had been in his previous term of office. The Reform Party disappeared and a new Tory Party took over as the opposition to the Liberals. 18th general election: 6 November 1893 Party composition: Liberal 23, Tory 12, Independent 1. Total Assembly membership 36. Many of the victorious Liberals (and the Independent) had their elections set aside by the Courts. The Premier and his leading supporters were unseated and disqualified from seeking re-election. The Governor appointed the Tory leader, Augustus F. Goodridge, as Premier in 1894. However, as the Liberals kept on winning by-elections Goodridge never had a majority. In December 1894 the interim Liberal leader, Daniel J. Greene, became Premier. In February 1895 he passed a law to lift the electoral disqualification of Whiteway and then resigned in his favour. 19th general election: 28 October 1897 Party composition: Tory 23, Liberal 13. Total Assembly membership 36. The new Premier was Sir James Spearman Winter. By 1900 the Tory Party had faded out in the way Newfoundland parties quite often seemed to do. 20th general election: 8 November 1900 Party composition: Liberal 32, Opposition 4. Total Assembly membership 36. Sir Robert Bond of the Liberal Party became Premier. Bond is accounted the best of Newfoundland's Premiers and the early 20th century was one of the rare periods of prosperity in island history. 21st general election: 31 October 1904 Party composition: Liberal 30, United Opposition 6. Total Assembly membership 36. The so-called United Opposition Party was reinforced when Edward Patrick Morris resigned from Bond's government. Morris founded the Newfoundland People's Party, which became the principal opponent of the Liberals. Newfoundland was recognized as a Dominion of the British Empire (the same status as that of Canada, Australia and New Zealand) in 1907. 22nd general election: 2 November 1908 Party composition: Liberal 18, People's 18. Total Assembly membership 36. The tied result caused problems. Sir Robert Bond did not feel he could continue with this Assembly, as once his party provided a Speaker they would be in a voting minority. The Governor refused an immediate dissolution, so Bond resigned. Sir Edward Patrick Morris formed a government, but had the same problem as Bond. The Governor granted Morris a dissolution. 23rd general election: 8 May 1909 Party composition: People's 26, Liberal 10. Total Assembly membership 36. The title of Prime Minister replaced Premier in 1909. 24th general election: 30 October 1913 Party composition: People's