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1932 Newfoundland general election

Election in Newfoundland

Summary

Election in Newfoundland

Field	Value
election_name	1932 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1928 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1928
previous_mps	outgoing members
election_date	June 11, 1932
elected_mps	members
next_election	1949 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1949 (Canada)
seats_for_election	27 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	14
image1	[[File:Frederick C. Alderdice.png	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Frederick C. Alderdice
leader_since1	1932
party1	United Newfoundland
leaders_seat1	St. John's West
last_election1	12 seats, 42.85%
seats1	24
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	82,037
percentage1	70.85%
swing1	28.00%
image2	[[File:Richard Squires.jpg	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	Richard Squires
leader_since2	1928
party2	Liberal
leaders_seat2	Humber
Ran in Trinity South (lost)
last_election2	28 seats, 54.98%
seats2	2
seat_change2	26
popular_vote2	32,726
percentage2	28.26%
swing2	26.72%
map_size	400px
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Richard Squires
before_party	Liberal
after_election	Frederick C. Alderdice
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
after_party	United Newfoundland

Ran in Trinity South (lost)

The 1932 Newfoundland general election was held on 11 June 1932 to elect members of the 28th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was the final legislative general election held in the Dominion of Newfoundland.

As a result of a riot which occurred in 1932 due to Newfoundland's deteriorating economic situation, Prime Minister Sir Richard Squires dissolved the House of Assembly and called an election. His Liberals were reduced to two seats while Frederick C. Alderdice's United Newfoundland Party won 24 seats and was elected to government. The size of the House was reduced from 40 to 27 as an economy measure.

Alderdice was not able to rescue the public finances. By this time Newfoundlanders despaired of the ability of their politicians to solve the problems. The British government commissioned a report from William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree which was scathing about the political culture of Newfoundland.

The price of British government financial aid was the abandonment of responsible and representative government. The legislature was dissolved. The Commission of Government came into operation on 16 February 1934 ending more than a century of legislative democracy in Newfoundland.

Results

	Party	Leader	1928	Candidates	Seats won	Change in seats	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	40	55	27	13	100%	115,797	100%
United Newfoundland	Frederick C. Alderdice	12	26	24	12	88.89%
(58.89%)	82,037	70.85%
( 28.00%)	Liberal	Richard Squires	28	26	2	26	7.41%
(62.59%)	32,726	28.26%
(26.72%)

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

|- 1,390 8.32% 6,987 41.83% || |Frederick C. Alderdice‡ St. John's City East (ran in St. John's West) |- || |Gerald Byrne St. John's City East |- 1,356 8.12% 6,969 41.73% |- || |John Tobin† St. John's East Extern |- 2,884 14.05% 7,554 36.81% 214 1.04% || |Alexander Campbell‡ St. John's City West (ran in St. George's-Port au Port) |- || |Joseph Fitzgibbon‡ St. John's City West (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- 2,548 12.42% 7,320 35.67% |- || |Frank Bennett† St. John's West Extern |}

Conception Bay

|- 1,955 37.03% 3,325 62.97% || |James Moore† Carbonear

-

John Puddester
Bay de Verde
-

| |Frank Archibald 620 20.98% || |Harry Winter 2,335 79.02% ||

Frank Archibald
1,938
18.18%
3,480
32.65%

Philip Lewis‡
Harbour Main (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's)
-

Albert Walsh
Harbour Main
-
1,872
17.56%
3,370
31.61%
-

Joseph Greene
Bell Island
-
1,074
32.87%
2,193
67.13%

John Parsons†
Bay Roberts
-
-

Robert Smith
Port de Grave
-
}

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas

|- 1,383 36.63% 2,393 63.37% || |James Winter† Burin East

-

H. B. C. Lake
Burin West
-

| |W. Loyola Whelan 395 14.07% || |Michael Shea 2,412 85.93% ||

Peter Cashin†
472
15.92%
2,492
84.08%

Edward Emerson‡
Placentia East (ran in St. John's East)
-
-

James Bindon†
St. Mary's
-

| |J. J. St. John 613 21.06% || |William Walsh 2,298 78.94% || |Leo Murphy‡ (ran in St. John's East) |- | |Richard Squires 1,686 41.62% || |Harold Mitchell 2,365 58.38% || |Edwin Godden‡ (ran in Fogo) |}

Eastern and Central Newfoundland

|- 1,020 26.32% 2,856 73.68% || |J. H. Scammell† Bonavista Centre

-

Nathan Winsor†
Bonavista North
-
812
18.71%
3,528
81.29%

William Coaker†
Bonavista East
-
-

Herman Quinton
Bonavista South
-

| |Edwin Godden 734 23.44% || |Harold Earle 2,397 76.56% | | ||

Richard Hibbs†
1,420
33.66%
2,799
66.34%

William Earle
-
-

Helena Squires‡
Lewisporte (ran in Twillingate)
-

Roland Starkes
1,271
54.13%

| |Frederick Wells 1,077 45.87% | | ||

Roland Starkes
726
16.37%
2,888
65.13%
820
18.49%

F. Gordon Bradley‡
Trinity Centre (ran in Humber)
-
-

William Halfyard†
Trinity North
-

| |Helena Squires 1,206 44.92% || |Norman Gray 1,479 55.08% | | || |Kenneth Brown‡ (ran in Grand Falls) |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- | |Philip Butler 585 23.71% || |James Winter 1,882 76.29% | | || |Arthur Barnes† Burgeo |- Won by acclamation || |Harris Mosdell Fortune Bay

-

Philip Fudge†
Hermitage
-

F. Gordon Bradley
2,612
54.01%

| |S. D. Cook 2,224 45.99% | | || |Richard Squires‡ (ran in Trinity South) |- | |E. S. Spencer 572 31.33% || |George Whitely 1,254 68.67% | | || |Walter Skanes†

|- 768 22.89% 2,587 77.11% || |Joseph Downey† St. George's

-

William Abbott
Port au Port
-

| |Joseph Strong 814 34.10% || |Joseph Moore 1,573 65.90% | | ||

Joseph Strong
}

Notes

References

(1933). "Amulree Report". [[Newfoundland Royal Commission]].
(3 June 1932). "Government Candidates". Fishermen's Advocate.

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