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1861 Newfoundland General Election
The 1861 Newfoundland general election was held in 1861 to elect members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. 14 Conservatives and 12 Liberals were elected. The results in Harbour Grace and Harbour Main electoral districts were set aside following violence at the polls; members were elected in subsequent by-elections. The Liberal Party led by John Kent was defeated by the Conservatives led by Hugh Hoyles; Ambrose Shea replaced Kent as party leader. Results by party Elected members * Twillingate-Fogo ** William V. Whiteway Conservative ** Thomas Knight * Bonavista Bay ** John H. Warren Conservative ** Matthew W. Walbank ** Stephen March * Trinity Bay ** Stephen Rendell Conservative ** F.B.T. Carter Conservative (speaker) ** John Winter * Bay de Verde ** John Bemister Conservative * Carbonear ** Edmund Hanrahan Liberal * Harbour Grace (elected later) ** John Hayward Conservative ** Henry J. Moore Conservative * Brigus-Port de Grave ** Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th General Assembly Of Newfoundland
The members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the 1861 Newfoundland general election, Newfoundland general election held in May 1861. The general assembly sat from 1861 to 1865. Hugh Hoyles, leader of the Conservative Party, had been appointed premier and invited to form a government in March after his predecessor was dismissed by the governor. Hoyle's government was defeated in a non-confidence vote prompting a general election in May which Hoyles and his party won, allowing Hoyles to continue as Newfoundland's premier until March 1865, when he accepted a post on the Newfoundland Supreme Court. Frederick Carter succeeded Hoyles as party leader and premier. Carter formed a coalition government with Liberals Ambrose Shea and John Kent (Newfoundland politician), John Kent. Frederick Carter was chosen as speaker, serving until April 1865, when William Whiteway became speaker. Sir Alexander Bannerman served as List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Carter
Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878. Career Carter was the son of Peter Weston Carter''Volume one, p. 363, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', . grandson of William Carter and great-grandson of Robert Carter, who was appointed justice of the peace at Ferryland in 1750. In 1855, he was elected to the House of Assembly as a Conservative and was Speaker from 1861 to 1865. In 1865 he succeeded Sir Hugh Hoyles as Prime Minister. Carter was a supporter of Canadian confederation having been a delegate to the 1864 Quebec conference. However, the Conservatives were defeated on the Confederation issue in the November 1869 election by the Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett. Even though Newfoundland did not join the confederation until 1949, Carter is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Talbot (Newfoundland Politician)
Thomas Talbot (1818 – March 26, 1901) was an Ireland, Irish-born educator and political figure in Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1861 to 1870 as a Liberal and then Anti-Confederate. The son of William Talbot (Newfoundland politician), William Talbot, he was born in County Kilkenny and came to Newfoundland in 1837. Talbot taught school in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Harbour Grace and later St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. He served as a member of the Executive Council from 1869 to 1872 as a minister without portfolio. He resigned after he was named high sheriff in 1872. In 1870, he was named to the Legislative Council and served until his death in St. John's in 1901. In 1882, Talbot published ''Newfoundland; or, a letter addressed to a friend in Ireland in relation to the condition and circumstances of the island of Newfoundland, with an especial vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Casey (politician)
John Casey (1823 – May 25, 1893) was a farmer and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1857 to 1869 as a Liberal. He was born in St. John's and operated a small farm there. He was first elected in an 1857 by-election held after John Fox was named to the Legislative Council. He served as Chairman of the Board of Works. After he left politics, Casey was named Poor Commissioner in 1874 and continued in that position for 19 years. He died of Bright's disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied b ... in 1893. References Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1823 births 1893 deaths Newfoundland Colony people Deaths from nephritis {{Newfoundland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert John Parsons
Robert John Parsons (c. 1802 – June 20, 1883) was a journalist and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1843 to 1874. He was born in Harbour Grace. Parsons apprenticed as a printer with the ''Royal Gazette'' in St. John's and was foreman in Henry David Winton Henry David Winton (June 10, 1793 – January 6, 1855) was an English-born printer and newspaper owner in Newfoundland. The son of Reverend Robert Winton, he was born in Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth. He was an apprentice to a printer and bookbin ...'s printing office for six years. He became managing editor for the ''Newfoundland Patriot'', becoming owner and editor in 1840. In 1835, he married Eliza Flood. Parsons died in St. John's in 1883. His son Robert John Parsons, Jr. also served in the Newfoundland assembly. References * Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1883 deaths Year of birth uncertain Newfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kavanagh (Newfoundland Politician)
John Kavanagh (1814 – 1884) was a businessman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly as a Liberal from 1857 to 1869. He was first elected to the assembly in an 1857 by-election held after Peter Winser resigned his seat. Originally a prominent St. John's merchant, his business began to founder in 1861 and in 1865 he declared personal bankruptcy. In 1868, he joined the coalition government of Frederick Carter Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878. Career Carter was the son of Peter Weston Carter''Volume one, p. 363, Encyclopedia .... Kavanagh did not run for reelection in 1869. He was named road inspector in 1870 and served in that position until his death in 1884. References Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1814 births 1884 deaths Newfoundland Colony p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leamon
John Leamon (1804 – 1866) was an English-born merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Port de Grave in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1859 to 1866 as a Conservative. The son of Robert Leamon and Mary Cozens, he was born in Blandford and came to Brigus as an agent of Charles Cozens. From 1828 to 1833, Leamon operated in partnership with Cozens. He was a major supplier at Brigus and ran a large fishing station at Indian Harbour. Leamon originally built his home on his property near Makinsons in 1830 but, during the winter of 1833–34, moved the house ten kilometres to Brigus. He also served as road commissioner, as a member of the school board and as a justice of the peace. He married Suzanna Norman. Hawthorne Cottage, his former home, has been designated a Canadian National Historic Site National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry J
The Henry J is an American automobile built by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and named after its chairman, Henry J. Kaiser. Production of six-cylinder models began in their Willow Run factory in Michigan on July 1950, and four-cylinder production started shortly after Labor Day, 1950. The official public introduction was on September 28, 1950. The car was marketed through 1954. Development The Henry J was the idea of Henry J. Kaiser, who sought to increase sales of his Kaiser automotive line by adding a car that could be built inexpensively and thus affordable for the average American in the same vein that Henry Ford produced the Model T. The goal was to attract "less affluent buyers who could only afford a used car" and the attempt became a pioneering American compact car. To finance the project, the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation received a federal government loan in 1949. This financing specified various particulars of the vehicle. Kaiser-Frazer would commit to design a vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hayward (Newfoundland Politician)
John Hayward (c. 1819 – March 13, 1885) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ... from 1852 to 1866. He was born and educated in Harbour Grace. He studied law with George Henry Emerson and was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1841. He served as chief clerk and registrar for the northern circuit court and as sub-collector of customs at Harbour Grace. In 1849, John and his young family headed for Washington County in Wisconsin. They traveled during a week and a half. They took a boat from Newfoundland to New York, then up the canals to Albany, another boat to Buffalo. They traveled to Wisconsin by wagon and bought a farm and had land cleared. After a few months, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hanrahan
Edmund Hanrahan (1802 – February 1875) was a political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Conception Bay from 1842 to 1854 and Carbonear from 1855 to 1862 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal. Hanrahan was born in Carbonear. He served in the Newfoundland cabinet as surveyor general from 1855 to 1861. Hanrahan resigned his seat in 1862 after he was named acting appraiser to the General Water Company. In 1863, he was named stipendiary magistrate at Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Seventeenth century settlement Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fis .... He was named sheriff for the southern district in 1872. Hanrahan died in Ferryland in 1875. References * Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1802 births 1875 deaths People from Carbonear Newfoundland Colony p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbonear
Carbonear is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to emphasize education, health care, retail, and industry. As of 2021, there were 4,696 people in the community. History The town of Carbonear is one of the oldest permanent settlements in Newfoundland and among the oldest European settlements in North America. The harbor appears on early Portuguese maps as early as the late 1500s as Cabo Carvoeiro (later anglicized as Cape Carviero). There are a number of different theories about the origin of the town's name. Possibly from the Spanish word "carbonara" (charcoal kiln); Carbonera, a town near Venice, Italy where John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) had been resident; or from a number of French words, most likely "Carbonnier" or "Charbonnier," meaning "coalman." In the late 20th century, historian Alwyn R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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