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1842 Newfoundland general election
← 1837 December 20, 1842 1848 →
15 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Conservative
Last election 13 2
Seats won 8 7
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 9,800[a] 6,558[a]
Percentage 59.91% 40.09%
Swing Decrease 37.77%[b] Increase 37.77%[b]

The 1842 Newfoundland general election was held on December 20, 1842 to elect the members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The original constitution was suspended following conflict between the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and Governor John Harvey combined the two legislatures into an amalgamated assembly.[1]

Results

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  Party 1837 Candidates Seats won Seat change % of seats
(% change) 		Popular vote[a] % of vote
(% change)
  Liberal 13 13 8 Decrease 5 53.33%
(Decrease33.33%) 		9,800[c] 59.91%
(Decrease37.77%)
  Conservative 2 11 7 Increase 5 46.67%
(Increase33.33%) 		6,558[d] 40.09%
(Increase37.77%)
Totals 15 24 15 Steady 100% 16,358[e] 100%

Results by district

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  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical) Conservative (historical)
St. John's Laurence O'Brien
1,629
20.23% 		Walter R. Grieve
1,161
14.42% 		William Carson
John Nugent
1,571
19.51% 		Thomas Bennett
1,127
13.99% 		John Kent†
William Carson
1,539
19.11% 		Patrick Kough
1,027
12.75% 		Laurence O'Brien

Avalon Peninsula

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical) Conservative (historical) Other
Conception Bay James Prendergast
1,344
17.50% 		Thomas Ridley
1,425
18.56% 		Daniel O'Connell[2] (Independent Liberal)
227
2.96% 		Peter Brown
Edmund Hanrahan
1,325
17.25% 		John Munn
1,405
18.30% 		Vacant[f]
John McCarthy
1,015
13.22% 		John McCarthy
Peter Brown
938
12.22% 		James Power†
Ferryland Peter Winser
258
47.34% 		Thomas Glen
287
52.66% 		Peter Winser
Placentia and St. Mary's[3][g] John Dillon
336
 John Barron[4]
140
 Patrick Doyle†
Simon Morris
Total unknown 		John Nugent‡
(ran in St. John's)

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal (historical) Conservative (historical)
Bonavista Bay Robert Carter
Won by acclamation 		Hugh Emerson†
Burin[5][h] Clement Benning
241
65.67% 		Henry Winton
126
34.33% 		Henry Butler†
Fortune Bay Bryan Robinson
Won by acclamation 		William B. Row†
Trinity Bay Richard Barnes
Won by acclamation 		Thomas Moore†
Twillingate and Fogo John Slade
Won by acclamation 		Edward Dwyer†

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Note that this does not include the vote totals for the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, as the full results of those contests are not available.
  2. ^ a b Based on incomplete figures from the 1836 election, as no votes were known to have been cast in the 1837 election.
  3. ^ Given that 336 votes were cast for the leading Liberal candidate in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's and that the Conservative candidate in said district was not elected, it is evident that between 9,941 and 10,136 votes were cast for the government candidates in this election.
  4. ^ Including the 140 votes for the Conservative candidate in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, a total of 6,698 votes were cast for the opposition candidates in this election.
  5. ^ Given that at least 617 votes were cast in the district of Placentia and St. Mary's, it is evident that a minimum of 16,975 votes were cast in this election.
  6. ^ Anthony Godfrey had been elected in 1837, but he died while in office in 1840.
  7. ^ Full results for this district are not available.
  8. ^ These figures are according to a controverted elections application made by the Conservative candidate Winton, which claimed that over a hundred voters had been prevented from going to the polls due to threats of violence.

References

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  1. ^ "Representative Government, 1832-1855". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "Returns". Public Ledger. December 23, 1842. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  3. ^ "Conservatives vs. the Rals". Public Ledger. January 31, 1843. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  4. ^ Burch, Hannibal (November 18, 1842). "To the Natives of the District of Placentia and St. Mary's". Public Ledger. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  5. ^ Winton, Henry (January 13, 1843). "The District of Burin Election". Public Ledger. Retrieved July 1, 2025.

Further reading

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