The 1923 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1923 to elect members of the 25th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the

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. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by

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and the

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of William Coaker, were re-elected. The Liberal-Labour-Progressive party, led by John R. Bennett, formed the opposition. Squires was forced to resign as Prime Minister just two months later in July 1923 after allegations of corruption were brought forward. William Warren became Liberal Reform Party leader and Prime Minister. After Warren's government was defeated following a

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was asked to form a government and Warren joined

William J. Higgins William John Higgins (1880 – October 7, 1943) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the House of Assembly from 1913 to 1928 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party, Liberal Pr ...

to form the new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party.

Seat totals

Results by district

*Names in boldface type represent party leaders. *† indicates that the incumbent did not run again. *‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, St. John's East , , Joseph P. Burke
2,595
15.00% , , , William Higgins
3,266
18.88% , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Brian Dunfield (Independent)
323
1.87% , , , William Higgins , - , , Henry Bartlett
2,514
14.53% , , ,

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3,116
18.01% , , , Cyril Fox , - , , Arthur Bulley
2,404
13.90% , , , Nicholas Vinnicombe
3,083
17.82% , , , Nicholas Vinnicombe , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, St. John's West , , ,

2,759
16.89% , , , Charles Hunt
2,790
17.08% , , , , , Richard Squires , - , , Alexander Campbell
2,755
16.86% , , , Michael Cashin
2,770
16.95% , , , , , Henry Brownrigg† , - , , Joseph Fitzgibbon
2,617
16.02% , , William Linegar
2,648
16.21% , , , , , John R. Bennett‡
(ran in Harbour Grace)

Conception Bay

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2, Bay de Verde , , ,

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1,199
27.66% , ,

John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a ...

1,049
24.20% , , , , , Frederick LeGrow† , - , , ,

Richard Cramm Richard Cramm (October 13, 1889 – April 15, 1958) was a Newfoundland lawyer and politician. He represented Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1923 to 1928. Education and law career The son of John Cramm and Margaret ...

1,116
25.74% , , John Puddester
971
22.40% , , , , , William Cave , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Carbonear , , Joseph Maddock
440
48.03% , , , James Moore
476
51.97% , , , , ,

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† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, Harbour Grace , , , Archibald Piccott
1,296
18.26% , , John R. Bennett
1,147
16.16% , , , , , George A. Gosse† , - , , ,

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1,234
17.39% , ,

1,132
15.95% , , , , , Arthur Barnes‡
(ran in Twillingate) , - , , , Augustus Calpin
1,210
17.05% , , Frank Archibald
1,078
15.19% , , , , , Frank Archibald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2, Harbour Main , , , Matthew Hawco
914
25.80% , , ,

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807
22.78% , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, William Jones (Independent)
304
8.58% , , , William Jones , - , , John J. St. John
746
21.06% , , Patrick Kennedy
771
21.77% , , , William Woodford , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Port de Grave , , , Harry A. Winter
886
60.07% , , William Mackay
589
39.93% , , , , ,

‡
(ran in Bay de Verde)

Avalon Peninsula

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2, Ferryland , , Ambrose Hearn
412
15.69% , , ,

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1,090
41.51% , , , Michael Cashin‡
(ran in St. John's West) , - , , George McGuire
193
7.35% , , , Philip Moore
931
35.45% , , , Philip Moore , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, Placentia and St. Mary's , , Thomas Bonia
944
8.58% , , ,

Michael S. Sullivan Michael S. Sullivan (April 2, 1876 – May 22, 1929) was a civil engineer, surveyor and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's from 1904 to 1909 as a Liberal and from 1919 to 1928 as a Liberal-Labour-Progres ...

2,963
26.92% , , , William Walsh , - , , William Browne
804
7.31% , , , William Walsh
2,890
26.26% , , , Michael Sullivan , - , , James Bindon
668
6.07% , , , Edward Sinnott
2,737
24.87% , , , Edward Sinnott

Eastern Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, Bonavista Bay , , , William Coaker
3,045
18.44% , , Walter Monroe
2,628
15.92% , , , William Coaker , - , , , Robert G. Winsor
2,950
17.87% , , Lewis Little
2,498
15.13% , , , John Abbott , - , , ,

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2,932
17.76% , , William C. Winsor
2,458
14.89% , , , Robert G. Winsor , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, Trinity Bay , , , William Halfyard
3,233
22.44% , , John Stone
1,819
12.63% , , , William Halfyard , - , , , Richard Hibbs
3,069
21.31% , , F. Gordon Bradley
1,648
11.44% , , , John Guppy† , - , , , Isaac Randell
3,003
20.85% , , James G. Hodder
1,633
11.34% , , , Archibald Targett† , -

Central Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fogo , , , George Grimes
1,121
56.73% , , J. J. Long
855
43.27% , , , Richard Hibbs‡
(ran in Trinity Bay) , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3, Twillingate , , , Kenneth Brown
3,491
22.77% , , James S. Ayre
1,784
11.63% , , , Walter Jennings† , - , , , Arthur Barnes
3,406
22.21% , , Joseph Peters
1,678
10.94% , , , George Jones , - , , ,

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3,343
21.80% , , Kenneth Short
1,632
10.64% , , , Solomon Samson†

Southern and Western Newfoundland

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Burgeo and LaPoile , , , Harvey Small
881
50.95% , ,

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848
49.04% , , , Harvey Small , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2, Burin , , ,

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1,182
24.82% , , , George Harris
1,288
27.05% , , , John Cheeseman , - , , John Cheeseman
1,150
24.15% , , Eric Chafe
1,142
23.98% , , , Samuel Foote , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fortune Bay , , , William Warren
1,675
83.17% , , Philip Outerbridge
339
16.83% , , , William Warren , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. Barbe , , , J. H. Scammell (FPU)
1,365
57.21% , , Joseph Moore
1,021
42.79% , , , J. H. Scammell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. George's , , , Joseph Downey
1,511
58.25% , , James MacDonnell
1,083
41.75% , , , James MacDonnell , -