New Ingerland general election, 1907

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1907 General Election

← 1905 5 September 1907 (1907-09-05) 1910 →

All 79 seats to the House of Assembly
40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 77.44

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vincent Churchwell Cyril Percy Alfred Wilson
Party Liberal Party Conservative Party Labour Party
Leader since 1904 1906 1905
Seats won 45 32 2
Popular vote 66,716 59,311 6,185
Percentage 48.65% 43.25% 4.51%

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Composition of the House of Assembly chamber after the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results

Prime Minister before election

Vincent Churchwell
Liberal Party

Elected Prime Minister

Vincent Churchwell
Liberal Party

The New Ingerland general election of 1907, the first post-independence election for the House of Assembly, took place on Thursday, 5 September 1907. The Liberal Party under Vincent Churchwell secure a comfortable majority in the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party win 32 seats, whilst the Labour Party are returned with 2 members.

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