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.
Results Party Leader1949Seats won% changePopular vote (%)LiberalJoey Smallwood 222483,62863.6%Peter Cashin5446,78235.6%Other10-100% 1,1560.88%Totals2828 -131,566100%
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=2|St. John's East | |William Ashley4,65220.11% || |James Higgins7,20831.17% || |John Higgins†
|William Ryan4,63420.04% || |Frank Fogwill6,63428.68% || |Frank Fogwill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|St. John's West || |Oliver Vardy7,06825.56% || |Peter Cashin7,17625.95% || |Oliver Vardy
|James Spratt6,59823.86% | |Malcolm Hollett6,81124.63% || |James Spratt
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear-Bay de Verde || |Herbert Pottle3,13872.27% | |P.W. Crummey1,20427.73%
|Herbert Pottle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace || |James Chalker2,07971.76% | |Richard Parsons81828.24%
|James Chalker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main-Bell Island || |Philip Lewis2,89325.25% || |David Jackman2,93925.65%
|David Jackman
|Addison Bown2,87725.11% | |John Dawson2,74723.98%
|Ronald Fahey† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave || |Isaac Mercer1,93566.06% | |Richard A. Parsons93731.99% | |Edgar Russell (Independent)571.95% || |George Makinson†
Avalon and Burin Peninsulas
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin || |Phillip Forsey3,61190.61% | |Grace Sparkes3749.39%
|Phillip Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland | |Myles Murray1,42649.96% | |Augustine Duffy1,42850.04%
|Peter Cashin‡(ran in St. John's West) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia-St. Mary's || |Greg Power2,58766.61% | |Cornelius Mahoney1,29733.39%
|Leonard Miller† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West || |Patrick Canning2,77974.05% | |Edward Reddy60516.12% | |James McCarthy (Independent)3699.83% || |Patrick Canning |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South || |Maxwell Button2,63074.46% | |Edward Cranford49413.99% | |James Reid (Independent)40811.55% || |Maxwell Button
Eastern and Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North || |Joey Smallwood3,91691.71% | |Kitchener Pritchett3548.29% || |Joey Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South || |Clyde BrownWon by acclamation
|Ted Russell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Gordon Janes2,52987.09% | |James Way37512.91% || |Gordon Janes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls || |Edward Spencer5,93578.04% | |Nobel Baird1,67021.96% || |Edward Spencer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay || |Baxter MorganWon by acclamation
|Baxter Morgan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North || |Samuel Hefferton3,15979.55% | |Martin Bourne81220.45% || |Samuel Hefferton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate || |Leslie CurtisWon by acclamation
|Leslie Curtis
Southern and Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile || |George Norman2,61582.00% | |E.J. Skinner57418.00% || |Herman Quinton† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune and Hermitage || |John Courage4,36496.27% | |Stanley Keeping1693.73% || |John Courage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber || |Charles Ballam6,45888.48% | |Wesley Parsons84111.52% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe || |Reginald Sparkes2,42190.74% | |Roland Roberts2479.26% || |Reginald Sparkes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's-Port au Port || |William Keough3,14470.48% | |D.J. Gillis1,31729.52% || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay || |Sam DroverWon by acclamation
|Sam Drover
Labrador
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador || |Frederick W. RoweWon by acclamation || |Harold Horwood†
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