• Source: 1869 Newfoundland general election

    • The 1869 Newfoundland general election was held in 1869 to elect members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. 21 Anti-Confederates (A-C) were elected against 9 Confederates (Con), ending for a moment the debate over joining the Dominion of Canada.


    Results by party




    Elected members


    Twillingate-Fogo
    Charles Duder (A-C)
    Smith McKay (A-C)
    Bonavista Bay
    James L. Noonan (A-C)
    William M. Barnes (A-C)
    Francis Winton (A-C)
    Trinity Bay
    Stephen Rendell (Con)
    Thomas H. Ridley (Con)
    Alexander Graham (later in a by-election)
    Robert Alsop (A-C) (defeated after named to cabinet post in 1870)
    John H. Warren (later, in a by-election)
    Bay de Verde
    John Bemister (Con)
    James J. Rogerson (later, in a by-election)
    Carbonear
    John Rorke (Con)
    Harbour Grace
    John Munn (Con)
    William S. Green (Con)
    Brigus-Port de Grave
    James B. Woods (A-C)
    St. John's East
    William P. Walsh (A-C)
    James Jordan (A-C)
    Robert J. Parsons, senior (A-C)
    St. John's West
    Peter Brennan (A-C)
    Thomas Talbot (A-C)
    Maurice Fenelon (later in a by-election)
    Henry Renouf (A-C)
    Lewis Tessier (later, in a by-election)
    Harbour Main
    James I. Little (A-C)
    John Kennedy (A-C)
    Ferryland
    Thomas Glen (A-C)
    Thomas Badcock (or Battcock) (A-C)
    Placentia-St. Mary's
    Charles Fox Bennett (A-C) (Leader of the Anti-Confederates)
    Robert J. Parsons, junior (A-C)
    Henry Renouf (A-C)
    Burin
    Frederick Carter (Con) (Leader of the Confederates)
    Edward Evans (Con)
    Fortune Bay
    Thomas R. Bennett (A-C) (Speaker of the Assembly)
    Burgeo-LaPoile
    Prescott Emerson (Con)


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