Election Name: | 1924 Newfoundland general election |
Country: | Dominion of Newfoundland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1923 Newfoundland general election |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Previous Mps: | outgoing members |
Election Date: | June 2, 1924 |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1928 Newfoundland general election |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Seats For Election: | 36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Leader2: | Albert Hickman |
Party2: | Liberal-Progressive |
Leaders Seat2: | Harbour Grace |
Last Election2: | 23 |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 13 |
Leader1: | Walter Stanley Monroe |
Party1: | Liberal-Conservative Progressive |
Leaders Seat1: | Bonavista Bay |
Last Election1: | 13 |
Seats1: | 25 |
Seat Change1: | 12 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Albert Hickman |
Before Party: | Liberal-Progressive |
After Election: | Walter Stanley Monroe |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
After Party: | Liberal-Conservative Progressive |
Ongoing: | No |
The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21).[1] Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.
Party | Leader | 1923 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party | Walter Stanley Monroe | 13[2] | 25 | Liberal-Progressive | 23[3] | 10 | Other | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Totals | 36 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . Joey Smallwood . 1981 . v. 1 . 0-920508-14-6.