Newfoundland general election, 1951

The 31st Newfoundland general election was held on 26 November 1951 to elect members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the second general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1949	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	Joey Smallwood	22	24		83,628
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Cashin	5	4		46,782
	Other		1*	0	-100%	1,156
Totals			28	28	-	132,403	100%

*Peter Cashin was the Independent elected in 1949. He joined the Progressive Conservatives in 1951 and led them during the subsequent election.

References

"Seat Count Results in Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Elections". Election Almanac. Election Almanac. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

Elections and referendums in Newfoundland and Labrador

General elections	Pre-Confederation: 1832 1836 1837 1842 1848 1852 1855 1859 1861 1865 1869 1873 1874 1878 1882 1885 1889 1893 1897 1900 1904 1908 1909 1913 1919 1923 1924 1928 1932 Post-Confederation: 1949 1951 1956 1959 1962 1966 1971 1972 1975 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Referendums	1915 1948

See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador by-elections

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