1923 Newfoundland general election

The 1923 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1923 to elect members of the 25th 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, were re-elected. The Liberal-Labour-Progressive party, led by John R. Bennett, formed the opposition. Squires was forced to resign as Prime Minister just two months later in July 1923 after allegations of corruption were brought forward. William Warren became Liberal Reform Party leader and Prime Minister. After Warren's government was defeated following a motion of no confidence, Albert Hickman was asked to form a government and Warren joined William J. Higgins to form the new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party.

Seat totals  Party Leader 1919CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)Liberal ReformRichard Squires2436Liberal 25FPU 1123Liberal 12FPU 11163.89%(2.78%)65,063Liberal 34,105FPU 30,95851.50%(8.14%)Fishermen's Protective UnionWilliam CoakerLiberal-Labour-ProgressiveJohn R. Bennett123613136.11%(2.78%)60,65848.01%(11.31%)Other0200.00%()6270.50%(0.48%)Totals367436100%126,348100%

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 East89.32% turnout | |Joseph P. Burke2,59515.00% || |William Higgins3,26618.88% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Brian Dunfield (Independent)3231.87% || |William Higgins

|Henry Bartlett2,51414.53% || |Cyril Fox3,11618.01% || |Cyril Fox

|Arthur Bulley2,40413.90% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe3,08317.82% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West95.31% turnout || |Richard Squires2,75916.89% || |Charles Hunt2,79017.08%

|Richard Squires

|Alexander Campbell2,75516.86% || |Michael Cashin2,77016.95%

|Henry Brownrigg†

|Joseph Fitzgibbon2,61716.02% | |William Linegar2,64816.21%

|John R. Bennett‡(ran in Harbour Grace)

Conception Bay

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde84.52% turnout || |William Cave1,19927.66% | |John Crosbie1,04924.20%

|Frederick LeGrow†

|Richard Cramm1,11625.74% | |John Puddester97122.40%

|William Cave |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear77.89% turnout | |Joseph Maddock44048.03% || |James Moore47651.97%

|William Penney† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace85.19% turnout || |Archibald Piccott1,29618.26% | |John R. Bennett1,14716.16%

|George A. Gosse†

|Ernest Simmons1,23417.39% | |Albert Hickman1,13215.95%

|Arthur Barnes‡(ran in Twillingate)

|Augustus Calpin1,21017.05% | |Frank Archibald1,07815.19%

|Frank Archibald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main76.44% turnout || |Matthew Hawco91425.80% || |William Woodford80722.78% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William Jones (Independent)3048.58% || |William Jones

|John J. St. John74621.06% | |Patrick Kennedy77121.77% || |William Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave84.87% turnout || |Harry A. Winter88660.07% | |William Mackay58939.93%

|John Crosbie‡(ran in Bay de Verde)

Avalon Peninsula

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland90.07% turnout | |Ambrose Hearn41215.69% || |Peter Cashin1,09041.51% || |Michael Cashin‡(ran in St. John's West)

|George McGuire1937.35% || |Philip Moore93135.45% || |Philip Moore |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's84.40% turnout | |Thomas Bonia9448.58% || |Michael S. Sullivan2,96326.92% || |William Walsh

|William Browne8047.31% || |William Walsh2,89026.26% || |Michael Sullivan

|James Bindon6686.07% || |Edward Sinnott2,73724.87% || |Edward Sinnott

Eastern Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay85.95% turnout || |William Coaker3,04518.44% | |Walter Monroe2,62815.92% || |William Coaker

|Robert G. Winsor2,95017.87% | |Lewis Little2,49815.13% || |John Abbott

|John Abbott2,93217.76% | |William C. Winsor2,45814.89% || |Robert G. Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay79.66% turnout || |William Halfyard3,23322.44% | |John Stone1,81912.63% || |William Halfyard

|Richard Hibbs3,06921.31% | |F. Gordon Bradley1,64811.44% || |John Guppy†

|Isaac Randell3,00320.85% | |James G. Hodder1,63311.34% || |Archibald Targett†

Central Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo80.00% turnout || |George Grimes1,12156.73% | |J. J. Long85543.27% || |Richard Hibbs‡(ran in Trinity Bay) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate77.83% turnout || |Kenneth Brown3,49122.77% | |James S. Ayre1,78411.63% || |Walter Jennings†

|Arthur Barnes3,40622.21% | |Joseph Peters1,67810.94% || |George Jones

|George Jones3,34321.80% | |Kenneth Short1,63210.64% || |Solomon Samson†

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile79.46% turnout || |Harvey Small88150.95% | |Walter Chambers84849.04% || |Harvey Small |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin78.98% turnout || |Samuel Foote1,18224.82% || |George Harris1,28827.05% || |John Cheeseman

|John Cheeseman1,15024.15% | |Eric Chafe1,14223.98% || |Samuel Foote |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay68.67% turnout || |William Warren1,67583.17% | |Philip Outerbridge33916.83% || |William Warren |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe78.15% turnout || |J. H. Scammell (FPU)1,36557.21% | |Joseph Moore1,02142.79% || |J. H. Scammell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's78.37% turnout || |Joseph Downey1,51158.25% | |James MacDonnell1,08341.75% || |James MacDonnell

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