11th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1873. The general assembly sat from February 1874 to Fall 1874.

11th 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	1874
Disbanded	1874
Preceded by	10th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	12th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Frederick Carter
Elections
Last election	1873 Newfoundland general election

The Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett won the election. However, defections and resignations before the assembly's opening reduced his party to a minority^[1] and Frederick Carter formed the government in 1874.^[2]

Prescott Emerson 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 1873:^[5][6]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	James J. Rogerson	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1870
	Charles Bowring	Bonavista Bay	Conservative	1873
	Alexander J.W. McNeilly		Conservative	1873
	John Burton	Conservative	1873
	Prescott Emerson	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1869
	James S. Winter	Burin	Conservative	1873
	Charles R. Ayre	Conservative	1873
	John Rorke	Carbonear	Conservative	1863
	Thomas Glen	Ferryland	Anti-Confederate	1855
	Richard Raftus	Anti-Confederate	1873
	Thomas R. Bennett[nb 1]	Fortune Bay	Anti-Confederate	1865
	Frederick Carter[nb 2]	Harbour Grace	Conservative	1859
	William Wood		Conservative	1873
	Ambrose Shea (1874)	Conservative	1848, 1874
	Joseph I. Little	Harbour Main	Anti-Confederate	1867
	Patrick Nowlan	Anti-Confederate	1873
	Charles Fox Bennett	Placentia and St. Mary's	Anti-Confederate	1869
	James Collins		Anti-Confederate	1873
	Henry Renouf[nb 1]	Anti-Confederate	1861
	John Bartlett	Port de Grave	Anti-Confederate	1873
	John J. Dearin	St. John's East	Anti-Confederate	1873
	Robert John Parsons		Anti-Confederate	1843
	Robert J. Kent	Anti-Confederate	1873
	Lewis Tessier	St. John's West	Anti-Confederate	1873
	Patrick J. Scott		Anti-Confederate	1873
	Maurice Fenelon	Anti-Confederate	1873
	John Steer	Trinity Bay	Conservative	1873
	John Warren		Conservative	1873
	William Whiteway	Conservative	1859, 1873
	Frederick Carter[nb 2]	Twillingate and Fogo	Conservative	1859
	Charles Duder[nb 3]		Anti-Confederate	1873
	Conservative
	Smith McKay	Anti-Confederate	1873

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Harbour Grace	Ambrose Shea	Conservative	January 17, 1874	F Carter chose to sit for Twillingate and Fogo[5]

Notes

1. Named a judge January 9, 1874
2. Frederick Carter was elected in two ridings
3. Joined Conservatives in 1874