Election Name: | 1913 Newfoundland general election |
Country: | Dominion of Newfoundland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | No |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1909 Newfoundland general election |
Previous Year: | 1909 |
Previous Mps: | Outgoing members |
Election Date: | October 30, 1913 |
Elected Mps: | Elected members |
Next Election: | 1919 Newfoundland general election |
Next Year: | 1919 |
Seats For Election: | 36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Leader1: | Edward Morris |
Party1: | People's |
Leaders Seat1: | St. John's West |
Last Election1: | 26 |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Leader2: | Robert Bond |
Party2: | Liberal |
Leaders Seat2: | Twillingate |
Last Election2: | 10 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Leader3: | William Coaker |
Party3: | Fishermen's Protective Union |
Leaders Seat3: | Bonavista Bay |
Last Election3: | New party |
Seats3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | 8 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Edward Morris |
Before Party: | People's |
After Election: | Edward Morris |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
After Party: | People's |
The 1913 Newfoundland general election was held on 30 October 1913 to elect members of the 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union led by William Coaker. Although the majority held by the Newfoundland People's Party was reduced in this election, it was again returned to power and Edward P. Morris continued to serve as Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A general election originally scheduled for 1917 was deferred until 1919 because of World War I. After Morris retired from politics in 1918, William F. Lloyd, a Liberal member of the Executive Council, was asked to form a government. In May 1919, Michael Patrick Cashin, the leader of the People's Party, introduced a motion of no confidence which resulted in the defeat of the government. Cashin served as Newfoundland prime minister until the election held later in 1919.
Party | Leader | 1909 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | Edward P. Morris | 26 | 21 | Liberal Party | 10 | 7 | Fishermen's Protective Union | William Coaker | align=right | - | 8 | |||||||||||
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Totals | 36 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . Joey Smallwood . 1981 . v. 1 . 0-920508-14-6.