22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland

22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1909
Disbanded	1913
Preceded by	21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Edward P. Morris
Elections
Last election	Newfoundland general election, 1909

The members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in May 1909. The general assembly sat from 1909 to 1913.^[1]

The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris formed the government.^[2]

Francis J. Morris served as speaker until 1910 when William Warren succeeded Morris as speaker.^[3]

Sir Ralph Champneys Williams served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1904:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation
John Crosbie	Bay de Verde	People's Party
Jesse Whiteway	Bay de Verde	People's Party
Sydney Blandford	Bonavista	People's Party
William C. Winsor
Donald Morison
Robert Moulton	Burgeo-La Poile	People's Party
Henry Gear	Burin	Liberal
Edward H. Davey	Burin	Liberal
John Goodison	Carbonear	People's Party
Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	People's Party
Philip F. Moore	Ferryland	People's Party
Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal
Charles Emerson	Fortune Bay	People's Party
A. W. Piccott	Harbour Grace	People's Party
A. H. Seymour
E. Parsons
William Woodford	Harbour Main	People's Party
J.J. Murphy	Harbour Main	People's Party
R. J. Devereaux	Placentia and St. Mary's	People's Party
William R. Howley
Frank J. Morris
William R. Warren	Port de Grave	People's Party
William M. Clapp	St. Barbe	Liberal
Joseph Downey	St. George's	People's Party
James M. Kent	St. John's East	Liberal
George Shea
John Dwyer
Edward P. Morris	St. John's West	People's Party
John R. Bennett
Michael Kennedy
Richard Squires	Trinity	People's Party
Robert Watson
E.G. Grant
Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal
James A. Clift
George Roberts

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	Thomas LeFeuvre^{[nb 1]}	People's Party	November 27, 1911	E H Davey died March 10, 1911^[1]

Notes:

↑ Acclaimed

References

1 2 3 "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 706–07.
↑ Hiller, JK (15 December 2013). "Morris, Edward Patrick, 1st Baron Morris". Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
↑ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
↑ "Williams, Sir Ralph Champneys (1848-1927)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

General Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador

Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Crown	Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II

Lieutenant Governor	Frank Fagan Former lieutenant governors

Premier	Dwight Ball Former premiers List of premiers by time in office

Opposition Leader	Paul Davis Former Opposition Leaders

Speaker of the Assembly	Tom Osborne Former Speakers of the Assembly

Legislative Assembly	Current members Former Assemblies Executive Council (Cabinet)

Active Political parties	Liberal Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party

Defunct political parties	Labrador Party (1969-1975, 2003-2007) Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (1999-2011) Newfoundland Reform Liberal Party (1975) United Newfoundland Party (1932, 1959) Newfoundland Democratic Party (1959) Responsible Government League (1947-1949) Confederate Association (1948-1949) Party for Economic Union with the United States (1948) United Newfoundland Party (1932-1934) Fisherman's Protective Union (1913-1934) Newfoundland People's Party (1907-1923) Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934) Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1854-1934) Confederation Party (1860s) Anti-Confederation Party (1860s)

Elections	2015 general election Past elections

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