1832 Newfoundland general election

The 1832 Newfoundland general election was held from October 31 to December 8, 1832 to elect the members of the 1st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was the first democratic election held in the Newfoundland Colony.

Democracy came to Newfoundland after several years of agitation against the British Parliament. The reformers in Newfoundland, led by William Carson and Patrick Morris, received Parliamentary support from George Robinson, and a bill was passed on June 7, 1832 permitting the creation of a bicameral legislature consisting of a Council and a House of Assembly. Newfoundland was the last British colony in North America to gain representative government, previously being governed by appointed colonial officials.

Although the districts were created such that Roman Catholics and Protestants would be equally represented, the majority of those who were elected were Anglican merchants. Despite their vigorous advocacy for representative government, Morris chose not to run and Carson was defeated in his bid for the multi-member district of St. John's. The Anglicans eventually coalesced into the Conservative Party, and the reformers, who primarily consisted of Roman Catholics and dissident Protestants, formed the Liberal Party.