1837 Newfoundland general election explained

The 1837 Newfoundland general election was held in 1837 to elect members of the 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The results of the previous election had been set aside by Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the previous election had not been marked with the official seal. A number of Liberal reformers who had been elected in 1836 did not run for reelection. However, reformers continued to dominate the assembly.

Results by party

	Party	1836	Seats won	% change	Liberal	11	11		Conservative	4	4
Totals		15	15

Elected members

• Bonavista Bay District
  • Hugh A. Emerson Conservative
• Burin District
  • Henry G. Butler Liberal
• Conception Bay District
  • Peter Brown Liberal
  • John McCarthy Liberal
  • Anthony Godfrey Liberal
  • James Power Liberal
• Ferryland District
  • Peter Winser Liberal
• Fortune Bay District
  • William B. Row Conservative
• Placentia and St. Mary's District
  • Patrick Doyle Liberal
  • John V. Nugent Liberal
• St. John's District
  • William Carson Liberal (speaker)
  • John Kent Liberal
  • Patrick Morris Liberal
• Trinity Bay District
  • Thomas Fitzgibbon Moore Conservative
• Fogo District
  • Edward James Dwyer Conservative

Notes:

• Patrick Morris was elected in both Ferryland and St. John's

References

• Book: Prowse, D W . A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial, and foreign records . Daniel Woodley Prowse . first published 1895 . 1972 . 0-919302-44-0 . registration .
• Book: Smallwood, Joseph R . Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . Joey Smallwood . 1981 . v. 1 . 0-920508-14-6.