13th General Assembly of Newfoundland
# 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1878. The general assembly sat from 1879 to 1882.

The Conservative Party led by William Whiteway formed the government.

A.J.W. McNeilly was chosen as speaker.

Sir John Hawley Glover served as colonial governor of Newfoundland until 1881. Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse succeeded Glover as governor.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878:

| Member | Electoral district | Affiliation |
| - | - | - |
| Alfred Penney | Bay de Verde | Conservative |
| Francis Winton | Bonavista Bay | Conservative |
| George Skelton | Bonavista Bay | Conservative |
| James Saint | Bonavista Bay | Conservative |
| Alexander M. Mackay | Burgeo-La Poile | Conservative |
| James S. Winter | Burin | Conservative |
| James J. Rogerson | Burin | Conservative |
| John Rorke | Carbonear | Conservative |
| James G. Conroy | Ferryland | Liberal |
| Daniel J. Greene | Ferryland | Liberal |
| James O. Fraser | Fortune Bay | Conservative |
| Ambrose Shea | Harbour Grace | Conservative |
| Charles Dawe | Harbour Grace | Conservative |
| Joseph I. Little | Harbour Main | Liberal |
| Patrick Nowlan | Harbour Main | Liberal |
| William J. S. Donnelly | Placentia and St. Mary's | Conservative |
| James Collins | Placentia and St. Mary's | Conservative |
| Michael E. Dwyer | Placentia and St. Mary's | Conservative |
| Nathan Norman | Port de Grave | Conservative |
| Michael J. O'Mara | St. John's East | Liberal |
| Robert J. Kent | St. John's East | Liberal |
| Robert John Parsons, Jr. | St. John's East | Liberal |
| Lewis Tessier | St. John's West | Liberal |
| Patrick J. Scott | St. John's West | Liberal |
| Maurice Fenelon | St. John's West | Liberal |
| William Whiteway | Trinity Bay | Conservative |
| James H. Watson | Trinity Bay | Conservative |
| John Randall | Trinity Bay | Conservative |
| Alexander J.W. McNeilly | Twillingate and Fogo | Conservative |
| Stanley B. Carter | Twillingate and Fogo | Conservative |
| Richard P. Rice | Twillingate and Fogo | Conservative |

Notes:

## By-elections

None

