |John Parsons 1,193 66.24% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 88.22% turnout |
| |Richard A. Howley 582 34.62% || |Joseph Greene 1,099 65.38% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 73.83% turnout |
| James Moore |
| 1,065 |
| 45.92% |
| |Henry Cowan 689 29.71% | |Richard Cramm (Independent) 565 24.36% ||
| Robert Duff† |
|---|
| - |
| 80.56% turnout |
| 388 |
| 19.72% |
| 1,440 |
| 73.17% |
| 140 |
| 7.11% |
| Albert Hickman† |
| - |
| John R. Bennett† |
| - |
| Charles Russell† |
| - |
| 70.35% turnout |
| |Charles Furey 1,468 24.70% || |Philip Lewis 1,532 25.78% | | ||
| William Woodford† |
|---|
| |William Walsh 1,463 24.62% || |Albert Walsh 1,480 24.90% | | || |Cyril Cahill‡ (ran in Placentia East) |- 72.97% turnout | |Henry Burt 331 15.00% || |Robert Smith 1,349 61.15% | |Joseph Cantwell (Independent) 526 23.84% || |F. Gordon Bradley‡ (ran in Trinity Centre) |}
Avalon Peninsula
|- 90.83% turnout 1,146 48.01% 1,241 51.99% ||
| Peter Cashin |
|---|
| Philip Moore† |
| - |
| 82.59% turnout |
| 753 |
| 43.00% |
| 733 |
| 41.86% |
| 265 |
| 15.13% |
| Michael Sullivan‡ |
| Placentia and St. Mary's (ran in Placentia West) |
| - |
| William Walsh‡ |
| Placentia and St. Mary's (ran in Harbour Main) |
| - |
| Edward Sinnott† |
| Placentia and St. Mary's |
| - |
| 84.37% turnout |
| |Charles J. Ellis 713 41.67% || |James Bindon 966 56.46% | |Michael Condon (Independent) 32 1.87% ||
| New district |
|---|
| 72.57% turnout |
| |Harold Mitchell 962 43.02% || |Edwin Godden 1,274 56.98% | | || |Edwin Godden Trinity Bay |}
Eastern Newfoundland
|- 64.70% turnout | |Walter Monroe 839 39.06% || |J. H. Scammell 1,309 60.94% || |Walter Monroe Bonavista Bay |- 69.88% turnout | |Frederick House 784 27.36% || |William Coaker 2,081 72.64% || |Lewis Little† Bonavista Bay |- 76.88% turnout | |William C. Winsor 1,149 42.00% || |Robert G. Winsor 1,587 58.00% || |William C. Winsor Bonavista Bay |- 68.67% turnout || |Herman Quinton 973 51.98% | |Samuel Brown 899 48.02% ||
| New district |
|---|
| 70.27% turnout |
| |Wallace Goobie 609 30.16% || |F. Gordon Bradley (Liberal) 1,410 69.84% || |Isaac Randell† Trinity Bay |- 66.62% turnout | |John G. Stone 846 46.43% || |William Halfyard 976 53.57% || |William Halfyard Trinity Bay |- |}
Central Newfoundland
|- 60.35% turnout | |Robert G. Brown 482 23.29% || |Richard Hibbs 1,588 76.71% | | ||
| Richard Hibbs |
|---|
| 89.18% turnout |
| |James S. Ayre 1,087 37.04% || |William Earle (Liberal) 1,848 62.96% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 64.28% turnout |
| |Walter Milley 389 21.26% || |Roland Starkes (Liberal) 1,357 74.15% | |Peter Parsons (Independent) 84 4.59% ||
| New district |
|---|
| 55.49% turnout |
| |William Drover 334 24.94% || |George Grimes 1,005 75.06% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 60.92% turnout |
| 804 |
| 46.58% |
| 922 |
| 53.42% |
| Kenneth Brown |
| - |
| George Grimes‡ |
| (ran in Lewisporte) |
| - |
| Thomas Ashbourne |
| } |
Southern Newfoundland
|- 65.93% turnout || |Walter Chambers 1,070 52.02% | |Arthur Barnes 987 47.98% || |Walter Chambers Burgeo and LaPoile |- 78.71% turnout || |James Winter 1,187 50.81% | |Jacob Hanham 1,149 49.19% || |J. J. Long† Burin |- 81.71% turnout | |Samuel Foote 1,026 43.24% || |H. B. C. Lake 1,347 56.76% || |H. B. C. Lake Burin |- 62.27% turnout | |Harry A. Winter 928 45.94% || |Harris Mosdell 1,092 54.06% ||
| Harris Mosdell |
|---|
| 66.45% turnout |
| |Rendell Jeans 644 38.89% || |Philip Fudge 1,012 61.11% ||
| New district |
|---|
| 79.54% turnout |
| Michael Sullivan |
| 1,512 |
| 62.95% |
| |Thomas J. Connors 890 37.05% || |New district |}
Western Newfoundland
|- 83.52% turnout | |John A. Barrett 632 17.35% || |Richard Squires 3,011 82.65% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 83.04% turnout |
| William Abbott |
| 623 |
| 52.13% |
| |John Joy 572 47.87% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| 78.94% turnout |
| |Joseph Quinton 548 30.65% || |Walter Skanes 1,240 69.35% | | || |J. H. Scammell‡ (ran in Bonavista Centre) |- 78.67% turnout | |Thomas Power 489 29.73% || |Joseph Downey 747 45.41% | |Edwin Gillis (Independent) 409 24.86% ||
| Thomas Power |
|---|
| 65.86% turnout |
| |Joseph Moore 923 43.54% || |Joseph Strong 1,197 56.46% | | ||
| New district |
|---|
| } |
Notes
References
References
- "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1929". David R. Thistle.
- "Women's Suffrage". Memorial University.
- "Past, Present and Future: Being a Series of Articles Contributed to the Fishermen's Advocate, 1932". [[William Coaker]].
- "Fishermen's Protective Union After 1918". [[Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- (4 December 1928). "District of Placentia West - Returning Officer's Statement at Conclusion of Counting". The Newfoundland Gazette.
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