The 1897 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Tory Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government. On February 15, 1900, the government was defeated following a vote on a motion of no confidence which was supported by the Liberals and several Tories.
Results by party
Elected members
Bay de Verde
Abraham Kean Tory
W. P. Rogerson Tory
Bonavista Bay
Darius Blandford Tory
John Cowan Tory
John A. Robinson Tory
Alfred B. Morine Tory, elected later
Burgeo-LaPoile
Henry Y. Mott Tory (speaker) Burin James S. Winter Tory John E. Lake Tory Carbonear William Duff Liberal Ferryland Michael P. Cashin Liberal George Shea Tory Fogo Thomas C. Duder Tory Fortune Bay H. R. Hayward Tory Charles Way Liberal, elected in 1899 Harbour Grace William H. Horwood Liberal Eli Dawe Liberal W. A. Oke Liberal Harbour Main J. J. St. John Tory William Woodford Tory Placentia and St. Mary's William J. S. Donnelly Tory Richard T. McGrath Liberal, elected in 1899 Rhodie Callahan Tory Michael H. Carty Tory Port de Grave Charles Dawe Tory St. Barbe Albert Bradshaw Tory St. George's Michael P. Gibbs Tory St. John's East John P. Fox Liberal Thomas J. Murphy Liberal Lawrence Furlong Liberal St. John's West Edward P. Morris Liberal James C. Tessier Liberal James J. Callanan Liberal Trinity Bay Robert S. Bremner Tory Robert Watson Tory L. March Tory John A. Robinson Tory, elected in 1898 Twillingate Robert Bond Liberal Donald Browning Liberal Alan Goodridge Tory