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1852 Newfoundland general election

The 1852 Newfoundland general election was held on November 18, 1852 to elect members of the 5th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Liberal Party maintained control of the House of Assembly. This was the last election to be held in Newfoundland prior to the introduction of responsible government in 1855.

Results

Results by district

  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's || |John Kent<br>Won by acclamation || |John Kent |- || |Philip Little<br>Won by acclamation || |Philip Little |- || |Robert John Parsons<br>Won by acclamation || |Robert Parsons

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=4|Conception Bay || |Edmund Hanrahan<br>1,479<br>22.23% || |John Bemister<br>1,455<br>21.87% |rowspan=4| |rowspan=4|James Prendergast (Independent Liberal)<br>778<br>11.69% || |James Prendergast |- || |William Talbot<br>846<br>12.71% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|John Hayward<br>1,300<br>19.54% || |Edmund Hanrahan |- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|? Power<br>796<br>11.96% || |Nicholas Molloy†|- || |Richard Rankin†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland || |Peter Winser<br>Total unknown | |? Carter<br>49 | | || |Peter Winser |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia and St. Mary's || |Ambrose Shea<br>472<br>39.80% | | | |John Delaney (Independent Liberal)<br>259<br>21.18% || |Ambrose Shea |- || |George Hogsett<br>455<br>38.36% | | | | || |John Delaney

Eastern and Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista Bay | |James Douglas<br>212<br>29.69% || |John Warren<br>299<br>41.88% | |Bryan Robinson (Independent Conservative)<br>203<br>28.43% || |Robert Carter†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Clement Benning<br>275<br>53.19% | |? Evans<br>242<br>46.81% | | || |Joshua Falle†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay | | || |Hugh Hoyles<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Hugh Hoyles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay | | || |Stephen March<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Thomas Job†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo | | || |George Emerson<br>Won by acclamation | | || |George Emerson |-

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