1924 Newfoundland general election explained

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.

Seat totals

 Party Leader1923Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Liberal-Conservative Progressive PartyWalter Stanley Monroe13[2] 25Liberal-Progressive23[3] 10Other0 1
Totals36 36

Elected members

References

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Suffrage. www.heritage.nf.ca. 2019-10-29.
  2. As Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. As Liberal Reform Party