| Election Name: | 1928 Newfoundland general election |
| Country: | Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1924 Newfoundland general election |
| Previous Year: | 1924 |
| Previous Mps: | outgoing members |
| Election Date: | June 2, 1928 |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1932 Newfoundland general election |
| Next Year: | 1932 |
| Seats For Election: | 40 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | Richard Squires |
| Party1: | Liberal |
| Leaders Seat1: | Humber |
| Last Election1: | 10* |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Leader2: | Frederick C. Alderdice |
| Party2: | Liberal-Conservative Progressive |
| Leaders Seat2: | St. John's City East |
| Last Election2: | 25 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Image3: | FPU |
| Leader3: | J. H. Scammell |
| Party3: | Fishermen's Protective Union |
| Leaders Seat3: | Bonavista Centre |
| Last Election3: | New party |
| Seats3: | 9 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Walter Stanley Monroe |
| Before Party: | Liberal-Conservative Progressive |
| After Election: | Richard Squires |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| After Party: | Liberal |
The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection. Helena E. Squires, elected in a 1930 by-election, became the first woman elected to the Newfoundland assembly.
In April 1925, women over the age of 25 had been granted the right to vote; in the 1928 general election, 90 per cent of women eligible to vote cast a ballot.[1]
| Party | Leader | 1924 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | Liberal | 10* | 19 | Fishermen's Protective Union | J. H. Scammell | 9 | Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party | Frederick C. Alderdice | 25 | 12 | Other | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Fishermen's Protective Union MHAs are listed as Liberals)
. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador . Joey Smallwood . 1981 . v. 1 . 0-920508-14-6.