22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in May 1909. The general assembly sat from 1909 to 1913.^[1]

22nd 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	1909
Disbanded	1913
Preceded by	21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Edward P. Morris
Elections
Last election	1909 Newfoundland general election

The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris formed the government.^[2]

Francis J. Morris served as speaker until 1910 when William Warren succeeded Morris as speaker.^[3]

Sir Ralph Champneys Williams served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1909:^[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
	Henry Gear	Burin	Liberal	1900
	Edward H. Davey		1900
	Thomas LeFeuvre (1911)	People's Party	1911
	John R. Goodison	Carbonear	People's Party	1909
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	People's Party	1893
	Philip F. Moore	1909
	Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal	1904
	Charles Emerson	Fortune Bay	People's Party	1908
	A. W. Piccott	Harbour Grace	People's Party	1908
	A. H. Seymour			1909
	E. Parsons	1908
	William Woodford	Harbour Main	People's Party	1908
	J.J. Murphy	1908
	R. J. Devereaux	Placentia and St. Mary's	People's Party	1909
	William R. Howley			1909
	Frank J. Morris	1909
	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
	Richard Squires	Trinity	People's Party	1909
	Robert Watson			1908
	E.G. Grant	1909
	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
Burin	Thomas LeFeuvre[nb 1]	People's Party	November 27, 1911	E H Davey died March 10, 1911[1]

Notes

1. Acclaimed