19th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 19th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1900. The general assembly sat from 1901 to 1904.

19th 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	1901
Disbanded	1904
Preceded by	18th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	20th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Robert Bond
Elections
Last election	1900 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government.^[1]

Lawrence Furlong was chosen as speaker.^[2]

Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1900:^[4]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	Henry J. B. Woods	Bay de Verde	Liberal	1900
	Michael T. Knight			1900
	Edward Morris	1885
	Isaac Mercer (1902)	1902
	Alfred B. Morine	Bonavista	Tory	1886
	Darius Blandford			1900
	Mark Chaplin	1900
	Charles Emerson	Burgeo-La Poile	Liberal	1900
	Henry Gear	Burin	Liberal	1900
	Edward H. Davey	1900
	Joseph Maddock	Carbonear	Liberal	1900
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal	1893
	J. D. Ryan	1900
	Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal	1900
	Charles Way	Fortune Bay	Liberal	1899
	Eli Dawe	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1889
	A. W. Harvey			1900
	William A. Oke	1897
	Frank J. Morris	Harbour Main	Liberal	1900
	J. J. St. John	1897
	E. M. Jackman	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1900
	Thomas Bonia			1900
	Richard T. McGrath	1894, 1899
	A. M. McKay	Port de Grave	Tory	1878, 1900
	Alexander Parsons	St. Barbe	Liberal	1893, 1900
	William R. Howley	St. George's	Liberal	1900
	John Dwyer	St. John's East	Liberal	1900
	Lawrence O'Brien Furlong			1893
	Thomas J. Murphy	1886
	Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal	1885
	John Anderson			1900
	John Scott	1900
	George W. Gushue	Trinity	Liberal	1900
	George M. Johnson			1894, 1900
	William H. Horwood		1894
	William Warren (1902)	Tory	1902
	Robert Watson (1902)	1897, 1902
	Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal	1882
	James A. Clift			1900
	George Roberts	1900

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Trinity	Robert Watson	Tory	1902	GM Johnson named to Supreme Court[4]
	William Warren			W Horwood named to Supreme Court[4]
Bay de Verde	Isaac Mercer	Liberal	1902	HJB Woods named Postmaster General[4]
Bay de Verde	Edward Morris[nb 1]	Liberal	1903	E Morris named to cabinet; required to run for reelection[4]

Notes

1. Elected by acclamation