May 27 1949 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1949-05-27
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 880
Invalid Votes 880
Total Electors 176,281
Turnout Rate 95
Valid Ballots 167,555
Valid Votes 167,555

Notes

  • Sources: Figures compiled by the OFFICE OF CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER. Does not note a publisher. Details need to be added.
  • Note: After a referendum in 1948 showed majority support, Newfoundland (an amendment to the Constitution officially changed the name of Newfoundland to Newfoundland and Labrador on December 6, 2001) entered Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949.
  • Citation: On the name change to Newfoundland and Labrador, see http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/040006/f2/040006-02-e.pdf at Library and Archives/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 3 1 3.57% 1.78%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 28 22 78.57% 65.53%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 27 5 17.86% 32.69%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Oliver L Vardy Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 8,411
James J Spratt Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's West 8,363
Harry Mews Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 7,526
Michael Harrington Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 7,381
Charles H Ballam Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber 7,174
Edward Samuel Spencer Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 7,014
John G Higgins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 6,878
Frank A Fogwill Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 6,611
Geoffrey Conrad Carnell Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 6,417
James M Fagan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 6,276
David Ignatius Jackman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main-Bell Island 4,259
Joseph Roberts Smallwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 4,215
William Joseph Keough Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's-Port au Port 4,076
John R Courage Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune Bay and Hermitage 4,032
Samuel Drover Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay 4,023
Philip S Forsey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin 3,947
Ronald J Fahey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main-Bell Island 3,808
Herbert L Pottle Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear-Bay de Verde 3,770
Samuel J Hefferton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 3,727
Edward Russell Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 3,463
Herman W Quinton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo and La Poile 3,225
Gordon W Janes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 3,121
Patrick Joseph Canning Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia West 3,100
Leslie Roy Curtis Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 3,100
Charles M Button Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity South 3,070
Thomas Addison Bown Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Bell Island 2,927
Albert B Morgan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 2,901
Myles P Murray Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Bell Island 2,807
Reginald F Sparkes Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe 2,588
Peter J Cashin Independent Ferryland 2,506
George T Makinson Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 2,243
Leonard J Miller Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia and St. Mary\'s 2,166
James Ronald Chalker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 2,066
Michael J Sinnott Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia and St. Mary\'s 2,022
Clayton W Puddester Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear-Bay de Verde 1,627
Louis R Cooper Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 1,586
Walter Young Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 1,483
Pierce Fudge Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber 1,307
Harold Horwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador (NL) 1,268
Richard Augustus Parsons Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 1,237
Wilfred R Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 1,222
Isaac Mercer Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity South 1,152
James Mifflin Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity North 1,027
John J Dawson Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's-Port au Port 925
Leo J Murphy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Placentia West 880
James M Way Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista North 637
Harold Earle Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fogo 602
Augustus Greene Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 456
Roy Manuel Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 429
Frederick M Wells Progressive Conservative Party of NFL White Bay 417
Grace Sparkes Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin 416
John J O\'Brien Independent Ferryland 338
C Douglas Pinsent Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune Bay and Hermitage 325
Cyril L Parkins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 293
Edgar John Skinner Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo and La Poile 256
George Whitley Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe 190
Louis Bonnell Independent Humber 136
Samuel D Grant Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador (NL) 133

Districts

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