47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Majority parliament
October 27, 2011 – November 5, 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]

Members[]

Name	Party	Riding
Dwight Ball	Liberal	Humber Valley
Cathy Bennett	Liberal (since April 9, 2014)	Virginia Waters
Jim Bennett	Liberal	St. Barbe
David Brazil	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay East and Bell Island
Felix Collins	Progressive Conservative	Placentia and St. Mary's
Sandy Collins	Progressive Conservative	Terra Nova
Tony Cornect	Progressive Conservative	Port au Port
Steve Crocker	Liberal (since December, 2014)	Trinity-Bay de Verde
Eli Cross	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista North
Dan Crummell	Progressive Conservative	St. John's West
Derrick Dalley	Progressive Conservative	The Isles of Notre Dame
Paul Davis	Progressive Conservative	Topsail
John Dinn	Progressive Conservative	Kilbride
Kathy Dunderdale (until February 28, 2014)	Progressive Conservative	Virginia Waters
Randy Edmunds	Liberal	Torngat Mountains
Stelman Flynn	Liberal (since December, 2014)	Humber East
Clayton Forsey	Progressive Conservative	Exploits
Terry French (until September 18, 2014)	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay South
Vaughn Granter	Progressive Conservative	Humber West
Tom Hedderson	Progressive Conservative	Harbour Main
Rex Hillier	Liberal (since November 21, 2014)	Conception Bay South
Ray Hunter	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South
Keith Hutchings	Progressive Conservative	Ferryland
Clyde Jackman	Progressive Conservative	Burin-Placentia West
Charlene Johnson (until September 5, 2014)	Progressive Conservative	Trinity-Bay de Verde
Yvonne Jones (until April 8, 2013)	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Lisa Dempster	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair
Eddie Joyce	Liberal	Bay of Islands
Jerome Kennedy (until October 2, 2013)	Progressive Conservative	Carbonear-Harbour Grace
Steve Kent	Progressive Conservative	Mount Pearl North
Darin King	Progressive Conservative	Grand Bank
Dale Kirby	NDP	St. John's North
	Independent
	Liberal (since 2014)
Paul Lane	Progressive Conservative	Mount Pearl South
Paul Lane	Liberal (since 2014)	Mount Pearl South
Glen Little	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista South
Glenn Littlejohn	Progressive Conservative	Port de Grave
Tom Marshall (until November 3, 2014)	Progressive Conservative	Humber East
Nick McGrath	Progressive Conservative	Labrador West
Lorraine Michael	NDP	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Christopher Mitchelmore	NDP	The Straits - White Bay North
	Independent
	Liberal (since 2014)
George Murphy	NDP	St. John's East
Kevin O'Brien	Progressive Conservative	Gander
Tom Osborne	Progressive Conservative (until September 13, 2012)	St. John's South
	Independent (2012-2013)
	Liberal (since 2013)
Andrew Parsons	Liberal	Burgeo and La Poile
Kevin Parsons	Progressive Conservative	Cape St. Francis
Calvin Peach	Progressive Conservative	Bellevue
Tracey Perry	Progressive Conservative	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Kevin Pollard	Progressive Conservative	Baie Verte-Springdale
Scott Reid	Liberal (since September 11, 2014)	St. George's-Stephenville East
Gerry Rogers	NDP	St. John's Centre
Keith Russell	Progressive Conservative	Lake Melville
Joan Shea (until June 2, 2014)	Progressive Conservative	St. George's-Stephenville East
Sam Slade	Liberal (since November 26, 2013)	Carbonear-Harbour Grace
Susan Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans
Wade Verge	Progressive Conservative	Lewisporte
Ross Wiseman	Progressive Conservative	Trinity North

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Standings changes in the 47th Assembly[]

Number of members per party by date		2011	2012	2013						2014
Number of members per party by date		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


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
October 29, 2013	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
February 4, 2014	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
November 25, 2014	Stelman Flynn	Humber East	Liberal	Elected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014

References[]

^ "Ross Wiseman named Speaker". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "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.

[1] "Ross Wiseman named Speaker". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[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.

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