1842 Newfoundland general election

The 1842 Newfoundland general election was held on December 20, 1842, to elect the members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The original constitution was suspended following conflict between the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and Governor John Harvey combined the two legislatures into an amalgamated assembly.

Results

 Party 1837CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote% of vote(% change)Liberal13138 553.33%(33.33%)9,80059.91%(37.77%)Conservative2117 546.67%(33.33%)6,55840.09%(37.77%)Totals152415100%16,358100%

Results by district † indicates that the incumbent did not run again. ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's || |Laurence O'Brien1,62920.23% | |Walter R. Grieve1,16114.42% || |William Carson

|John Nugent1,57119.51% | |Thomas Bennett1,12713.99% || |John Kent†

|William Carson1,53919.11% | |Patrick Kough1,02712.75% || |Laurence O'Brien

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Conception Bay || |James Prendergast1,34417.50% || |Thomas Ridley1,42518.56% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4|Daniel O'Connell (Independent Liberal)2272.96% || |Peter Brown

|Edmund Hanrahan1,32517.25% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|John Munn1,40518.30% || |Vacant

|John McCarthy1,01513.22% || |John McCarthy

|Peter Brown93812.22% || |James Power† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland | |Peter Winser25847.34% || |Thomas Glen28752.66%

|Peter Winser |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia and St. Mary's || |John Dillon336 |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|John Barron140

|Patrick Doyle†

|Simon MorrisTotal unknown

|John Nugent‡(ran in St. John's)

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Bay

|Robert CarterWon by acclamation || |Hugh Emerson† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Clement Benning24165.67% | |Henry Winton12634.33% || |Henry Butler† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay

|Bryan RobinsonWon by acclamation || |William B. Row† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay

|Richard BarnesWon by acclamation || |Thomas Moore† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo

|John SladeWon by acclamation || |Edward Dwyer†

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