The 1836 Newfoundland general election was held in 1836 in the

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. The results of the election were set aside by

Henry John Boulton Henry John Boulton, (1790 – June 18, 1870) was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada, as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland. Boulton began his legal career under the tutelage of John Beverly Robins ...

after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal. Some felt that this was a pretext used because Liberal reformers had dominated the assembly and a number who had been reelected in 1836 did not run for reelection the following year.

Results by party

Elected members

Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is demarcated by Cape Freels to the nort ...

District ** Robert Job Conservative * Burin District **

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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 ...

District ** Robert Poole Liberal ** James Power Liberal ** Peter Brown Liberal **

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Liberal *

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 fi ...

District ** Patrick Morris Liberal *

Fortune Bay Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.William B. Row Conservative * Placentia and St. Mary's District **

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Liberal ** John V. Nugent Liberal * St. John's District **

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Liberal ** John Kent Liberal ** Patrick Morris Liberal * Trinity Bay District ** Thomas C. Moore Conservative * Fogo District ** Thomas Bennett Conservative (speaker) Notes: * Patrick Morris was elected in both Ferryland and St. John's

References

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1836 Events January–March * January 1 — Hill Street Academy is named Colombo Academy and acquired by the Government, establishing the first public school in Sri Lanka. * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand ...

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