The 1897 Newfoundland general election was held on October 28, 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government. On February 15, 1900, the government was defeated following a vote on a motion of no confidence which was supported by the Liberals and several Tories.
Results
Party Leader 1893CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)ConservativeJames Winter1236231163.89%(30.56%)47,58155.89%(10.30%)LiberalWilliam Whiteway2336131036.11%(27.78%)36,06242.36%(8.32%)Other14010.00%( 2.78%)1,4901.75%( 1.97%)Totals367636100%85,133100%
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 East78.79% turnout || |John P. Fox1,97319.06% | |Edward Shea1,53114.79% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thomas Keating (Independent)6696.46% || |John P. Fox
|Thomas Murphy1,72016.62% | |Robert Parsons Jr.1,47814.28% || |Charles Hutton†
|Lawrence Furlong1,57715.24% | |Patrick O'Neil1,40113.54% || |Lawrence Furlong |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West81.99% turnout || |Edward Morris1,75219.04% | |Thomas White1,46115.88%
|Edward Morris
|James Tessier1,61017.50% | |Charles Ryan1,41815.41%
|Patrick Scott‡(ran in Placentia and St. Mary's)
|James Callanan1,58817.26% | |Jacob Chafe1,37114.90%
|Thomas Jackman†
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde80.98% turnout | |Henry J. B. Woods82922.64% || |Abram Kean1,03528.27%
|Henry Woods
|Michael Knight78421.41% || |William Rogerson1,01327.67%
|John Ayre† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear71.75% turnout || |William Duff53751.68% | |Alfred Penney50248.32%
|William Duff |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace76.00% turnout || |William Horwood1,07317.57% | |William Ward91514.98% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|D. J. Green (Independent)2474.04% || |Henry Dawe
|Eli Dawe1,06017.35% | |Henry Dawe90214.77% || |William Whiteway‡(ran in Trinity Bay)
|William Oke1,05017.19% | |Graham Munn86114.10% || |Eli Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main74.80% turnout | |Frank Morris68720.56% || |John St. John1,03831.06%
|Frank Morris
|Richard MacDonnell59917.92% || |William Woodford1,01830.46%
|William Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave69.18% turnout | |James Clift39030.12% || |Charles Dawe90569.88%
|Charles Dawe
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland86.88% turnout || |Michael Cashin80932.03% || |George Shea67726.80% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Michael Condon (Independent)2459.70% || |Michael Cashin
|Martin W. Furlong51220.27% | |J. E. White28311.20% || |Daniel Greene† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's78.32% turnout | |Richard McGrath1,00512.55% || |William J. S. Donnelly1,76922.09%
|Richard McGrath
|Patrick Scott93011.61% || |Rhodie Callahan1,70721.31%
|Michael Tobin†
|William O'Reilly89411.16% || |Michael Carty1,70421.28%
|John Dunphy†
Eastern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay69.56% turnout | |James Tait8298.45% || |Darius Blandford2,52425.73% || |Donald Morison†
|Albert H. Martin7888.03% || |John Cowan2,51925.68% || |Alfred Morine‡(ran in Twillingate)
|James Blandford7677.81% || |John A. Robinson2,38424.30% || |Darius Blandford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay78.89% turnout | |William Whiteway1,31712.19% || |Robert Bremner2,50723.20% || |William Horwood‡(ran in Harbour Grace)
|George Gushue1,25011.57% || |Robert Watson2,31721.44% || |George Gushue
|George Johnson1,22911.37% || |Levi March2,18620.23% || |George Johnson
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo67.10% turnout | |Charles Earle46439.22% || |Thomas Duder71960.78% || |Thomas Duder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate78.94% turnout || |Robert Bond1,86518.85%
|Alan Goodridge1,67416.92% || |Giles Foote†
|Donald Browning1,68817.06% | |Alfred Morine1,60616.23% || |Augustus Goodridge†
|George Roberts1,61516.32% | |Joshua Taverner1,44714.62% || |Robert Bond
Southern and Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile69.94% turnout | |James Murray44040.93% || |Henry Mott63559.07%
|Henry Mott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin75.39% turnout | |Henry Gear57817.85% || |James Winter1,07233.10%
|James Pitman‡(ran in Fortune Bay)
|William B. Payne57717.81% || |John Lake1,01231.24%
|Henry Gear |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay64.21% turnout | |James Pitman47437.80% || |Henry Hayward78062.20%
|Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe58.40% turnout | |Alexander A. Parsons35536.75% || |Albert Bradshaw61163.25%
|Alexander Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's74.57% turnout | |Maurice Devine44732.51% || |Michael Gibbs59943.56% | |James Hayse (Independent)32923.93% || |Michael Carty‡(ran in Placentia and St. Mary's)
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