7th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1859. The general assembly sat from 1860 to 1861.

7th General Assembly of Newfoundland
History
Founded	1860
Disbanded	1861
Preceded by	6th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	8th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
	John Kent
Elections
Last election	1859 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by John Kent won the election and Kent served as Newfoundland's premier.^[1]

Ambrose Shea was chosen as speaker until 1861, when Frederick Carter briefly served as speaker.^[2]

Sir Alexander Bannerman served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[3]

In February 1861, Premier Kent accused Governor Bannerman of conspiring with the Conservatives and the judiciary to defeat a bill that would have changed the rate of exchange for the dollar. Bannerman dismissed Kent's government and invited the Conservative leader Hugh Hoyles to form a government. That government subsequently was defeated by a vote of no confidence and a general election was held.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1859:^[4][5]

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
	John Bemister	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1855
	Stephen March	Bonavista Bay	Conservative	1852
	John Henry Warren		Conservative	1852
	Matthew W. Walbank	Conservative	1855
	James Seaton	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1859
	Hugh Hoyles (1860)	Conservative	1855, 1860
	James Johnstone Rogerson	Burin	Liberal	1859
	Ambrose Shea	Liberal	1848
	Edmund Hanrahan	Carbonear	Liberal	1855
	Thomas Glen	Ferryland	Liberal	1855
	Edward Dalton Shea	Liberal	1855
	Robert Carter	Fortune Bay	Conservative	1859
	James Luke Prendergast	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1855
	John Hayward	Liberal	1855
	Patrick Nowlan	Harbour Main	Liberal	1859
	Charles Furey	Liberal	1859
	George James Hogsett	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1852
	J. W. English		Liberal	1859
	John Delaney	Liberal	1848, 1855
	Richard McGrath (1860)	Liberal	1860
	John Leamon	Port de Grave	Conservative	1859
	John Kent	St. John's East	Liberal	1832, 1848
	John Kavanagh		Liberal	1857
	Robert John Parsons	Liberal	1843
	Pierce Barron	St. John's West	Liberal	1859
	John Casey		Liberal	1859
	Thomas S. Dwyer	Liberal	1859
	Stephen Rendell	Trinity Bay	Conservative	1859
	John Winter		Conservative	1859
	F.B.T. Carter	Conservative	1859
	William Whiteway	Twillingate and Fogo	Conservative	1858
	Thomas Knight	Conservative	1859

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Harbour Grace	James Luke Prendergast	Liberal	November 1860	Election of JL Prendergast declared invalid[4]
Burgeo-La Poile	Hugh Hoyles	Conservative	1860	J Seaton resigned seat[4]
Placentia and St. Mary's	Richard McGrath	Liberal	1860	J Delaney named Postmaster General[4]