3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland | |
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History | |
Founded | 1843 |
Disbanded | 1848 |
Preceded by | 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland |
Succeeded by | 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland |
Leadership | |
Elections | |
Last election | 1842 Newfoundland general election |
The members of the 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in 1842. The General Assembly sat from January 14, 1843 [1] to 1848.
The General Assembly had not sat from 1841 to 1843 as the colony's constitution had been suspended. Following the passing of the Newfoundland Act 1842 by the British Parliament, [2] the elected assembly and appointed Legislative Council were combined into a single unicameral legislature. [3] The legislature continue to meet at the Old Court House until 1846 when that building was destroyed in a fire; for the next two years, the legislature met in a classroom in an orphan asylum. [4]
James Crowdy was chosen as speaker. [5]
In 1843, a new Education Act was passed which redistributed education funding between separate Protestant and Catholic school systems. [6]
Sir Henry Prescott served as civil governor of Newfoundland until 1846. [7] Robert Law served as colonial administrator [8] until the arrival of Sir John Le Marchant in April 1847. [9]
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1843: [10]
Member | Electoral district | Affiliation [11] | First elected |
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Robert Carter | Bonavista Bay | Conservative | 1842 |
Clement Pitt Benning | Burin | Liberal | 1842 |
Thomas Ridley | Conception Bay | Conservative | 1842 |
John Munn | Conservative | 1842 | |
James Luke Prendergast | Liberal | 1842 | |
Edmund Hanrahan | Liberal | 1842 | |
Thomas Glen | Ferryland | Liberal | 1842 |
John Slade [nb 1] [12] | Fogo | Conservative | 1842 |
Bryan Robinson | Fortune Bay | Conservative | 1842 |
John Dillon | Placentia and St. Mary's | Liberal | 1842 |
Simon Morris | Liberal | 1842 | |
Laurence O'Brien | St. John's | Liberal | 1840 |
John Valentine Nugent | Liberal | 1842 | |
William Carson | Liberal | 1833 | |
Robert John Parsons | Liberal | 1843 | |
Richard Barnes | Trinity Bay | Conservative | 1842 |
Thomas Bulley Job | 1846 |
Notes:
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
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St. John's | Robert John Parsons | Liberal | 1843 | W Carson died February 26, 1843 [11] |
Trinity Bay | Thomas Bulley Job | Conservative | 1846 | R Barnes died September 3, 1846 [11] |
Notes:
The following members were appointed to the Legislative Council: [10]
Member | Role |
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James Simms | Attorney general |
James Crowdy | Colonial secretary |
John Dunscombe | |
William Thomas | Colonial treasurer |
William Bickford Row | |
James William Tobin | |
Joseph Noad | Surveyor general |
Charles Fox Bennett | |
John Kent |