2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | ||
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History | ||
Founded | 1837 | |
Disbanded | 1841 | |
Preceded by | Speaker | |
Elections | ||
Last election | 1837 Newfoundland general election | |
Next election | 1842 Newfoundland general election |
The members of the 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in May 1837. The general assembly sat from July 3, 1837[1] to 1841.
The assembly continue to meet at the Old Court House.[2]
William Carson was chosen as speaker.[3]
An Education Act passed in 1836 established a public education system in the province.[4]
In 1838,
British Privy Council which ruled that the privileges of the British House of Commons were not transferred to colonial legislatures.[5]
Sir
civil governor of Newfoundland.[6]
Members of the Assembly
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1837:[1]
Member | Electoral district | Affiliation[nb 1][7] | First elected |
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Hugh A. Emerson | Bonavista Bay | Conservative | 1837 |
Henry G. Butler | Burin | Liberal
|
1837 |
Peter Brown | Conception Bay | Liberal
|
1832 |
John McCarthy | Liberal
|
1837 | |
Anthony Godfrey | Liberal
|
1837 | |
James Power | Liberal
|
1832 | |
Peter Winser | Ferryland | Liberal
|
1837 |
Edward James Dwyer | Fogo | Conservative | 1837 |
William Bickford Row | Fortune Bay | Conservative | 1837 |
Patrick Doyle | Placentia and St. Mary's | Liberal
|
1837 |
John Valentine Nugent | Liberal
|
1837 | |
William Carson | St. John's | Liberal
|
1833 |
John Kent | Liberal
|
1832 | |
Patrick Morris | Liberal
|
1837 | |
Laurence O'Brien | Liberal
|
1840 | |
Thomas Fitzgibbon Moore | Trinity Bay | Conservative | 1837 |
Notes:
- ^ Indicates political orientation rather than party membership
By-elections
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
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Conception Bay | none[nb 1] | n/a | 1840 | A Godfrey died[7] |
St. John's | Laurence O'Brien | liberal | 1840 | P Morris named to Executive Council[7] |
Notes:
- ^ No return due to riots
References
- ^ a b Prowse, D W (1971). A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial, and foreign records. Merdian Publishing. pp. 438, 657. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ^ "The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 34 (3). 2011.
- ^ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13.
- ^ "Education". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
- ^ Courage, John (1981). "Parliamentary Privilege in Newfoundland: The Strange Case of Kielly vs Carson". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 4 (3).
- ^ Hayne, David, ed. (1972). "Prescott, Sir Henry". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ a b c "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 682–83.