- Source: 1878 Newfoundland general election
- 1878 Newfoundland general election
- Timeline of Canadian elections
- 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland
- List of elections in 1878
- List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation)
- General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
- 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland
- 1874 Newfoundland general election
- General elections in pre-confederation Newfoundland
The 1878 Newfoundland general election was held in 1878 to elect members of the 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Conservative Party led by William Vallance Whiteway formed the government.
Results by party
Elected members
Twillingate-Fogo
S. B. Carter Conservative
A. J. W. McNeily Conservative (speaker)
R. P. Rice Conservative
Bonavista Bay
George Skelton Conservative
Francis Winton Conservative
James Saint Conservative
Trinity Bay
William V. Whiteway Conservative
John Randall Conservative
James H. Watson Conservative
Bay de Verde
A. Penney Conservative
Carbonear
John Rorke Conservative
Harbour Grace
Ambrose Shea Conservative
Charles Dawe Conservative
Brigus-Port de Grave
Nathan Norman Conservative
St. John's East
Robert J. Kent Liberal
Robert J. Parsons Liberal
Michael J. O'Mara Liberal
St. John's West
Lewis Tessier Liberal
Maurice Fenelon Liberal
Patrick J. Scott Liberal
Harbour Main
Joseph I. Little Liberal
Patrick Nowlan Liberal
Ferryland
Richard Raftus Liberal
James G. Conroy Liberal
Placentia and St. Mary's
W. J. S. Donnelly Conservative
James Collins Conservative
Michael E. Dwyer Conservative
Burin
J. J. Rogerson Conservative
James S. Winter Conservative
Fortune Bay
James O. Fraser Conservative
Burgeo-LaPoile
Alexander M. Mackay Conservative
References
Mackintosh, Charles H (1879). "The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879". pp. 399–400. Retrieved October 28, 2009.