The 1865 Newfoundland general election was held on November 7, 1865 to elect members of the 9th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government. Following the resignation of premier Hugh Hoyles, Carter took office and successfully negotiated a coalition government with several members of the Liberal Party, including leader of the opposition Ambrose Shea. Carter and Shea both endorsed Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada following their attendance as observers of the 1864 Quebec Conference. The opposition to the Carter-Shea coalition was disorganized and loosely led by former Receiver General Thomas Glen.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's East |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|John Kent<br>1,310<br>29.00% || |John Kavanagh<br>1,409<br>31.19% || |John Kavanagh |- || |Robert Parsons<br>1,283<br>28.40% || |Robert Parsons |- | |Michael Power<br>515<br>11.40% || |John Kent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|John Casey<br>Won by acclamation || |Thomas Talbot<br>Won by acclamation || |John Casey |- |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Henry Renouf<br>Won by acclamation || |Thomas Talbot |- || |Henry Renouf |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde || |John Bemister<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |John Bemister |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear || |John Rorke<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |John Rorke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Grace || |John Hayward<br>At least 300 votes |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Prendergast<br>At least 80 votes | | || |John Hayward |- || |William Green<br>At least 260 votes | | || |Henry Mooreâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main | | || |George Hogsett<br>476<br>33.03% | |Patrick Nowlan (Independent Opposition)<br>274<br>19.01% || |Thomas Byrneâ |- | | || |Charles Furey<br>476<br>33.03% | |? Ezekiel (Independent Opposition)<br>215<br>14.92% || |Patrick Nowlan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Port de Grave || |John Leamon<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |John Leamon |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland | | || |Thomas Glen<br>Won by acclamation || |Edward Sheaâ |- | | || |Michael Kearney<br>Won by acclamation || |Thomas Glen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's || |Ambrose Shea<br>628<br>27.99% | |James Croucher<br>385<br>17.16% || |Ambrose Shea |- || |Pierce Barron<br>562<br>25.04% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|? English<br>216<br>9.63% || |Pierce Barron |- || |Thomas O'Reilly<br>453<br>20.19% || |Richard McGrathâÂÂ
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay || |John Warren<br>412<br>28.51% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|? Emerson<br>283<br>19.58% || |John Warren |- || |John Oakley<br>398<br>27.54% || |Matthew Walbankâ |- || |John Burton<br>352<br>24.36% || |Stephen Marchâ¡<br><small>(ran in Trinity Bay)</small> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay || |Stephen Rendell<br>788<br>28.38% | |James Verge<br>315<br>11.34% || |Stephen Rendell |- || |Frederick Wyatt<br>755<br>27.19% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Jabez Tilley<br>207<br>7.45% || |Frederick Carterâ¡<br><small>(ran in Burin)</small> |- || |Stephen March<br>712<br>25.64% || |John Winterâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate and Fogo || |Thomas Knight<br>558<br>36.66% | |John Mortimer<br>392<br>25.76% || |William Whiteway |- || |William Whiteway<br>512<br>33.64% | |William Boag<br>~60<br>~3.94% || |Thomas Knight
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile || |D. W. Prowse<br>Won by acclamation | | || |D. W. Prowse |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin || |Edward Evans<br>458<br>41.22% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Patrick Morris<br>207<br>18.63% || |Edward Evans |- || |Frederick Carter<br>446<br>40.14% || |Hugh Hoylesâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |Thomas Bennett<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Robert CarterâÂÂ