The 1956 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 October 1956 to elect members of the 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results Party Leader1951Seats won% changePopular vote (%)Joey Smallwood 243275,88366.3%Malcolm Hollett4436,59132.0%Sam Drover00**Other000% 1,9641.7%Totals2836 -114,438100%
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|St. John's Centre63.19% turnout | |James Gibbs2,16435.99% || |Augustine Duffy3,84864.01% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's East71.08% turnout |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Edward Thorburn1,83932.60% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|James Higgins3,80267.40% || |James Higgins
|Frank Fogwill† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North67.88% turnout || |George Nightingale2,69456.32% | |Derrick Bowring2,08943.68% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South66.95% turnout | |Hubert Kelly2,59043.93% || |William Browne3,30656.07% || |New district
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's West |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Malcolm HollettWon by acclamation || |William Browne‡ (ran in St. John's South)
|Malcolm Hollett
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island69.52% turnout || |Joseph O'Driscoll1,91260.05% | |David Jackman90128.30% | |Ray Littlejohn431.35% | |Michael Hawco (Independent)32810.30% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde59.38% turnout || |George Clarke2,69970.14% | |P. W. Crummey1,05227.34% | |Stanley Atkins972.52%
|Herbert Pottle† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace70.23% turnout || |Claude Sheppard1,71458.98% | |Richard Parsons54418.72% | |Israel Gosse411.41% | |Frank Archibald (Independent)60720.89% || |James Chalker‡(ran in St. Barbe) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Philip Lewis2,25130.55% | |Arthur Harnett1,64822.37%
|David Jackman‡Harbour Main-Bell Island (ran in Bell Island)
|Matthew Whelan1,86125.26% | |James A. McGrath1,60821.82%
|Philip LewisHarbour Main-Bell Island |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave56.12% turnout || |Llewellyn Strange1,85375.94% | |John Pinsent58724.06%
|Isaac Mercer‡(ran in Fogo)
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland76.33% turnout || |Myles Murray1,94169.22% | |Rex Renouf86330.78%
|Myles Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia East62.55% turnout || |Greg Power1,84976.82%
|Esau Thoms55823.18% || |Greg PowerPlacentia-St. Mary's |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's75.67% turnout || |James M. McGrath1,16367.50% | |Larry Daley56032.50%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South51.21% turnout || |Samuel Hefferton2,41981.94%
|Charles Bailey53318.06% || |Maxwell Button†
Eastern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North57.17% turnout || |Joey Smallwood3,42993.00%
|Paul Thoms2587.00% || |Joey Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South50.32% turnout || |Uriah Strickland2,49071.53% | |Rossy Barbour90526.00% | |Guy Dixon862.47% || |Clyde Brown† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Isaac MercerWon by acclamation
|Gordon Janes† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North50.15% turnout || |Arthur Mifflin3,03888.65%
|Solomon Drodge38911.35% || |Samuel Hefferton‡(ran in Trinity South)
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander68.97% turnout || |Beaton Abbott4,04575.02% | |Bennett Elliott1,34724.98%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls76.69% turnout || |Edward Spencer2,68055.82% | |Kevin Griffin2,12144.18%
|Edward Spencer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay67.04% turnout || |William Smallwood2,52978.61% | |Roy Manuel49715.45% | |Cyril Pelley (Independent)1915.94% || |Baxter Morgan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate55.78% turnout || |Leslie Curtis2,38087.05% | |Arthur Butcher35412.95%
|Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South66.43% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe1,43784.23%
|Sam Drover (CCF)26915.77% || |Sam DroverWhite Bay
Southern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile64.47% turnout || |John Cheeseman2,20168.14% | |Allan Evans99230.71% | |Willis Parsons371.15% || |George Norman† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin69.20% turnout || |Eric S. Jones3,21983.96% | |Frank Pearce61516.04%
|Phillip Forsey† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage64.46% turnout || |John Courage3,33785.00% | |Samuel Walters58915.00%
|John Courage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West || |Patrick CanningWon by acclamation
|Patrick Canning
Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East74.84% turnout || |John Forsey3,05860.59% | |Woodrow Hunt1,81235.90% | |Darius Powell (Independent)1773.51% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West78.57% turnout || |Charles Ballam3,92361.11% | |William Young1,86038.89%
|Charles BallamHumber |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port73.93% turnout || |Stephen Smith2,01967.71% | |William Goodyear96332.29%
|New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe66.25% turnout || |James Chalker2,18779.64% | |Wallace Maynard55920.36%
|Reginald Sparkes† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's78.23% turnout || |William Keough1,69559.49% | |Richard White1,15440.51%
|William KeoughSt. George's-Port au Port |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North75.05% turnout || |Maxwell Lane2,41491.06% | |James Tucker1385.21% | |Gilbert Simms (CCF)993.73% || |New district
Labrador
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North68.60% turnout || |Earl Winsor87387.21% | |Roderick Roberts12812.79% || |Frederick W. Rowe‡Labrador (ran in White Bay South) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South || |George SellarsWon by acclamation
|New district
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