The 1874 Newfoundland general election was held on November 7, 1874 to elect members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government. The Anti-Confederate government of Charles Fox Bennett had collapsed amidst a bribery scandal.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's East |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|James Wheeler<br>519<br>14.79% || |Robert Kent<br>1,006<br>28.66% || |John Dearin |- || |Robert Parsons<br>1,000<br>28.49% || |Robert Parsons |- || |John Dearin<br>985<br>28.06% || |Robert Kent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West | | || |Lewis Tessier<br>Won by acclamation || |Lewis Tessier |- | | || |Patrick Scott<br>Won by acclamation || |Patrick Scott |- | | || |Maurice Fenelon<br>Won by acclamation || |Maurice Fenelon |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde || |James Rogerson<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |James Rogerson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear || |John Rorke<br>348<br>79.63% | |Francis Taylor<br>89<br>20.37% | | || |John Rorke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Grace || |Ambrose Shea<br>1,008<br>47.91% | | |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William Wood (Independent)<br>108<br>5.13% || |Ambrose Shea |- || |Joseph Godden<br>988<br>46.96% | | || |William Wood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main | | || |Joseph Little<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Joseph Little |- | | || |Patrick Nowlan<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Patrick Nowlan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave || |Nathaniel Rabbitts<br>448<br>57.00% | |John Bartlett<br>338<br>43.00% | | || |John Bartlett |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland || |Richard Raftus<br>Won by acclamation || |Thomas Glenâ |- || |James Conroy<br>Won by acclamation || |Richard Raftus |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's || |Charles Fox Bennett<br>Won by acclamation || |Charles Fox Bennett |- || |James Collins<br>Won by acclamation || |James Collins |- || |Michael Dwyer<br>Won by acclamation || |Vacant
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay || |John Warren<br>852<br>20.76% | |Francis Winton<br>539<br>13.13% || |Charles Bowring |- || |Charles Bowring<br>843<br>20.54% | |? Knowling<br>524<br>12.76% || |A. J. W. McNeilly |- || |A. J. W. McNeilly<br>833<br>20.29% | |William Barnes<br>514<br>12.52% || |John Burtonâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay || |William Whiteway<br>Won by acclamation | | || |John Steer |- || |John Steer<br>Won by acclamation | | || |John Warrenâ¡<br><small>(ran in Bonavista Bay)</small> |- || |James Watson<br>Won by acclamation | | || |William Whiteway |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate and Fogo || |Frederick Carter<br>1,008<br>19.09% | |Smith McKay<br>795<br>15.06% || |Frederick Carter |- || |Charles Duder<br>997<br>18.89% | |? Rolls<br>780<br>14.78% || |Charles Duder |- || |William Kelligrew<br>961<br>18.20% | |? Lemessurier<br>738<br>13.98% || |Smith McKay
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile || |Prescott Emerson<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Prescott Emerson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin || |Charles Ayre<br>552<br>31.47% | |? Bennett<br>328<br>18.70% || |James Winter |- || |James Winter<br>550<br>31.36% | |? Scott<br>324<br>18.47% || |Charles Ayre |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay || |Robert Alexander<br>377<br>55.69% | |Robert Pinsent<br>300<br>44.31% || |Vacant