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1951 Newfoundland general election

The 1951 Newfoundland general election was held on 26 November 1951 to elect members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by district

  • Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
  • † indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
  • ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's East | |William Ashley<br>4,652<br>20.11% || |James Higgins<br>7,208<br>31.17% || |John Higgins†|- | |William Ryan<br>4,634<br>20.04% || |Frank Fogwill<br>6,634<br>28.68% || |Frank Fogwill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's West || |Oliver Vardy<br>7,068<br>25.56% || |Peter Cashin<br>7,176<br>25.95% || |Oliver Vardy |- | |James Spratt<br>6,598<br>23.86% | |Malcolm Hollett<br>6,811<br>24.63% || |James Spratt

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde || |Herbert Pottle<br>3,138<br>72.27% | |P.W. Crummey<br>1,204<br>27.73% | | || |Herbert Pottle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace || |James Chalker<br>2,079<br>71.76% | |Richard Parsons<br>818<br>28.24% | | || |James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main-Bell Island || |Philip Lewis<br>2,893<br>25.25% || |David Jackman<br>2,939<br>25.65% | | || |David Jackman |- | |Addison Bown<br>2,877<br>25.11% | |John Dawson<br>2,747<br>23.98% | | || |Ronald Fahey†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave || |Isaac Mercer<br>1,935<br>66.06% | |Richard A. Parsons<br>937<br>31.99% | |Edgar Russell (Independent)<br>57<br>1.95% || |George Makinson†|-

Avalon and Burin Peninsulas

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Phillip Forsey<br>3,611<br>90.61% | |Grace Sparkes<br>374<br>9.39% | | || |Phillip Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland | |Myles Murray<br>1,426<br>49.96% | |Augustine Duffy<br>1,428<br>50.04% | | || |Peter Cashin‡<br><small>(ran in St. John's West)</small> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia-St. Mary's || |Greg Power<br>2,587<br>66.61% | |Cornelius Mahoney<br>1,297<br>33.39% | | || |Leonard Miller†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West || |Patrick Canning<br>2,779<br>74.05% | |Edward Reddy<br>605<br>16.12% | |James McCarthy (Independent)<br>369<br>9.83% || |Patrick Canning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South || |Maxwell Button<br>2,630<br>74.46% | |Edward Cranford<br>494<br>13.99% | |James Reid (Independent)<br>408<br>11.55% || |Maxwell Button

Eastern and Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North || |Joey Smallwood<br>3,916<br>91.71% | |Kitchener Pritchett<br>354<br>8.29% || |Joey Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South || |Clyde Brown<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Ted Russell†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Gordon Janes<br>2,529<br>87.09% | |James Way<br>375<br>12.91% || |Gordon Janes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls || |Edward Spencer<br>5,935<br>78.04% | |Nobel Baird<br>1,670<br>21.96% || |Edward Spencer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay || |Baxter Morgan<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Baxter Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North || |Samuel Hefferton<br>3,159<br>79.55% | |Martin Bourne<br>812<br>20.45% || |Samuel Hefferton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate || |Leslie Curtis<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Leslie Curtis

Southern and Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile || |George Norman<br>2,615<br>82.00% | |E.J. Skinner<br>574<br>18.00% || |Herman Quinton†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage || |John Courage<br>4,364<br>96.27% | |Stanley Keeping<br>169<br>3.73% || |John Courage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber || |Charles Ballam<br>6,458<br>88.48% | |Wesley Parsons<br>841<br>11.52% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe || |Reginald Sparkes<br>2,421<br>90.74% | |Roland Roberts<br>247<br>9.26% || |Reginald Sparkes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's-Port au Port || |William Keough<br>3,144<br>70.48% | |D.J. Gillis<br>1,317<br>29.52% || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay || |Sam Drover<br>Won by acclamation | | || |Sam Drover |-

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador || |Frederick W. Rowe<br>Won by acclamation || |Harold Horwoodâ€Â

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