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1852 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

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flag_image	File:Flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland.svg
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1848 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1848
previous_mps	[outgoing members](4th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
election_date	November 18, 1852
elected_mps	[members](5th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
next_election	1855 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1855
seats_for_election	15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
majority_seats	8
colour1
party1
last_election1	9
seats1	9
seat_change1	0
popular_vote1	5,572
percentage1	61.43%
swing1	23.43%
colour2
party2
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seats2	6
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popular_vote2	3,499
percentage2	38.57%
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The 1852 Newfoundland general election was held on November 18, 1852 to elect members of the 5th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Liberal Party maintained control of the House of Assembly. This was the last election to be held in Newfoundland prior to the introduction of responsible government in 1855.

Results

	Party	[1848](1848-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	15	22	15	100%	9,071	100%
Liberal	9	13	9		60.00%
()	5,572	61.43%
( 23.43%)	Conservative	6	9	6		40.00%
()	3,499	38.57%
( 23.43%)

Results by district

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

St. John's

|- || |John Kent Won by acclamation ||

John Kent

Philip Little
Won by acclamation

Philip Little
-

Robert John Parsons
Won by acclamation

Robert Parsons
}

Avalon Peninsula

|- || |Edmund Hanrahan 1,479 22.23% || |John Bemister 1,455 21.87% 778 11.69% ||

James Prendergast

William Talbot
846
12.71%
1,300
19.54%

Edmund Hanrahan
-
796
11.96%

Nicholas Molloy†
-

Richard Rankin†
-

Peter Winser
Total unknown

| |? Carter 49 | | ||

Peter Winser

Ambrose Shea
472
39.80%

| | | |John Delaney (Independent Liberal) 259 21.18% ||

Ambrose Shea

George Hogsett
455
38.36%

| | | | || |John Delaney |}

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|- | |James Douglas 212 29.69% || |John Warren 299 41.88% | |Bryan Robinson (Independent Conservative) 203 28.43% ||

Robert Carter†

Clement Benning
275
53.19%

| |? Evans 242 46.81% | | ||

Joshua Falle†

| | || |Hugh Hoyles Won by acclamation | | ||

Hugh Hoyles

| | || |Stephen March Won by acclamation | | ||

Thomas Job†

| | || |George Emerson Won by acclamation | | ||

George Emerson
}

Notes

References

(11 November 1852). "The Nomination of the Candidates". Newfoundland Express.
(20 November 1852). "Triumph of Responsible Government: Conception Bay Election". The Pilot.
(27 November 1852). "From the Harbour Grace Herald Nov. 24". Newfoundland Express.
(27 November 1852). "By private letters from Ferryland". Newfoundland Express.
(20 November 1852). "Triumph of Responsible Government: Declared State of the Poll at the District of St. Mary's and Placentia". The Pilot.
(4 December 1852). "Declared state of the Poll at the Election for the District of Bonavista". Pilot.
(24 November 1852). "From Our Bonavista Correspondent". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
(16 October 1852). "The Old Saw". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
(16 October 1852). "To the Freeholders and Electors of Bonavista Bay!". Times and General Commercial Gazette.
(14 December 1852). "Election Returns". Newfoundland Express.
(4 December 1852). "State of the Poll, at the close of the Eection [''sic''], for the District of Burin". Pilot.
(30 October 1852). "As the time fixed for the general election approaches". Newfoundland Express.
(13 November 1852). "The nomination of Candidates". Times and General Commercial Gazette.

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