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1889 Newfoundland general election

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1889 Newfoundland general election
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The 1889 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. Reform soon disappeared and was replaced by the Orange Order based Tory Party. This was the first general election held in Newfoundland using the secret ballot.

Quick facts 36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Results

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Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

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Conception Bay

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Avalon Peninsula

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Eastern Newfoundland

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Central Newfoundland

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Southern and Western Newfoundland

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Notes

  1. Not the incumbent, but ran in this district and won.

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