The 1949 Newfoundland general election was held on 27 May 1949 to elect members of the 29th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was the first general election held since Newfoundland joined Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949 and the first Newfoundland-wide election of any kind since the suspension of responsible government and the creation of the Commission of Government in 1934. The election was won by the Liberal Party.
Joey Smallwood was invited to form an interim administration when Newfoundland became a part of Canada just before midnight on March 31, 1949. This interim Smallwood administration continued until the results of the May election.
The election was held under the House of Assembly Act of 1932, with the same 27 seats, plus a new seat for Labrador, though the election in the Labrador seat was deferred until July 25. The five seats where Progressive Conservatives won had all voted heavily against confederation in the 1948 Newfoundland referendums.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's East | |Geoffrey Carnell<br>6,417<br>24.51% || |John G. Higgins<br>6,878<br>26.27% | rowspan=4| |rowspan=4|New districts |- | |James Fagan<br>6,276<br>23.97% || |Frank Fogwill<br>6,611<br>25.25% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's West || |Oliver Vardy<br>8,411<br>26.55% | |Harry Mews<br>7,526<br>23.76% |- || |James Spratt<br>8,363<br>26.40% | |Michael Harrington<br>7,381<br>23.30%
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde || |Herbert Pottle<br>3,770<br>69.85% | |Clayton Puddester<br>1,627<br>30.15% | rowspan=5| |rowspan=5|New districts |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace || |James Chalker<br>2,066<br>62.55% | |Richard Parsons<br>1,237<br>37.45% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main-Bell Island | |Addison Bown<br>2,927<br>21.21% || |David Jackman<br>4,259<br>30.86% |- | |Myles Murray<br>2,807<br>20.34% || |Ronald Fahey<br>3,808<br>27.59% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave || |George Makinson<br>2,243<br>64.73% | |W.R. Dawe<br>1,222<br>35.27% |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Phillip Forsey<br>3,947<br>90.47% | |Grace Sparkes<Br>416<br>9.53% | | | rowspan=6| |rowspan=6|New districts |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Augustus Greene<br>456<br>13.82% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| || |Peter Cashin (Independent)<br>2,506<br>75.94% |- | |John O'Brien (Independent)<br>338<br>10.24% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia-St. Mary's | |Michael Sinnott<br>2,022<br>48.28% || |Leonard Miller<br>2,166<br>51.72% | | |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West || |Patrick Canning<br>3,100<br>78.28% | |Leo Murphy<br>860<br>21.72% | | |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South || |Maxwell Button<br>3,070<br>72.71% | |Isaac Mercer<br>1,152<br>27.29% | |
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North || |Joey Smallwood<br>4,215<br>86.87% | |James Way<br>637<br>13.13% | rowspan=7| |rowspan=7|New districts |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South || |Ted Russell<br>3,643<br>68.63% | |Walter Young<br>1,583<br>31.37% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Gordon Janes<br>3,121<br>83.83% | |Harold Earle<br>602<br>16.17% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls || |Edward Spencer<br>7,014<br>81.56% | |Lewis Cooper<br>1,586<br>18.44% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay || |Baxter Morgan<br>2,901<br>87.12% | |Roy Manuel<br>429<br>12.88% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North || |Samuel Hefferton<br>3,727<br>78.40% | |James Mifflin<br>1,027<br>21.60% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate || |Leslie Curtis<br>3,100<br>91.36% | |Cyril Parkins<br>293<br>8.64%
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile || |Herman Quinton<br>3,225<br>92.65% | |Edgar Skinner<br>256<br>7.35% | | | rowspan=6| |rowspan=6|New districts |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage || |John R. Courage<br>4,032<br>92.54% | |Douglas Pinsent<br>325<br>7.46% | | |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber || |Charles Ballam<br>7,174<br>83.25% | |Pierce Fudge<br>1,307<br>15.17% | |Louis Bonnell (Independent)<br>136<br>1.58% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe || |Reginald Sparkes<br>2,588<br>93.16% | |George Whiteley<br>190<br>6.84% | | |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's-Port au Port || |William Keough<br>4,076<br>81.50% | |John Dawson<br>925<br>18.50% | | |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay || |Sam Drover<br>4,023<br>90.61% | |Frederick Wells<br>417<br>9.39% | | |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador || |Harold Horwood<br>1,268<br>90.51% | |Samuel D. Grant<br>133<br>9.49% || |New district