The 1882 Newfoundland general election was held on November 6, 1882 to elect the members of the 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Conservative Party led by William Whiteway was re-elected on a platform promising the continued development of the Newfoundland Railway. Much of the Opposition Party from the previous election had disintegrated, but Whiteway's remaining opponents coalesced around James J. Rogerson, the former Receiver General, and formed the New Party.
Results
Party Leader(s) 1878CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)ConservativeWilliam Whiteway213126578.79%(11.05%)25,87365.52%(9.66%)NewJames Rogerson andWalter Grieve10275515.15%(17.11%)11,29828.61%(15.53%)Other07226.06%(6.06%)2,3205.87%(5.87%)Totals3165332100%39,491100%
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 rowspan=3|St. John's East || |Robert Kent1,09422.42% | |Michael O'Mara89118.26% || |Michael O'Mara
|John Dearin1,06021.72% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|J. Callanan82316.86% || |Robert Kent
|Robert Parsons Jr.1,01220.74% || |Robert Parsons Jr. |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West || |Patrick Scott1,20631.20% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Garret Dooley65316.89% || |Lewis Tessier†
|Philip White1,06127.44% || |Patrick Scott
|James Callanan94624.47% || |Vacant
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde | |Michael Knight21823.22% | |James Rogerson35938.23% || |Levi Garland (Independent)36238.55% || |Alfred Penney‡(ran in Carbonear) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear || |Alfred Penney47077.81% | |William Giles406.62% | |Patrick Hogan (Independent)9415.56% || |John Rorke† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Grace || |Charles Dawe1,74946.97% | |Thomas Alcock1654.43%
|Ambrose Shea
|Ambrose Shea1,68345.19% | |George Emerson1273.41%
|Charles Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Joseph Little94544.68% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Charles Furey30014.18%
|Joseph Little
|Richard MacDonnell87041.13%
|Patrick Nowlan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Port de Grave |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Nathan Norman14614.36% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Goodfellow24524.09% || |John Bartlett (Independent)61160.08% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Nathan Norman
|? Barnes (Independent)151.47%
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland
|Augustus GoodridgeWon by acclamation || |Augustus Goodridge
|Daniel GreeneWon by acclamation || |Daniel Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's || |William Donnelly87626.49% || |Albert Bradshaw67220.32% || |William Donnelly
|Michael Tobin60918.42% | |Richard McGrath36911.16% || |James Collins†
|Michael Dwyer59517.99% | |David Sclater1865.62% || |Michael Dwyer
Eastern and Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay || |George Skelton70418.75% || |Walter Grieve73919.68%
|Francis Winton
|Francis Winton69518.51% | |James Noonan61916.48%
|George Skelton
|James Saint55314.73% | |Henry Woods44511.85%
|James Saint |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay || |William Whiteway1,17626.73% | |Stephen March74416.91% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|James Watson (Independent)73316.66% || |William Whiteway
|Joseph Boyd84919.30% | |Jacob Morris50711.53% || |James Watson
|Robert Bond81218.46% | |Richard Penny3117.07% || |John Rendell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate and Fogo || |Smith McKay1,35724.96% | |? Herbert68012.51%
|A. J. W. McNeilly
|Richard Rice1,19021.89% | |A. J. W. McNeilly59110.87%
|Stanley Carter†
|Jabez Thompson1,10820.38% | |? Winton5109.38%
|Richard Rice
Southern and Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile || |Alexander Mackay47357.54%
|James Murray (Independent)34642.09% || |Alexander Mackay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin || |James Winter45025.85% || |John Peters44125.33%
|James Winter
|George Forsey43524.99% | |E. McGhee41523.84%
|James Rogerson‡(ran in Bay de Verde) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |James Fraser46760.57% | |Charles Bowring30439.43%
|James Fraser |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's || |Michael Carty42272.63%
|? Walsh (Independent)15927.37% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay || |John Boone64279.85% | |Ellis Watson16220.15%
|New district
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