Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The 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...

 General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building
Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)
The Confederation Building is located on Confederation Hill overlooking the Newfoundland & Labrador's capital city St. John's, and serves as the home of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The brick and concrete clad building has 11 storeys and is 64 metres tall, it was...

 at St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

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Worthy of note is the fact that the governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s because the heaters in the Colonial Building
Colonial Building
Colonial Building was the home of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850 to July 28, 1959. In 1974 it was declared a Provincial Historic Site....

 were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit in the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.

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Current members (MHAs)

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly is designated by a dagger.
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Name Party Riding
Dwight Ball
Dwight Ball
Dwight Ball is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.Ball won election to the legislature in a by-election on February 13, 2007...

Liberal
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the provincial wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. It is the Official Opposition and currently holds six seats in the provincial legislature.-Origins:The party originated in...

Humber Valley
Humber Valley (electoral district)
Humber Valley is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,938 eligible voters living within the district....


Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett (politician)
Jim Bennett is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. He ran in St. Barbe during the 2007 general election but lost to Wallace Young. Bennett previously served as leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and...

Liberal St. Barbe
St. Barbe (electoral district)
St. Barbe is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,064 eligible voters living within the district....


David Brazil
David Brazil (politician)
David Brazil is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He has represented the district of Conception Bay East - Bell Island in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly since 2010.-Political career:...

Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
For pre-1949 Conservative parties see Conservative parties in Newfoundland The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a centre-right provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Originally founded in 1949 the party has formed the Government of...

Conception Bay East and Bell Island
Conception Bay East and Bell Island
Conception Bay East - Bell Island is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 11,011 eligible voters living within the district....


Joan Burke
Joan Burke (Canadian politician)
Joan Burke MHA, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Burke currently serves as the Minister of Advance Education and Skills in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale. She is the Member of the House of Assembly for the district of St...

Progressive Conservative St. George's-Stephenville East
Felix Collins
Felix Collins
Felix Collins MHA, is a Canadian educator, lawyer and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Placentia and St. Mary’s
Sandy Collins
Sandy Collins (politician)
Sandy Collins is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the riding of Terra Nova in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Before entering politics Collins worked as executive assistant to Cabinet...

Progressive Conservative Terra Nova
Terra Nova (electoral district)
Terra Nova is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,425 eligible voters within the district....


Tony Cornect
Tony Cornect
Tony Cornect is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the district of Port au Port in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....

Progressive Conservative Port au Port
Port au Port (electoral district)
Port au Port is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,439 eligible voters living within the district....


Eli Cross
Eli Cross (politician)
Eli Cross is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election...

Progressive Conservative Bonavista North
Bonavista North
Bonavista North is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district has 6,956 eligible voters....


Dan Crummell
Dan Crummell
Dan Crummell MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Since 2011, he has represented the district of St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....

Progressive Conservative St. John's West
St. John's West (provincial electoral district)
St. John’s West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,741 eligible voters living within the district....


Derrick Dalley
Derrick Dalley
Derrick Dalley is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale...

Progressive Conservative The Isles of Notre Dame
Paul Davis Progressive Conservative Topsail
Topsail (electoral district)
Topsail is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 11,080 eligible voters living in the district....


John Dinn
John Dinn
John Dinn is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the district of Kilbride in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. From 1992 until 2005 Dinn represented Ward 5 on the St...

Progressive Conservative Kilbride
Kathy Dunderdale
Kathy Dunderdale
Kathleen Mary Margaret "Kathy" Dunderdale MHA is a Canadian politician and the tenth and current Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, having served in this capacity since December 3, 2010...

Progressive Conservative Virginia Waters
Virginia Waters (electoral district)
Virginia Waters is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district is currently represented by Premier Kathy Dunderdale....


Randy Edmunds
Randy Edmunds (politician)
Randy Edmunds is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of Torngat Mountains.-External...

Liberal Torngat Mountains
Torngat Mountains (electoral district)
Torngat Mountains is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 2,130 eligible voters living within the district....


Clayton Forsey
Clayton Forsey
Clayton Forsey is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently represents the district of Exploits in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Forsey is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and serves as the party's Caucus Whip.-External links:*...

Progressive Conservative Exploits
Exploits (electoral district)
Exploits is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.In central Newfoundland on Bay of Exploits, it lies between the Trans-Canada Highway in the south and Notre Dame Bay in the north...


Terry French
Terry French
Terry French MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as the Minister of Environment and Conservation in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale...

Progressive Conservative Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South (electoral district)
Conception Bay South is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 9,938 eligible voters living within the district....


Vaughn Granter
Vaughn Granter
Vaughn Granter is a provincial politician and former high school principal from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was elected to serve in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly on February 15, 2011 and is a member of the Progressive Conservatives...

Progressive Conservative Humber West
Humber West
Humber West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,403 eligible voters living within the district....


Tom Hedderson
Tom Hedderson
Thomas J. Hedderson MHA, is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is the Minister of Transportation and Works in the Cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Harbour Main
Ray Hunter
Ray Hunter
Ray Hunter is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the district of Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

Progressive Conservative Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South
Keith Hutchings
Keith Hutchings
Keith Hutchings MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador currently serving as the Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development in the cabinet of Premier Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Ferryland
Ferryland (electoral district)
Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district....


Clyde Jackman
Clyde Jackman
Clyde Jackman MHA, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is currently the Minister of Education in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Burin-Placentia West
Burin-Placentia West
Burin-Placentia West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district was known as Placentia West prior to 1975. As of 2011 there were 7,673 eligible voters living within the district....


Charlene Johnson
Charlene Johnson
Charlene Johnson, MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is the Minister of Child, Youth and Family Services in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Trinity-Bay de Verde
Trinity-Bay de Verde
Trinity—Bay de Verde is a provincial electoral district of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district covers the eastern edge of Trinity Bay and the tip of Conception Bay...


Yvonne Jones
Yvonne Jones
Yvonne Jones is a Canadian politician and former leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently represents the riding of Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and was one of only three Liberal incumbents re-elected in the province's...

Liberal Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Cartwright-L'Anse Au Clair
Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, the are 3,131 eligible voters living within the district....


Eddie Joyce
Eddie Joyce
Eddie Joyce is a Canadian politician, who represents the district of Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Joyce held the seat in 1989, from 1999 to 2007 and was elected in 2011 for the Liberal Party....

Liberal Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands (electoral district)
Bay of Islands is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district has 7,688 eligible voters....


Jerome Kennedy
Jerome Kennedy
Jerome Kennedy QC, MHA is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, currently serving as the Minister of Natural Resources in the cabinet of Premier Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Carbonear-Harbour Grace
Carbonear-Harbour Grace
Carbonear-Harbour Grace is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of of 2011 there are 9,205 eligible voters living within the district....


Steve Kent
Steve Kent
Stephen Kent, MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is the Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the District of Mount Pearl North....

Progressive Conservative Mount Pearl North
Darin King
Darin King
Darin King MHA, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. King is the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale, and is the Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Grand Bank....

Progressive Conservative Grand Bank
Grand Bank (electoral district)
Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to the 1974 redistribution, the district was called Burin....


Dale Kirby
Dale Kirby
Dale Kirby MHA is a Canadian politician and university professor, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. He is President of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and represents the provincial district of St. John's...

NDP
New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Newfoundland Democratic Party...

St. John's North
St. John's North (provincial electoral district)
St. John’s North is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,779 eligible voters living within the district....


Paul Lane
Paul Lane
Paul Lane is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of Mount...

Progressive Conservative Mount Pearl South
Glen Little
Glen Little (politician)
Glen Little is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Little was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of...

Progressive Conservative Bonavista South
Bonavista South
Bonavista South is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters....


Glen Littlejohn
Glen Littlejohn
Glen Littlejohn MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Littlejohn was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he represents the electoral district of Port de...

Progressive Conservative Port de Grave
Port de Grave (electoral district)
Port de Grave is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Fishing is a prime industry in the district and many people commute to work in the St. John’s area. Bay Roberts is an important service centre for the region and there is some light...


Tom Marshall
Tom Marshall (politician)
Tom Marshall, QC, MHA is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as the Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Humber East
Humber East
Humber East is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Includes the eastern section of Corner Brook as well as Humber Village, Little Rapids, Massey Drive, Pasadena and Steady Brook. There is a mix of urban and rural areas...


Nick McGrath
Nick McGrath
Nick McGrath MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is the Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Labrador West
Labrador West (electoral district)
Labrador West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Known as the iron ore capital of Canada with two modern mining communities: Labrador City and Wabush. With both mines unionized, the area is considered a strong base of labour support...


Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael, MHA is a social democratic Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Since 2006 Michael has been the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party . She is a former nun, teacher, and social activist...

NDP Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,137 eligible voters living within the district....


Christopher Mitchelmore
Christopher Mitchelmore
Christopher Mitchelmore MHA is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of The Straits - White Bay North...

NDP The Straits - White Bay North
George Murphy
George Murphy (politician)
George Murphy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of St. John's East.-External links:...

NDP St. John's East
St. John's East (provincial electoral district)
St. John's East is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 8,063 eligible voters living within the district....


Kevin O'Brien
Kevin O'Brien (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)
Not to be confused with Kevin O'Brien Nunavut politician.Kevin O'Brien MHA, is a Canadian businessman, pharmacist and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as the Minister of Municipal Affairs in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale...

Progressive Conservative Gander
Gander (electoral district)
Gander is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.It includes the town of Gander and the surrounding communities of Appleton, Glenwood and Benton. Gander, which has an airport and military history, is a service centre for a large region of the...


Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne (Canadian politician)
Tom Osborne , is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represents the district of St. John's South in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

Progressive Conservative St. John's South
St. John's South (provincial electoral district)
St. John’s South is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,923 eligible voters living within the district....


Andrew Parsons
Andrew Parsons (Canadian politician)
Andrew Parsons is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represents the electoral district of Burgeo-La Poile.He is the son...

Liberal Burgeo and La Poile
Burgeo and La Poile
Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district....


Kevin Parsons Progressive Conservative Cape St. Francis
Cape St. Francis (electoral district)
Cape St. Francis is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The vast majority of the district is made up of suburban communities neighbouring the provincial capital St. John's, though the district does take in the northeast end of the city. The...


Calvin Peach
Calvin Peach
Calvin Peach is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the district of Bellevue in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2007 provincial election. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.-External links:*...

Progressive Conservative Bellevue
Bellevue (electoral district)
Bellevue is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2003 it had 7310 eligible voters....


Tracey Perry
Tracey Perry
Tracey Perry is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Perry represents the district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. She was elected in the 2007 provincial election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-External links:*...

Progressive Conservative Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Kevin Pollard Progressive Conservative Baie Verte-Springdale
Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers
Gerry Rogers is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician. She began her career with the National Film Board, and left in 1992 to form her own production company, Augusta Productions...

NDP St. John's Centre
St. John's Centre
St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996...


Keith Russell
Keith Russell (politician)
Keith Russell is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election...

Progressive Conservative Lake Melville
Lake Melville (electoral district)
Lake Melville is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 6,647 eligible voters living within the district....


Susan Sullivan
Susan Sullivan (politician)
Susan Sullivan MHA is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She is the Minister of Health and Community Services in the cabinet of Kathy Dunderdale....

Progressive Conservative Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
Wade Verge
Wade Verge
Wade Verge is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Verge represents the district of Lewisporte in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

Progressive Conservative Lewisporte
Lewisporte (electoral district)
Lewisporte is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,797 eligible voters living within the district....


Ross Wiseman
Ross Wiseman
Ross Wiseman is a politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wiseman represents the district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

Progressive Conservative Trinity North
Trinity North
Trinity North is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 8,278 eligible voters living within the district....


See also

  • 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...

  • Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
    The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the presiding officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.The current Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is Ross Wiseman, who was uncontested for the role following the 2011 General...

  • List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies

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