24th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1919. The general assembly sat from 1920 to 1923.^[1]

24th 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	1920
Disbanded	1923
Preceded by	23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	25th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Richard Squires
Elections
Last election	1919 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals and the Fishermen's Protective Union, calling itself Liberal Reform, formed the government. Richard Squires served as Newfoundland's prime minister.^[2]

The Newfoundland People's Party, in opposition, adopted the name Liberal-Progressive.^[1]

William F. Penney served as speaker.^[3]

Sir Charles Alexander Harris served as governor of Newfoundland until 1922.^[4] Sir William Allardyce succeeded Harris as governor.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1919:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	F. P. LeGrow	Bay de Verde	Liberal Reform	1919
	William H. Cave	1919
	William F. Coaker	Bonavista	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1913
	John Abbott			1913
	Robert G. Winsor	1913
	Harvey Small	Burgeo-La Poile	Liberal Reform	1919
	John T. Cheeseman	Burin	Liberal Reform	1919
	Samuel J. Foote	1919
	W. F. Penney	Carbonear	Liberal Reform	1919
	Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal-Progressive	1893
	Philip F. Moore	1909
	Richard Hibbs	Fogo	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
	William R. Warren	Fortune Bay	Liberal Reform	1919
	G. A. Gosse	Harbour Grace	Liberal Reform	1919
	Arthur Barnes			1904, 1919
	Frank C. Archibald	1919
	W. E. Jones	Harbour Main	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	William J. Woodford	1908
	William J. Walsh	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal-Progressive	1913
	Michael S. Sullivan			1919
	E. Sinnott	1919
	John C. Crosbie	Port de Grave	Liberal-Progressive	1908
	J. H. Scammell	St. Barbe	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
	James MacDonnell[nb 1]	St. George's	Liberal Reform	1919
	Liberal-Progressive
	William J. Higgins	St. John's East	Liberal-Progressive	1913
	Cyril J. Fox			1919
	N. J. Vinnicombe	1919
	Richard A. Squires	St. John's West	Liberal Reform	1909, 1919
	Henry J. Brownrigg		1919
	John R. Bennett	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	William W. Halfyard	Trinity	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1919
	John Guppy			1919
	Archibald Targett	1913
	Walter Jennings	Twillingate	Liberal Reform (FPU)	1913
	George Jones			1919
	Solomon Samson	1919

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Bay de Verde	William H. Cave	Liberal Reform	1920	Results of election declared invalid[1]

Notes

1. Joined Liberal-Progressives shortly after cabinet named