16th General Assembly of Newfoundland

16th General Assembly of Newfoundland
16th General Assembly of Newfoundland
	Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	1890
Disbanded	1893
Preceded by	15th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	17th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	William Whiteway, Liberal
Elections
Last election	1889 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1889. The general assembly sat from 1890 to 1893.

The Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government.^[1]

George Emerson was chosen as speaker.^[2]

Sir Terence O'Brien served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1889:^[4]^[5]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
Edward White	Bay de Verde	Liberal Party	1889
Henry J. B. Woods	Bay de Verde	Liberal Party	1889
Donald Morison	Bonavista	Reform	1888
Samuel Blandford		Liberal Party	1889
Alfred B. Morine		Reform	1886
James Murray	Burgeo-La Poile	Independent	1889
Edward Rothwell	Burin	Liberal Party	1889
Dr. James S. Tait		Liberal Party	1889
James S. Winter (1893)		Conservative Party	1873, 1893
William Duff	Carbonear	Liberal Party	1889
George Shea	Ferryland	Independent	1885
Daniel J. Greene	Ferryland	Independent	1878
James Rolls	Fogo	Reform	1885
John Studdy	Fortune Bay	Liberal Party	1889
William H. Whiteley	Harbour Grace	Liberal Party	1889
Eli Dawe		Liberal Party	1889
Robert S. Munn		Reform	1889
Frank J. Morris	Harbour Main	Liberal Party	1889
William Woodford	Harbour Main	Liberal Party	1889
George Emerson	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal Party	1885
Richard O'Dwyer			1885
James McGrath			1889
James A. Clift	Port de Grave	Liberal Party	1889
George C. Fearn	St. Barbe	Liberal Party	1889
Michael H. Carty	St. George's	Reform	1882
Thomas J. Murphy	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1886
Dr. John J. Dearin			1873, 1882, 1889
Jeremiah Halleran			1889
Edward Morris	St. John's West	Liberal Party	1885
James Day			1889
Lawrence Gearin			1889
William Whiteway	Trinity	Liberal Party	1859, 1873, 1889
Robert Bond			1882
David C. Webber			1889
Edward P. Burgess	Twillingate	Liberal Party	1889
Jabez P. Thompson			1889
Thomas Peyton			1889

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	James S. Winter^{[nb 1]}	Conservative	1892	E Rothwell died in 1892^[4]

Notes

^ Winter was named to the Supreme Court in May 1893

References

^ Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
^ "O'Brien, Sir John Terence Nicholls". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
^ ^a ^b "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 696–98.
^ "Roll of Members, 16th General Assembly" (PDF). House of Assembly Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2025-03-25.

[6] Winter was named to the Supreme Court in May 1893

[1] Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[2] "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.

[3] "O'Brien, Sir John Terence Nicholls". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.

[elections-4] "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 696–98.

[5] "Roll of Members, 16th General Assembly" (PDF). House of Assembly Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2025-03-25.

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