27th General Assembly of Newfoundland

27th 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	1928
Disbanded	1932
Preceded by	26th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	28th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Richard Squires
Elections
Last election	Newfoundland general election, 1928

The members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1928. The general assembly sat from 1928 to 1932.^[1]

The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires formed the government in partnership with members of the Fishermen's Protective Union.^[2]

Albert J. Walsh served as speaker.^[3]

Sir John Middleton served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1928:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation
John C. Puddester	Bay de Verde	Conservative
John Parsons	Bay Roberts	Liberal
J. M. Greene	Bell Island	Liberal
J. H. Scammell	Bonavista Centre	Liberal
William F, Coaker	Bonavista East	Liberal
Robert G. Winsor	Bonavista North Liberal
Herman W. Quinton	Bonavista South	Conservative
Walter M. Chambers	Burgeo	Conservative
James A. Winter	Burin East	Conservative
H. B. C. Lake	Burin West	Liberal
James Moore	Carbonear	Conservative
Peter J. Cashin	Ferryland	Liberal
Richard Hibbs	Fogo	Liberal
Harris M. Mosdell	Fortune Bay	Liberal
William Earle	Grand Falls	Liberal
Roland G. Starkes	Green Bay	Liberal
Frank C. Archibald	Harbour Grace	Liberal
Philip J. Lewis	Harbour Main	Liberal
Albert J. Walsh
Philip Fudge	Hermitage	Liberal
Richard A. Squires	Humber	Liberal
George F. Grimes	Lewisporte	Liberal
L. Edward Emerson	Placentia East	Conservative
Michael S. Sullivan	Placentia West	Conservative
William H. Abbott	Port au Port	Conservative
R. J. Smith	Port de Grave	Liberal
W. R. Skanes	St. Barbe	Liberal
Joseph F. Downey	St. George's	Liberal
Frederick C. Alderdice	St. John's City East	Conservative
Gerald G. Byrne
Alexander Campbell	St. John's City West	Liberal
J. M. Fitzgibbon
John M. Tobin	St. John's East Extern	Conservative
Frank Bennett	St. John's West Extern	Conservative
James J. Bindon	St. Mary's	Liberal
F. Gordon Bradley	Trinity Centre	Liberal
William W. Halfyard	Trinity North	Liberal
Edwin J. Godden	Trinity South	Liberal
Kenneth M. Brown	Twillingate	Liberal
J. A. Strong	White Bay	Liberal

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burgeo	Arthur Barnes[nb 1]	Liberal	1928	W M Chambers resigned for health reasons[1]
Bonavista North	Nathan G. Winsor	Liberal	May 17, 1930	R G Winsor died[1] June 1, 1929[5]
Lewisporte	Helena E. Squires[nb 2]			G F Grimes died[1] August 10, 1929[6]
Placentia West	Leo J. Murphy			M S Sullivan died[1] 1929[7]

Notes:

1. Elected by acclamation
2. First woman elected to Newfoundland assembly

References

1. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 715–17.
2. Hiller, James K (2016). "Squires, Sir Richard Anderson". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
3. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
4. "Middleton, Sir John (1870-1954)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
5. "Winsor, Robert George". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volume 5. p. 587.
6. Cuff, Robert (2005). "Grimes, George Frederick Arthur". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
7. "Sullivan, Michael S". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volume 5. p. 322.