October 02 1956 (NL)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1956-10-02
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
By-Election ❌

Primary Sources

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,027
Invalid Votes 1,027
Total Electors 189,040
Turnout Rate 61
Valid Ballots 114,438
Valid Votes 114,438

Notes

  • Sources: Figures taken from the official electoral commissions source. Does not note a publisher. Details need to be added.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 10 0 0.00% 1.64%
Independent 4 0 0.00% 1.14%
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 35 31 86.11% 64.92%
Progressive Conservative Party of NFL 29 5 13.89% 32.30%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Beaton J Abbott Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Gander 4,045 ✅
Charles H Ballam Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber West 3,923 ✅
Augustine Michael Duffy Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's Centre 3,848 ✅
James Douglas Higgins Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's East 3,802 ✅
Joseph Roberts Smallwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista North 3,429 ✅
John R Courage Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune Bay and Hermitage 3,337 ✅
William Joseph Browne Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's South 3,306 ✅
Eric Soper Jones Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burin 3,219 ✅
John Aaron Forsey Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Humber East 3,058 ✅
Arthur Samuel Mifflin Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity North 3,038 ✅
George William Clarke Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Carbonear-Bay de Verde 2,699 ✅
George Maurice Nightingale Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's North 2,694 ✅
Edward Samuel Spencer Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Falls 2,680 ✅
H W Kelly Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's South 2,590 ❌
William Richard Smallwood Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Green Bay 2,529 ✅
Uriah Fifield Strickland Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bonavista South 2,490 ✅
Samuel J Hefferton Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity South 2,419 ✅
Charles Maxwell Lane Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay North 2,414 ✅
Leslie Roy Curtis Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Twillingate 2,380 ✅
Philip J Lewis Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main 2,251 ✅
John Thomas Cheeseman Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo and La Poile 2,201 ✅
James Ronald Chalker Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Barbe 2,187 ✅
J A Gibbs Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Centre 2,164 ❌
K P Griffin Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Grand Falls 2,121 ❌
P Derrick Bowring Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's North 2,089 ❌
Stephen K Smith Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port au Port 2,019 ✅
Myles P Murray Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland 1,941 ✅
Joseph Patrick O\'Driscoll Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bell Island 1,912 ✅
Matthew P Whelan Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main 1,861 ✅
W P Young Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber West 1,860 ❌
Gregory J Power Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia East 1,849 ✅
E P Thorburn Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's East 1,839 ❌
Llewellyn Strange Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Port de Grave 1,833 ✅
W J Hunt Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Humber East 1,812 ❌
Claude Asquith Sheppard Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace 1,714 ✅
William Joseph Keough Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. George's 1,695 ✅
Arthur E. Harnett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main 1,648 ❌
James Aloysius McGrath Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Main 1,608 ❌
Frederick William Rowe Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador White Bay South 1,437 ✅
B J Elliott Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Gander 1,347 ❌
James Michael McGrath Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's 1,163 ✅
R P White Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. George's 1,154 ❌
P Wellington Crummey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Carbonear-Bay de Verde 1,052 ❌
Allan Evans Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burgeo and La Poile 992 ❌
William Goodyear Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port au Port 963 ❌
Ross Roland Barbour Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista South 905 ❌
David Ignatius Jackman Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Bell Island 901 ❌
Earl Wilfred Winsor Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador North 873 ✅
George Rex Renouf Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Ferryland 863 ❌
Frank Pearce Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Burin 615 ❌
Frank C Archibald Independent Harbour Grace 607 ❌
Samuel Walters Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Fortune Bay and Hermitage 589 ❌
John Charles Pinsent Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Port de Grave 587 ❌
L J Daley Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Mary's 560 ❌
Wallace Maynard Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. Barbe 559 ❌
Esau E Thoms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Placentia East 558 ❌
Richard Augustus Parsons Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Harbour Grace 544 ❌
Charles L Bailey Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Trinity South 533 ❌
Roy Manuel Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Green Bay 497 ❌
Solomon Drodge Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Trinity North 389 ❌
Arthur Butcher Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Twillingate 354 ❌
M J Hawco Independent Bell Island 328 ❌
Samuel Drover Co-operative Commonwealth Federation White Bay South 269 ❌
Paul Slade Thoms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bonavista North 258 ❌
Cyril C Pelley Independent Green Bay 191 ❌
Darius Powell Independent Humber East 177 ❌
J J Tucker Progressive Conservative Party of NFL White Bay North 138 ❌
Roderick Roberts Progressive Conservative Party of NFL Labrador North 128 ❌
G F Simms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation White Bay North 99 ❌
Stanley Atkins Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Carbonear-Bay de Verde 97 ❌
Guy Dixon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bonavista South 86 ❌
Ray Littlejohn Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bell Island 43 ❌
Israel Gosse Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harbour Grace 41 ❌
W J Parsons Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burgeo and La Poile 37 ❌
Isaac Mercer Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo 0 ✅
Patrick Joseph Canning Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Placentia West 0 ✅
Malcolm Mercer Hollett Progressive Conservative Party of NFL St. John's West 0 ✅
George Sellars Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador South 0 ✅

Districts

Bonavista North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Joseph Roberts Smallwood · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,429 votes
Bonavista South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Uriah Fifield Strickland · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

2,490 votes
Burgeo and La Poile
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 16 elections (1949–2021)

John Thomas Cheeseman · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,201 votes
Burin
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Eric Soper Jones · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,219 votes
Carbonear-Bay de Verde
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1949–1959)

George William Clarke · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,699 votes
Ferryland
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2021)

Myles P Murray · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,941 votes
Fogo
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Isaac Mercer · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

0 votes
Fortune Bay and Hermitage
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 4 elections (1949–1959)

John R Courage · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,337 votes
Grand Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Edward Samuel Spencer · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,680 votes
Green Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

William Richard Smallwood · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,529 votes
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Claude Asquith Sheppard · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,714 votes
Placentia West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Patrick Joseph Canning · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

0 votes
Port de Grave
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Llewellyn Strange · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,833 votes
St. Barbe
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 15 elections (1949–2011)

James Ronald Chalker · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,187 votes
St. John's East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

James Douglas Higgins · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,802 votes
St. John's West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 23 elections (1949–2021)

Malcolm Mercer Hollett · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

0 votes
Trinity North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 19 elections (1949–2011)

Arthur Samuel Mifflin · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,038 votes
Trinity South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 8 elections (1949–1972)

Samuel J Hefferton · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,419 votes
Twillingate
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1949–1993)

Leslie Roy Curtis · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,380 votes
Bell Island
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Joseph Patrick O\'Driscoll · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,912 votes
Gander
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Beaton J Abbott · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

4,045 votes
Harbour Main
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 14 elections (1956–2021)

Matthew P Whelan · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,861 votes
Humber East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

John Aaron Forsey · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,058 votes
Humber West
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Charles H Ballam · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

3,923 votes
Labrador North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Earl Wilfred Winsor · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

873 votes
Labrador South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

George Sellars · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

0 votes
Placentia East
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Gregory J Power · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,849 votes
Port au Port
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

Stephen K Smith · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,019 votes
St. George's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 12 elections (1956–1993)

William Joseph Keough · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,695 votes
St. John's Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2021)

Augustine Michael Duffy · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,848 votes
St. John's North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

George Maurice Nightingale · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,694 votes
St. John's South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 17 elections (1956–2011)

William Joseph Browne · Progressive Conservative Party of NFL

3,306 votes
St. Mary's
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

James Michael McGrath · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,163 votes
White Bay North
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Charles Maxwell Lane · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

2,414 votes
White Bay South
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Provincial 6 elections (1956–1972)

Frederick William Rowe · Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

1,437 votes

Parliament Seating Chart

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