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1924 Newfoundland general election

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1924 Newfoundland general election

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36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  L-P
Leader Walter Stanley Monroe Albert Hickman
Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive
Leader's seat Bonavista Bay Harbour Grace
Last election 13 23
Seats won 25 10
Seat change Increase12 Decrease13

Prime Minister before election

Albert Hickman
Liberal-Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Walter Stanley Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

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). Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Seat totals

  Party Leader 1923 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party Walter Stanley Monroe 13 25
  Liberal-Progressive Albert Hickman 23 10
  Other 0 1
Totals 36 36
  1. "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. As Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. As Liberal Reform Party

Elected members

References

Newfoundland and Labrador Elections and referendums in Newfoundland and Labrador
General elections
Local elections
Referendums
Federal elections
See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador by-elections
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