1959 Newfoundland general election

The 1959 Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

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|St. John's Centre 60.74% turnout | | | |Frank Fogwill 2,631 45.41% || |Augustine Duffy 2,860 49.36% | |Larry Daley 303 5.23% || |Augustine Duffy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East 71.88% turnout | | || |James Greene 2,949 51.28% | |James Higgins 2,802 48.72% | | || |James Higgins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North 76.19% turnout || |George Nightingale 3,056 56.76% | |Leslie Marshall 1,910 35.48% | |Harvey Cole 418 7.76% | | || |George Nightingale |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South 68.94% turnout | | | |Rex Renouf 2,859 47.09% || |John O'Dea 2,997 49.37% | |Charles Devine 215 3.54% || |Rex Renouf |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West 89.98% turnout || |Joey Smallwood 4,243 65.64% | |Malcolm Hollett 2,221 34.36% | | | | || |Malcolm Hollett |-

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island 75.93% turnout | |Joseph O'Driscoll 1,385 39.82% || |Richard Greene 1,631 46.89% | | | |Steve Neary 462 13.28% || |Joseph O'Driscoll |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde 44.14% turnout || |George Clarke 2,359 82.63% | | | |James Evans 496 17.37% | | || |George Clarke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace 63.92% turnout || |Claude Sheppard 1,834 70.11% | |George Broomfield 703 26.87% | |George Sweetapple 79 3.02% | | || |Claude Sheppard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Philip J. Lewis 2,212 29.82% || |Albert Furey 1,827 24.63% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Miller 343 4.62% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Alphonsus Dunphy 173 2.33% || |Philip Lewis |- | |Matthew Whelan 1,476 19.90% | |John Halley 1,386 18.69% || |Matthew Whelan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave 58.90% turnout || |Llewellyn Strange 1,703 67.10% | |Richard Parsons 835 32.90% | | | | || |Llewellyn Strange |-

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland 77.22% turnout || |Myles Murray 1,676 59.06% | |Otto Byrne 1,162 40.94% | | || |Myles Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia East 75.16% turnout || |Alain Frecker 1,578 54.19% | |William Patterson 1,217 41.79% | |Esau Thoms 117 4.02% || |Greg PowerÃ¢ÂÂ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's 77.58% turnout || |James M. McGrath 1,017 57.23% | |Thomas Howley 760 42.77% | | || |James M. McGrath |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South || |Uriah Strickland Won by acclamation | | | | || |Samuel HeffertonÃ¢ÂÂ

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North 65.18% turnout || |Edward Spencer 3,399 80.51% | |Samuel King 474 11.23% | |Kitchener Pritchett 349 8.27% | | || |Joey SmallwoodÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in St. John's West) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South 57.67% turnout || |Rossy Barbour 2,951 73.83% | |Gerald Hayley 932 23.32% | | | |Albert Keel (Independent) 114 2.85% || |Uriah StricklandÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Trinity South) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo 60.47% turnout || |Isaac Mercer 2,551 77.73% | |Whitfield Bannister 422 12.86% | |Roosevelt Wellon 309 9.41% | | || |Isaac Mercer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North 56.31% turnout || |Arthur Mifflin 3,038 88.65% | |Milton Moores 547 14.15% | | | |Sam Drover (Independent) 619 16.01% || |Arthur Mifflin

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander 72.85% turnout || |Beaton Abbott 4,037 70.64% | |Robert Taylor 639 11.18% | | | | | |James Mullett (Independent) 1,039 18.18% || |Beaton Abbott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls 71.57% turnout || |Raymond Guy 3,636 80.85% | | | |Stedman Inder 397 8.83% | |James Hannaford 464 10.32% | | || |Edward SpencerÃ¢ÂÂ¡ (ran in Bonavista North) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay 82.10% turnout || |William Smallwood 2,529 78.61% | |Roy Manuel 497 15.45% | | | | | |Cyril Pelley (Independent) 191 5.94% || |William Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate 71.10% turnout || |Leslie Curtis 2,692 76.96% | |Job Kean 237 6.78% | | | |Raymond Rogers 569 16.27% | | || |Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South 84.77% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe 1,736 79.67% | | | | | |John O'Brien 443 20.33% | | || |Frederick W. Rowe

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile 61.58% turnout || |John Cheeseman 2,458 79.42% | |Allan Evans 637 20.58% | | || |John Cheeseman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin 62.73% turnout || |Eric Jones 2,782 79.35% | |Henry Butler 442 12.61% | |Cyril Strong 282 8.04% || |Eric Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage 63.07% turnout || |John Courage 2,884 75.24% | |Eric Hiscock 637 24.76% | | || |John Courage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West 67.16% turnout || |Patrick Canning 2,307 69.55% | |Joseph Cheeseman 1,010 30.45% | | || |Patrick Canning

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East 77.46% turnout || |John Forsey 2,907 55.19% | |Thomas Cahill 992 18.83% | | | |Joseph Chaulk 1,368 25.97% || |John Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West 75.21% turnout || |Charles Ballam 3,101 55.64% | |Fred Clarke 696 12.49% | | | |Ed Finn 1,776 31.87% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port 81.97% turnout || |Stephen Smith 2,014 61.16% | |Michael Singleton 815 24.75% | | | |Ambrose Rice 464 14.09% || |Stephen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe 83.53% turnout || |James Chalker 2,272 65.76% | |Wallace Maynard 515 14.91% | | | |John McCool 668 19.33% || |James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's 81.79% turnout || |William Keough 1,896 63.67% | |Alphonsus Pittman 608 20.42% | |Richard White 247 8.29% | |Gerald P. Byrne 227 7.62% || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North 76.40% turnout || |Maxwell Lane 2,399 88.69% | |Robert Gillard 265 9.80% | | | |Edgar Richards 41 1.52% || |Maxwell Lane |-

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North 71.03% turnout || |Earl Winsor 832 80.39% | |William Moss 203 19.61% || |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South 70.86% turnout || |George Sellars 1,061 90.84% | |Roderick Roberts 107 9.16% || |George Sellars