47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Majority parliament
27 October 2011  5 November 2015
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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
Members40 MHA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
  46th   48th

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]

Contents

Members

NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
  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 Liberal2013
  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

Seating plan

Standings changes in the 47th Assembly

Number of members
per party by date
2011201220132014
Oct 11Sep 13Apr 8Jun 25Aug 29Oct 2Oct 29Nov 26Jan 20Feb 4Feb 28May 5Jun 2Sep 5Sep 11Sep 18Nov 3Nov 21Dec
  Progressive Conservative 373635343332313029
  Liberal 6567891112131416
  NDP 53
  Independent 01020
Total members4847484748474847464746454648
Vacant01010101212320
Government Majority26242524232220191817161514131210
Membership changes in the 47th Assembly
DateNameDistrictPartyReason
 October 11, 2011See List of MembersElection day of the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
 September 13, 2012 Tom Osborne St. John's South IndependentVoluntarily left the Progressive Conservative caucus
 April 8, 2013 Yvonne Jones Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair LiberalResigned to run in a federal by-election in Labrador [2]
 June 25, 2013 Lisa Dempster Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair LiberalElected by-election
 August 29, 2013 Tom Osborne St. John's South LiberalJoined the Liberal caucus
 October 2, 2013 Jerome Kennedy Carbonear-Harbour Grace Progressive ConservativeResigned
 October 29, 2013 Dale Kirby St. John's North IndependentLeft the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael
  Christopher Mitchelmore The Straits - White Bay North IndependentLeft the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael
 November 26, 2013 Sam Slade Carbonear-Harbour Grace LiberalElected in a by-election
 January 20, 2014 Paul Lane Mount Pearl South LiberalJoined the Liberal caucus
 February 4, 2014 Dale Kirby St. John's North LiberalJoined the Liberal caucus
  Christopher Mitchelmore The Straits – White Bay North LiberalJoined the Liberal caucus
 February 28, 2014 Kathy Dunderdale Virginia Waters Progressive ConservativeResigned
 April 9, 2014 Cathy Bennett Virginia Waters LiberalElected in a by-election, sworn in on May 5, 2014.
 June 2, 2014 Joan Shea St. George's-Stephenville East Progressive ConservativeResigned
 August 26, 2014 Scott Reid St. George's-Stephenville East LiberalElected in a by-election, sworn in on September 11, 2014
 September 5, 2014 Charlene Johnson Trinity-Bay de Verde Progressive ConservativeResigned
 September 18, 2014 Terry French Conception Bay South Progressive ConservativeResigned
 November 3, 2014 Tom Marshall Humber East Progressive ConservativeResigned
 November 5, 2014 Rex Hillier Conception Bay South LiberalElected in a by-election, sworn in on November 21, 2014
 November 25, 2014 Steve Crocker Trinity-Bay de Verde LiberalElected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014
  Stelman Flynn Humber East LiberalElected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014

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References

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  2. "Jones resigns provincial seat for federal by-election". CBC News. April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved April 8, 2013.