1924 Newfoundland general election

1924 Newfoundland general election
← 1923 June 2, 1924 1928 →
36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
L-P
Leader Walter Stanley Monroe Albert Hickman
Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive
Leader's seat Bonavista Bay Harbour Grace
Last election 13 23
Seats won 25 10
Seat change Increase12 Decrease13
Prime Minister before election

Albert Hickman
Liberal-Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Walter Stanley Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21).[1] Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

Seat totals

  Party Leader 1923 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party Walter Stanley Monroe 13[2] 25
  Liberal-Progressive Albert Hickman 23[3] 10
  Other 0 1
Totals 36 36
  1. ^ "Women's Suffrage". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ^ As Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party
  3. ^ As Liberal Reform Party

Elected members

References