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1951 Newfoundland general election

The 1951 Newfoundland general election was held on 26 November 1951 to elect members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

  Party Leader 1949 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Liberal Joey Smallwood 22 24 83,628 63.6%
Progressive Conservative Peter Cashin 5 4 46,782 35.6%
  Other 1 0 -100% 1,156 0.88%
Totals 28 28 - 131,566 100%

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

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
St. John's East William Ashley
4,652
20.11% 		James Higgins
7,208
31.17% 		John Higgins†
William Ryan
4,634
20.04% 		Frank Fogwill
6,634
28.68% 		Frank Fogwill
St. John's West Oliver Vardy
7,068
25.56% 		Peter Cashin
7,176
25.95% 		Oliver Vardy
James Spratt
6,598
23.86% 		Malcolm Hollett
6,811
24.63% 		James Spratt

Conception Bay

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Carbonear-Bay de Verde Herbert Pottle
3,138
72.27% 		P.W. Crummey
1,204
27.73% 		Herbert Pottle
Harbour Grace James Chalker
2,079
71.76% 		Richard Parsons
818
28.24% 		James Chalker
Harbour Main-Bell Island Philip Lewis
2,893
25.25% 		David Jackman
2,939
25.65% 		David Jackman
Addison Bown
2,877
25.11% 		John Dawson
2,747
23.98% 		Ronald Fahey†
Port de Grave Isaac Mercer
1,935
66.06% 		Richard A. Parsons
937
31.99% 		Edgar Russell (Independent)
57
1.95% 		George Makinson†

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Burin Phillip Forsey
3,611
90.61% 		Grace Sparkes
374
9.39% 		Phillip Forsey
Ferryland[b] Myles Murray
1,426
49.96% 		Augustine Duffy
1,428
50.04% 		Peter Cashin‡
(ran in St. John's West)
Placentia-St. Mary's Greg Power
2,587
66.61% 		Cornelius Mahoney
1,297
33.39% 		Leonard Miller†
Placentia West Patrick Canning
2,779
74.05% 		Edward Reddy
605
16.12% 		James McCarthy (Independent)
369
9.83% 		Patrick Canning
Trinity South Maxwell Button
2,630
74.46% 		Edward Cranford
494
13.99% 		James Reid (Independent)
408
11.55% 		Maxwell Button

Eastern and Central Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Bonavista North Joey Smallwood
3,916
91.71% 		Kitchener Pritchett
354
8.29% 		Joey Smallwood
Bonavista South Clyde Brown
Won by acclamation 		Ted Russell†
Fogo Gordon Janes
2,529
87.09% 		James Way
375
12.91% 		Gordon Janes
Grand Falls Edward Spencer
5,935
78.04% 		Nobel Baird
1,670
21.96% 		Edward Spencer
Green Bay Baxter Morgan
Won by acclamation 		Baxter Morgan
Trinity North Samuel Hefferton
3,159
79.55% 		Martin Bourne
812
20.45% 		Samuel Hefferton
Twillingate Leslie Curtis
Won by acclamation 		Leslie Curtis

Southern and Western Newfoundland

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC
Burgeo-La Poile George Norman
2,615
82.00% 		E.J. Skinner
574
18.00% 		Herman Quinton†
Fortune and Hermitage John Courage
4,364
96.27% 		Stanley Keeping
169
3.73% 		John Courage
Humber Charles Ballam
6,458
88.48% 		Wesley Parsons
841
11.52% 		Charles Ballam
St. Barbe Reginald Sparkes
2,421
90.74% 		Roland Roberts
247
9.26% 		Reginald Sparkes
St. George's-Port au Port William Keough
3,144
70.48% 		D.J. Gillis
1,317
29.52% 		William Keough
White Bay Sam Drover
Won by acclamation 		Sam Drover

Labrador

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC Other
Labrador Frederick W. Rowe
Won by acclamation 		Harold Horwood†

Notes

  1. ^ Not the incumbent, but ran in this district and won
  2. ^ A judicial recount was held in this riding. Due to voting irregularities, a by-election was held on September 25, 1952, where Murray was ultimately elected.

References

  1. ^ "Returning Officer's Statement at Conclusion of Counting". The Newfoundland Gazette. January 22, 1952. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  2. ^ "2021 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections NL. Retrieved April 13, 2025.

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