Voters List 1832 - Upper Island & Bishop's Coves, NL

 

Prepared by Randell Mercer, Blog Administrator

Jan 23, 2021

Voter Eligibility 1832

On June 7, 1832, a Bill to grant a Representative Assembly to Newfoundland was introduced in the British Parliament. Governor Cochrane returned to Newfoundland from London on August 26 with the power to call for the election of members to a new House of Assembly and the election was proclaimed on September 25, 1832.

In order for a person to offer himself as a candidate, certain requirements had to be met. The candidate had to be male of twenty-one years of age or more, of sound understanding, and had to be a natural-born or lawfully naturalized British citizen. He could have no criminal record for any infamous or heinous crime. He also had to be a resident of two years' standing and had to occupy a dwelling as either owner or tenant. Voting was restricted to males under the same qualification except that the residency requirement was for one year. 

 

For the community of Upper Island Cove the names of the following 111 individuals appeared on this first Voters' List in 1832: (note: given the voter age requirement, all on these individual would have to been born prior to 1812)

Adams John	Crane John, of Henry	Hussey Robert	McLean John
Adams William	Crane John, of George	Hussey Jonathan	Mercer William Senior
Adams Thomas	Crane Samuel	Hussey Jonathan, of Joseph	Mercer William Junior
Bishop Henry	Clarke William	Hussey Thomas	Mercer Joseph
Bishop Francis	Crossman John	Hussey Jonathan, of Jonathan	Mercer Charles
Bishop Solomon	Dobbin John	Janes John	Mercer Henry
Bishop Joseph	Dobbin Nicholas	Janes William	Mercer Thomas, of Charles
Bradbury Thomas	Dobbin George	Janes Israel	Mercer George
Bradbury Isaac	Drover William	Janes Moses	Mercer John
Byrne James, of Bryan	Drover John	Jones John	Mercer Thomas, of William
Byrne Joseph	Drover Thomas	Jones George	Mercer James
Byrne John, of Bryan	Drover James	Jones Solomon	Mercer Thomas, of Thomas
Byrne Bryan	Drover Joseph	Jones John, of William	Newman James
Byrne William	Drover Aaron	Jones William	Newman John
Byrne John	Drover William, of William	Jones Charles	Osmond Thomas
Callaghan John	Drover Thomas, of William	Jones Nathanael	Osmond James
Coombs John Senior	Drover Joseph, of John	Lynch George	Parsons Jonathan
Coombs John Junior	Drover Thomas, of Joseph	Lynch Thomas	Phelan James
Coombs Nathanael	Ford Thomas	Lynch John	Power Edward
Coombs William	Gallaher John	Lynch Joseph	Sharp Thomas
Coombs Richard	Gallaher Anthony	Lynch John, of John	Sharp William
Crane John	Good James	Hussey Jonathan, of Joseph	Youngs Edward
Crane Christopher	Gould John	Lynch John, of John	Youngs John
Crane Joseph, of Joseph	Grealey William	Lundergan Robert	Youngs George
Crane George, of Joseph	Grealey Edward	Lundergan John	Youngs William
Crane Henry	Grealey Elias	Lundergan Thomas	Youngs James, of William
Crane George	Gallaher Anthony	Lundergan Joseph	Youngs James
Crane John, of William	Hussey William	McCarthy Michael

 

For the community of Bishop's Cove the names of the following 41 individuals appeared on this first Voters' List in 1832: (note: given the voter age requirement, all on these individual would have to been born prior to 1812)

Baker William	Gosse Thomas	Quilty John	Smith Reuben
Barrett William	Gosse William	Smith Abraham, of Jacob	Smith Abraham, of John
Barrett William Sr	Gosse Israel	Smith William, of Wm Sr	Smith Henry
Barrett David	Higgins John	Smith William, of Wm Jr	Smith John, of Wm
Barrett Jacob	Menchions Matthew	Smith George	Smith Abraham, of Isaac
Barrett Abraham	Menchions John	Smith Abraham Sr, of Wm	Smith Edward, of Thomas
Barrett Nathaniel	Menchions Thomas	Smith Thomas Sr	Smith Isaac
Barrett Joseph Sr	Menchions Jonathan	Smith John Sr	Smith William, of Abraham
Barrett John, of Wm	Mugford James	Smith Jacob, of Wm
Brown Jonathan	Mugford William	Smith Jacob, of Wm Sr
Bryan William	Peddle William	Smith Francis