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.
|- |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
|- |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 Molloyâ |- || |Richard Rankinâ |- |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
|- |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 Carterâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Clement Benning<br>275<br>53.19% | |? Evans<br>242<br>46.81% | | || |Joshua Falleâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay | | || |Hugh Hoyles<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Hugh Hoyles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity Bay | | || |Stephen March<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Thomas Jobâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate and Fogo | | || |George Emerson<br>Won by acclamation | | || |George Emerson |-