47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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The 47th

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
  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
  Liberal (since 2014)
  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
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
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

References

  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.