18th General Assembly of Newfoundland

18th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1898
Disbanded	1900
Preceded by	17th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	19th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	James Spearman Winter
Elections
Last election	Newfoundland general election, 1897

The members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1897. The general assembly sat from 1898 to 1900.

The Tory Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government.^[1]

Henry Y. Mott was chosen as speaker.^[2]

Sir Henry Edward McCallum served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1897:^[4]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation
Abraham Kean	Bay de Verde	Tory
W. P. Rogerson	Bay de Verde	Tory
Darius Blandford	Bonavista	Tory
John Cowan
John A. Robinson
Henry Y. Mott	Burgeo-La Poile	Tory
James S. Winter	Burin	Tory
John E. Lake	Burin	Tory
William Duff	Carbonear	Liberal
Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal
George Shea	Ferryland	Tory
Thomas C. Duder	Fogo	Tory
H. R. Hayward	Fortune Bay	Tory
William H. Horwood	Harbour Grace	Liberal
Eli Dawe
William A. Oke
J. J. St. John	Harbour Main	Tory
William Woodford	Harbour Main	Tory
William J. S. Donnelly	Placentia and St. Mary's	Tory
Rhodie Callahan
Michael H. Carty
Charles Dawe	Port de Grave	Tory
Albert Bradshaw	St. Barbe	Tory
Michael P. Gibbs	St. George's	Tory
John P. Fox	St. John's East	Liberal
Thomas J. Murphy
Lawrence O'Brien Furlong
Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal
James C. Tessier
James J. Callanan
Robert S. Bremner	Trinity	Tory
Robert Watson
Levi March
Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal
Donald Browning		Liberal
Alan Goodridge		Tory

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	James Spearman Winter^{[nb 1]}	Tory	November 29, 1897	JS Winter named to cabinet; required to run for reelection^[4]
Fogo	Thomas C. Duder^{[nb 1]}	Tory		TC Duder named to cabinet; required to run for reelection^[4]
Harbour Main	William Woodford^{[nb 1]}	Tory		W Woodford named to cabinet; required to run for reelection^[4]
Bonavista	Alfred B. Morine^{[nb 1]}	Tory		JA Robinson named to Legislative Council^[4]
Trinity	John A. Robinson^{[nb 1]}	Tory	April 29, 1898	L March resigned seat^[4]
Placentia and St. Mary's	Richard T. McGrath	Liberal	May 25, 1899	WJS Donnelly named to cabinet; required to run for reelection^[4]
Fortune Bay	Charles Way	Liberal	1899^[4]	H R Hayward died June 13, 1899^[5]

Notes:

1 2 3 4 5 Elected by acclamation

References

↑ Hiller, James K. (1998). "Winter, Sir James Spearman". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
↑ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
↑ "McCallum, Sir Henry Edward". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 700–01.
↑ Notable events in the history of Newfoundland six thousand dates of historical and social happenings. Devine & O'Mara. 1900. p. 113.

General Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador

Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Crown	Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II

Lieutenant Governor	Frank Fagan Former lieutenant governors

Premier	Dwight Ball Former premiers List of premiers by time in office

Opposition Leader	Paul Davis Former Opposition Leaders

Speaker of the Assembly	Tom Osborne Former Speakers of the Assembly

Legislative Assembly	Current members Former Assemblies Executive Council (Cabinet)

Active Political parties	Liberal Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party

Defunct political parties	Labrador Party (1969-1975, 2003-2007) Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (1999-2011) Newfoundland Reform Liberal Party (1975) United Newfoundland Party (1932, 1959) Newfoundland Democratic Party (1959) Responsible Government League (1947-1949) Confederate Association (1948-1949) Party for Economic Union with the United States (1948) United Newfoundland Party (1932-1934) Fisherman's Protective Union (1913-1934) Newfoundland People's Party (1907-1923) Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934) Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934) Confederation Party (1860s) Anti-Confederation Party (1860s)

Elections	2015 general election Past elections

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