May 27 1949 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1949-05-27
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 880
Invalid Votes 880
Total Electors 176,281
Turnout Rate 95
Valid Ballots 167,555
Valid Votes 167,555

Notes

  • Sources: Figures compiled by the OFFICE OF CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER. Does not note a publisher. Details need to be added.
  • Note: After a referendum in 1948 showed majority support, Newfoundland (an amendment to the Constitution officially changed the name of Newfoundland to Newfoundland and Labrador on December 6, 2001) entered Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949.
  • Citation: On the name change to Newfoundland and Labrador, see http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/040006/f2/040006-02-e.pdf at Library and Archives/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 3 1 3.57% 1.78%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 28 22 78.57% 65.53%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 27 5 17.86% 32.69%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Oliver L Vardy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 8,411 ✅
James J Spratt Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 8,363 ✅
Harry Mews Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 7,526 ❌
Michael Harrington Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 7,381 ❌
Charles H Ballam Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber 7,174 ✅
Edward Samuel Spencer Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 7,014 ✅
John G Higgins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 6,878 ✅
Frank A Fogwill Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 6,611 ✅
Geoffrey Conrad Carnell Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 6,417 ❌
James M Fagan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 6,276 ❌
David Ignatius Jackman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main-Bell Island 4,259 ✅
Joseph Roberts Smallwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 4,215 ✅
William Joseph Keough Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's-Port au Port 4,076 ✅
John R Courage Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune Bay and Hermitage 4,032 ✅
Samuel Drover Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay 4,023 ✅
Philip S Forsey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin 3,947 ✅
Ronald J Fahey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main-Bell Island 3,808 ✅
Herbert L Pottle Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear-Bay de Verde 3,770 ✅
Samuel J Hefferton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 3,727 ✅
Edward Russell Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 3,463 ✅
Herman W Quinton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo and La Poile 3,225 ✅
Gordon W Janes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 3,121 ✅
Patrick Joseph Canning Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia West 3,100 ✅
Leslie Roy Curtis Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 3,100 ✅
Charles M Button Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity South 3,070 ✅
Thomas Addison Bown Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Bell Island 2,927 ❌
Albert B Morgan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 2,901 ✅
Myles P Murray Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Bell Island 2,807 ❌
Reginald F Sparkes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe 2,588 ✅
Peter J Cashin Independent Ferryland 2,506 ✅
George T Makinson Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 2,243 ✅
Leonard J Miller Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia and St. Mary\'s 2,166 ✅
James Ronald Chalker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 2,066 ✅
Michael J Sinnott Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia and St. Mary\'s 2,022 ❌
Clayton W Puddester Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear-Bay de Verde 1,627 ❌
Louis R Cooper Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 1,586 ❌
Walter Young Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 1,483 ❌
Pierce Fudge Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber 1,307 ❌
Harold Horwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador (NL) 1,268 ✅
Richard Augustus Parsons Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 1,237 ❌
Wilfred R Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 1,222 ❌
Isaac Mercer Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity South 1,152 ❌
James Mifflin Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity North 1,027 ❌
John J Dawson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's-Port au Port 925 ❌
Leo J Murphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia West 880 ❌
James M Way Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista North 637 ❌
Harold Earle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fogo 602 ❌
Augustus Greene Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 456 ❌
Roy Manuel Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 429 ❌
Frederick M Wells Progressive Conservative Party of NFL White Bay 417 ❌
Grace Sparkes Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin 416 ❌
John J O\'Brien Independent Ferryland 338 ❌
C Douglas Pinsent Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune Bay and Hermitage 325 ❌
Cyril L Parkins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 293 ❌
Edgar John Skinner Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo and La Poile 256 ❌
George Whitley Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe 190 ❌
Louis Bonnell Independent Humber 136 ❌
Samuel D Grant Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador (NL) 133 ❌

Districts

Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Joseph Roberts Smallwood · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

4,215 votes
Bonavista South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Edward Russell · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,463 votes
Burgeo and La Poile
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 16 elections (1949–2021)

Herman W Quinton · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,225 votes
Burin
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Philip S Forsey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,947 votes
Carbonear-Bay de Verde
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1949–1959)

Herbert L Pottle · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,770 votes
Ferryland
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2021)

Peter J Cashin · Independent

2,506 votes
Fogo
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Gordon W Janes · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,121 votes
Fortune Bay and Hermitage
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1949–1959)

John R Courage · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

4,032 votes
Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Edward Samuel Spencer · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

7,014 votes
Green Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Albert B Morgan · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,901 votes
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

James Ronald Chalker · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,066 votes
Harbour Main-Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 5 elections (1949–1982)

Ronald J Fahey · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,808 votes
Humber
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 2 elections (1949–1951)

Charles H Ballam · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

7,174 votes
Labrador (NL)
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 2 elections (1949–1951)

Harold Horwood · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,268 votes
Placentia and St. Mary\'s
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 10 elections (1949–2021)

Leonard J Miller · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,166 votes
Placentia West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Patrick Joseph Canning · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,100 votes
Port de Grave
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

George T Makinson · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,243 votes
St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1949–2011)

Reginald F Sparkes · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,588 votes
St. George's-Port au Port
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 2 elections (1949–1951)

William Joseph Keough · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

4,076 votes
St. John's East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Frank A Fogwill · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

6,611 votes
St. John's West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 23 elections (1949–2021)

James J Spratt · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

8,363 votes
Trinity North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Samuel J Hefferton · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,727 votes
Trinity South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Charles M Button · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,070 votes
Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Leslie Roy Curtis · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,100 votes
White Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 2 elections (1949–1951)

Samuel Drover · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

4,023 votes

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