1919 Newfoundland general election

The 1919 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 November 1919 to elect members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker, formed the government. The People's Party, became the Liberal-Labour-Progressive party following the election and formed the opposition. Squires served as Newfoundland prime minister.

Results  Party Leader 1913CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)Liberal ReformRichard Squires1536Liberal 24FPU 1224Liberal 13FPU 11966.67%(25.00%)70,207FPU 36,329Liberal 33,87859.64%(5.32%)Fishermen's Protective UnionWilliam CoakerLiberal-ProgressiveMichael Cashin213612933.33%(25.00%)43,52036.70%(8.85%)LabourN/A–300.00%()2,8352.41%(2.41%)Other0300.00%()1,1570.98%(0.84%)Totals367836100%117,719100%

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 East80.64% turnout || |William Higgins2,92518.11% | |Henry Bartlett2,41014.92%

|rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thomas Murphy (Independent)6353.93% || |Vacant

|Cyril Fox2,77517.18% | |Leo Carter2,37914.73%

|William Higgins

|Nicholas Vinnicombe2,70716.76% | |Daniel Curtin2,32114.36%

|Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West76.33% turnout || |John R. Bennett1,80813.30% || |Richard Squires1,95414.38% | |William Linegar1,0257.54% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|J. Sinclair Tait (Independent)1020.75% || |Vacant

|James Martin1,74912.87% || |Henry Brownrigg1,83913.53% | |John Caldwell9336.86% || |John R. Bennett

|J. J. Mullaly1,64612.11% | |Alexander Campbell1,65812.20% | |Michael Foley8776.45% || |Vacant

Conception Bay

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde82.94% turnout | |Albert Hickman1,19325.55% || |Frederick LeGrow1,20725.85%

|Albert Hickman

|Jesse Whiteway1,07122.94% || |William Cave1,19825.66%

|John Crosbie‡(ran in Port de Grave) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear64.89% turnout | |James Moore31734.23% || |William Penney60965.77%

|Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace69.36% turnout | |Archibald Piccott82112.54% || |George Gosse1,38821.20% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Charles Russell (Independent)4196.40% || |Archibald Piccott

|Edward Parsons6269.56% || |Arthur Barnes1,38521.15% || |Edward Parsons

|Josiah Gosse5618.57% || |Frank Archibald1,34720.57% || |Moses Young† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main71.18% turnout || |William Jones1,10128.83% | |John Meaney86622.68%

|William Woodford

|William Woodford1,03927.21% | |Walter Kennedy81321.29%

|George Kennedy† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave74.25% turnout || |John Crosbie83755.61% | |George Grimes (FPU)66844.39%

|George Grimes

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland84.39% turnout || |Michael Cashin1,19040.33% | |Michael Hartery43614.77% || |Michael Cashin

|Philip Moore1,01234.29% | |Arthur English31310.61% || |Philip Moore |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's78.23% turnout || |William Walsh2,25821.39% | |John M. Devine1,37613.03% || |Richard Devereaux†

|Michael Sullivan2,14620.33% | |William Jackman1,37012.98% || |Frank Morris†

|Edward Sinnott2,12920.17% | |Philip Brown1,27812.11% || |William Walsh

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay75.39% turnout | |William C. Winsor1,55010.06% || |William Coaker3,73224.21% || |Alfred Morine

|Chesley Forbes1,4859.63% || |John Abbott3,61123.43% || |Robert G. Winsor

|Alfred Morine1,4559.44% || |Robert G. Winsor3,58223.24% || |John Abbott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay70.55% turnout | |John Stone1,1858.53% || |William Halfyard3,76827.12% || |John Stone

|Robert Matthews9626.93% || |John Guppy3,57625.75% || |Archibald Targett

|Andrew Carnell8596.18% || |Archibald Targett3,53925.48% || |William F. Lloyd†

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo66.12% turnout | |Jesse Oake25214.32% || |Richard Hibbs1,50885.68% || |William Halfyard‡(ran in Trinity Bay) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate64.47% turnout | |William Mackay9228.52% || |Walter Jennings3,71834.37% || |William Coaker‡(ran in Bonavista Bay)

|Lorenzo Moore8818.14% || |George Jones3,68334.05% || |James Clift†

|Kenneth Short6566.06% || |Solomon Samson3,41731.59% || |Walter Jennings

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile75.20% turnout | |Charlie James23113.92% || |Harvey Small1,42886.08% || |Robert Moulton† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin76.81% turnout | |George Bartlett68015.22% || |John Cheeseman1,56835.09% || |John Currie

|John Currie67915.19% || |Samuel Foote1,54234.50% || |Thomas LeFeuvre† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay80.01% turnout | |Henry Elliott45120.20% || |William Warren1,78279.80% || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe68.17% turnout | |Abram Kean66030.46% || |J. H. Scammell (FPU)1,50769.54% || |William Clapp† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's62.12% turnout | |Joseph Downey70132.88% || |James MacDonnell1,43167.12% || |Joseph Downey

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