The 1893 Newfoundland general election was held on November 6, 1893 to elect members of the 17th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. Although the Liberals won the majority of seats, the Conservative party filed petitions against 15 elected Liberals and one Independent, James Murray, alleging election irregularities. The results of those elections were set aside by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and the candidates were barred from seeking reelection. The Conservative party, led by Augustus F. Goodridge, temporarily held the balance of power and formed a government in 1894. Once the resulting by-elections had been held, the Liberals regained the balance of power and formed a government led by Daniel Joseph Greene. Greene's government passed legislation allowing candidates who had been disqualified to seek election again. William Whiteway was reelected in a by-election in early 1895 and became Premier.
Results Party Leader(s) 1889CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)LiberalWilliam Whiteway283523563.89%(13.89%)39,51650.68%(10.18%)ConservativeWalter Grieve andMoses Monroe5357533.33%(19.44%)35,54645.59%(9.05%)Other1812.78%()2,9063.72%(1.12%)Totals367836100%77,968100%
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 East80.16% turnout || |James Fox2,13423.05% || |Lawrence Furlong1,29614.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jeremiah Halleran (Independent)8058.69% || |Thomas Murphy
|Thomas Murphy1,45215.68% | |James Boggan1,22913.27% || |Vacant
|James Ryan1,20212.98% | |Maurice Fenelon1,14212.33% || |Jeremiah Halleran |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West88.00% turnout || |Edward Morris2,09720.68% | |Moses Monroe1,56215.41%
|Edward Morris
|James Tessier1,96219.35% | |Patrick Scott1,53015.09%
|James Day†
|Martin W. Furlong1,73017.06% | |James Callanan1,25812.41%
|Lawrence Gearin†
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde79.69% turnout || |Henry Woods1,07732.74% | |Levi March63719.36%
|Edward White‡(ran in Trinity Bay)
|George Moores94628.75% | |John Robinson63019.15%
|Henry Woods |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear60.45% turnout || |William Duff47154.64% | |Alfred Penney39145.36%
|William Duff |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace78.49% turnout || |Eli Dawe88815.29% || |Henry Dawe1,14019.63% | |Alexander Squires(Independent)3035.22% || |William Whiteley†
|Daniel Green70912.21% || |Robert Munn1,12519.37% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Alexander Parsons (Independent)861.48% || |Eli Dawe
|Donald Browning68511.79% | |William Ward87215.01% || |Robert Munn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main78.77% turnout || |Frank Morris1,01137.05% | |Richard MacDonnell44916.45% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|William Holden (Independent)1385.06% || |Frank Morris
|William Woodford87331.99% | |Michael Gibbs2589.45% || |William Woodford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave73.43% turnout | |James Clift46132.83% || |Charles Dawe50135.68% | |Harry Bartlett (Independent)44231.48% || |James Clift
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland81.53% turnout || |Michael Cashin87044.78% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|George Shea50125.78% || |George Shea
|Daniel Greene57229.44% || |Daniel Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's77.96% turnout || |James McGrath1,24418.27% || |William Donnelly1,20017.62% || |George Emerson
|George Emerson1,21117.79% | |W. N. Siteman1,06815.69% || |Richard O'Dwyer
|Richard O'Dwyer1,03615.22% | |John Foran1,05015.42% || |James McGrath
Eastern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay76.89% turnout | |Robert Thorburn1,13911.45% || |Donald Morison2,29523.07% || |Donald Morison
|George Johnson1,10411.10% || |Alfred Morine2,24822.60% || |Samuel Blandford†
|W. Davis1,02910.34% || |Darius Blandford2,13421.45% || |Alfred Morine |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay80.18% turnout || |William Whiteway2,08621.61% | |Walter Grieve1,47615.29% || |William Whiteway
|Robert Bond1,93820.07% | |Robert Bremner1,41314.64% || |Robert Bond
|James Watson1,63916.98% | |Edward White1,10211.41% || |Vacant
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo64.44% turnout | |George Skelton41239.46% || |Thomas Duder63260.54%
|James Rolls† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate67.24% turnout || |Jabez Thompson1,48219.71% || |Augustus Goodridge1,35017.95% | |Joshua Tavener (Independent)4576.08% || |Edward Burgess†
|Giles Foote1,24816.60% || |Michael Knight1,25116.64% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|G. G. Williams (Independent)680.90% || |Jabez Thompson
|Kenneth MacKenzie1,01413.49% | |George Langmead6498.63% || |Thomas Peyton†
Southern and Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile72.65% turnout
|Henry Mott46643.43% || |James Murray (Independent)60756.57% || |James Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin76.39% turnout || |James Tait98333.25% | |Henry LeMessurier52217.66%
|Vacant
|William Payne96032.48% | |Herbert Knight49116.61%
|James Tait |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay69.57% turnout | |James Pitman65548.84% || |James Fraser Jr.68651.16%
|John Studdy† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe63.35% turnout || |Alexander Parsons52857.96% | |F. Moores38342.04%
|George Fearn† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's78.83% turnout || |James Keating66852.31% | |Michael Carty60947.69%
|Michael Carty
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