47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
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
← 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]

Members

Name	Party	Riding	First 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)	Virginia Waters	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)	Conception Bay South	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)	Trinity-Bay de Verde	2014
Yvonne Jones (until April 8, 2013)	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair	1996
Lisa Dempster	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair	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)	Carbonear-Harbour Grace	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
Paul Lane	Liberal (since 2014)	Mount Pearl South	2011
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)	Humber East	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)	St. George's-Stephenville East	2014
Susan Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans	2007
Wade Verge	Progressive Conservative	Lewisporte	2007
Ross Wiseman	Progressive Conservative	Trinity North	2003

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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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