The 1889 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. Reform soon disappeared and was replaced by the Orange Order based Tory Party. This was the first general election held in Newfoundland using the secret ballot.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's East | |Michael O'Mara<br>854<br>11.47% || |Thomas Murphy<br>1,747<br>23.46% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Robert Parsons Jr.(Independent)<br>233<br>3.13% || |Thomas Murphy |- | |Lawrence Furlong<br>819<br>11.00% || |John Dearin<br>1,716<br>23.04% || |Robert Parsons Jr. |- | |Francis St. John<br>609<br>8.18% || |Jeremiah Halleran<br>1,469<br>19.73% || |Michael O'Mara |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West | |Patrick Scott<br>957<br>16.23% || |Edward Morris<br>1,566<br>26.55% | |John Shea (Independent)<br>137<br>2.32% || |Edward Morris |- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Callanan<br>741<br>12.56% || |James Day<br>1,326<br>22.48% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Pierce Brien (Independent)<br>117<br>1.98% || |Patrick Scott |- || |Lawrence Gearin<br>1,054<br>17.87% || |James Callanan
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde | |Stephen March<br>476<br>19.29% || |Edward White<br>820<br>33.23% | | || |Stephen March |- | |Aubrey Crocker<br>399<br>16.17% || |Henry Woods<br>773<br>31.32% | | || |A. J. W. McNeillyâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear<br>72.28% turnout | |Alfred Penney<br>284<br>33.93% || |William Duff<br>486<br>58.06% | |Robert Moore (Independent)<br>67<br>8.00%<br> || |Alfred Penney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace || |Robert Munn<br>1,259<br>23.95% || |William Whiteley<br>1,367<br>26.00% | | || |James Winter |- | |Charles Dawe<br>685<br>13.03% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Eli Dawe<br>1,342<br>25.53% | | || |Charles Dawe |- | |James Winter<br>604<br>11.49% | | || |Joseph Goddenâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Maurice Fenelon<br>180<br>6.02% || |Frank Morris<br>1,448<br>48.46% | | || |John Veitchâ |- || |William Woodford<br>1,360<br>45.52% | | || |Richard MacDonnellâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave<br>71.80% turnout | |William Horwood<br>564<br>46.92% || |James Clift<br>638<br>53.08% | | || |George HutchingsâÂÂ
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland || |George Shea<br>727<br>36.06% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Martin W. Furlong<br>425<br>21.08% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Michael Condon (Independent)<br>373<br>18.50% || |Daniel Greene |- || |Daniel Greene<br>491<br>24.36% || |George Shea |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's | |William Donnelly<br>897<br>17.74% || |George Emerson<br>1,077<br>21.30% | | || |James McGrath |- | |William Siteman<br>555<br>10.98% || |Richard O'Dwyer<br>1,018<br>20.13% | | || |William Donnelly |- | |J. Tobin<br>515<br>10.19% || |James McGrath<br>994<br>19.66% | | || |George Emerson
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay || |Donald Morison<br>1,429<br>18.32% || |Samuel Blandford<br>1,382<br>17.72% || |Alfred Morine |- || |Alfred Morine<br>1,333<br>17.09% | |George Johnson<br>1,283<br>16.45% || |Donald Morison |- | |Alfred Vincent<br>1,228<br>15.75% | |William Davis<br>1,144<br>14.67% || |Frederick Whiteâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay | |Walter Grieve<br>789<br>9.87% || |William Whiteway<br>2,094<br>26.19% || |Robert Thorburn |- | |Ellis Watson<br>746<br>9.33% || |Robert Bond<br>1,908<br>23.86% || |Walter Grieve |- | |Robert Thorburn<br>698<br>8.73% || |David Webber<br>1,760<br>22.01% || |Ellis Watson |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo<br>64.56% turnout || |James Rolls<br>554<br>63.90% | |George Skelton<br>313<br>36.10% || |James Rolls |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate | |Michael Knight<br>769<br>13.68% || |Edward Burgess<br>1,174<br>20.88% || |Augustus Goodridge |- | |Smith McKay<br>732<br>13.02% || |Jabez P. Thompson<br>1,140<br>20.27% || |Smith McKay |- | |Augustus Goodridge<br>720<br>12.80% || |Thomas Peyton<br>1,088<br>19.35% || |Michael Knight
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile<br>68.01% turnout | |Henry Mott<br>164<br>19.92% | | || |James Murray<br>659<br>80.07% || |Alexander Mackayâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin | |Henry LeMessurier<br>579<br>23.23% || |Edward Rothwell<br>684<br>27.44% | | || |John Petersâ |- | |Robert McNeily<br>552<br>22.14% || |James Tait<br>678<br>27.20% | | || |Henry LeMessurier |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay<br>62.07% turnout | |James Fraser Jr.<br>261<br>27.36% || |John Studdy<br>693<br>72.64% | | || |Robert Bondâ¡<br><small>(ran in Trinity Bay)</small> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe<br>58.80% turnout | |Albert Bradshaw<br>122<br>16.53% || |George Fearn<br>616<br>83.47% | | || |Albert Bradshaw |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's || |Michael Carty<br>Won by acclamation | | | | || |Michael Carty |-