The members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the
Newfoundland general election held in November 1873. The general assembly sat from February 1874 to Fall 1874.
The
Anti-Confederation Party
''Anti-Confederation'' was the name used in what is now the Maritimes by several parties opposed to Canadian Confederation. The Anti-Confederation parties were accordingly opposed by the Confederation Party, that is, the Conservative and Liberal ...
led by
Charles Fox Bennett
Charles James Fox Bennett (11 June 1793 in Shaftesbury, England – 5 December 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and ...
won the election. However, defections and resignations before the assembly's opening reduced his party to a minority and
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
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formed the government in 1874.
Prescott Emerson
Prescott Emerson (1840 – February 3, 1889) was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo-LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1869 to 1878.
He was born in St. John's, the son of Georg ...
was chosen as speaker.
Sir
Stephen John Hill served as
colonial governor of Newfoundland
The following is a list of the governors, commodore-governors, and lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador came into being only upon the province's ...
.
Members of the Assembly
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1873:
Notes:
By-elections
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Notes:
References
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