The 1873 Newfoundland general election was held in November 1873 to elect members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Anti-Confederates led by Charles Fox Bennett formed the government; a "new" Conservative party led by Frederick Carter formed the opposition.

Results by party

Elected members

Twillingate-Fogo

F.B.T. Carter Conservative

Charles Duder Anti-Confederate

Smith McKay Anti-Confederate

Bonavista Bay

Charles Bowring Conservative

A. J. W. McNeily Conservative

John Burton Conservative

Trinity Bay

John Steer Conservative

John Warren Conservative

William V. Whiteway Conservative

Bay de Verde

James J. Rogerson Conservative

Carbonear

John Rorke Conservative

Harbour Grace

F.B.T. Carter Conservative

Ambrose Shea Conservative, elected in 1874

William Wood Conservative

Brigus-Port de Grave

John Bartlett Anti-Confederate

St. John's East

J. J. Dearin Anti-Confederate

Robert John Parsons Anti-Confederate

Robert J. Kent Anti-Confederate

St. John's West

Lewis Tessier Anti-Confederate

P. J. Scott Anti-Confederate

Maurice Fenelon Anti-Confederate

Harbour Main

Joseph I. Little Anti-Confederate

Patrick Nowlan Anti-Confederate

Ferryland

Thomas Glen Anti-Confederate

Richard Raftus Anti-Confederate

Placentia and St. Mary's

C. F. Bennett Anti-Confederate

James Collins Anti-Confederate

Henry Renouf Anti-Confederate

Burin

James S. Winter Conservative

Charles R. Ayre Conservative

Fortune Bay

Thomas R. Bennett Anti-Confederate (speaker) Burgeo-LaPoile Prescott Emerson Conservative

1873 Newfoundland general election

Notes: Frederick Carter was elected in Twillingate and Fogo and Harbour Grace, choosing to resign from Harbour Grace.

1873 Newfoundland general election

References

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