21st General Assembly of Newfoundland

21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
	Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1908
Disbanded	1909
Preceded by	20th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Edward P. Morris
Elections
Last election	1908 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1908. The general assembly sat from March 30 to April 9, 1909.^[1]

The seats were split evenly between the Liberal Party and the new Newfoundland People's Party. Robert Bond resigned as premier after the Governor refused to dissolve the assembly. Edward P. Morris of the People's Party was asked to form a government but the assembly was unable to choose a speaker and was dissolved.^[2]

Although Morris was not able to form a stable government, as Premier, he was able to spend money which helped him gain votes for the election that was to follow.^[3]

Sir William MacGregor served as governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1908:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
John Crosbie	Bay de Verde	People's Party	1908
Jesse Whiteway	Bay de Verde	People's Party	1908
Sydney Blandford	Bonavista	People's Party	1908
William C. Winsor			1904
Donald Morison			1888, 1906
Robert Moulton	Burgeo-La Poile	People's Party	1904
Edward H. Davey	Burin	Liberal	1900
Henry Gear	Burin	Liberal	1900
Joseph Maddock	Carbonear	Liberal	1900
Michael P. Cashin	Ferryland	People's Party	1893
William J. Ellis	Ferryland	Liberal	1904
Henry Earle	Fogo	Liberal	1904
Charles Emerson	Fortune Bay	People's Party	1908
A. W. Piccott	Harbour Grace	People's Party	1908
E. Parsons		People's Party	1908
Eli Dawe		Liberal	1889
William Woodford	Harbour Main	People's Party	1908
J.J. Murphy	Harbour Main	People's Party	1908
E. M. Jackman	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1900
Michael S. Sullivan			1904
J. Davis			1908
William R. Warren	Port de Grave	People's Party	1908
William M. Clapp	St. Barbe	Liberal	1904
Joseph Downey	St. George's	People's Party	1908
James M. Kent	St. John's East	Liberal	1904
George Shea			1885, 1904
John Dwyer			1900
Edward P. Morris	St. John's West	People's Party	1885
John R. Bennett			1904
Michael Kennedy			1908
George W. Gushue	Trinity	Liberal	1900
A. W. Miller		Liberal	1904
Robert Watson		People's Party	1908
Robert Bond	Twillingate	Liberal	1882
James A. Clift			1900
George Roberts			1900

Notes:

By-elections

None.

References

^ ^a ^b "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 704–06.
^ Baker, Melvin; Neary, Peter (2005). "Bond, Sir Robert". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "The 1908 Tie Election". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
^ "MacGregor, Sir William (1846–1919)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

[elections-1] "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 704–06.

[2] Baker, Melvin; Neary, Peter (2005). "Bond, Sir Robert". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[3] "The 1908 Tie Election". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

[4] "MacGregor, Sir William (1846–1919)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

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