# 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1882. The general assembly sat from 1883 to 1885.
A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal parties led by William Whiteway formed the government.
Robert Kent was chosen as speaker.
Sir John Hawley Glover served as colonial governor of Newfoundland.
Whiteway's government supported the construction of a railway to promote economic growth in the colony. The Newfoundland Railway Company laid 92 kilometres (57 miles) of track before going into receivership in 1884.
On Boxing Day 1883, members of the Orange Order marched through a Roman Catholic section of the town of Harbour Grace. In the resulting confrontation, known as The Harbour Grace Affray, three Orangemen and one Catholic were killed. A subsequent trial of those accused of killing the Orangemen failed to convict anyone because of the lack of witnesses willing to testify. This led to the breakup of Whiteway's coalition and he subsequently resigned as Premier.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1882:
| Member | Electoral district | Affiliation | First elected / previously elected |
| Levi Garland | Bay de Verde | Independent | 1882 |
| Walter B. Grieve | Bonavista Bay | New Party | 1882 |
| George Skelton | Bonavista Bay | Coalition | 1878 |
| Francis Winton | Bonavista Bay | Coalition | 1882 |
| James L. Noonan | Bonavista Bay | New Party | 1869, 1883 |
| Alexander M. Mackay | Burgeo-La Poile | Coalition | 1878 |
| James S. Winter | Burin | Coalition | 1873 |
| John E. Peters | Burin | New Party | 1882 |
| Alfred Penney | Carbonear | Coalition | 1882 |
| Daniel J. Greene | Ferryland | New Party | 1878 |
| Augustus F. Goodridge | Ferryland | New Party | 1882 |
| James O. Fraser | Fortune Bay | Coalition | 1878 |
| Ambrose Shea | Harbour Grace | Coalition | 1848, 1874 |
| Charles Dawe | Harbour Grace | Coalition | 1878 |
| Joseph I. Little | Harbour Main | Coalition | 1867 |
| Richard MacDonnell | Harbour Main | Coalition | 1882 |
| William J. S. Donnelly | Placentia and St. Mary's | Coalition | 1878 |
| Albert Bradshaw | Placentia and St. Mary's | New Party | 1882 |
| Michael Tobin | Placentia and St. Mary's | Coalition | 1882 |
| John Bartlett | Port de Grave | Independent | 1882 |
| Michael H. Carty | St. George's | Coalition | 1882 |
| Robert J. Kent | St. John's East | Coalition | 1873 |
| John Joseph Dearin | St. John's East | Coalition | 1873, 1882 |
| Robert John Parsons, Jr. | St. John's East | Coalition | 1843 |
| Patrick J. Scott | St. John's West | Coalition | 1873 |
| Philip D. White | St. John's West | Coalition | 1882 |
| James J. Callanan | St. John's West | Coalition | 1882 |
| William Whiteway | Trinity Bay | Coalition | 1859, 1873 |
| Robert Bond | Trinity Bay | Coalition | 1882 |
| Joseph Boyd | Trinity Bay | Coalition | 1882 |
| Smith McKay | Twillingate and Fogo | Coalition | 1869, 1882 |
| Richard Rice | Twillingate and Fogo | Coalition | 1882 |
| Jabez Thompson | Twillingate and Fogo | Coalition | 1882 |
| John H. Boone | White Bay | Coalition | 1882 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Bonavista Bay | James L. Noonan | New Party | 1883 | W Grieve election overturned - employed by government |