1928 Newfoundland general election

1928 Newfoundland general election
October 29, 1928
40 seats of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Richard Squires and J. H. Scammell Frederick C. Alderdice
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative Progressive
Leader since 1928 / 1926 1928
Leader's seat Humber /
Bonavista Centre		 St. John's City East
Last election 10 25
Seats won 28 12
Seat change 18 13
Popular vote 58,750 45,787
Percentage 54.98% 42.85%
Swing 14.10% 15.09%
Prime Minister before election

Walter Monroe
Liberal-Conservative Progressive

 Prime Minister after election

Richard Squires
Liberal

The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 29 October 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 support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection.

In April 1925, women over the age of 25 had been granted the right to vote; in the 1928 general election, 90 per cent of women eligible to vote cast a ballot. Helena Squires became the first woman elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a 1930 by-election.

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