1924 Newfoundland general election

1924 Newfoundland general election
June 2, 1924
36 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Walter Monroe Albert Hickman
Party Liberal-Conservative Progressive Liberal-Progressive
Leader since 1924 1924
Leader's seat Bonavista Bay Harbour Grace
Last election 13 23
Seats won 25 10
Seat change 12 13
Popular vote 57,391 40,492
Percentage 57.94% 40.88%
Swing 9.93% 10.62%
Prime Minister before election

Albert Hickman
Liberal-Progressive

 Prime Minister after election

Walter Stanley Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

The 1924 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal Reform Party. The Liberal-Conservative Progressives were led by Walter Stanley Monroe and won the election weeks after the party's creation. During his time in office, Monroe alienated a number of his supporters: Peter J. Cashin, F. Gordon Bradley, C. E. Russell, Phillip F. Moore, Lewis Little and H.B.C. Lake, who all defected to the opposition Liberal-Progressive Party. In 1925, universal suffrage was introduced in Newfoundland: women aged 25 and older were allowed to vote (men could vote at the age of 21). Monroe was replaced by Frederick C. Alderdice as Prime Minister in August 1928.

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