- Results by party
- Elected members
- References
{{Infobox Election|election_name=1859 Newfoundland general election|type=parliamentary|party_colour=no|party_name=no|previous_election=1855 Newfoundland general election|previous_year=1855|previous_mps=outgoing members|election_date=1859|elected_mps=members|next_election=1861 Newfoundland general election|next_year=1861|next_mps=|seats_for_election=30 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|majority_seats=16|image2=|colour2=9999FF|leader2=Hugh Hoyles|leader_since2=|party2=Conservative|leaders_seat2=|last_election1=16 seats|seats1=18|seat_change1={{increase}}2|popular_vote2=|percentage2=|swing2=|image1=|colour1=D71920|leader1=John Kent|leader_since1=|party1=Liberal|leaders_seat1=|last_election2=14 seats|seats2=12|seat_change2={{decrease}}2|popular_vote1=|percentage1=|swing1=|map_image=|map_size=400px|map_caption=|title=Prime Minister|before_election=John Kent|before_party=Liberal|after_election=John Kent|posttitle=Prime Minister-designate|after_party=Liberal|ongoing=no|flag_image=File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg}}The 8th Newfoundland general election was held in 1859 to elect members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 18 Liberals and 12 Conservatives were elected. The Liberal Party led by John Kent formed the government.Results by party| | Party | Leader | 1855 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%){{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} | Liberal | John Kent | 16 | 18 | | | {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives/row}} | Conservative | Hugh Hoyles | 14 | 12 | | | |
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| Totals | 30 | 30 | | | |
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Elected members- Twillingate-Fogo
- William V. Whiteway Conservative
- Thomas Knight
- Bonavista Bay
- Stephen March
- John H. Warren Conservative
- M. W. Walbank
- Trinity Bay
- F.B.T. Carter Conservative (speaker)
- Stephen Rendell Conservative
- John Winter
- Bay de Verde
- John Bemister Conservative
- Carbonear
- Harbour Grace
- John Hayward Conservative
- James L. Prendergast Liberal
- election overturned because of alleged intimidation; Prendergast elected in 1860 by-election[1]
- Brigus-Port de Grave
- St. John's East
- John Kent Liberal
- John Kavanagh
- Robert J. Parsons Liberal
- St. John's West
- John Casey
- Thomas S. Dwyer
- P.M. Barron
- Harbour Main
- Patrick Nowlan Liberal
- Charles Furey Liberal
- Ferryland
- Thomas Glen Conservative
- E. D. Shea Liberal
- Placentia and St. Mary's
- George J. Hogsett Liberal
- John English
- John Delaney
- Richard McGrath, elected in 1860[2]
- Burin
- Ambrose Shea Liberal (speaker)
- James J. Rogerson Liberal
- Fortune Bay
- Robert Carter Conservative
- Burgeo-LaPoile
- James Seaton
- Hugh Hoyles Conservative, elected in 1860[2]
References - {{cite web |url=http://www.canadiana.org/view/9_02229_13/7/650/0 |title=Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : anno vigessimo tertio Victoriæ Reginæ ... first session of the seventh General Assembly |year=1860 |page=6 |accessdate=2009-10-19}}
1. ^*{{cite encyclopedia |last = Budden |first = Geoffrey E. |title = James Luke Prendergast |encyclopedia = Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |year = 1990 |url = http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6375 |accessdate = 2009-10-22}}
2. ^1 {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |last=Smallwood |first=Joseph R |authorlink=Joey Smallwood |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/cns_enl&CISOPTR=313&CISOSHOW=79 |pages=685–86 |year=1981 |volume=v. 1 |ISBN=0-920508-14-6}}
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