26th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1924. The general assembly sat from 1924 to 1928.^[1]

26th 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	1924
Disbanded	1928
Preceded by	25th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	27th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Walter Stanley Monroe (Until August 1928)
Premier	Frederick C. Alderdice
Elections
Last election	1924 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party led by Walter Stanley Monroe formed the government. Monroe resigned as prime minister in August 1928 and was succeeded by Frederick C. Alderdice.^[2]

Cyril Fox served as speaker.^[3]

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

The Liberal-Progressive Party had been formed after the collapse of the Liberal Reform government in 1924 when former Liberal Reformers joined with Albert Hickman to form a new government in the dying days of the previous General Assembly.

In April 1925, Newfoundland's Election Act was amended to grant all women over the age of 25 the right to vote; men were allowed to vote at the age of 21. Also on April 25, an act was passed that changed the distribution of seats in the House of Assembly.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1924:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	Richard Cramm	Bay de Verde	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	John C. Puddester	1924
	Walter S. Monroe	Bonavista	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	Lewis Little			1924
	William C. Winsor	1904, 1924
	Walter M. Chambers	Burgeo-La Poile	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	H. B. C. Lake	Burin	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	J. J. Lang	1924
	Robert Duff	Carbonear	Liberal-Progressive	1924
	Peter J. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal-Conservative	1923
	Philip F. Moore	1909
	R. Hibbs	Fogo	Liberal-Progressive	1924
	William R. Warren	Fortune Bay	Independent	1919
	Harris M. Mosdell (1926)	Liberal-Progressive	1926
	Albert E. Hickman	Harbour Grace	Liberal-Progressive	1924
	John R. Bennett		Liberal-Conservative	1924
	C. E. Russell	1924
	William J. Woodford	Harbour Main	Liberal-Conservative	1908
	C. J. Cahill	1924
	Michael S. Sullivan	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal-Conservative	1923
	William J. Walsh			1913
	E. F. Sinnott	1919
	F. Gordon Bradley	Port de Grave	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	J. H. Scammell	St. Barbe	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	T. J. Power	St. George's	Liberal-Conservative	1924
	William J. Higgins	St. John's East	Liberal-Conservative	1913
	Cyril J. Fox			1919
	N. J. Vinnicombe	1923
	William E. Brophy (1927)	Liberal-Progressive	1927
	John C. Crosbie	St. John's West	Liberal-Conservative	1908, 1924
	William J. Browne			1924
	W. L. Linegar	1924
	William W. Halfyard	Trinity	Liberal-Progressive	1919
	I. R. Randell			1923
	E. J. Godden	1924
	Kenneth M. Brown	Twillingate	Liberal-Progressive	1923
	George F. Grimes			1924
	Thomas G. W. Ashbourne	1924

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Harbour Main	William J. Woodford[nb 1]	Liberal-Conservative	1924	W J Woodward named to cabinet[1]
Placentia and St. Mary's	William J. Walsh[nb 1]	Liberal-Conservative	1924	W J Walsh named to cabinet[1]
St. John's East	William J. Higgins[nb 1]	Liberal-Conservative	1924	W J Higgins named to cabinet[1]
St. John's West	John C. Crosbie[nb 1]	Liberal-Conservative	1924	J C Crosbie named to cabinet[1]
Harbour Grace	John R. Bennett[nb 1]	Liberal-Conservative	July 3, 1924	J R Bennett named to cabinet[1]
Bonavista	Walter S. Monroe	Liberal-Conservative	October 27, 1924	W S Monroe named to cabinet[1]
	William C. Winsor			W C Winsor named to cabinet[1]
Burgeo-La Poile	Walter M. Chambers	Liberal-Conservative	October 25, 1926	W M Chambers named to cabinet[1]
Fortune Bay	Harris M. Mosdell	Liberal-Progressive		W R Warren named a judge[1]
St. John's East	William E. Brophy	Liberal-Progressive	April 25, 1927	N J Vinnicombe named a liquor commissioner[1]

Notes

1. Elected by acclamation