47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
27 October 2011 – 5 November 2015 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Hon. Kathy Dunderdale October 27, 2011 – January 24, 2014 | ||
Hon. Tom Marshall January 24, 2014 – September 26, 2014 | |||
Hon. Paul Davis September 26, 2014 – November 5, 2015 | |||
Leader of the Opposition | Yvonne Jones October 27, 2011 – January 3, 2012 | ||
Dwight Ball January 3, 2012 – July 18, 2013 | |||
Eddie Joyce July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013 | |||
Dwight Ball November 17, 2013 – November 5, 2015 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
Recognized | New Democratic Party | ||
House of Assembly | |||
Opposition House Leader | Yvonne Jones January 3, 2012 – April 8, 2013 | ||
Andrew Parsons April 8, 2013 – November 5, 2015 | |||
Members | 40 MHA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present | ||
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The 47th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on October 11, 2011. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on October 27, 2011, and former cabinet minister Ross Wiseman was named Speaker of the House of Assembly the same day. [1]
Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected | |
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Dwight Ball | Liberal | Humber Valley | 2007, 2011 | |
Jim Bennett | Liberal | St. Barbe | 2011 | |
David Brazil | Progressive Conservative | Conception Bay East and Bell Island | 2010 | |
Felix Collins | Progressive Conservative | Placentia and St. Mary's | 2006 | |
Sandy Collins | Progressive Conservative | Terra Nova | 2006 | |
Tony Cornect | Progressive Conservative | Port au Port | 2007 | |
Eli Cross | Progressive Conservative | Bonavista North | 2011 | |
Dan Crummell | Progressive Conservative | St. John's West | 2011 | |
Derrick Dalley | Progressive Conservative | The Isles of Notre Dame | 2007 | |
Paul Davis | Progressive Conservative | Topsail | 2010 | |
John Dinn | Progressive Conservative | Kilbride | 2007 | |
Kathy Dunderdale (until February 28, 2014) | Progressive Conservative | Virginia Waters | 2003 | |
Cathy Bennett | Liberal (since April 9, 2014) | 2014 | ||
Randy Edmunds | Liberal | Torngat Mountains | 2011 | |
Clayton Forsey | Progressive Conservative | Exploits | 2005 | |
Terry French (until September 18, 2014) | Progressive Conservative | Conception Bay South | 2002 | |
Rex Hillier | Liberal (since November 21, 2014) | 2014 | ||
Vaughn Granter | Progressive Conservative | Humber West | 2011 | |
Tom Hedderson | Progressive Conservative | Harbour Main | 1999 | |
Ray Hunter | Progressive Conservative | Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South | 2007 | |
Keith Hutchings | Progressive Conservative | Ferryland | 2007 | |
Clyde Jackman | Progressive Conservative | Burin-Placentia West | 2003 | |
Charlene Johnson (until September 5, 2014) | Progressive Conservative | Trinity-Bay de Verde | 2003 | |
Steve Crocker | Liberal (since December, 2014) | 2014 | ||
Yvonne Jones (until April 8, 2013) | Liberal | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | 1996 | |
Lisa Dempster | Liberal | 2013 | ||
Eddie Joyce | Liberal | Bay of Islands | 1989, 1999, 2011 | |
Jerome Kennedy (until October 2, 2013) | Progressive Conservative | Carbonear-Harbour Grace | 2007 | |
Sam Slade | Liberal (since November 26, 2013) | 2013 | ||
Steve Kent | Progressive Conservative | Mount Pearl North | 2007 | |
Darin King | Progressive Conservative | Grand Bank | 2007 | |
Dale Kirby | NDP | St. John's North | 2011 | |
Independent | ||||
Liberal (since 2014) | ||||
Paul Lane | Progressive Conservative | Mount Pearl South | 2011 | |
Liberal (since 2014) | ||||
Glen Little | Progressive Conservative | Bonavista South | 2011 | |
Glenn Littlejohn | Progressive Conservative | Port de Grave | 2011 | |
Tom Marshall (until November 3, 2014) | Progressive Conservative | Humber East | 2003 | |
Stelman Flynn | Liberal (since December, 2014) | 2014 | ||
Nick McGrath | Progressive Conservative | Labrador West | 2011 | |
Lorraine Michael | NDP | Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi | 2006 | |
Christopher Mitchelmore | NDP | The Straits - White Bay North | 2011 | |
Independent | ||||
Liberal (since 2014) | ||||
George Murphy | NDP | St. John's East | 2011 | |
Kevin O'Brien | Progressive Conservative | Gander | 2003 | |
Tom Osborne | Progressive Conservative (until September 13, 2012) | St. John's South | 1996 | |
Independent (2012-2013) | ||||
Liberal (since 2013) | ||||
Andrew Parsons | Liberal | Burgeo and La Poile | 2011 | |
Kevin Parsons | Progressive Conservative | Cape St. Francis | 2008 | |
Calvin Peach | Progressive Conservative | Bellevue | 2007 | |
Tracey Perry | Progressive Conservative | Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune | 2007 | |
Kevin Pollard | Progressive Conservative | Baie Verte-Springdale | 2008 | |
Gerry Rogers | NDP | St. John's Centre | 2011 | |
Keith Russell | Progressive Conservative | Lake Melville | 2011 | |
Joan Shea (until June 2, 2014) | Progressive Conservative | St. George's-Stephenville East | 2003 | |
Scott Reid | Liberal (since September 11, 2014) | 2014 | ||
Susan Sullivan | Progressive Conservative | Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans | 2007 | |
Wade Verge | Progressive Conservative | Lewisporte | 2007 | |
Ross Wiseman | Progressive Conservative | Trinity North | 2003 |
Number of members per party by date | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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Oct 11 | Sep 13 | Apr 8 | Jun 25 | Aug 29 | Oct 2 | Oct 29 | Nov 26 | Jan 20 | Feb 4 | Feb 28 | May 5 | Jun 2 | Sep 5 | Sep 11 | Sep 18 | Nov 3 | Nov 21 | Dec | ||
Progressive Conservative | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | |||||||||||
Liberal | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
NDP | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total members | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 48 | ||||||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Government Majority | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Membership changes in the 47th Assembly | |||||
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Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
October 11, 2011 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | |||
September 13, 2012 | Tom Osborne | St. John's South | Independent | Voluntarily left the Progressive Conservative caucus | |
April 8, 2013 | Yvonne Jones | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | Liberal | Resigned to run in a federal by-election in Labrador [2] | |
June 25, 2013 | Lisa Dempster | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | Liberal | Elected by-election | |
August 29, 2013 | Tom Osborne | St. John's South | Liberal | Joined the Liberal caucus | |
October 2, 2013 | Jerome Kennedy | Carbonear-Harbour Grace | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
October 29, 2013 | Dale Kirby | St. John's North | Independent | Left the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael | |
Christopher Mitchelmore | The Straits - White Bay North | Independent | Left the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael | ||
November 26, 2013 | Sam Slade | Carbonear-Harbour Grace | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |
January 20, 2014 | Paul Lane | Mount Pearl South | Liberal | Joined the Liberal caucus | |
February 4, 2014 | Dale Kirby | St. John's North | Liberal | Joined the Liberal caucus | |
Christopher Mitchelmore | The Straits – White Bay North | Liberal | Joined the Liberal caucus | ||
February 28, 2014 | Kathy Dunderdale | Virginia Waters | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
April 9, 2014 | Cathy Bennett | Virginia Waters | Liberal | Elected in a by-election, sworn in on May 5, 2014. | |
June 2, 2014 | Joan Shea | St. George's-Stephenville East | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
August 26, 2014 | Scott Reid | St. George's-Stephenville East | Liberal | Elected in a by-election, sworn in on September 11, 2014 | |
September 5, 2014 | Charlene Johnson | Trinity-Bay de Verde | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
September 18, 2014 | Terry French | Conception Bay South | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
November 3, 2014 | Tom Marshall | Humber East | Progressive Conservative | Resigned | |
November 5, 2014 | Rex Hillier | Conception Bay South | Liberal | Elected in a by-election, sworn in on November 21, 2014 | |
November 25, 2014 | Steve Crocker | Trinity-Bay de Verde | Liberal | Elected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014 | |
Stelman Flynn | Humber East | Liberal | Elected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014 |
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