The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 29 October 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection.
In April 1925, women over the age of 25 had been granted the right to vote; in the 1928 general election, 90 per cent of women eligible to vote cast a ballot. Helena Squires became the first woman elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a 1930 by-election.
Results by party
Party Leader 1924CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)LiberalRichard Squires1040Liberal 26FPU 14281870.00%(42.22%)58,75054.98%(14.10%)Fishermen's Protective UnionJ. H. Scammell–Liberal-Conservative ProgressiveFrederick C. Alderdice2540121330.00%(39.44%)45,78742.85%(15.09%)Other180 10.00%(2.50%)2,3172.17%(0.99%)Totals368840 4100%106,854100%
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 City East84.26% turnout | rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Frederick C. Alderdice3,82628.91% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William Brophy2,95622.34% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |William Higgins†St. John's East
|Cyril Fox†St. John's East
|Gerald G. Byrne3,68727.86% | |St. Clair Churchill2,76420.89%
|William BrophySt. John's East |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern80.01% turnout || |John Tobin1,25657.43% | |Thomas S. Devine93142.57%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's City West86.41% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William Howley3,37321.73% | rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Alexander Campbell4,35228.04% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|J. Sinclair Tait (Independent)2961.91% || |John Crosbie†St. John's West
|William BrowneSt. John's West
|William Browne3,33321.47% || |Joseph Fitzgibbon4,16926.86% || |William Linegar†St. John's West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West Extern90.00% turnout || |Frank Bennett1,31751.53% | |Kenneth Ruby1,23948.47%
|New district
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde82.07% turnout | rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|John Puddester1,63859.46% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William H. Cave1,11740.54% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Richard Cramm(ran in Carbonear)
|John Puddester |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay Roberts67.71% turnout | |Augustus Calpin60833.76% || |John Parsons1,19366.24%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island88.22% turnout | |Richard A. Howley58234.62% || |Joseph Greene1,09965.38%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear73.83% turnout || |James Moore1,06545.92% | |Henry Cowan68929.71% | |Richard Cramm (Independent)56524.36% || |Robert Duff†
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace80.56% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Edward Oke38819.72% | rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Frank Archibald1,44073.17% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Ernest Simmons (Independent)1407.11% || |Albert Hickman†
|John R. Bennett†
|Charles Russell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main70.35% turnout | |Charles Furey1,46824.70% || |Philip Lewis1,53225.78%
|William Woodford†
|William Walsh1,46324.62% || |Albert Walsh1,48024.90%
|Cyril Cahill‡(ran in Placentia East) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave72.97% turnout | |Henry Burt33115.00% || |Robert Smith1,34961.15% | |Joseph Cantwell (Independent)52623.84% || |F. Gordon Bradley‡(ran in Trinity Centre)
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland90.83% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Michael Shea1,14648.01% | rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Peter Cashin1,24151.99% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Peter Cashin
|Philip Moore† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia East82.59% turnout | rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Edward Emerson75343.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Cyril Cahill73341.86% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thomas F. McGrath (Independent)26515.13% || |Michael Sullivan‡Placentia and St. Mary's (ran in Placentia West)
|William Walsh‡Placentia and St. Mary's (ran in Harbour Main)
|Edward Sinnott†Placentia and St. Mary's |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's84.37% turnout | |Charles J. Ellis71341.67% || |James Bindon96656.46% | |Michael Condon (Independent)321.87% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South72.57% turnout | |Harold Mitchell96243.02% || |Edwin Godden1,27456.98%
|Edwin GoddenTrinity Bay
Eastern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Centre64.70% turnout | |Walter Monroe83939.06% || |J. H. Scammell1,30960.94% || |Walter MonroeBonavista Bay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista East69.88% turnout | |Frederick House78427.36% || |William Coaker2,08172.64% || |Lewis Little†Bonavista Bay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North76.88% turnout | |William C. Winsor1,14942.00% || |Robert G. Winsor1,58758.00% || |William C. WinsorBonavista Bay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South68.67% turnout || |Herman Quinton97351.98% | |Samuel Brown89948.02% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Centre70.27% turnout | |Wallace Goobie60930.16% || |F. Gordon Bradley (Liberal)1,41069.84% || |Isaac Randell†Trinity Bay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North66.62% turnout | |John G. Stone84646.43% || |William Halfyard97653.57% || |William HalfyardTrinity Bay
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo60.35% turnout | |Robert G. Brown48223.29% || |Richard Hibbs1,58876.71%
|Richard Hibbs |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls89.18% turnout | |James S. Ayre1,08737.04% || |William Earle (Liberal)1,84862.96%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay64.28% turnout | |Walter Milley38921.26% || |Roland Starkes (Liberal)1,35774.15% | |Peter Parsons (Independent)844.59% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte55.49% turnout | |William Drover33424.94% || |George Grimes1,00575.06%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate60.92% turnout |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thomas Ashbourne80446.58% | rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Kenneth Brown92253.42% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Kenneth Brown
|George Grimes‡(ran in Lewisporte)
|Thomas Ashbourne
Southern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo65.93% turnout || |Walter Chambers1,07052.02% | |Arthur Barnes98747.98% || |Walter ChambersBurgeo and LaPoile |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin East78.71% turnout || |James Winter1,18750.81% | |Jacob Hanham1,14949.19% || |J. J. Long†Burin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin West81.71% turnout | |Samuel Foote1,02643.24% || |H. B. C. Lake1,34756.76% || |H. B. C. LakeBurin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay62.27% turnout | |Harry A. Winter92845.94% || |Harris Mosdell1,09254.06% || |Harris Mosdell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hermitage66.45% turnout | |Rendell Jeans64438.89% || |Philip Fudge1,01261.11% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West79.54% turnout || |Michael Sullivan1,51262.95% | |Thomas J. Connors89037.05% || |New district
Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber83.52% turnout | |John A. Barrett63217.35% || |Richard Squires3,01182.65%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port83.04% turnout || |William Abbott62352.13% | |John Joy57247.87%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe78.94% turnout | |Joseph Quinton54830.65% || |Walter Skanes1,24069.35%
|J. H. Scammell‡(ran in Bonavista Centre) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's78.67% turnout | |Thomas Power48929.73% || |Joseph Downey74745.41% | |Edwin Gillis (Independent)40924.86% || |Thomas Power |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay65.86% turnout | |Joseph Moore92343.54% || |Joseph Strong1,19756.46%
|New district
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