1889 Newfoundland general election

The 1889 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. Reform soon disappeared and was replaced by the Orange Order based Tory Party. This was the first general election held in Newfoundland using the secret ballot.

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1885	Seats won	% change
	Liberal	William Whiteway	13	28	+115.4%
	Reform	Robert Thorburn	18	3	-83.3%
	Independent		1	1	0.00%
Totals			32	32

Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. v. 1. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.

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