Newfoundland general election, 1909

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Date 8 May 1909

The 23rd Newfoundland general election was held on 8 May 1909 to elect members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris, having secured a majority, formed the government.

Members elected

Bay de Verde

John C. Crosbie People's Party

Jesse Whiteway People's Party

Bonavista Bay

Sydney Blandford People's Party

William C. Winsor People's Party

Donald Morison People's Party

Burgeo-LaPoile

Robert Moulton People's Party

Burin

Henry Gear Liberal

Edward H. Davey Liberal

Thomas LeFeuvre People's Party, elected in 1911

Carbonear

John Goodison People's Party

Ferryland

Michael P. Cashin People's Party

Phillip F. Moore People's Party

Fogo

Henry Earle Liberal

Fortune Bay

Charles Emerson People's Party

Harbour Grace

A. W. Piccott People's Party

A. H. Seymour People's Party

E. Parsons People's Party

Harbour Main

William Woodford People's Party

J. J. Murphy People's Party

Placentia and St. Mary's

R. J. Devereaux People's Party

William R. Howley People's Party

Frank J. Morris People's Party

Port de Grave

William R. Warren People's Party (speaker)

St. Barbe

William M. Clapp Liberal

St. George's

Joseph F. Downey People's Party

St. John's East

James M. Kent Liberal

George Shea Liberal

J. Dwyer Liberal

St. John's West

Edward P. Morris People's Party

John R. Bennett People's Party

Michael J. Kennedy People's Party

Trinity Bay

Richard A. Squires People's Party

Robert Watson People's Party

E.G. Grant People's Party

Twillingate

Robert Bond Liberal

James A. Clift Liberal

George Roberts Liberal

References

Newfoundland general election, 1909 Wikipedia

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