The 1873 Newfoundland general election was held in November 1873 to elect members of the

11th General Assembly of Newfoundland The members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the 1873 Newfoundland general election, Newfoundland general election held in November 1873. The general assembly sat from February 1874 to Fall 1874. The Anti-Confederation ...

in the

Colony of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English ...

. The Anti-Confederates led by Charles Fox Bennett formed the government; a "new" Conservative party led by

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, Encyclopedi ...

formed the opposition.

Results by party

Elected members

* Twillingate-Fogo ** F.B.T. Carter Conservative **

Charles Duder Charles R. Duder (1818 – January 26, 1879) was an England, English-born merchant and political figure in Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate and Fogo in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1869 ...

Anti-Confederate **

Smith McKay Smith McKay (1817 – December 8, 1889) was a prospector, merchant and political figure in Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate-Fogo in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1869 to 1874 and from 188 ...

Anti-Confederate * Bonavista Bay ** Charles Bowring Conservative ** A. J. W. McNeily Conservative ** John Burton Conservative * Trinity Bay ** John Steer Conservative **

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Conservative ** William V. Whiteway Conservative *

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James J. Rogerson James Johnstone Rogerson (March 21, 1820 – October 17, 1907) was a businessman, political figure and philanthropist in Newfoundland. He represented Burin from 1859 to 1861 and Bay de Verde from 1870 to 1882 in the Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Conservative * Carbonear **

John Rorke John Rorke (9 June 1807 – 13 August 1896) was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1863 to 1882 as a Conservative and Confederate. ...

Conservative * Harbour Grace ** F.B.T. Carter Conservative ***

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 ...

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 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 ...

Anti-Confederate ** Robert J. Kent Anti-Confederate *

St. John's West St. John's West was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 2004. This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation ...

Lewis Tessier Lewis Tessier (c. 1820 – April 30, 1884) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1870 to 1882 as a Liberal. He was born i ...

Anti-Confederate **

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Anti-Confederate **

Maurice Fenelon Maurice Fenelon (1834 – January 31, 1897) was an Irish-born educator, merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1871 to 1878. He was born in Count ...

Anti-Confederate *

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** Joseph I. Little Anti-Confederate **

Patrick Nowlan Patrick Nowlan (ca 1827 – 1896) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Main from 1859 to 1865 and from 1873 to 1882 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He was born in Burgeo Burgeo ( ...

Anti-Confederate * Ferryland **

Thomas Glen Thomas Glen (1796 – April 28, 1887) was a Scottish-born merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1842 to 1848 and from 1855 to 1874. He was born in Greenock, ...

Anti-Confederate **

Richard Raftus Richard Raftus (1845 – September 7, 1879) was a lawyer and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1874 to 1878. The son of Thomas Raftus and Mary Butler, he was born in St. John's a ...

Anti-Confederate * Placentia and St. Mary's ** C. F. Bennett Anti-Confederate **

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Anti-Confederate ** Henry Renouf Anti-Confederate * Burin ** James S. Winter Conservative **

Charles R. Ayre Charles Robert Ayre (December 22, 1819 – April 12, 1889) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burin in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1873 to 1878 as a Conservative. He was born in Exe ...

Conservative * Fortune Bay **

Thomas R. Bennett Thomas R. Bennett (1830 – August 13, 1901) was a magistrate and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1865 to 1874. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and, in ...

Anti-Confederate (speaker) * Burgeo-LaPoile ** Prescott Emerson Conservative Notes: *Frederick Carter was elected in Twillingate and Fogo and Harbour Grace, choosing to resign from Harbour Grace.

References

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