49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Minority parliament
10 June 2019  15 January 2021
Coat of Arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Hon. Dwight Ball
10 June 2019 - 19 August 2020
Hon. Andrew Furey
19 August 2020 - January 15, 2021
Leader of the
Opposition
Ches Crosbie
10 June 2019 - January 15, 2021
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized New Democratic Party
Members40 MHA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
Sessions
1st session
10 June 2019 – 15 January 2021
  48th   50th

The 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was elected on May 16, 2019. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on June 10, 2019. [1] [2] [3] [4] The Assembly was dissolved on January 15, 2021 after premier Andrew Furey called a snap election held on February 13.

Contents

Seating plan

Stoodley Loveless
Bennett Davis Haley Gambin-Walsh Mitchelmore Warr Bragg P. Parsons
Dempster Osborne FUREY Coady Crocker Haggie Byrne A. Parsons
Reid
Lester Wakeham CROSBIE Brazil Petten Parsons COFFIN J. Dinn Brown
Dwyer Evans Conway-Ottenheimer P. Dinn Pardy Parrott
O'Driscoll Tibbs Forsey Joyce Trimper Lane

List of current members

NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
  Dwight Ball Liberal Humber-Gros Morne 2007, [lower-alpha 1] 2011
  Andrew Furey 2020
  Derek Bennett Liberal Lewisporte-Twillingate 2015
  Derrick Bragg Liberal Fogo Island-Cape Freels 2015
  David Brazil Progressive Conservative Conception Bay East-Bell Island 2010
  Jordan Brown New Democratic Labrador West 2019
  Gerry Byrne Liberal Corner Brook 2015
  Siobhán Coady Liberal St. John's West 2015
  Alison Coffin New Democratic St. John's East-Quidi Vidi 2019
  Helen Conway-Ottenheimer Progressive Conservative Harbour Main 2019
  Steve Crocker Liberal Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde 2014
  Ches Crosbie Progressive Conservative Windsor Lake 2018
  Bernard Davis Liberal Virginia Waters-Pleasantville 2015
  Lisa Dempster Liberal Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair 2013
  Jim Dinn New Democratic St. John's Centre 2019
  Paul Dinn Progressive Conservative Topsail-Paradise 2019
  Jeff Dwyer Progressive Conservative Placentia West-Bellevue 2019
  Lela Evans Progressive Conservative Torngat Mountains 2019
  Pleaman Forsey Progressive Conservative Exploits 2019
  Sherry Gambin-Walsh Liberal Placentia-St. Mary's 2015
  John Haggie Liberal Gander 2015
  Carol Anne Haley Liberal Burin-Grand Bank 2015
  Eddie Joyce Independent Humber-Bay of Islands 1989, [lower-alpha 2] 1999, [lower-alpha 3] 2011
  Paul Lane Independent Mount Pearl-Southlands 2011 [lower-alpha 4]
  Jim Lester Progressive Conservative Mount Pearl North 2017
  Elvis Loveless Liberal Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune 2019
  Christopher Mitchelmore Liberal St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows 2015
  Loyola O'Driscoll Progressive Conservative Ferryland 2019
  Tom Osborne Liberal Waterford Valley 1996 [lower-alpha 5]
  Craig Pardy Progressive Conservative Bonavista 2019
  Lloyd Parrott Progressive Conservative Terra Nova 2019
  Andrew Parsons Liberal Burgeo-La Poile 2011
  Kevin Parsons Progressive Conservative Cape St. Francis 2008
  Pam Parsons Liberal Harbour Grace-Port de Grave 2015
  Barry Petten Progressive Conservative Conception Bay South 2015
  Scott ReidLiberal St. George's-Humber 2014
  Sarah Stoodley Liberal Mount Scio 2019
  Chris Tibbs Progressive Conservative Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans 2019
  Perry Trimper Liberal Lake Melville 2015
  Tony Wakeham Progressive Conservative Stephenville-Port au Port 2019
  Brian Warr Liberal Baie Verte-Green Bay 2015

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  1. Humber Valley
  2. Bay of Islands (First Elected as a Liberal)
  3. Bay of Islands (Re-elected as Liberal)
  4. First Elected as a Progressive Conservative and Re-elected as Liberal
  5. First Elected as a Progressive Conservative