10th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1869. The general assembly sat from 1870 to 1873.

10th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1870
Disbanded	1873
Preceded by	9th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	11th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Charles Fox Bennett
Elections
Last election	1869 Newfoundland general election

The Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett won the election and Bennett served as Newfoundland's premier.^[1] The decisive defeat of candidates supporting Confederation put an end to any discussions about union with Canada.^[2]

Thomas R. Bennett was chosen as speaker.^[3]

Sir Stephen John Hill served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1869:^[5][6]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	John Bemister	Bay de Verde	Confederate	1855
	James J. Rogerson (1870)	Confederate	1870
	James L. Noonan	Bonavista Bay	Anti-Confederate	1869
	William M. Barnes		Anti-Confederate	1869
	Francis Winton	Anti-Confederate	1869
	Prescott Emerson	Burgeo-La Poile	Confederate	1869
	Edward Evans	Burin	Confederate	1861
	Frederick Carter	Confederate	1859
	John Rorke	Carbonear	Confederate	1863
	Thomas Glen	Ferryland	Anti-Confederate	1855
	Thomas Badcock	Anti-Confederate	1869
	Thomas R. Bennett	Fortune Bay	Anti-Confederate	1865
	John Munn	Harbour Grace	Confederate	1869
	William S. Green	Confederate	1865
	Joseph I. Little	Harbour Main	Anti-Confederate	1867
	John Kennedy	Anti-Confederate	1869
	Charles Fox Bennett	Placentia and St. Mary's	Anti-Confederate	1869
	Robert John Parsons, Jr.		Anti-Confederate	1867
	Henry Renouf[nb 1]	Anti-Confederate	1861
	James B. Woods	Port de Grave	Anti-Confederate	1869
	William P. Walsh	St. John's East	Anti-Confederate	1869
	James Jordan		Anti-Confederate	1869
	Robert John Parsons	Anti-Confederate	1843
	Peter Brennan	St. John's West	Anti-Confederate	1866
	Thomas Talbot		Anti-Confederate	1861
	Henry Renouf[nb 1]	Anti-Confederate	1861
	Maurice Fenelon (1871)	Anti-Confederate	1871
	Stephen Rendell	Trinity Bay	Confederate	1859
	Thomas H. Ridley		Confederate	1869
	Robert Alsop		Anti-Confederate	1866
	Alexander Graham (1871)	Anti-Confederate	1871
	John Henry Warren (1870)	Confederate	1870
	Charles Duder	Twillingate and Fogo	Anti-Confederate	1869
	Smith McKay	Anti-Confederate	1869

Notes:

1. Elected in both Placentia and St. Mary's and St. John's West

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's West	Lewis Tessier	Anti-Confederate	March 31, 1870	H Renouf chose to sit for Placentia and St. Mary's[5]
Bay de Verde	James J. Rogerson	Confederate	April 5, 1870	J Bemister named sheriff[5]
Ferryland	Thomas Glen	Anti-Confederate	August 1870	T Glen named to cabinet in 1870[5]
Harbour Main	Joseph I. Little	Anti-Confederate	August 1870	JI Little named to cabinet in 1870[5]
Placentia and St. Mary's	Henry Renouf	Anti-Confederate	September 1870	H Renouf named to cabinet in 1870[5]
Trinity Bay	John Henry Warren	Confederate	September 17, 1870	R Alsop named to cabinet in 1870[5]
St. John's West	Maurice Fenelon	Anti-Confederate	January 16, 1871	T Talbot named to Legislative Council[5]
Bonavista Bay	James L. Noonan	Confederate	October 26, 1871	JL Noonan named to cabinet in 1871[5]
Trinity Bay	Alexander Graham	Anti-Confederate	October 26, 1871	T Ridley resigned seat in 1871 after firm went insolvent[5]

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