- Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Type Type Unicameral Leadership Speaker Ross Wiseman, Progressive Conservative
since October 27, 2011Premier Kathy Dunderdale, Progressive Conservative
since December 3, 2010Leader of the Opposition Yvonne Jones, Liberal
since 2007Members 48 Meeting place 
Colonial Building (1850-1959)
Confederation Building (1959- )Website www.assembly.nl.ca/ The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St. John's.
Worthy of note is the fact that the governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s because the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit in the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.
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Seat standings
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Newfoundland House of Assembly in Colonial Building, ca. 1914
Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly is designated by a dagger.
Name Party Riding Dwight Ball Liberal Humber Valley Jim Bennett Liberal St. Barbe David Brazil Progressive Conservative Conception Bay East and Bell Island Joan Burke Progressive Conservative St. George's-Stephenville East Felix Collins Progressive Conservative Placentia and St. Mary’s Sandy Collins Progressive Conservative Terra Nova Tony Cornect Progressive Conservative Port au Port 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 Progressive Conservative Virginia Waters Randy Edmunds Liberal Torngat Mountains Clayton Forsey Progressive Conservative Exploits Terry French Progressive Conservative Conception Bay South Vaughn Granter Progressive Conservative Humber West Tom Hedderson Progressive Conservative Harbour Main Ray Hunter Progressive Conservative Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South Keith Hutchings Progressive Conservative Ferryland Clyde Jackman Progressive Conservative Burin-Placentia West Charlene Johnson Progressive Conservative Trinity-Bay de Verde Yvonne Jones Liberal Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Eddie Joyce Liberal Bay of Islands Jerome Kennedy 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 Paul Lane Progressive Conservative Mount Pearl South Glen Little Progressive Conservative Bonavista South Glen Littlejohn Progressive Conservative Port de Grave Tom Marshall Progressive Conservative Humber East Nick McGrath Progressive Conservative Labrador West Lorraine Michael NDP Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Chris Mitchelmore NDP The Straits - White Bay North George Murphy NDP St. John's East Kevin O'Brien Progressive Conservative Gander Tom Osborne Progressive Conservative St. John's South 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 Gerry Rogers NDP St. John's Centre Keith Russell Progressive Conservative Lake Melville Susan Sullivan Progressive Conservative Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Wade Verge Progressive Conservative Lewisporte Ross Wiseman Progressive Conservative Trinity North See also
- 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies
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