Newfoundland general election, 1837

The 3rd Newfoundland general election was held in 1837 to elect members of the 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The results of the previous election had been set aside by Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the previous election had not been marked with the official seal. A number of Liberal reformers who had been elected in 1836 did not run for reelection. However, reformers continued to dominate the assembly.

Results by party

Elected members

• Bonavista Bay District
  • Hugh A. Emerson Conservative
• Burin District
  • Henry G. Butler Liberal
• Conception Bay District
  • Peter Brown Liberal
  • John McCarthy Liberal
  • Anthony Godfrey Liberal
  • James Power Liberal
• Ferryland District
  • Peter Winser Liberal
• Fortune Bay District
  • William B. Row Conservative
• Placentia and St. Mary's District
  • Patrick Doyle Liberal
  • John V. Nugent Liberal
• St. John's District
  • William Carson Liberal (speaker)
  • John Kent Liberal
  • Patrick Morris Liberal
• Trinity Bay District
  • Thomas Fitzgibbon Moore Conservative
• Fogo District
  • Edward James Dwyer Conservative

Notes:

• Patrick Morris was elected in both Ferryland and St. John's

References

• Prowse, D W (1972) [first published 1895]. A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial, and foreign records. ISBN 0-919302-44-0. 
• Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6. 

Elections and referendums in Newfoundland and Labrador General elections Pre-Confederation: 1832 1836 1837 1842 1848 1852 1855 1859 1861 1865 1869 1873 1874 1878 1882 1885 1889 1893 1897 1900 1904 1908 1909 1913 1919 1923 1924 1928 1932 Post-Confederation: 1949 1951 1956 1959 1962 1966 1971 1972 1975 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Referendums 1915 1948 See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador by-elections