1959 Newfoundland general election

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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 8.3 pp 7.3 pp 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

*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.

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