1959 Newfoundland general election

1959 Newfoundland general election

August 20, 1959
36 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 19 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC UNP Leader Joey Smallwood Malcolm Hollett James D. Higgins Party Liberal Progressive Conservative United Newfoundland Party Leader since 1949 1953 1959 Last election 32 4 pre-creation Seats won 31 3 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 75,560 33,002 Percentage 58.0% 25.3% 8.2% Swing 8.3pp 7.3pp pre-creation
Premier before election Joey Smallwood Liberal Premier after election Joey Smallwood Liberal

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

	Party	Leader	1956	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Joey Smallwood	32	31	-3.1%	75,560	58.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Hollett	4	3	-25%	33,002	25.3%
	Newfoundland Democratic Party*	Ed Finn, Jr.	0	0	0%	9,352	7.2%
	United Newfoundland	James D. Higgins	-	2	N/A	**	8.2%
	Other		0	0	0%	12,411	1.3%
Totals			36	36	-	131,148	100%

*The CCF supported the Newfoundland Democratic Party which was founded by the Newfoundland Federation of Labour to run candidates as a protest against the Liberal government's decertification of the International Woodworkers of America in the course of the Newfoundland Loggers' Strike. The Newfoundland Democratic Party ran eighteen candidates, none of whom was elected. The party went on to become the Newfoundland New Democratic Party in 1961.

** United Newfoundland votes included in "other" total.

References

• "Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections". Election Almanac. Election Almanac. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.