# 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1869. The general assembly sat from 1870 to 1873.
The Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett won the election and Bennett served as Newfoundland's premier. The decisive defeat of candidates supporting Confederation put an end to any discussions about union with Canada.
Thomas R. Bennett was chosen as speaker.
Sir Stephen John Hill served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1869:
| Member | Electoral district | Affiliation | First elected / previously elected |
| John Bemister | Bay de Verde | Confederate | 1855 |
| James J. Rogerson (1870) | Bay de Verde | Confederate | 1870 |
| James L. Noonan | Bonavista Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| William M. Barnes | Bonavista Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Francis Winton | Bonavista Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Prescott Emerson | Burgeo-La Poile | Confederate | 1869 |
| Edward Evans | Burin | Confederate | 1861 |
| Frederick Carter | Burin | Confederate | 1859 |
| John Rorke | Carbonear | Confederate | 1863 |
| Thomas Glen | Ferryland | Anti-Confederate | 1855 |
| Thomas Badcock | Ferryland | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Thomas R. Bennett | Fortune Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1865 |
| John Munn | Harbour Grace | Confederate | 1869 |
| William S. Green | Harbour Grace | Confederate | 1865 |
| Joseph I. Little | Harbour Main | Anti-Confederate | 1867 |
| John Kennedy | Harbour Main | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Charles Fox Bennett | Placentia and St. Mary's | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Robert John Parsons, Jr. | Placentia and St. Mary's | Anti-Confederate | 1867 |
| Henry Renouf | Placentia and St. Mary's | Anti-Confederate | 1861 |
| James B. Woods | Port de Grave | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| William P. Walsh | St. John's East | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| James Jordan | St. John's East | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Robert John Parsons | St. John's East | Anti-Confederate | 1843 |
| Peter Brennan | St. John's West | Anti-Confederate | 1866 |
| Thomas Talbot | St. John's West | Anti-Confederate | 1861 |
| Henry Renouf | St. John's West | Anti-Confederate | 1861 |
| Maurice Fenelon (1871) | St. John's West | Anti-Confederate | 1871 |
| Stephen Rendell | Trinity Bay | Confederate | 1859 |
| Thomas H. Ridley | Trinity Bay | Confederate | 1869 |
| Robert Alsop | Trinity Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1866 |
| Alexander Graham (1871) | Trinity Bay | Anti-Confederate | 1871 |
| John Henry Warren (1870) | Trinity Bay | Confederate | 1870 |
| Charles Duder | Twillingate and Fogo | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
| Smith McKay | Twillingate and Fogo | Anti-Confederate | 1869 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Elected in both Placentia and St. Mary's and St. John's West

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| St. John's West | Lewis Tessier | Anti-Confederate | March 31, 1870 | H Renouf chose to sit for Placentia and St. Mary's |
| Bay de Verde | James J. Rogerson | Confederate | April 5, 1870 | J Bemister named sheriff |
| Ferryland | Thomas Glen | Anti-Confederate | August 1870 | T Glen named to cabinet in 1870 |
| Harbour Main | Joseph I. Little | Anti-Confederate | August 1870 | JI Little named to cabinet in 1870 |
| Placentia and St. Mary's | Henry Renouf | Anti-Confederate | September 1870 | H Renouf named to cabinet in 1870 |
| Trinity Bay | John Henry Warren | Confederate | September 17, 1870 | R Alsop named to cabinet in 1870 |
| St. John's West | Maurice Fenelon | Anti-Confederate | January 16, 1871 | T Talbot named to Legislative Council |
| Bonavista Bay | James L. Noonan | Confederate | October 26, 1871 | JL Noonan named to cabinet in 1871 |
| Trinity Bay | Alexander Graham | Anti-Confederate | October 26, 1871 | T Ridley resigned seat in 1871 after firm went insolvent |
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