Election Name: | 1951 Newfoundland general election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Election Date: | November 26, 1951 |
Previous Election: | 1949 Newfoundland general election |
Previous Year: | 1949 |
Next Election: | 1956 Newfoundland general election |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Seats For Election: | 28 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 15 seats were needed for a majority |
Leader1: | Joey Smallwood |
Leader Since1: | 1949 |
Last Election1: | 22 |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 83,628 |
Percentage1: | 63.6% |
Swing1: | 2.1pp |
Leader2: | Peter Cashin |
Leader Since2: | 1951 |
Last Election2: | 5 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 46,782 |
Percentage2: | 35.6% |
Swing2: | 3.1pp |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Joey Smallwood |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
After Election: | Joey Smallwood |
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.
Party | Leader | 1949 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | Liberal | 22 | 24 | 83,628 | 63.6% | Peter Cashin | 5 | 4 | 46,782 | 35.6% | Other | 1* | 0 | align=right | -100% | 1,156 | 0.88% | |||||
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Totals | 28 | 28 | - | 131,566 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||