12th General Assembly of Newfoundland

12th General Assembly of Newfoundland
12th 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	1874
Disbanded	1878
Preceded by	11th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	13th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Frederick Carter
Premier	William Whiteway ; since 1878
Elections
Last election	1874 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1874. The general assembly sat from 1875 to 1878.

The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government.^[1] After Carter resigned in early 1878, William Whiteway became party leader and Premier.^[2]

Prescott Emerson was chosen as speaker, serving until 1877. James S. Winter succeeded Emerson as speaker.^[3]

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colonial governor of Newfoundland until 1876.^[4] Sir John Hawley Glover succeeded Hill as governor.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1874:[6]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
James J. Rogerson	Bay de Verde	Conservative	1870
John H. Warren	Bonavista Bay	Conservative	1874
Charles Bowring		Conservative	1873
Alexander J.W. McNeilly		Conservative	1873
Prescott Emerson	Burgeo-La Poile	Conservative	1869
Charles R. Ayre	Burin	Conservative	1873
James S. Winter	Burin	Conservative	1873
John Rorke	Carbonear	Conservative	1863
Richard Raftus	Ferryland	Anti-Confederate	1873
James G. Conroy	Ferryland	Anti-Confederate	1874
Robert Alexander	Fortune Bay	Conservative	1874
Ambrose Shea	Harbour Grace	Conservative	1848, 1874
Joseph Godden	Harbour Grace	Conservative	1874
Joseph I. Little	Harbour Main	Anti-Confederate	1867
Patrick Nowlan	Harbour Main	Anti-Confederate	1873
Charles Fox Bennett	Placentia and St. Mary's	Anti-Confederate	1869
James Collins		Anti-Confederate	1873
Michael E. Dwyer		Anti-Confederate	1874
Nathaniel Rabbits	Port de Grave	Conservative	1874
Robert J. Kent	St. John's East	Anti-Confederate	1873
Robert John Parsons		Anti-Confederate	1843
John J. Dearin		Anti-Confederate	1873
Lewis Tessier	St. John's West	Anti-Confederate	1873
Maurice Fenelon		Anti-Confederate	1873
Patrick J. Scott		Anti-Confederate	1873
William Whiteway	Trinity Bay	Conservative	1859, 1873
John Steer		Conservative	1873
James H. Watson		Conservative	1874
Frederick Carter	Twillingate and Fogo	Conservative	1859
Charles Duder		Conservative	1873
William Kelligrew		Conservative	1874

Notes:

By-elections

None

References

^ Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
^ "Hill, Sir Stephen John". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
^ "Glover, Sir John Hawley". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
^ "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 691–92.

[1] Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[2] Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[3] "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.

[4] "Hill, Sir Stephen John". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

[5] "Glover, Sir John Hawley". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

[elections-6] "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 691–92.

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