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1836 Newfoundland general election
Election in Canada
Election in Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ongoing | no |
| flag_image | File:Flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland.svg |
| type | parliamentary |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1832 Newfoundland general election |
| previous_year | 1832 |
| previous_mps | [outgoing members](1st-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly) |
| election_date | October 24 – November 15, 1836 |
| elected_mps | [members](2nd-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly) |
| next_election | 1837 Newfoundland general election |
| next_year | 1837 |
| seats_for_election | 15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 8 |
| colour1 | |
| party1 | |
| last_election1 | 5 |
| seats1 | **12** |
| seat_change1 | 7 |
| popular_vote1 | **295** |
| percentage1 | **97.68%** |
| colour2 | |
| party2 | |
| last_election2 | 10 |
| seats2 | 3 |
| seat_change2 | 7 |
| popular_vote2 | 7 |
| percentage2 | 2.32% |
| map_size | 400px |
The 1836 Newfoundland general election was held from October 24 to November 15, 1836 in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Liberal reformers secured control of the government and defeated the governing Conservative party. However, the results of the election were later set aside by Chief Justice Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal. Some felt that this was a pretext used to justify holding another election because Liberal reformers had dominated the assembly.
Results
| Party | [1832](1832-newfoundland-general-election) | Candidates | Seats won | Seat change | % of seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% change) | Popular vote | % of vote | ||||||
| (% change) | Totals | 15 | 20 | 15 | 100% | 302 | 100% | |
| Liberal | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 80.00% | |||
| ( 46.67%) | 295 | 97.68% | Conservative | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20.00% |
| ( 46.67%) | 7 | 2.32% |
Results by district
- † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
- ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.
- $ indicates that the incumbent initially ran for re-election, but they later chose to withdraw
St. John's
|- || |John Kent Won by acclamation ||
| John Kent |
|---|
| William Carson |
| Won by acclamation |
| William Carson |
| - |
| Patrick Morris |
| Won by acclamation |
| Patrick Kough$ |
| } |
Avalon Peninsula
|- || |Peter Brown 76 25.17% | |Thomas Ridley 5 1.66% ||
| Robert Pack |
|---|
| Anthony Godfrey |
| 73 |
| 24.17% |
| |Robert Prowse 2 0.66% ||
| Charles Cozens† |
|---|
| Robert Pack |
| 73 |
| 24.17% |
| James Power |
| - |
| James Power |
| 73 |
| 24.17% |
| Peter Brown |
| - |
| Patrick Morris |
| Won by acclamation |
| | ||
| Robert Carter† |
|---|
| Patrick Doyle |
| Won by acclamation |
| | ||
| John Martin† |
|---|
| John Nugent |
| Won by acclamation |
| | || |Roger Sweetman† |}
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
|- | |? Douglas || |Robert Job | |Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative)
||
| William Brown† |
|---|
| John Shea |
| Won by acclamation |
| | | | ||
| William Hooper† |
|---|
| | || |William B. Row Won by acclamation | | ||
| Newman Hoyles |
|---|
| Thomas Moore |
| At least 98 votes |
| |Archibald Graham At least 97 votes | | || |William Row‡ (ran in Fortune Bay) |- | | || |Thomas Bennett Won by acclamation | | ||
| Thomas Bennett |
|---|
| } |
Notes
References
References
- (19 October 1836). "To the Independent Electors of the District of St. John's". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
- (4 November 1836). "The Elections". Public Ledger.
- (26 October 1836). "To the Free and independent Electors of the District of Conception Bay". Star and Conception Bay Journal.
- (2 November 1836). "The Elections". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
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