1861 Newfoundland general election

The 1861 Newfoundland general election was held in 1861 to elect members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. 14 Conservatives and 12 Liberals were elected. The results in Harbour Grace and Harbour Main electoral districts were set aside following violence at the polls; members were elected in subsequent by-elections. The Liberal Party led by John Kent was defeated by the Conservatives led by Hugh Hoyles; Ambrose Shea replaced Kent as party leader.

Elected members

 * Twillingate-Fogo
 * William V. Whiteway Conservative
 * Thomas Knight
 * Bonavista Bay
 * John H. Warren Conservative
 * Matthew W. Walbank
 * Stephen March
 * Trinity Bay
 * Stephen Rendell Conservative
 * F.B.T. Carter Conservative (speaker)
 * John Winter
 * Bay de Verde
 * John Bemister Conservative
 * Carbonear
 * Edmund Hanrahan Liberal
 * Harbour Grace (elected later)
 * John Hayward Conservative
 * Henry J. Moore Conservative
 * Brigus-Port de Grave
 * John Leamon
 * St. John's East
 * John Kavanagh
 * Robert J. Parsons Liberal
 * John Kent Liberal
 * St. John's West
 * John Casey
 * Thomas Talbot
 * Henry Renouf
 * Harbour Main (election results determined later)
 * Thomas Byrne Liberal
 * Patrick Nowlan Liberal
 * Ferryland
 * E. D. Shea Liberal
 * Thomas Glen Conservative
 * Placentia and St. Mary's
 * Richard McGrath
 * W. G. Flood
 * Pierce M. Barron elected later
 * Ambrose Shea Liberal
 * Burin
 * H. W. Hoyles Conservative
 * Edward Evans
 * Fortune Bay
 * Robert Carter Conservative
 * Burgeo-LaPoile
 * D. W. Prowse Conservative