1897 Newfoundland general election

The 1897 Newfoundland general election was held on October 28, 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government. On February 15, 1900, the government was defeated following a vote on a motion of no confidence which was supported by the Liberals and several Tories.

Results

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
Ã¢ÂÂ indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
Ã¢ÂÂ¡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's East 78.79% turnout || |John P. Fox 1,973 19.06% | |Edward Shea 1,531 14.79% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Thomas Keating (Independent) 669 6.46% || |John P. Fox |- || |Thomas Murphy 1,720 16.62% | |Robert Parsons Jr. 1,478 14.28% || |Charles HultanÃ¢ÂÂ |- || |Lawrence Furlong 1,577 15.24% | |Patrick O'Neil 1,401 13.54% || |Lawrence Furlong |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West 81.99% turnout || |Edward Morris 1,752 19.04% | |Thomas White 1,461 15.88% | | || |Edward Morris |- || |James Tessier 1,610 17.50% | |Charles Ryan 1,418 15.41% | | || |Patrick ScottÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |- || |James Callanan 1,588 17.26% | |Jacob Chafe 1,371 14.90% | | || |Thomas JackmanÃ¢ÂÂ

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde 80.98% turnout | |Henry J. B. Woods 829 22.64% || |Abram Kean 1,035 28.27% | | || |Henry Woods |- | |Michael Knight 784 21.41% || |William Rogerson 1,013 27.67% | | || |John AyreÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear 71.75% turnout || |William Duff 537 51.68% | |Alfred Penney 502 48.32% | | || |William Duff |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace 76.00% turnout || |William Horwood 1,073 17.57% | |William Ward 915 14.98% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|D. J. Green (Independent) 247 4.04% || |Henry Dawe |- || |Eli Dawe 1,060 17.35% | |Henry Dawe 902 14.77% || |William WhitewayÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Trinity Bay) |- || |William Oke 1,050 17.19% | |Graham Munn 861 14.10% || |Eli Dawe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main 74.80% turnout | |Frank Morris 687 20.56% || |John St. John 1,038 31.06% | | || |Frank Morris |- | |Richard MacDonnell 599 17.92% || |William Woodford 1,018 30.46% | | || |William Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 69.18% turnout | |James Clift 390 30.12% || |Charles Dawe 905 69.88% | | || |Charles Dawe

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland 86.88% turnout || |Michael Cashin 809 32.03% || |George Shea 677 26.80% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Michael Condon (Independent) 245 9.70% || |Michael Cashin |- | |Martin W. Furlong 512 20.27% | |J. E. White 283 11.20% || |Daniel GreeneÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's 78.32% turnout | |Richard McGrath 1,005 12.55% || |William J. S. Donnelly 1,769 22.09% | | || |Richard McGrath |- | |Patrick Scott 930 11.61% || |Rhodie Callahan 1,707 21.31% | | || |Michael TobinÃ¢ÂÂ |- | |William O'Reilly 894 11.16% || |Michael Carty 1,704 21.28% | | || |John DunphyÃ¢ÂÂ

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay 69.56% turnout | |James Tait 829 8.45% || |Darius Blandford 2,524 25.73% || |Donald MorisonÃ¢ÂÂ |- | |Albert Martin 788 8.03% || |John Cowan 2,519 25.68% || |Alfred MorineÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Twillingate) |- | |James Blandford 767 7.81% || |John A. Robinson 2,384 24.30% || |Darius Blandford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay 78.89% turnout | |William Whiteway 1,317 12.19% || |Robert Bremner 2,507 23.20% || |William HorwoodÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Harbour Grace) |- | |George Gushue 1,250 11.57% || |Robert Watson 2,317 21.44% || |George Gushue |- | |George Johnson 1,229 11.37% || |Levi March 2,186 20.23% || |George Johnson |-

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 67.10% turnout | |Charles Earle 464 39.22% || |Thomas Duder 719 60.78% || |Thomas Duder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate 78.94% turnout || |Robert Bond 1,865 18.85%

|| |Alan Goodridge 1,674 16.92% || |Giles FooteÃ¢ÂÂ |- || |Donald Browning 1,688 17.06% | |Alfred Morine 1,606 16.23% || |Augustus GoodridgeÃ¢ÂÂ |- | |George Roberts 1,615 16.32% | |Joshua Taverner 1,447 14.62% || |Robert Bond

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile 69.94% turnout | |James Murray 440 40.93% || |Henry Mott 635 59.07% | | || |Henry Mott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin 75.39% turnout | |Henry Gear 578 17.85% || |James Winter 1,072 33.10% | | || |James PitmanÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Fortune Bay) |- | |William B. Payne 577 17.81% || |John Lake 1,012 31.24% | | || |Henry Gear |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay 64.21% turnout | |James Pitman 474 37.80% || |Henry Hayward 780 62.20% | | || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe 58.40% turnout | |Alexander A. Parsons 355 36.75% || |Albert Bradshaw 611 63.25% | | || |Alexander Parsons |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 74.57% turnout | |Maurice Devine 447 32.51% || |Michael Gibbs 599 43.56% | |James Hayse (Independent) 329 23.93% || |Michael CartyÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Placentia and St. Mary's) |-