Prime Minister
parliamentary
Election name1924 Newfoundland general election
CountryDominion of Newfoundland
Party colourno
Party nameno
Previous election1923 Newfoundland general election
Previous year1923
Previous mpsoutgoing members
Election dateJune 2, 1924
Elected mpsmembers
Next election1928 Newfoundland general election
Next year1928
Seats for election36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Majority seats19
Turnout67.28% (15.49pp)[1]
Leader 1Walter Monroe
Leader since 11924
Party 1Liberal-Conservative Progressive
Leaders seat 1Bonavista Bay[a]
Last election 113 seats, 48.01%[b]
Seats 125
Seat change 112
Popular vote 157,391
Percentage 157.94%
Swing 19.93%
Leader 2Albert Hickman
Leader since 21924
Party 2Liberal-Progressive
Leaders seat 2Harbour Grace[a]
Last election 223 seats, 51.50%[c]
Seats 210
Seat change 213
Popular vote 240,492
Percentage 240.88%
Swing 210.62%
Before electionAlbert Hickman
Before partyLiberal-Progressive
After electionWalter Stanley Monroe
PosttitlePrime Minister after election
After partyLiberal-Conservative Progressive
OngoingNo

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21).[2] Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Results

 PartyLeader1923CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats
(% change)		Popular vote% of vote
(% change)		Liberal-Conservative ProgressiveWalter Monroe13[b]36251269.44%
(33.33%)		57,39157.94%
(9.93%)		Liberal-ProgressiveAlbert Hickman23[c]36101327.78%
(36.11%)		40,49240.88%
(10.62%)		Other01112.78%
(2.78%)		1,1661.18%
(0.68%)
Totals367336100%99,049[d]100%

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 East
74.21% turnout | |Michael Caul[3]
1,088
7.89% || |William Higgins
3,654
26.49% || |William Higgins |- | |Charles Ryan[3]
1,081
7.84% || |Cyril Fox
3,557
25.79% || |Cyril Fox |- | |Lewis Edward Emerson
1,039
7.53% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe
3,375
24.47% || |Nicholas Vinnicombe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West[3]
87.50% turnout | |Joseph Fitzgibbon
1,676
11.87% || |John Crosbie
3,298
23.36% || |Charles Hunt† |- | |Reg Dowden[3]
1,661
11.77% || |William Browne
3,115
22.06% || |Michael Cashin† |- | |Andrew Duffy[3]
1,359
9.63% || |William Linegar
3,009
21.31% || |Richard Squires† |}

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde
72.55% turnout | |William Cave
851
23.88% || |Richard Cramm
1,025
28.77% || |William Cave |- | |Wallace Goobie
708
19.87% || |John Puddester
979
27.48% || |Richard Cramm |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear
66.07% turnout || |Robert Duff
423
54.16% | |John Rorke Jr.
358
45.84% || |James Moore† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace
71.07% turnout || |Albert Hickman
1,049
17.66% || |John R. Bennett
1,034
17.41% || |Archibald Piccott† |- | |Frank Archibald
957
16.11% || |Charles Russell
1,014
17.07% || |Ernest Simmons |- | |Augustus Calpin
938
15.79% | |Ernest Simmons
947
15.95% || |Augustus Calpin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main
59.66% turnout | |Matthew Hawco
628
22.42% || |William Woodford
884
31.56% || |Matthew Hawco |- | |Leo Carter[4]
504
17.99% || |Cyril Cahill
785
28.03% || |William Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave
60.23% turnout | |Robert Smith
519
49.76% || |F. Gordon Bradley
524
50.24% || |Harry A. Winter† |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland
90.08% turnout | |Joseph P. Burke
384
14.95% || |Peter Cashin
1,016
39.55% || |Peter Cashin |- | |Thomas Coady[5]
322
12.53% || |Philip Moore
847
32.97% || |Philip Moore |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's
72.34% turnout | |James Bindon
916
10.57% || |Michael Sullivan
2,523
29.10% || |Michael Sullivan |- | |P. J. Murphy
473
5.46% || |William Walsh
2,448
28.24% || |William Walsh |- | |M. J. Ryan
392
4.52% || |Edward Sinnott
1,917
22.11% || |Edward Sinnott |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista
68.79% turnout | |Chesley Forbes
2,056
15.93% || |Walter Monroe
2,330
18.06% || |William Coaker† |- | |Arthur Barnes
2,003
15.52% || |Lewis Little
2,264
17.54% || |Robert G. Winsor† |- | |Leonard Stick
1,994
15.45% || |William C. Winsor
2,258
17.50% || |John Abbott† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity
52.96% turnout || |William Halfyard
1,814
19.85% | |Harold Mitchell
1,388
15.19% || |William Halfyard |- || |Isaac Randell
1,697
18.57% | |William A. King[6]
1,336
14.62% || |Isaac Randell |- || |Edwin Godden
1,645
18.00% | |Arch Tait[6]
1,257
13.76% || |Richard Hibbs‡
(ran in Fogo) |- |}

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo
63.22% turnout || |Richard Hibbs
859
55.70% | |Martin G. Dalton
683
44.29% || |George Grimes‡
(ran in Twillingate) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate
61.88% turnout || |Kenneth Brown
2,532
21.67% | |James S. Ayre
1,737
14.86% || |Kenneth Brown |- || |George Grimes
2,219
18.99% | |Walter B. Milley
1,556
13.31% || |Arthur Barnes‡
(ran in Bonavista) |- || |Thomas Ashbourne
2,205
18.87% | |Joseph Peters
1,437
12.30% || |George Jones† |}

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile
62.76% turnout | |Harvey Small
537
40.44% || |Walter Chambers
791
59.56% | | || |Harvey Small |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin
58.87% turnout | |George Harris
850
25.01% || |H. B. C. Lake
871
25.63% | | || |George Harris |- | |Marmaduke Winter
818
24.07% || |J. J. Long
860
25.30% | | || |Samuel Foote† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay
48.71% turnout | |Frederick Lukins
120
8.47% | |Charles Jeffrey
131
9.24% || |William Warren
1,166
82.29% || |William Warren |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe
71.50% turnout || |J. H. Scammell
1,140
50.44% | |Joseph Moore[7]
1,120
49.56% | | || |J. H. Scammell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's
65.50% turnout | |Joseph Downey
1,035
49.33% || |Thomas Power
1,063
50.67% | | || |Joseph Downey |- |}

Notes

  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this district and won
  2. ^ As the Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. ^ As the Liberal Reform Party in a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union
  4. ^ This figure includes votes cast for more than one candidate in multi-member districts. A total of 42,645 individual votes were cast in this election.[1]

References

  1. ^ Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland 1926. St. John's, NL: David R. Thistle. 1926. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  3. ^ "Candidates Nominated for St. John's East and West". The Telegram. 23 May 1924. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Hawco and Carter For Harbor Main". Evening Advocate. 19 May 1924. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Election Returns". The Western Star. 6 June 1924. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Monroe Standard Bearers: Pledged to a "Clean Up and Keep Clean" Policy". Daily News. 20 May 1924. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  7. ^ "From the Firing Line: St. Barbe Will Return Moore". Evening Telegram. 20 May 1924. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

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