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1889 Newfoundland general election

Election in Canada

Field	Value
election_name	1889 Newfoundland general election
country	Dominion of Newfoundland
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1885 Newfoundland general election
previous_year	1885
previous_mps	[Outgoing members](15th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
election_date	November 6, 1889
elected_mps	[Elected members](16th-general-assembly-of-newfoundland-members-of-the-assembly)
next_election	1893 Newfoundland general election
next_year	1893
seats_for_election	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
majority_seats	19
image1	[[File:Whiteway.jpg	x160px]]
colour1	E62020
leader1	William Whiteway
leader_since1	1885
party1	Liberal
leaders_seat1	Trinity Bay
last_election1	13 seats, 39.03%
seats1	28
seat_change1	15
popular_vote1	37,123
percentage1	60.86%
swing1	21.83%
image2	[[File:Rthorburn.jpg	x160px]]
colour2	000077
leader2	Robert Thorburn
leader_since2	1885
party2	Reform
leaders_seat2	Trinity Bay
(lost re-election)
last_election2	21 seats, 39.78%
seats2	7
seat_change2	14
popular_vote2	22,292
percentage2	36.54%
swing2	3.24%
title	Premier
before_election	Robert Thorburn
before_party	Reform
after_election	William Whiteway
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party	Liberal
ongoing	No

(lost re-election)

The 1889 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. Reform soon disappeared and was replaced by the Orange Order based Tory Party. This was the first general election held in Newfoundland using the secret ballot.

Results

	Party	Leader	[1885](1885-newfoundland-general-election)	Candidates	Seats won	Seat change	% of seats
(% change)	Popular vote	% of vote
(% change)	Totals	36	72	36	100%	61,001	100%
Liberal	William Whiteway	13	32	28	15	77.78%
(41.67%)	37,123	60.86%
(21.83%)	Reform	Robert Thorburn	21	34	7	14	19.44%
(38.89%)	22,292

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

|- || |Thomas Murphy 1,747 23.46% | |Michael O'Mara 854 11.47% 233 3.13% ||

Thomas Murphy

John Dearin
1,716
23.04%

| |Lawrence Furlong 819 11.00% ||

Robert Parsons Jr.

Jeremiah Halleran
1,469
19.73%

| |Francis St. John 609 8.18% ||

Michael O'Mara

Edward Morris
1,566
26.55%

| |Patrick Scott 957 16.23% | |John Shea (Independent) 137 2.32% ||

Edward Morris

James Day
1,326
22.48%
741
12.56%
117
1.98%

James Day†
-

Lawrence Gearin
1,054
17.87%

Lawrence Gearin†
}

Conception Bay

|- || |Edward White 820 33.23% | |Stephen March 476 19.29% | | ||

Stephen March

Henry Woods
773
31.32%

| |Aubrey Crocker 399 16.17% | | ||

A. J. W. McNeilly†
72.28% turnout

William Duff
486
58.06%

| |Alfred Penney 284 33.93% | |Robert Moore (Independent) 67 8.00%

Alfred Penney

William Whiteley
1,367
26.00%

Robert Munn
1,259
23.95%

| | ||

James Winter
1,342
25.53%

| |Charles Dawe 685 13.03% | | ||

Charles Dawe

| |James Winter 604 11.49% | | ||

Joseph Godden†

Frank Morris
1,448
48.46%
180
6.02%

| | ||

John Veitch†

William Woodford
1,360
45.52%

| | ||

Richard MacDonnell†
71.80% turnout

James Clift
638
53.08%

| |William Horwood 564 46.92% | | || |George Hutchings† |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- 425 21.08% || |George Shea 727 36.06% 373 18.50% ||

Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene
491
24.36%

George Shea
-

George Emerson
1,077
21.30%

| |William Donnelly 897 17.74% | | ||

James McGrath

Richard O'Dwyer
1,018
20.13%

| |William Siteman 555 10.98% | | ||

William Donnelly

James McGrath
994
19.66%

| |J. Tobin 515 10.19% | | || |George Emerson |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- || |Samuel Blandford 1,382 17.72% || |Donald Morison 1,429 18.32% ||

Alfred Morine

| |George Johnson 1,283 16.45% || |Alfred Morine 1,333 17.09% ||

Abram Kean†

| |William Davis 1,144 14.67% | |Alfred Vincent 1,228 15.75% ||

Frederick White†

William Whiteway
2,094
26.19%

| |Walter Grieve 789 9.87% ||

Robert Thorburn

Robert Bond
1,908
23.86%

| |Ellis Watson 746 9.33% ||

Walter Grieve

David Webber
1,760
22.01%

| |Robert Thorburn 698 8.73% ||

Ellis Watson
}

Central Newfoundland

|- 64.56% turnout | |George Skelton 313 36.10% || |James Rolls 554 63.90% ||

James Rolls

Edward Burgess
1,174
20.88%

| |Michael Knight 769 13.68% ||

Augustus Goodridge

Jabez P. Thompson
1,140
20.27%

| |Smith McKay 732 13.02% ||

Smith McKay

Thomas Peyton
1,088
19.35%

| |Augustus Goodridge 720 12.80% || |Michael Knight |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- 68.01% turnout | | | |Henry Mott 164 19.92% || |James Murray 659 80.07% ||

Alexander Mackay†

Edward Rothwell
684
27.44%

| |Henry LeMessurier 579 23.23% | | ||

John Peters†

James Tait
678
27.20%

| |Robert McNeily 552 22.14% | | ||

Henry LeMessurier
62.07% turnout

John Studdy
693
72.64%

| |James Fraser Jr. 261 27.36% | | || |Robert Bond‡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- 58.80% turnout || |George Fearn 616 83.47% | |Albert Bradshaw 122 16.53% | | ||

Albert Bradshaw

| | || |Michael Carty Won by acclamation | | ||

Michael Carty
}

Notes

References

(5 November 1889). "To the Free and Independent Electors of the District of St. John's West". The Colonist.
(5 November 1889). "Address of P. J. Brien to the Free and Independent Voters of St. John's West". The Colonist.
(4 September 1889). "Political Memoranda". Evening Mercury.
(1890). "Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1890". J. W. Withers.
(4 November 1889). "The Political Fight in Carbonear District: Few Interesting Facts About the Nominations of Candidates". [[The Telegram.
(9 October 1889). "The Young Patriot, Furlong, at Ferryland". [[The Telegram.
(8 November 1889). "The Government's One and Only Success". [[The Telegram.
(15 November 1889). "Political Campaign". The Colonist.
(20 September 1889). "Card: To the Free and Independent Electors of Placentia and St. Mary's". The Colonist.
(27 September 1889). "A Contrast". Evening Mercury.
{{cite archive. . . (9 November 1889). Maritime History Archive]]. St. John's]]
(1 October 1889). "Political Memoranda". Evening Mercury.
(2 September 1889). "Very Much Exercised: The Rev. Editor of the "Mercury" on the Bait Act". Evening Mercury.

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