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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 has had 46 general assemblies, 29 as the Dominion of Newfoundland

Dominion of Newfoundland

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...

. The General Assembly consisted of both an appointed Legislative Council

Legislative Council of Newfoundland

The Legislative Council of Newfoundland was established in 1854 when the British Government granted a new constitution to Newfoundland establishing an Executive Council of not more than seven members of the majority party and a Legislative Council of not more than 15 members upon nomination of the...

 and an elected House of Assembly. Both bodies were suspended in 1934 with the creation of the Commission of Government

Commission of Government

The Commission of Government was a non-elected body that governed Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949...

 but when the House of Assembly was re-instated in 1949 the Legislative Council was not and the General Assembly became unicameral. The 44th General Assembly changed the name of the province to Newfoundland and Labrador, from Newfoundland, on 6 December 2001.

General assemblies

Assembly	Period	Election	Dissolution Dissolution of parliament In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...
1st General Assembly of Newfoundland	1833–1838	1832 Newfoundland general election, 1832 The 1st Newfoundland general election came after many years of agitation against the British Parliament. Newfoundland was the last British colony in North America to gain representative government.-Results by party:-Member distribution:...
2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1838–1843	1836 Newfoundland general election, 1836 The 2nd Newfoundland general election was held in 1836 in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The results of the election were set aside by Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the election had not been marked with the official seal... , 1837 Newfoundland general election, 1837 The 3rd Newfoundland general election was held in 1837 to elect members of the General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The results of the previous election had been set aside by Henry John Boulton after he discovered some of the writs from the previous election had not...
3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1843–1848	1842 Newfoundland general election, 1842 The 4th Newfoundland general election was held in 1842 to elect members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The elected assembly with 15 members and the appointed Legislative Council with 10 members were combined into a unicameral legislature.- Members of...
4th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1848–1853	1848 Newfoundland general election, 1848 The 5th Newfoundland general election was held in 1848 to elect members of the 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The use of two separate bodies, an elected assembly and an appointed Legislative Council, was resumed; the experiment with combining the two bodies...
5th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1853–1855	1852 Newfoundland general election, 1852 The 6th Newfoundland general election was held in 1852 to elect members of the 5th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. There were 9 Liberals and 6 Conservatives elected.-Results by party:-Elected members:* St...
6th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1855–1860	1855 Newfoundland general election, 1855 The 7th Newfoundland general election was held in 1855 to elect members of the 6th General Assembly of Newfoundland. This was the first election after responsible government was introduced to the Dominion of Newfoundland...
7th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1860–1861	1859 Newfoundland general election, 1859 The 8th Newfoundland general election was held in 1859 to elect members of the 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 18 Liberals and 12 Conservatives were elected. The Liberal Party led by John Kent formed the government....
8th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1861–1865	1861 Newfoundland general election, 1861 The 9th Newfoundland general election was held in 1861 to elect members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. 14 Conservatives and 12 Liberals were elected. The results in Harbour Grace and Harbour Main electoral districts were set aside following violence at...
9th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1865 Newfoundland general election, 1865 The 10th Newfoundland general election was held on 7 November 1865 to elect members of the 9th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government.-Results by party:...
10th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1869 Newfoundland general election, 1869 The 11th Newfoundland general election was held in 1869 to elect members of the 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland...
11th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1873 Newfoundland general election, 1873 The 12th Newfoundland general election was held in November 1873 to elect members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Anti-Confederates led by Charles Fox Bennett formed the government; a "new" Conservative party led by Frederick Carter formed the...
12th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1874 Newfoundland general election, 1874 The 13th Newfoundland general election was held in 1874 to elect members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government.-Results by party:-Elected members:...
13th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1878 Newfoundland general election, 1878 The 14th Newfoundland general election was held in 1878 to elect members of the 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by William Vallance Whiteway formed the government.-Results by party:...
14th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1882 Newfoundland general election, 1882 The 15th Newfoundland general election was held in 1882 to elect members of the 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by William Vallance Whiteway formed the government.* Bay de Verde** Levi Garland...
15th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1885 Newfoundland general election, 1885 The 16th Newfoundland general election was held on 31 October 1889 to elect members of the 15th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland...
16th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1889 Newfoundland general election, 1889 The 17th Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the...
17th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1893 Newfoundland general election, 1893 The 18th Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1893 to elect members of the 17th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. Although the Liberals won the majority of seats, the Tory party filed petitions against 15 elected Liberals and one Independent, James...
18th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1897 Newfoundland general election, 1897 The 19th Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1897 to elect members of the 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Tory Party led by James Spearman Winter formed the government...
19th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1900 Newfoundland general election, 1900 The 20th Newfoundland general election was held on 8 November 1900 to elect members of the 19th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government. The unpopular railway policy of the Conservatives contributed to their...
20th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1904 Newfoundland general election, 1904 The 21st Newfoundland general election was held on 31 October 1904 to elect members of the 20th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government.-Results by party :*As Opposition...
21st General Assembly of Newfoundland		1908 Newfoundland general election, 1908 The 22nd Newfoundland general election was held on 2 November 1908 to elect members of the 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The seats were split evenly between the Liberal Party and the new Newfoundland People's Party formed by Edward Morris after he resigned...
22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland		1909 Newfoundland general election, 1909 The 23rd Newfoundland general election was held on 8 May 1909 to elect members of the 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Newfoundland People's Party led by Edward P. Morris, having secured a majority, formed the government.-Seat totals:-Members elected:* Bay...
23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland		1913 Newfoundland general election, 1913 The 24th Newfoundland general election was held on 30 October 1913 to elect members of the 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal party led by Robert Bond formed a coalition with the Fishermen's Protective Union led by William Coaker...
24th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1919 Newfoundland general election, 1919 The 25th Newfoundland general election was held on 3 November 1919 to elect members of the 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker,...
25th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1923 Newfoundland general election, 1923 The 26th Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1923 to elect members of the 25th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker,...
26th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1924 Newfoundland general election, 1924 The 27th Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1924 to elect members of the 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal-Progressives and Liberal-Conservative Progressives were new parties formed as a result of the collapse of the ruling Liberal...
27th General Assembly of Newfoundland		1928 Newfoundland general election, 1928 The 28th Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the...
28th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1932-1934	1932 Newfoundland general election, 1932 The 29th Newfoundland general election was held on 11 June 1932 to elect members of the 28th General Assembly of Newfoundland. This vote proved to be the final general election held by the Dominion of Newfoundland...
29th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1949–1951	1949 Newfoundland general election, 1949 The 30th Newfoundland general election was held on 27 May 1949 to elect members of the 29th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was the first general election held since Newfoundland joined Canadian confederation on 31 March 1949 and the first Newfoundland-wide election of any kind since the...
30th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1951–1956	1951 Newfoundland general election, 1951 The 31st Newfoundland general election was held on 26 November 1951 to elect members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the second general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
31st General Assembly of Newfoundland	1956–1959	1956 Newfoundland general election, 1956 The 32nd Newfoundland general election was held on 2 October 1956 to elect members of the 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland, the third general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1959–1962	1959 Newfoundland general election, 1959 The 33rd Newfoundland general election was held on 20 August 1959 to elect members of the 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland, the fourth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada...
33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1962–1966	1962 Newfoundland general election, 1962 The 34th Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland, the fifth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
34th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1966–1971	1966 Newfoundland general election, 1966 The 35th Newfoundland general election was held on 8 September 1966 to elect members of the 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the sixth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
35th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1971–1972	1971 Newfoundland general election, 1971 The 36th Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the seventh general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada...
36th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1972–1975	1972 Newfoundland general election, 1972 The 37th Newfoundland general election was held on 24 March 1972 to elect members of the 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the eighth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.-Results:...
37th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1975–1979	1975 Newfoundland general election, 1975 The 38th Newfoundland general election was held on 16 September 1975 to elect members of the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the ninth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.-Results:...
38th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1979–1982	1979 Newfoundland general election, 1979 The 39th Newfoundland general election was held on 8 June 1979 to elect members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the tenth general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.-Results:...
39th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1982–1985	1982 Newfoundland general election, 1982 The 40th Newfoundland general election was held on 6 April 1982 to elect members of the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 11th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.-Results:...
40th General Assembly of Newfoundland	1985–1989	1985 Newfoundland general election, 1985 The 41st Newfoundland general election was held on 2 April 1985 to elect members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 12th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.-Results:...
41st General Assembly of Newfoundland	1989–1993	1989 Newfoundland general election, 1989 The 42nd Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 13th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada...
42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1993–1996	1993 Newfoundland general election, 1993 The 43rd Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1993 to elect members of the 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 14th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland	1996–1999	1996 Newfoundland general election, 1996 The 44th Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996 to elect members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 15th general election for the province of Newfoundland, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party...
44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador	1999–2003	1999 Newfoundland general election, 1999 The 45th Newfoundland general election was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland, the 16th general election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.-Results:...
45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador The 45th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly began on November 6, 2003. The Progressive Conservative government led by Danny Williams was elected with a victory over the Liberal Party...	2003–2007	2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003 The 46th Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the 17th general election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador The 46th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was summoned to meet on March 10, 2008, its members having been sworn in and elected its speaker on November 1, 2007, and was dissolved on September 19, 2011. The Progressive Conservative government led by Danny Williams was re-elected with a...	2007–2011	2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007 The 47th Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 9, 2007 to elect members of the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the 18th general election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Campaign:...
47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador The 47th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on October 11, 2011. A date for administering the oath of office and electing a speaker and the date of the Assembly's first meeting have yet to be announced.-Current members:...	2011–present	2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011 The 48th Newfoundland and Labrador general election occurred on October 11, 2011, to elect members of the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the 19th election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...