18th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1897. The general assembly sat from 1898 to 1900.

18th 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	1898
Disbanded	1900
Preceded by	17th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	19th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	James Spearman Winter
Elections
Last election	1897 Newfoundland general election

The Tory Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government.^[1]

Henry Y. Mott was chosen as speaker.^[2]

Sir Henry Edward McCallum served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1897:^[4][5]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	Abram Kean	Bay de Verde	Tory	1885, 1897
	W. P. Rogerson	1897
	Darius Blandford	Bonavista	Tory	1893
	John Cowan			1897
	John A. Robinson (1897)	1897
	Alfred B. Morine (1897)	1886, 1897
	Henry Y. Mott	Burgeo-La Poile	Tory	1894
	James S. Winter	Burin	Tory	1873, 1892, 1897
	John E. Lake	1897
	William Duff	Carbonear	Liberal	1889
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal	1893
	George Shea	Tory	1885, 1897
	Thomas C. Duder	Fogo	Tory	1893
	H. R. Hayward	Fortune Bay	Tory	1897
	Charles Way (1899)	1899
	William H. Horwood	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1894
	Eli Dawe			1889
	William A. Oke	1897
	J. J. St. John	Harbour Main	Tory	1897
	William Woodford	1889
	William J. S. Donnelly	Placentia and St. Mary's	Tory	1893
	Rhodie Callahan			1897
	Michael H. Carty	1897
	Richard T. McGrath (1899)	1894, 1899
	Charles Dawe	Port de Grave	Tory	1893
	Albert Bradshaw	St. Barbe	Tory	1882, 1897
	Michael P. Gibbs	St. George's	Tory	1897
	John P. Fox	St. John's East	Liberal	1894
	Thomas J. Murphy			1886
	Lawrence O'Brien Furlong	1893
	Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal	1885
	James C. Tessier			1893
	James J. Callanan	1882, 1897
	Robert S. Bremner	Trinity	Tory	1897
	Robert Watson			1897
	Levi March	1897
	John A. Robinson (1898)	1898
	Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal	1882
	Donald Browning		1897
	Alan Goodridge	Tory	1897

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	James Spearman Winter[nb 1]	Tory	November 29, 1897	JS Winter named to cabinet; required to run for reelection[4]
Fogo	Thomas C. Duder[nb 1]	Tory		TC Duder named to cabinet; required to run for reelection[4]
Harbour Main	William Woodford[nb 1]	Tory		W Woodford named to cabinet; required to run for reelection[4]
Bonavista	Alfred B. Morine[nb 1]	Tory		JA Robinson named to Legislative Council[4]
Trinity	John A. Robinson[nb 1]	Tory	April 29, 1898	L March resigned seat[4]
Placentia and St. Mary's	Richard T. McGrath	Liberal	May 25, 1899	WJS Donnelly named to cabinet; required to run for reelection[4]
Fortune Bay	Charles Way	Liberal	1899[4]	H R Hayward died June 13, 1899[6]

Notes

1. Elected by acclamation