24th General Assembly of Newfoundland explained

24th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Coa Pic:	Colonialbuilding.jpg
Coa Caption:	Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
Foundation:	1920
Disbanded:	1923
Leader1 Type:	Premier
Leader1:	Richard Squires
Last Election1:	1919 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1919. The general assembly sat from 1920 to 1923.

The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals and the Fishermen's Protective Union, calling itself Liberal Reform, formed the government. Richard Squires served as Newfoundland's prime minister.^[1]

The Newfoundland People's Party, in opposition, adopted the name Liberal-Progressive.

William F. Penney served as speaker.^[2]

Sir Charles Alexander Harris served as governor of Newfoundland until 1922.^[3] Sir William Allardyce succeeded Harris as governor.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1919:^[5]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
F. P. LeGrow	Bay de Verde	Liberal Reform	1919
William H. Cave			1919
William F. Coaker	Bonavista	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1913
John Abbott			1913
Robert G. Winsor			1913
Harvey Small	Burgeo-La Poile	Liberal Reform	1919
John T. Cheeseman	Burin	Liberal Reform	1919
Samuel J. Foote			1919
W. F. Penney	Carbonear	Liberal Reform	1919
Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal-Progressive	1893
Philip F. Moore			1909
Richard Hibbs	Fogo	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
William R. Warren	Fortune Bay	Liberal Reform	1919
G. A. Gosse	Harbour Grace	Liberal Reform	1919
Arthur Barnes			1904, 1919
Frank C. Archibald			1919
W. E. Jones	Harbour Main	Liberal-Progressive	1919
William J. Woodford			1908
William J. Walsh	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal-Progressive	1913
Michael S. Sullivan			1919
E. Sinnott			1919
John C. Crosbie	Port de Grave	Liberal-Progressive	1908
J. H. Scammell	St. Barbe	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
James MacDonnell^[6]	St. George's	Liberal Reform	1919
William J. Higgins	St. John's East	Liberal-Progressive	1913
Cyril J. Fox			1919
N. J. Vinnicombe			1919
Richard A. Squires	St. John's West	Liberal Reform	1909, 1919
Henry J. Brownrigg			1919
John R. Bennett		Liberal-Progressive	1919
William W. Halfyard	Trinity	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
John Guppy			1919
Archibald Targett			1913
Walter Jennings	Twillingate	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1913
George Jones			1919
Solomon Samson			1919

Notes:

1. Web site: Right Hon. Sir Richard Anderson Squires, P.C., K.C.M.C. . Memorial University . S.J . Carew . Celebrate Memorial History . 2015-04-06.
2. Web site: The Speaker of the House of Assembly . House of Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091013233930/http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/speaker.htm . 2009-10-13 .
3. Web site: Harris, Sir Charles Alexander (1855-1947) . Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage . Memorial University.
4. Web site: Allardyce, Sir William Lamond (1861-1930) . Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage . Memorial University.
5. Encyclopedia: Elections. . 709–11 .
6. Joined Liberal-Progressives shortly after cabinet named

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Bay de Verde	William H. Cave	Liberal Reform	1920	Results of election declared invalid

Notes:

1. Web site: Right Hon. Sir Richard Anderson Squires, P.C., K.C.M.C. . Memorial University . S.J . Carew . Celebrate Memorial History . 2015-04-06.
2. Web site: The Speaker of the House of Assembly . House of Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091013233930/http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/speaker.htm . 2009-10-13 .
3. Web site: Harris, Sir Charles Alexander (1855-1947) . Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage . Memorial University.
4. Web site: Allardyce, Sir William Lamond (1861-1930) . Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage . Memorial University.
5. Encyclopedia: Elections. . 709–11 .
6. Joined Liberal-Progressives shortly after cabinet named