27th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1928. The general assembly sat from 1928 to 1932.^[1]

27th 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	1928
Disbanded	1932
Preceded by	26th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	28th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Richard Squires
Elections
Last election	1928 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires formed the government in partnership with members of the Fishermen's Protective Union.^[2]

Albert J. Walsh served as speaker.^[3]

Sir John Middleton served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1928:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	John C. Puddester	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1924
	John Parsons	Bay Roberts	Liberal	1928
	J. M. Greene	Bell Island	Liberal	1928
	J. H. Scammell	Bonavista Centre	Liberal	1919
	William F. Coaker	Bonavista East	Liberal	1913
	Robert G. Winsor	Bonavista North	Liberal	1904, 1924
	Nathan G. Winsor	1930
	Herman W. Quinton	Bonavista South	Conservative	1928
	Walter M. Chambers	Burgeo	Conservative	1924
	Arthur Barnes	Liberal	1904, 1919, 1928
	James A. Winter	Burin East	Conservative	1928
	H. B. C. Lake	Burin West	Liberal	1924
	James Moore	Carbonear	Conservative	1928
	Peter J. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal	1923
	Richard Hibbs	Fogo	Liberal	1924
	Harris M. Mosdell	Fortune Bay	Liberal	1926
	William Earle	Grand Falls	Liberal	1928
	Roland G. Starkes	Green Bay	Liberal	1928
	Frank C. Archibald	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1928
	Philip J. Lewis	Harbour Main	Liberal	1928
	Albert J. Walsh	1928
	Philip Fudge	Hermitage	Liberal	1928
	Richard A. Squires	Humber	Liberal	1909, 1919
	George F. Grimes	Lewisporte	Liberal	1924
	Helena Squires	1930
	L. Edward Emerson	Placentia East	Conservative	1928
	Michael S. Sullivan	Placentia West	Conservative	1923
	Leo J. Murphy	Liberal	1930
	William H. Abbott	Port au Port	Conservative	1928
	R. J. Smith	Port de Grave	Liberal	1928
	W. R. Skanes	St. Barbe	Liberal	1928
	Joseph F. Downey	St. George's	Liberal	1928
	Frederick C. Alderdice	St. John's City East	Conservative	1928
	Gerald G. Byrne	1928
	Alexander Campbell	St. John's City West	Liberal	1928
	J. M. Fitzgibbon	1928
	John M. Tobin	St. John's East Extern	Conservative	1928
	Frank Bennett	St. John's West Extern	Conservative	1928
	James J. Bindon	St. Mary's	Liberal	1928
	F. Gordon Bradley	Trinity Centre	Liberal	1924
	William W. Halfyard	Trinity North	Liberal	1928
	Edwin J. Godden	Trinity South	Liberal	1928
	Kenneth M. Brown	Twillingate	Liberal	1923
	J. A. Strong	White Bay	Liberal	1928

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burgeo	Arthur Barnes[nb 1]	Liberal	1928	W M Chambers resigned for health reasons[1]
Bonavista North	Nathan G. Winsor	Liberal	May 17, 1930	R G Winsor died[1] June 1, 1929[5]
Lewisporte	Helena E. Squires[nb 2]			G F Grimes died[1] August 10, 1929[6]
Placentia West	Leo J. Murphy			M S Sullivan died[1] 1929[7]

Notes

1. Elected by acclamation
2. First woman elected to Newfoundland assembly