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1882 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1882 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1878 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1878
previous_mps	[Outgoing members](13th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
election_date	November 6, 1882
elected_mps	[Elected members](14th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
next_election	1885 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1885
seats_for_election	33 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	17
image1	[[File:Whiteway.jpg	x160px]]
colour1	006699
leader1	William Whiteway
leader_since1	1878
party1	Conservative
leaders_seat1	Trinity Bay
last_election1	21
seats1	26
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	25,873
percentage1	65.52%
swing1	9.66%
image2
colour2	E62020
leader2	James Rogerson and
Walter Grieve
leader_since2	1882 / 1882
party2	New
leaders_seat2	Burin /
Bonavista Bay
last_election2	10
seats2	5
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	11,298
percentage2	28.61%
swing2	15.53%
title	Premier
before_election	William Whiteway
before_party	Conservative
after_election	William Whiteway
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party	Conservative
ongoing	No

Walter Grieve Bonavista Bay

The 1882 Newfoundland general election was held on November 6, 1882 to elect the members of the 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Conservative Party led by William Whiteway was re-elected on a platform promising the continued development of the Newfoundland Railway. Much of the Opposition Party from the previous election had disintegrated, but Whiteway's remaining opponents coalesced around James J. Rogerson, the former Receiver General, and formed the New Party.

Results

	Party	Leader(s)	[1878](1878-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	31	65	33	2	100%	39,491	100%
Conservative	William Whiteway	21	31	26	5	78.79%
(11.05%)	25,873	65.52%
(9.66%)	New	James Rogerson and
Walter Grieve	10	27	5	5	15.15%
(17.11%)	11,298	28.61%
(15.53%)

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

|- || |Robert Kent 1,094 22.42% | |Michael O'Mara 891 18.26% ||

Michael O'Mara

John Dearin
1,060
21.72%
823
16.86%

Robert Kent
-

Robert Parsons Jr.
1,012
20.74%

Robert Parsons Jr.
-

Patrick Scott
1,206
31.20%
653
16.89%

Lewis Tessier†
-

Philip White
1,061
27.44%

Patrick Scott
-

James Callanan
946
24.47%

Vacant
}

Conception Bay

|- | |Michael Knight 218 23.22% | |James Rogerson 359 38.23% || |Levi Garland (Independent) 362 38.55% || |Alfred Penney‡ (ran in Carbonear) |- || |Alfred Penney 470 77.81% | |William Giles 40 6.62% | |Patrick Hogan (Independent) 94 15.56% ||

John Rorke†

Charles Dawe
1,749
46.97%

| |Thomas Alcock 165 4.43% | | ||

Ambrose Shea

Ambrose Shea
1,683
45.19%

| |George Emerson 127 3.41% | | ||

Charles Dawe

Joseph Little
945
44.68%
300
14.18%

| | ||

Joseph Little

Richard MacDonnell
870
41.13%

| | ||

Patrick Nowlan†
146
14.36%
245
24.09%

John Bartlett (Independent)
611
60.08%
-

| |? Barnes (Independent) 15 1.47% |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- | | || |Augustus Goodridge Won by acclamation ||

Augustus Goodridge

| | || |Daniel Greene Won by acclamation ||

Daniel Greene

William Donnelly
876
26.49%

Albert Bradshaw
672
20.32%

William Donnelly
-

Michael Tobin
609
18.42%

| |Richard McGrath 369 11.16% ||

James Collins†

| |Michael Dwyer 595 17.99% | |David Sclater 186 5.62% || |Michael Dwyer |}

Eastern and Central Newfoundland

|- || |George Skelton 704 18.75% || |Walter Grieve 739 19.68% | | ||

Francis Winton

Francis Winton
695
18.51%

| |James Noonan 619 16.48% | | ||

George Skelton

| |James Saint 553 14.73% | |Henry Woods 445 11.85% | | ||

James Saint

William Whiteway
1,176
26.73%

| |Stephen March 744 16.91% 733 16.66% ||

William Whiteway

Joseph Boyd
849
19.30%

| |Jacob Morris 507 11.53% ||

James Watson

Robert Bond
812
18.46%

| |Richard Penny 311 7.07% ||

John Rendell†

Smith McKay
1,357
24.96%

| |? Herbert 680 12.51% | | ||

A. J. W. McNeilly

Richard Rice
1,190
21.89%

| |A. J. W. McNeilly 591 10.87% | | ||

Stanley Carter†

Jabez Thompson
1,108
20.38%

| |? Winton 510 9.38% | | || |Richard Rice |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- || |Alexander Mackay 473 57.54% | | | |James Murray (Independent) 346 42.09% ||

Alexander Mackay

James Winter
450
25.85%

John Peters
441
25.33%

| | ||

James Winter

| |George Forsey 435 24.99% | |E. McGhee 415 23.84% | | || |James Rogerson‡ (ran in Bay de Verde) |- || |James Fraser 467 60.57% | |Charles Bowring 304 39.43% | | ||

James Fraser

Michael Carty
422
72.63%

| | | |? Walsh (Independent) 159 27.37% ||

New district

John Boone
642
79.85%

| |Ellis Watson 162 20.15% | | || |New district |}

Notes

References

(4 November 1882). "Close of the Campaign: The Great Battle Fought and Won". [[The Telegram.
(5 October 1882). "Last Night's Meeting in the Star of the Sea Hall". [[The Telegram.
(15 November 1882). "Results of the Polling in the Electoral Districts". Evening Mercury.
"Journal of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 1883". [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
(1 November 1882). "Correspondence". Evening Mercury.
(19 October 1882). "From Carbonear: The Campaign Fairly Commenced". [[The Telegram.

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