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1836 Newfoundland general election

The 1836 Newfoundland general election was held from October 24 to November 15, 1836 in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Liberal reformers secured control of the government and defeated the governing Conservative party. However, the results of the election were later set aside by Chief Justice Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal. Some felt that this was a pretext used to justify holding another election because Liberal reformers had dominated the assembly.

Results

Results by district

  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.
  • $ indicates that the incumbent initially ran for re-election, but they later chose to withdraw

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |John Kent<br>Won by acclamation || |John Kent |- || |William Carson<br>Won by acclamation || |William Carson |- || |Patrick Morris<br>Won by acclamation || |Patrick Kough$

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Conception Bay | |Thomas Ridley<br>5<br>1.66% || |Peter Brown<br>76<br>25.17% || |Robert Pack |- | |Robert Prowse<br>2<br>0.66% || |Anthony Godfrey<br>73<br>24.17% || |Charles Cozens†|- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Robert Pack<br>73<br>24.17% || |James Power |- || |James Power<br>73<br>24.17% || |Peter Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland | | || |Patrick Morris<br>Won by acclamation || |Robert Carter†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia and St. Mary's | | || |Patrick Doyle<br>Won by acclamation || |John Martin†|- | | || |John Nugent<br>Won by acclamation || |Roger Sweetmanâ€Â

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Bay || |Robert Job | |? Douglas | |Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative)<br> || |William Brown†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin | | || |John Shea<br>Won by acclamation | | || |William Hooper†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |William B. Row<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |Newman Hoyles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay | |Archibald Graham<br>At least 97 votes || |Thomas Moore<br>At least 98 votes | | || |William Row‡<br><small>(ran in Fortune Bay)</small> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo || |Thomas Bennett<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |Thomas Bennett |-

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