The 29th Newfoundland general election was held on 11 June 1932 to elect members of the 28th General Assembly of Newfoundland. This vote proved to be the final general election held by the Dominion of Newfoundland

Dominion of Newfoundland

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...

. As a result of a riot which occurred in 1932 due to Newfoundland's deteriorating economic situation, Prime Minister Sir Richard Squires

Richard Squires

Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.-Early career:...

 dissolved the House of Assembly and called an election. His Liberals were reduced to two seats while Frederick C. Alderdice

Frederick C. Alderdice

Frederick Charles Alderdice was a businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St...

's United Newfoundland Party

United Newfoundland Party

The United Newfoundland Party was the name of a conservative party in the Dominion of Newfoundland led by Frederick C. Alderdice from 1928 to 1934. It was organized by Alderdice when disaffected Liberals joined his Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party sitting in Opposition and won the 1932...

 won 24 seats and was elected to government. The size of the House was reduced from 40 to 27 as an economy measure.

Alderdice was not able to rescue the public finances. By this time Newfoundlanders despaired of the ability of their politicians to solve the problems. The British government commissioned a report from William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree which was scathing about the political culture of Newfoundland.http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/amulree/am_report.html

The price of British government financial aid was the abandonment of responsible and representative government. The legislature was dissolved. The Commission of Government

Commission of Government

The Commission of Government was a non-elected body that governed Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949...

 came into operation on 16 February 1934 ending more than a century of legislative democracy in Newfoundland.

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1928 Newfoundland general election, 1928 The 28th Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the...	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	United Newfoundland Party United Newfoundland Party The United Newfoundland Party was the name of a conservative party in the Dominion of Newfoundland led by Frederick C. Alderdice from 1928 to 1934. It was organized by Alderdice when disaffected Liberals joined his Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party sitting in Opposition and won the 1932...	Frederick C. Alderdice Frederick C. Alderdice Frederick Charles Alderdice was a businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St...	12*	24				Liberal	Sir Richard Squires Richard Squires Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.-Early career:...	19	2				Other		9	1
Totals			40	27

*As Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party

Elected members

• Bonavista North
  Bonavista North
  Bonavista North is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district has 6,956 eligible voters....
  
  
  • William C. Winsor
    William C. Winsor
    William Charles "Billy" Winsor was a mariner and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde from 1904 to 1908, Bonavista Bay from 1908 to 1913 and from 1924 to 1928 and Bonavista North from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born in Swain's...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Bonavista South
  Bonavista South
  Bonavista South is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters....
  
  
  • Herman W. Quinton
    Herman William Quinton
    Herman William Quinton was a Canadian politician.He worked as a school teacher from 1913 to 1914 and then joined Sir William Coaker in the Fisherman's Union Trading Company managing various branches before becoming dry goods superintendentQuinton served with the Newfoundland Regiment during World...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Burgeo-LaPoile
  • James A. Winter
    James A. Winter
    James Alexander Winter was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Burin East from 1928 to 1932 and Burgeo and La Poile from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the United Newfoundland Party.He was the son of James...
    
     United Newfoundland Party (speaker)
• Burin
  Burin, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Burin is a town on the Burin Peninsula in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Burin Peninsula is often affectionately nicknamed "The Boot" due to its resemblance to the footwear when seen on a map, with the town of Burin located near the "heel". Burin is approximately 318 km...
  
  
  • Samuel J. Foote
    Samuel J. Foote
    Samuel J. Foote was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burin from 1919 to 1924 and from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly....
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Carbonear-Bay de Verde
  • John C. Puddester
    John Charles Puddester
    John Charles Puddester was a businessman and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde from 1924 to 1932 and Carbonear-Bay de Verde from 1932 to 1934. Puddester was then appointed to the Commission of Government, serving until his death in 1947.He was born in Northern Bay, the...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Ferryland
  Ferryland (electoral district)
  Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district....
  
  
  • Michael J. Shea United Newfoundland Party
• Fogo
  Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Fogo is an outport town on Fogo Island, Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:The largest community on the island, the town may also be the location of the island's first permanent settlement, which took place in the early 18th century, though it is unknown...
  
  
  • Henry J. Earle United Newfoundland Party
• Fortune Bay and Hermitage
  • Harris M. Mosdell
    Harris M. Mosdell
    Harris Mundon Mosdell was a journalist, physician and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay and then Fortune Bay and Hermitage in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1926 to 1934 as a Liberal and then Independent member.He was born in Bay Roberts, the son of...
    
     Independent
• Grand Falls
  • Kenneth M. Brown
    Kenneth M. Brown
    Kenneth McKenzie Brown was a pulp and paper worker and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate from 1923 to 1932 as a member of the Fisherman's Protective Union and Grand Falls from 1932 to 1934 as a member of the United Newfoundland Party in the Newfoundland and Labrador...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Green Bay
  • Roland G. Starkes
    Roland G. Starkes
    Roland George Starkes was a businessman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Green Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1928 to 1934 as a Liberal....
    
     Liberal
• Harbour Grace
  • Harry A. Winter
    Harry A. Winter
    Harry Anderson Winter was a lawyer, journalist, judge and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Port de Grave from 1923 to 1924 and Harbour Grace from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born Henry Anderson Winter in St. John's, the son of...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Harbour Main-Bell Island
  • Charles Furey
    Charles James Furey
    Charles James Furey was a businessman and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Main-Bell Island in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1932 to 1934 as a member of the United Newfoundland Party....
    
     United Newfoundland Party
  • William J. Browne
    William Joseph Browne
    William Joseph Browne, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was a Member of the last Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1933 and a cabinet minister in the government of Frederick C...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• Humber
  • F. Gordon Bradley
    Frederick Gordon Bradley
    Frederick Gordon Bradley, PC, QC was a Canadian and Dominion of Newfoundland politician.-Education and employment:...
    
     Liberal
• Placentia and St. Mary's
  Placentia and St. Mary's
  Placentia—St. Mary’s is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,361 eligible voters living within the district....
  
  
  • Phillip J. Lewis United Newfoundland Party
• Placentia West
  • William J. Walsh United Newfoundland Party
• Port de Grave
  • James S. Ayre
    James S. Ayre
    James Stewart Ayre was a businessman and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Port de Grave in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932....
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• St. Barbe
  St. Barbe (electoral district)
  St. Barbe is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,064 eligible voters living within the district....
  
  
  • George Whitely United Newfoundland Party
• St. George's-Port au Port
  Port au Port (electoral district)
  Port au Port is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,439 eligible voters living within the district....
  
  
  • William A. Abbott United Newfoundland Party
• St. John's East
  St. John's East
  St. John's East is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
  
  
  • Gerald G. Byrne United Newfoundland Party
  • L. Edward Emerson
    Lewis Edward Emerson
    Lewis Edward Emerson was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia East from 1928 to 1932 and St. John's East from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly....
    
     United Newfoundland Party
• St. John's West
  St. John's West
  St. John's West was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 2003.This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation....
  
  
  • Frederick C. Alderdice
    Frederick C. Alderdice
    Frederick Charles Alderdice was a businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St...
    
     United Newfoundland Party
  • Patrick F. Halley United Newfoundland Party
• Trinity North
  Trinity North
  Trinity North is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,278 eligible voters living within the district....
  
  
  • John G. Stone United Newfoundland Party
• Trinity South
  • Harold Mitchell United Newfoundland Party
• Twillingate
  Twillingate
  Twillingate is a town of 2,448 people located on the Twillingate Islands in Notre Dame Bay. It is located off the northeastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was incorporated on September 30, 1965. The town is about north of Lewisporte and...
  
  
  • Norman Gray United Newfoundland Party
• White Bay
  • Joseph Moore United Newfoundland Party