21st General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1908. The general assembly sat from March 30 to April 9, 1909.^[1]

21st 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	1908
Disbanded	1909
Preceded by	20th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Edward P. Morris
Elections
Last election	1908 Newfoundland general election

The seats were split evenly between the Liberal Party and the new Newfoundland People's Party. Robert Bond resigned as premier after the Governor refused to dissolve the assembly. Edward P. Morris of the People's Party was asked to form a government but the assembly was unable to choose a speaker and was dissolved.^[2]

Although Morris was not able to form a stable government, as Premier, he was able to spend money which helped him gain votes for the election that was to follow.^[3]

Sir William MacGregor served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1908:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	John Crosbie	Bay de Verde	People's Party	1908
	Jesse Whiteway	1908
	Sydney Blandford	Bonavista	People's Party	1908
	William C. Winsor			1904
	Donald Morison	1888, 1906
	Robert Moulton	Burgeo-La Poile	People's Party	1904
	Edward H. Davey	Burin	Liberal	1900
	Henry Gear	1900
	Joseph Maddock	Carbonear	Liberal	1900
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	People's Party	1893
	William J. Ellis	Liberal	1904
	Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal	1904
	Charles Emerson	Fortune Bay	People's Party	1908
	A. W. Piccott	Harbour Grace	People's Party	1908
	E. Parsons		1908
	Eli Dawe	Liberal	1889
	William Woodford	Harbour Main	People's Party	1908
	J.J. Murphy	1908
	E. M. Jackman	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1900
	Michael S. Sullivan			1904
	J. Davis	1908
	William R. Warren	Port de Grave	People's Party	1908
	William M. Clapp	St. Barbe	Liberal	1904
	Joseph Downey	St. George's	People's Party	1908
	James M. Kent	St. John's East	Liberal	1904
	George Shea			1885, 1904
	John Dwyer	1900
	Edward P. Morris	St. John's West	People's Party	1885
	John R. Bennett			1904
	Michael Kennedy	1908
	George W. Gushue	Trinity	Liberal	1900
	A. W. Miller		1904
	Robert Watson	People's Party	1908
	Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal	1882
	James A. Clift			1900
	George Roberts	1900

By-elections

None.