The 1848 Newfoundland general election was held on November 20, 1848 to elect members of the 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The House of Assembly and the Legislative Council were restored as separate bodies following an experiment by Governor John Harvey which had amalgamated the two legislatures. The Liberal Party continued to maintain a majority of seats with a Conservative opposition.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's || |Laurence O'Brien<br>1,901<br>23.43% | |James Douglas (Independent Liberal)<br>1,666<br>20.53% || |Robert Parsons |- || |John Kent<br>1,895<br>23.35% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|John Nugent (Independent Liberal)<br>875<br>10.78% || |Laurence O'Brien |- || |Robert John Parsons<br>1,777<br>21.90% || |John Nugent
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Conception Bay<br>40.06% turnout || |James Prendergast<br>702<br>21.12% || |Richard Rankin<br>493<br>14.83% | | || |Thomas Ridleyâ |- || |Edmund Hanrahan<br>687<br>20.67% | |Thomas Newell<br>472<br>14.20% | | || |John Munnâ |- |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Nicholas Molloy<br>510<br>15.34% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Robert Ayles<br>460<br>13.84% | | || |James Prendergast |- | | || |Edmund Hanrahan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland || |Peter Winser | |Thomas Glen | | || |Thomas Glen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Placentia and St. Mary's || |Ambrose Shea<br>224<br>23.88% | | || |John Delaney (Independent Liberal)<br>287<br>30.60% || |John Dillonâ |- |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Simon Morris<br>28<br>2.99% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| | |? Furlong (Independent Liberal)<br>189<br>20.15% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Simon Morris |- | |? Murphy (Independent Liberal)<br>168<br>17.91% |- | |? McGill (Independent Liberal)<br>42<br>4.48%
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Bay | | || |Robert Carter | |Hugh Emerson (Independent Conservative) || |Robert Carter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Burin |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Clement Benning |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Joshua Falle | |Henry Winton (Independent Conservative) |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Clement Benning |- | |? Douglas (Independent Conservative) |- | |? Perchard (Independent Conservative) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay | | || |Hugh Hoyles<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Bryan Robinsonâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay | |George Brooking<br>402<br>42.23% || |Thomas Job<br>550<br>57.77% | | || |Thomas Job |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo | | || |George Emerson<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Vacant |-