The 1852 Newfoundland general election was held in 1852 to elect members of the
5th General Assembly of Newfoundland in
Newfoundland Colony. There were 9 Liberals and 6 Conservatives elected.
Results by party
Elected members
* St. John's District
**
John Kent Liberal (speaker)
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Philip Francis Little
Philip Francis Little (1824 – October 21, 1897) was the first Premier of Newfoundland between 1855 and 1858. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Little studied law there with Charles Young and was admitted to the bar in ...
Liberal
**
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 appr ...
Liberal
*
Conception Bay
Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it on ...
District
**
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 b ...
Liberal
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John Bemister
John Bemister (1815 – December 19, 1892) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Conception Bay from 1852 to 1855 and Bay de Verde from 1855 to 1869 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
He was ...
Conservative
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John Hayward Conservative
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William Talbot
*
Ferryland District
**
Peter Winser
Peter Winser (ca 1781 – October 11, 1865) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1836 to 1842 and from 1848 to 1855.
Winser is thought to have ...
*
Placentia and St. Mary's District
**
Ambrose Shea
Sir Ambrose Shea (17 September 1815 – 30 July 1905) was a political and business figure in colonial Newfoundland who later served as Governor of the Bahamas. He was one of two Newfoundland delegates to the Quebec Conference that led to Ca ...
Liberal
**
George J. Hogsett Liberal
*
Fortune Bay District
**
Hugh William Hoyles
Sir Hugh Hoyles (October 17, 1814 – February 1, 1888) was a politician and lawyer who served as the third premier of the colony of Newfoundland. Hoyles was the first premier of Newfoundland to have been born in the colony, and served from 18 ...
Conservative
*
Trinity Bay District
**
Stephen March
Stephen March (died June 2, 1880) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1852 to 1869.
The son of William March, he was born in Old Perlican and went into business there as a supplier ...
*
Bonavista Bay District
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John H. Warren Conservative
* Fogo District
**
George Henry Emerson
*
Burin District
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Clement Benning Liberal
References
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{{NL Elections
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
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