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1842 Newfoundland general election

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	1837 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1837
previous_mps	[outgoing members](2nd-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
election_date	December 20, 1842
elected_mps	[members](3rd-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
next_election	1848 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1848
seats_for_election	15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
majority_seats	8
colour1
party1
last_election1	13
seats1	8
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	9,800
percentage1	59.91%
swing1	37.77%
colour2
party2
last_election2	2
seats2	7
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	6,558
percentage2	40.09%
swing2	37.77%
map_size	400px

The 1842 Newfoundland general election was held on December 20, 1842 to elect the members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The original constitution was suspended following conflict between the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and Governor John Harvey combined the two legislatures into an amalgamated assembly.

Results

	Party	[1837](1837-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	15	24	15	100%	16,358	100%
Liberal	13	13	8	5	53.33%
(33.33%)	9,800	59.91%
(37.77%)	Conservative	2	11	7	5	46.67%
(33.33%)	6,558	40.09%
(37.77%)

Results by district

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

St. John's

|- || |Laurence O'Brien 1,629 20.23% | |Walter R. Grieve 1,161 14.42% ||

William Carson

John Nugent
1,571
19.51%

| |Thomas Bennett 1,127 13.99% ||

John Kent†

William Carson
1,539
19.11%

| |Patrick Kough 1,027 12.75% || |Laurence O'Brien |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- || |James Prendergast 1,344 17.50% || |Thomas Ridley 1,425 18.56% 227 2.96% ||

Peter Brown

Edmund Hanrahan
1,325
17.25%
1,405
18.30%

Vacant
-

| |John McCarthy 1,015 13.22% ||

John McCarthy

| |Peter Brown 938 12.22% ||

James Power†

| |Peter Winser 258 47.34% || |Thomas Glen 287 52.66% | | ||

Peter Winser

John Dillon
336

140

| | ||

Patrick Doyle†

Simon Morris
Total unknown

| | || |John Nugent‡ (ran in St. John's) |}

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|- | | || |Robert Carter Won by acclamation ||

Hugh Emerson†

Clement Benning
241
65.67%

| |Henry Winton 126 34.33% ||

Henry Butler†

| | || |Bryan Robinson Won by acclamation ||

William B. Row†

| | || |Richard Barnes Won by acclamation ||

Thomas Moore†

| | || |John Slade Won by acclamation ||

Edward Dwyer†
}

Notes

References

"Representative Government, 1832-1855". Memorial University.
(23 December 1842). "Returns". Public Ledger.
(31 January 1843). "Conservatives vs. the Rals". Public Ledger.
(18 November 1842). "To the Natives of the District of Placentia and St. Mary's". Public Ledger.
(13 January 1843). "The District of Burin Election". Public Ledger.

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