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1874 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1874 Newfoundland general election
type	parliamentary
flag_image	File:Flag of Newfoundland (1870–1904).svg
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1873 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1873
previous_mps	[outgoing members](11th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
election_date	November 7, 1874
elected_mps	[members](12th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
next_election	1878 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1878
seats_for_election	31 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
majority_seats	16
image1	[[File:FrederickCarter (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
colour1	006699
leader1	Frederick Carter
leader_since1	1865
party1	Conservative
leaders_seat1	Twillingate and Fogo
last_election1	14
seats1	18
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	10,284
percentage1	55.14%
swing1	15.64%
image2	[[File:Charles Fox Bennett.jpg	170x170px]]
colour2	EABB94
leader2	Charles Fox Bennett
leader_since2	1869
party2	Anti-Confederation
leaders_seat2	Placentia and St. Mary's
last_election2	17
seats2	13
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	8,260
percentage2	44.28%
swing2	16.22%
map_size	400px
title	Premier
before_election	Frederick Carter
before_party	Conservative
after_election	Frederick Carter
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party	Conservative
ongoing	no

The 1874 Newfoundland general election was held on November 7, 1874 to elect members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government. The Anti-Confederate government of Charles Fox Bennett had collapsed amidst a bribery scandal.

Results

	Party	Leader	[1873](1873-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	31	44	31	100%	18,652	100%
Conservative	Frederick Carter	14	19	18	4	58.06%
(12.90%)	10,284	55.14%
(15.64%)	Anti-Confederation	Charles Fox Bennett	17	24	13	4	41.94%
(12.90%)	8,260

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

|- 519 14.79% || |Robert Kent 1,006 28.66% ||

John Dearin

Robert Parsons
1,000
28.49%

Robert Parsons
-

John Dearin
985
28.06%

Robert Kent
-

| | || |Lewis Tessier Won by acclamation ||

Lewis Tessier

| | || |Patrick Scott Won by acclamation ||

Patrick Scott

| | || |Maurice Fenelon Won by acclamation ||

Maurice Fenelon
}

Conception Bay

|- || |James Rogerson Won by acclamation | | | | ||

James Rogerson

John Rorke
348
79.63%

| |Francis Taylor 89 20.37% | | ||

John Rorke

Ambrose Shea
1,008
47.91%

| | 108 5.13% ||

Ambrose Shea

Joseph Godden
988
46.96%

| | ||

William Wood

| | || |Joseph Little Won by acclamation | | ||

Joseph Little

| | || |Patrick Nowlan Won by acclamation | | ||

Patrick Nowlan

Nathaniel Rabbitts
448
57.00%

| |John Bartlett 338 43.00% | | ||

John Bartlett
}

Avalon Peninsula

|- || |Richard Raftus Won by acclamation ||

Thomas Glen†

James Conroy
Won by acclamation

Richard Raftus
-

Charles Fox Bennett
Won by acclamation

Charles Fox Bennett
-

James Collins
Won by acclamation

James Collins
-

Michael Dwyer
Won by acclamation

Vacant
}

Eastern and Central Newfoundland

|- || |John Warren 852 20.76% | |Francis Winton 539 13.13% ||

Charles Bowring

Charles Bowring
843
20.54%

| |? Knowling 524 12.76% ||

A. J. W. McNeilly

A. J. W. McNeilly
833
20.29%

| |William Barnes 514 12.52% ||

John Burton†

William Whiteway
Won by acclamation

| | ||

John Steer

John Steer
Won by acclamation

| | || |John Warren‡ (ran in Bonavista Bay) |- || |James Watson Won by acclamation | | ||

William Whiteway

Frederick Carter
1,008
19.09%

| |Smith McKay 795 15.06% ||

Frederick Carter

Charles Duder
997
18.89%

| |? Rolls 780 14.78% ||

Charles Duder

William Kelligrew
961
18.20%

| |? Lemessurier 738 13.98% || |Smith McKay |}

Southern Newfoundland

|- || |Prescott Emerson Won by acclamation | | ||

Prescott Emerson

Charles Ayre
552
31.47%

| |? Bennett 328 18.70% ||

James Winter

James Winter
550
31.36%

| |? Scott 324 18.47% ||

Charles Ayre

Robert Alexander
377
55.69%

| |Robert Pinsent 300 44.31% || |Vacant |}

Notes

References

(9 December 1874). "Election Returns". Telegraph.
(4 November 1874). "Nomination Day". Telegraph.
(21 October 1874). "To the People of Bonavista Bay". Telegraph.
(16 September 1874). "Reply of the Honorable R. J. Pinsent". Telegraph.

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