1924 Newfoundland general election

1924 Newfoundland general election
June 2, 1924
36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Walter Monroe Albert Hickman
Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive
Leader since 1924 1924
Leader's seat Bonavista Bay[a] Harbour Grace[a]
Last election 13[b] 23[c]
Seats won 25 10
Seat change Increase12 Decrease13
Popular vote 57,391 40,492
Percentage 57.94% 40.88%
Swing Increase9.93% Decrease10.62%
Prime Minister before election

Albert Hickman
Liberal-Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Walter Stanley Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21).[1] Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Results

  Party Leader 1923 Candidates Seats won Seat change % of seats
(% change) 		Popular vote % of vote
(% change)
  Liberal-Conservative Progressive Walter Monroe 13[b] 36 25 Increase12 69.44%
(Increase33.33%) 		57,391 57.94%
(Increase9.93%)
  Liberal-Progressive Albert Hickman 23[c] 36 10 Decrease13 27.78%
(Decrease36.11%) 		40,492 40.88%
(Decrease10.62%)
  Other 0 1 1 Increase 1 2.78%
(Increase2.78%) 		1,166 1.18%
(Increase0.68%)
Totals 36 73 36 Steady 100% 99,049 100%

Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive
St. John's East William Higgins
3,654
26.49% 		Michael Caul[2]
1,088
7.89% 		William Higgins
Cyril Fox
3,557
25.79% 		Charles Ryan[2]
1,081
7.84% 		Cyril Fox
Nicholas Vinnicombe
3,375
24.47% 		Lewis Edward Emerson
1,039
7.53% 		Nicholas Vinnicombe
St. John's West[2] John Crosbie
3,298
23.36% 		Joseph Fitzgibbon
1,676
11.87% 		Charles Hunt†
William Browne
3,115
22.06% 		Reg Dowden[2]
1,661
11.77% 		Michael Cashin†
William Linegar
3,009
21.31% 		Andrew Duffy[2]
1,359
9.63% 		Richard Squires†

Conception Bay

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive
Bay de Verde Richard Cramm
1,025
28.77% 		William Cave
851
23.88% 		William Cave
John Puddester
979
27.48% 		Wallace Goobie
708
19.87% 		Richard Cramm
Carbonear John Rorke Jr.
358
45.84% 		Robert Duff
423
54.16% 		James Moore†
Harbour Grace John R. Bennett
1,034
17.41% 		Albert Hickman
1,049
17.66% 		Archibald Piccott†
Charles Russell
1,014
17.07% 		Frank Archibald
957
16.11% 		Ernest Simmons
Ernest Simmons
947
15.95% 		Augustus Calpin
938
15.79% 		Augustus Calpin
Harbour Main William Woodford
884
31.56% 		Matthew Hawco
628
22.42% 		Matthew Hawco
Cyril Cahill
785
28.03% 		Leo Carter[3]
504
17.99% 		William Woodford
Port de Grave F. Gordon Bradley
524
50.24% 		Robert Smith
519
49.76% 		Harry A. Winter†

Avalon Peninsula

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive
Ferryland Peter Cashin
1,016
39.55% 		Joseph P. Burke
384
14.95% 		Peter Cashin
Philip Moore
847
32.97% 		Thomas Coady[4]
322
12.53% 		Philip Moore
Placentia and St. Mary's Michael Sullivan
2,523
29.10% 		James Bindon
916
10.57% 		Michael Sullivan
William Walsh
2,448
28.24% 		P. J. Murphy
473
5.46% 		William Walsh
Edward Sinnott
1,917
22.11% 		M. J. Ryan
392
4.52% 		Edward Sinnott

Eastern Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive
Bonavista Walter Monroe
2,330
18.06% 		Chesley Forbes
2,056
15.93% 		William Coaker†
Lewis Little
2,264
17.54% 		Arthur Barnes
2,003
15.52% 		Robert G. Winsor†
William C. Winsor
2,258
17.50% 		Leonard Stick
1,994
15.45% 		John Abbott†
Trinity Harold Mitchell
1,388
15.19% 		William Halfyard
1,814
19.85% 		William Halfyard
William A. King[5]
1,336
14.62% 		Isaac Randell
1,697
18.57% 		Isaac Randell
Arch Tait[5]
1,257
13.76% 		Edwin Godden
1,645
18.00% 		Richard Hibbs‡
(ran in Fogo)

Central Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive
Fogo Martin G. Dalton
683
44.29% 		Richard Hibbs
859
55.70% 		George Grimes‡
(ran in Twillingate)
Twillingate James S. Ayre
1,737
14.86% 		Kenneth Brown
2,532
21.67% 		Kenneth Brown
Walter B. Milley
1,556
13.31% 		George Grimes
2,219
18.99% 		Arthur Barnes‡
(ran in Bonavista)
Joseph Peters
1,437
12.30% 		Thomas Ashbourne
2,205
18.87% 		George Jones†

Southern and Western Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Progressive Other
Burgeo and LaPoile Walter Chambers
791
59.56% 		Harvey Small
537
40.44% 		Harvey Small
Burin H. B. C. Lake
871
25.63% 		George Harris
850
25.01% 		George Harris
J. J. Long
860
25.30% 		Marmaduke Winter
818
24.07% 		Samuel Foote†
Fortune Bay Charles Jeffrey
131
9.24% 		Frederick Lukins
120
8.47% 		William Warren
1,166
82.29% 		William Warren
St. Barbe Joseph Moore[6]
1,120
49.56% 		J. H. Scammell
1,140
50.44% 		J. H. Scammell
St. George's Thomas Power
1,063
50.67% 		Joseph Downey
1,035
49.33% 		Joseph Downey

Notes

  1. ^ a b Not the incumbent, but stood in this district and won
  2. ^ a b As the Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. ^ a b As the Liberal Reform Party in a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union

References

  1. ^ "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Candidates Nominated for St. John's East and West". The Telegram. May 23, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Hawco and Carter For Harbor Main". Evening Advocate. May 19, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. ^ "Election Returns". The Western Star. June 6, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Monroe Standard Bearers: Pledged to a "Clean Up and Keep Clean" Policy". Daily News. May 20, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  6. ^ "From the Firing Line: St. Barbe Will Return Moore". Evening Telegram. May 20, 1924. Retrieved May 9, 2025.

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