The 1949 Newfoundland general election was held on 27 May 1949 to elect members of the 29th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was the first general election held since

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

joined

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on 31 March 1949 and the first Newfoundland-wide election of any kind since the suspension of

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and the creation of 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 became ...

in 1934. The election was won by the

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Joey Smallwood Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...

was invited to form an interim administration when Newfoundland became a part of

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just before midnight on March 31, 1949. This interim Smallwood administration continued until the results of the May election. The election was held under the ''House of Assembly Act of 1932'', with the same 27 seats, plus a new seat for

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, though the election in the

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seat was deferred until July 25. The five seats where Progressive Conservatives won had all voted heavily against confederation in the

1948 Newfoundland referendums The Newfoundland referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Before the referendums, Newfoundland was in debt and went through several delegations to determine whether the co ...

Results by district

References

* Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland general election

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