20th General Assembly Of Newfoundland
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The members of the 20th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1904. The general assembly sat from 1905 to 1908. The
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led by
Robert Bond Sir Robert Bond (25 February 1857 – 16 March 1927) was the last Premier of Newfoundland Colony from 1900 to 1907 and the first prime minister of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1907 to 1909 after the 1907 Imperial Conference conferred do ...
formed the government. Francis J. Morris was chosen as speaker. Sir
William MacGregor Sir William MacGregor, (20 October 1846 – 3 July 1919)R. B. Joyce,', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 158–160. Retrieved 29 September 2009 was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guine ...
served as
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until 1907 when Newfoundland became a
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and continued to serve as governor for the dominion until 1909.


Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1904: Notes:


By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: Notes:


References

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