Newfoundland general election, 1956

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The 1956 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 October 1956 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

[edit] Results

	Party	Leader	1951	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Joey Smallwood	24	32		75,883
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Hollett	4	4		36,591
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Sam Drover	0	0		*
	Other		0	0	0%	1,964
Totals			28	36	-	115,465	100%

*CCF votes are among the 1,964 ballots categorized as "other". This was the CCF's first election, Sam Drover had been a cabinet minister in the Liberal government until he quit and decided to found the CCF in the province. The party ran 10 candidates in the 1956 election, the first time it had contested a provincial election in Newfoundland.

[edit] References

• General Election Statistics (1949-1999)= General Election Statistics (1949-1999). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.

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