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The 11th Newfoundland general election was held in 1869 to elect members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 21 Anti-Confederates (A-C) were elected against 9 Confederates (Con), ending for a moment the debate over joining the Dominion of Canada.
Elected members
Twillingate-Fogo
Charles Duder (A-C)
Smith McKay (A-C)
Bonavista Bay
James L. Noonan (A-C)
William M. Barnes (A-C)
Francis Winton (A-C)
Trinity Bay
Stephen Rendell (Con)
Thomas H. Ridley (Con)
Alexander Graham (later in a by-election)
Robert Alsop (A-C) (defeated after named to cabinet post in 1870)
John H. Warren (later, in a by-election)
Bay de Verde
John Bemister (Con)
James J. Rogerson (later, in a by-election)
Carbonear
John Rorke (Con)
Harbour Grace
John Munn (Con)
William S. Green (Con)
Brigus-Port de Grave
James B. Woods (A-C)
St. John's East
William P. Walsh (A-C)
James Jordan (A-C)
Robert J. Parsons, senior (A-C)
St. John's West
Peter Brennan (A-C)
Thomas Talbot (A-C)
Maurice Fenelon (later in a by-election)
Henry Renouf (A-C)
Lewis Tessier (later, in a by-election)
Harbour Main
James I. Little (A-C)
John Kennedy (A-C)
Ferryland
Thomas Glen (A-C)
Thomas Badcock (or Battcock) (A-C)
Placentia-St. Mary's
Charles Fox Bennett (A-C) (Leader of the Anti-Confederates)
Robert J. Parsons, junior (A-C)
Henry Renouf (A-C)
Burin
Frederick Carter (Con) (Leader of the Confederates)
