1959 Newfoundland general election

The 1959 Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results  Party Leader1956Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Joey Smallwood 3231-3.1%75,56058.0%Malcolm Hollett 43-25%33,00225.3%United NewfoundlandJames Higgins–2N/A10,6398.1%Newfoundland Democratic PartyEd Finn 000%9,3527.2%Other000% 1,7721.3%Totals3636 –131,148100%

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

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre60.74% turnout

|Frank Fogwill2,63145.41% || |Augustine Duffy2,86049.36% | |Larry Daley3035.23% || |Augustine Duffy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East71.88% turnout

|James Greene2,94951.28% | |James Higgins2,80248.72%

|James Higgins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North76.19% turnout || |George Nightingale3,05656.76% | |Leslie Marshall1,91035.48% | |Harvey Cole4187.76%

|George Nightingale |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South68.94% turnout

|Rex Renouf2,85947.09% || |John O'Dea2,99749.37% | |Charles Devine2153.54% || |Rex Renouf |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West89.98% turnout || |Joey Smallwood4,24365.64% | |Malcolm Hollett2,22134.36%

|Malcolm Hollett

Conception Bay

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island75.93% turnout | |Joseph O'Driscoll1,38539.82% || |Richard Greene1,63146.89%

|Steve Neary46213.28% || |Joseph O'Driscoll |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde44.14% turnout || |George Clarke2,35982.63%

|James Evans49617.37%

|George Clarke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace63.92% turnout || |Claude Sheppard1,83470.11% | |George Broomfield70326.87% | |George Sweetapple793.02%

|Claude Sheppard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Philip J. Lewis2,21229.82% || |Albert Furey1,82724.63% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Miller3434.62% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Alphonsus Dunphy1732.33% || |Philip Lewis

|Matthew Whelan1,47619.90% | |John Halley1,38618.69% || |Matthew Whelan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave58.90% turnout || |Llewellyn Strange1,70367.10% | |Richard Parsons83532.90%

|Llewellyn Strange

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland77.22% turnout || |Myles Murray1,67659.06% | |Otto Byrne1,16240.94%

|Myles Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia East75.16% turnout || |Alain Frecker1,57854.19% | |William Patterson1,21741.79% | |Esau Thoms1174.02% || |Greg Power† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's77.58% turnout || |James M. McGrath1,01757.23% | |Thomas Howley76042.77%

|James M. McGrath |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South || |Uriah StricklandWon by acclamation

|Samuel Hefferton†

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North65.18% turnout || |Edward Spencer3,39980.51% | |Samuel King47411.23% | |Kitchener Pritchett3498.27%

|Joey Smallwood‡(ran in St. John's West) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South57.67% turnout || |Rossy Barbour2,95173.83% | |Gerald Hayley93223.32%

|Albert Keel (Independent)1142.85% || |Uriah Strickland‡(ran in Trinity South) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo60.47% turnout || |Isaac Mercer2,55177.73% | |Whitfield Bannister42212.86% | |Roosevelt Wellon3099.41%

|Isaac Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North56.31% turnout || |Arthur Mifflin3,03872.26% | |Milton Moores54713.01%

|Sam Drover (Independent)61914.72% || |Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander72.85% turnout || |Beaton Abbott4,03770.64% | |Robert Taylor63911.18%

|James Mullett (Independent)1,03918.18% || |Beaton Abbott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls71.57% turnout || |Raymond Guy3,63680.85%

|Stedman Inder3978.83% | |James Hannaford46410.32%

|Edward Spencer‡(ran in Bonavista North) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay82.10% turnout || |William Smallwood2,52978.61% | |Roy Manuel49715.45%

|Cyril Pelley (Independent)1915.94% || |William Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate71.10% turnout || |Leslie Curtis2,69276.96% | |Job Kean2376.78%

|Raymond Rogers56916.27%

|Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South84.77% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe1,73679.67%

|John O'Brien44320.33%

|Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile61.58% turnout || |John Cheeseman2,45879.42% | |Allan Evans63720.58%

|John Cheeseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin62.73% turnout || |Eric Jones2,78279.35% | |Henry Butler44212.61% | |Cyril Strong2828.04% || |Eric Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage63.07% turnout || |John Courage2,88475.24% | |Eric Hiscock63724.76%

|John Courage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West67.16% turnout || |Patrick Canning2,30769.55% | |Joseph Cheeseman1,01030.45%

|Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East77.46% turnout || |John Forsey2,90755.19% | |Tom Cahill99218.83%

|Joseph Chaulk1,36825.97% || |John Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West75.21% turnout || |Charles Ballam3,10155.64% | |Fred Clarke69612.49%

|Ed Finn1,77631.87% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port81.97% turnout || |Stephen Smith2,01461.16% | |Michael Singleton81524.75%

|Ambrose Rice46414.09% || |Stephen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe83.53% turnout || |James Chalker2,27265.76% | |Wallace Maynard51514.91%

|John McCool66819.33% || |James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's81.79% turnout || |William Keough1,89663.67% | |Alphonsus Pittman60820.42% | |Richard White2478.29% | |Gerald P. Byrne2277.62% || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North76.40% turnout || |Maxwell Lane2,39988.69% | |Robert Gillard2659.80%

|Edgar Richards411.52% || |Maxwell Lane

Labrador

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North71.03% turnout || |Earl Winsor83280.39% | |William Moss20319.61% || |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South70.86% turnout || |George Sellars1,06190.84% | |Roderick Roberts1079.16% || |George Sellars

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