1959 Newfoundland general election explained

Election Name:	1959 Newfoundland general election
Country:	Newfoundland and Labrador
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Election Date:	August 20, 1959
Previous Election:	1956 Newfoundland general election
Previous Year:	1956
Next Election:	1962 Newfoundland general election
Next Year:	1962
Seats For Election:	36 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 19 seats were needed for a majority
Leader1:	Joey Smallwood
Leader Since1:	1949
Last Election1:	32
Seats1:	31
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	75,560
Percentage1:	58.0%
Swing1:	8.3pp
Leader2:	Malcolm Hollett
Leader Since2:	1953
Last Election2:	4
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	33,002
Percentage2:	25.3%
Swing2:	7.3pp
Image3:	UNP
Leader3:	James D. Higgins
Leader Since3:	1959
Party3:	United Newfoundland Party
Last Election3:	pre-creation
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Percentage3:	8.2%
Swing3:	pre-creation
Premier
Before Election:	Joey Smallwood
Posttitle:	Premier after election
After Election:	Joey Smallwood
Ongoing:	No
Flag Year:	1952

The 1959 Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1956	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)		32	31	align=right	-3.1%	75,560	58.0%		4	3	align=right	-25%	33,002	25.3%	Newfoundland Democratic Party		0	0	0%	9,352	7.2%	United Newfoundland	James D. Higgins	align=right	-	2	N/A		8.2%	Other		0	0	0%	12,411	1.3%
Totals			36	36	-	131,148	100%

*The CCF supported the Newfoundland Democratic Party which was founded by the Newfoundland Federation of Labour to run candidates as a protest against the Liberal government's decertification of the International Woodworkers of America in the course of the Newfoundland Loggers' Strike. The Newfoundland Democratic Party ran eighteen candidates, none of whom was elected. The party went on to become the Newfoundland New Democratic Party in 1961.

** United Newfoundland votes included in "other" total.

References

• Web site: Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections. Election Almanac. Election Almanac. 9 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124341/http://www.electionalmanac.com/ea/newfoundland-labrador-election-results/. 13 April 2014. dead.