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1837 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

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election_date	May 8–25, 1837
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The 1837 Newfoundland general election was held from May 8 to May 25, 1837 to elect members of the 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The results of the previous election had been set aside by Chief Justice Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the previous election had not been marked with the official seal. Most of the incumbents ran for re-election and the Liberal reformers retained their control over the government. All of the candidates appear to have won by acclamation.

Results

	Party	[1836](1836-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote	Totals	15	15	15	100%	0	100%
Liberal	12	13	13	1	86.67%
( 6.67%)	0	0.00%	Conservative	3	2	2	1	13.33%
( 6.67%)	0	0.00%

Results by district

† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- || |William Carson Won by acclamation ||

William Carson

John Kent
Won by acclamation

John Kent
-

Patrick Morris
Won by acclamation

Patrick Morris
}

Avalon Peninsula

|- || |John McCarthy Won by acclamation ||

Robert Pack†

James Power
Won by acclamation

James Power
-

Peter Brown
Won by acclamation

Peter Brown
-

Anthony Godfrey
Won by acclamation

Anthony Godfrey
-

Peter Winser
Won by acclamation

Patrick Morris‡
(ran in St. John's)
-

Patrick Doyle
Won by acclamation

Patrick Doyle
-

John Nugent
Won by acclamation

John Nugent
}

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|- | | || |Hugh Emerson Won by acclamation ||

Robert Job†

Henry Butler
Won by acclamation

| | ||

John Shea†

| | || |William B. Row Won by acclamation ||

William B. Row

Thomas Moore
Won by acclamation

| | ||

Thomas Moore

Edward Dwyer
Won by acclamation

| | ||

Thomas Bennett†
}

Notes

References

(10 May 1837). "The election for the rotten borough of Conception-Bay". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
(27 June 1837). "To the Editor of the Public Ledger". Public Ledger.
(20 June 1837). "Some man of the name Edward James Dwyer". Public Ledger.

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