20th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 20th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1904. The general assembly sat from 1905 to 1908.

20th 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	1905
Disbanded	1908
Preceded by	19th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Robert Bond
Elections
Last election	1904 Newfoundland general election

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

Francis J. Morris was chosen as speaker.^[2]

Sir William MacGregor served as colonial governor of Newfoundland until 1907 when Newfoundland became a dominion and continued to serve as governor for the dominion until 1909.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1904:^[4]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	William C. Winsor	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1904
	Charles H. Hutchings	Liberal	1904
	Alfred B. Morine	Bonavista	Conservative	1886
	Mark Chaplin			1900
	Sydney Blandford	1904
	Donald Morison (1906)	1888, 1906
	Robert Moulton	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1904
	Edward H. Davey	Burin	Liberal	1900
	Henry Gear	1900
	John Maddock	Carbonear	Liberal	1900
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal	1893
	William J. Ellis	1904
	Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal	1900
	A. H. Martin	Fortune Bay	Liberal	1904
	Eli Dawe	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1889
	William A. Oke			1897
	Arthur Barnes	1904
	Frank J. Morris	Harbour Main	Liberal	1900
	John Lewis	1904
	E. M. Jackman	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1900
	Thomas Bonia			1900
	Michael S. Sullivan	1904
	Alexander McKay	Port de Grave	Conservative	1878, 1900
	Charles Dawe (1906)	1878, 1893, 1906
	William M. Clapp	St. Barbe	Liberal	1904
	George T. Carty	St. George's	Liberal	1904
	James M. Kent	St. John's East	Liberal	1904
	George Shea			1885, 1904
	John Dwyer	1900
	Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal	1885
	John R. Bennett			1904
	J. P. Scott	1904
	George W. Gushue	Trinity	Liberal	1900
	William F. Lloyd			1904
	A. W. Miller	1904
	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
Port de Grave	Charles Dawe	Conservative	February 1, 1906	A MacKay died November 24, 1905[4]
Bonavista	Donald Morison[nb 1]	Conservative	November 6, 1906	AB Morine resigned seat in 1906 and moved to Ontario5[4]

Notes

1. Acclaimed