20th General Assembly of Newfoundland

Session of the General Assembly of Newfoundland, Canada

20th 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| 1905
Disbanded| 1908
Preceded by| 19th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by| 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership

Premier

Robert Bond

Elections

Last election

| 1904 Newfoundland general election

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 Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government.[1]

Francis J. Morris was chosen as speaker.[2]

Sir William MacGregor served as colonial governor of Newfoundland until 1907 when Newfoundland became a dominion and continued to serve as governor for the dominion until 1909.[3]

## Members of the Assembly

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The following members were elected to the assembly in 1904:[4]

| Member  | Electoral district  | Affiliation  | First elected / previously elected

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| William C. Winsor | Bay de Verde  | Conservative | 1904
| Charles H. Hutchings | Liberal | 1904
| Alfred B. Morine | Bonavista  | Conservative | 1886
| Mark Chaplin | 1900
| Sydney Blandford | 1904
| Donald Morison (1906)  | 1888, 1906
| Robert Moulton | Burgeo-La Poile | Conservative | 1904
| Edward H. Davey | Burin  | Liberal | 1900
| Henry Gear | 1900
| John Maddock | Carbonear | Liberal | 1900
| Michael P. Cashin | Ferryland  | Liberal | 1893
| William J. Ellis | 1904
| Henry Earle | Fogo  | Liberal | 1900
| A. H. Martin | Fortune Bay  | Liberal | 1904
| Eli Dawe | Harbour Grace  | Liberal | 1889
| William A. Oke | 1897
| Arthur Barnes | 1904
| Frank J. Morris | Harbour Main | Liberal | 1900
| John Lewis | 1904
| E. M. Jackman | Placentia and St. Mary's | Liberal | 1900
| Thomas Bonia | 1900
| Michael S. Sullivan | 1904
| Alexander McKay | Port de Grave  | Conservative | 1878, 1900
| Charles Dawe (1906)  | 1878, 1893, 1906
| William M. Clapp | St. Barbe | Liberal | 1904
| George T. Carty | St. George's  | Liberal | 1904
| James M. Kent | St. John's East | Liberal | 1904
| George Shea | 1885, 1904
| John Dwyer | 1900
| Edward Morris | St. John's West | Liberal | 1885
| John R. Bennett | 1904
| J. P. Scott | 1904
| George W. Gushue | Trinity  | Liberal | 1900
| William F. Lloyd | 1904
| A. W. Miller | 1904
| Robert Bond | Twillingate  | Liberal | 1882
| James A. Clift | 1900
| George Roberts | 1900

## By-elections

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

Electoral district  | Member elected  | Affiliation  | Election date  | Reason

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Port de Grave  | Charles Dawe | Conservative | February 1, 1906  | A MacKay died November 24, 1905[4]
Bonavista  | Donald Morison[nb 1] | Conservative | November 6, 1906  | AB Morine resigned seat in 1906 and moved to Ontario5[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ Acclaimed

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13.
3. ^ "MacGregor, Sir William (1846-1919)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
4. ^ a b c "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 703–04.

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