The 1836 Newfoundland general election was held from October 24 to November 15, 1836 in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Liberal reformers secured control of the government and defeated the governing Conservative party. However, the results of the election were later set aside by Chief Justice Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal. Some felt that this was a pretext used to justify holding another election because Liberal reformers had dominated the assembly.
Results Party 1832CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote% of vote(% change)Liberal51312 780.00%( 46.67%)29597.68%Conservative1073 720.00%( 46.67%)72.32%Totals152015100%302100%
Results by district
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again. ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district. $ indicates that the incumbent initially ran for re-election, but they later chose to withdraw
St. John's
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |John KentWon by acclamation || |John Kent
|William CarsonWon by acclamation || |William Carson
|Patrick MorrisWon by acclamation || |Patrick Kough$
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Conception Bay | |Thomas Ridley51.66% || |Peter Brown7625.17% || |Robert Pack
|Robert Prowse20.66% || |Anthony Godfrey7324.17% || |Charles Cozens† |- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Robert Pack7324.17% || |James Power
|James Power7324.17% || |Peter Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland
|Patrick MorrisWon by acclamation || |Robert Carter† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia and St. Mary's
|Patrick DoyleWon by acclamation || |John Martin†
|John NugentWon by acclamation || |Roger Sweetman†
Eastern and Southern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Bay || |Robert Job | |? Douglas | |Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative) || |William Brown† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin
|John SheaWon by acclamation
|William Hooper† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |William B. RowWon by acclamation
|Newman Hoyles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay | |Archibald GrahamAt least 97 votes || |Thomas MooreAt least 98 votes
|William Row‡(ran in Fortune Bay) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo || |Thomas BennettWon by acclamation
|Thomas Bennett
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