The 1932 Newfoundland general election was held on 11 June 1932 to elect members of the

28th General Assembly of Newfoundland The members of the 28th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1932. The general assembly sat from 1932 to 1934. The United Newfoundland Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice formed the gove ...

. This vote proved to be the final general election held by the Dominion of Newfoundland. As a result of a riot which occurred in 1932 due to Newfoundland's deteriorating economic situation, Prime Minister Sir

Richard Squires Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932. As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at ...

dissolved the House of Assembly and called an election. His Liberals were reduced to two seats while Frederick C. Alderdice's

United Newfoundland Party The United Newfoundland Party was the name of two conservative parties in Newfoundland. Pre-Confederation The first UNP was a conservative party in the Dominion of Newfoundland led by Frederick C. Alderdice from 1928 to 1934. It was organized b ...

won 24 seats and was elected to government. The size of the House was reduced from 40 to 27 as an economy measure. Alderdice was not able to rescue the public finances. By this time Newfoundlanders despaired of the ability of their politicians to solve the problems. The British government commissioned a report from William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree which was scathing about the political culture of Newfoundland. The price of British government financial aid was the abandonment of responsible and representative government. The legislature was dissolved. The

Commission of Government The Commission of Government was a non-elected body that governed the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949. Established following the collapse of Newfoundland's economy during the Great Depression, it was dissolved when the dominion beca ...

came into operation on 16 February 1934 ending more than a century of legislative democracy in Newfoundland.

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Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party The Conservative Party of Newfoundland was a political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland prior to confederation with Canada in 1949. The party was formed by members and supporters of the establishment around 1832. In the 1840s they opposed ...

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Bonavista North Bonavista North was a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It existed from when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 until 2015. As of 2011 the district had 6,956 eligible voters. Wh ...

** William C. Winsor United Newfoundland Party * Bonavista South ** Herman W. Quinton United Newfoundland Party *

Burgeo-LaPoile Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. The district was first created when Newfoundland joined con ...

** James A. Winter United Newfoundland Party (speaker) * Burin ** Samuel J. Foote United Newfoundland Party * Carbonear-Bay de Verde ** John C. Puddester United Newfoundland Party *

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 ...

** Michael A. Shea United Newfoundland Party * Fogo ** Harold J. Earle United Newfoundland Party * Fortune Bay and Hermitage ** Harris M. Mosdell Independent * Grand Falls ** Kenneth M. Brown United Newfoundland Party * Green Bay ** Roland G. Starkes Liberal *

Harbour Grace Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With roots dating back to the 16th century, it is one of the oldest towns in North America. It is located about northwest of ...

** Harry A. Winter United Newfoundland Party * Harbour Main-Bell Island ** Charles Furey United Newfoundland Party ** William J. Browne United Newfoundland Party *

Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between t ...

** F. Gordon Bradley Liberal * Placentia and St. Mary's ** Phillip J. Lewis United Newfoundland Party * Placentia West ** William J. Walsh United Newfoundland Party *

Port de Grave Port de Grave is a peninsula on Conception Bay (CB) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The peninsula contains the communities of Bareneed, Black Duck Pond, Otterbury, Ship Cove, Blow Me Down, Hibb's Cove, Pick Eyes, and Hussey's Cove with a ...

** James S. Ayre United Newfoundland Party * St. Barbe ** George Whitely United Newfoundland Party * St. George's-Port au Port ** William H. Abbott United Newfoundland Party *

St. John's East St. John's East (french: St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. It covers a part of St ...

** Gerald G. Byrne United Newfoundland Party ** L. Edward Emerson United Newfoundland Party * St. John's West ** Frederick C. Alderdice United Newfoundland Party ** Patrick F. Halley United Newfoundland Party * Trinity North ** John G. Stone United Newfoundland Party * Trinity South ** Harold Mitchell United Newfoundland Party *

Twillingate Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north of ...

** Norman Gray United Newfoundland Party * White Bay ** Joseph Moore United Newfoundland Party

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