16th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1889. The general assembly sat from 1890 to 1893.
The Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government.
George [Henry Emerson (speaker)|George Emerson] was chosen as speaker.
Sir Terence O'Brien served as List of [lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador#Colonial Governors of Newfoundland, 1855–1907|colonial governor of Newfoundland].

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1889:

	Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected / previously elected
Edward White	Bay de Verde	Liberal Party	1889	-
Henry J. B. Woods	Bay de Verde	Liberal Party	1889	-
Donald Morison	Bonavista	Reform	1888	-
Samuel Blandford	Bonavista	Liberal Party	1889	-
Alfred B. Morine	Bonavista	Reform	1886	-
James Murray	Burgeo-La Poile	Independent	1889	-
Edward Rothwell	Burin	Liberal Party	1889	-
Dr. James S. Tait	Burin	Liberal Party	1889	-
James S. Winter	Burin	Conservative Party	1873, 1892	-
William Duff	Carbonear	Liberal Party	1889	-
George Shea	Ferryland	Independent	1885	-
Daniel J. Greene	Ferryland	Independent	1878	-
James Rolls	Fogo	Reform	1885	-
John Studdy	Fortune Bay	Liberal Party	1889	-
William H. Whiteley	Harbour Grace	Liberal Party	1889	-
Eli Dawe	Harbour Grace	Liberal Party	1889	-
Robert S. Munn	Harbour Grace	Reform	1889	-
Frank J. Morris	Harbour Main	Liberal Party	1889	-
William Woodford	Harbour Main	Liberal Party	1889	-
George Emerson	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal Party	1885	-
Richard O'Dwyer	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal Party	1885	-
James McGrath	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal Party	1889	-
James A. Clift	Port de Grave	Liberal Party	1889	-
George C. Fearn	St. Barbe	Liberal Party	1889	-
Michael H. Carty	St. George's	Reform	1882	-
Thomas J. Murphy	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1886	-
Dr. John J. Dearin	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1873, 1882, 1889	-
Jeremiah Halleran	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1889	-
James Patrick Fox	St. John's East	Liberal Party	1890	-
Edward Morris, [1st Baron Morris\|Edward Morris]	St. John's West	Liberal Party	1885	-
James Day	St. John's West	Liberal Party	1889	-
Lawrence Gearin	St. John's West	Liberal Party	1889	-
William Whiteway	Trinity	Liberal Party	1859, 1873, 1889	-
Robert Bond	Trinity	Liberal Party	1882	-
David C. Webber	Trinity	Liberal Party	1889	-
Edward P. Burgess	Twillingate	Liberal Party	1889	-
Jabez P. Thompson	Twillingate	Liberal Party	1882, 1889	-
Thomas Peyton	Twillingate	Liberal Party	1889	-

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Burin	James S. Winter	Conservative	1892	E Rothwell died in 1892