1919 Newfoundland general election explained

Election Name:	1919 Newfoundland general election
Country:	Dominion of Newfoundland
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1913 Newfoundland general election
Previous Year:	1913
Previous Mps:	outgoing members
Election Date:	November 3, 1919
Elected Mps:	members
Next Election:	1923 Newfoundland general election
Next Year:	1923
Seats For Election:	36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Majority Seats:	19
Colour1:	D71920
Leader1:	Richard Squires
Party1:	Liberal Reform
Leaders Seat1:	St. John's West
Last Election1:	15
Seats1:	24
Seat Change1:	9
Colour2:	FFB6C1
Leader2:	Michael Cashin
Party2:	People's
Leaders Seat2:	Ferryland
Last Election2:	21
Seats2:	12
Seat Change2:	9
Map Size:	400px
Prime Minister
Before Election:	Michael Cashin
Before Party:	People's
After Election:	Richard Squires
Posttitle:	Prime Minister after election
After Party:	Liberal Reform
Ongoing:	No

The 1919 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 November 1919 to elect members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker, formed the government. The People's Party, became the Liberal-Labour-Progressive party following the election and formed the opposition. Squires served as Newfoundland prime minister.

Seat totals

	Party	Leader	1913	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	Liberal Reform		7^[1]	24^[2]				Fishermen's Protective Union	William Coaker	8				Sir Michael Cashin	21	12
Totals			36	36

Elected members

• Bay de Verde
  • F. P. LeGrow Liberal Reform
  • William H. Cave Liberal Reform
• Bonavista Bay
  • William F. Coaker Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • John Abbott Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • Robert G. Winsor Liberal Reform (FPU)
• Burgeo-LaPoile
  • Harvey Small Liberal Reform
• Burin
  • John T. Cheeseman Liberal Reform
  • Samuel J. Foote Liberal Reform
• Carbonear
  • W. F. Penney Liberal Reform (speaker from 1920)
• Ferryland
  • Michael P. Cashin Liberal-Progressive
  • Phillip F. Moore Liberal-Progressive
• Fogo
  • Richard Hibbs Liberal Reform (FPU)
• Fortune Bay
  • William R. Warren Liberal Reform
• Harbour Grace
  • G. A. Gosse Liberal Reform
  • Arthur Barnes Liberal Reform
  • Frank C. Archibald Liberal Reform
• Harbour Main
  • W. E. Jones Liberal-Progressive
  • William J. Woodford Liberal-Progressive
• Placentia and St. Mary's
  • William J. Walsh Liberal-Progressive
  • Michael S. Sullivan Liberal-Progressive
  • E. Sinnott Liberal-Progressive
• Port de Grave
  • John C. Crosbie Liberal-Progressive
• St. Barbe
  • J. H. Scammell Liberal Reform (FPU)
• St. George's
  • James MacDonnell Liberal Reform
• St. John's East
  • William J. Higgins Liberal-Progressive (speaker)
  • Cyril J. Fox Liberal-Progressive
  • N. J. Vinnicombe Liberal-Progressive
• St. John's West
  • Richard A. Squires Liberal Reform
  • Henry J. Brownrigg Liberal Reform
  • John R. Bennett Liberal-Progressive
• Trinity Bay
  • William W. Halfyard Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • John Guppy Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • Archibald Targett Liberal Reform (FPU)
• Twillingate
  • Walter Jennings Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • George Jones Liberal Reform (FPU)
  • Solomon Samson Liberal Reform (FPU)

References

• Book: Smallwood, Joseph R . Joey Smallwood

. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . Joey Smallwood . 1981 . v. 1 . Newfoundland Book Publishers . 0-920508-14-6.

• Web site: Camilla Coaker Albums . Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador . 2009-11-19.

Notes and References

1. As Liberals
2. 11 of the 24 which were Fishermen's Protective Union MHAs elected as Liberal Reform