Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Legislature of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (French: Chambre d'assemblée de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] It meets in the Confederation Building in St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the King of Canada in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, represented by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.[2]

Quick Facts Type, History ...

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 as the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit near the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.[3]

Homes of Legislature

Before 1850 the legislature has sat at various locations including Mary Travers' tavern on Duckworth Street across from War Memorial 1832, St. John's Court House (at Duckworth and Church Hill) from 1833 to 1846, a building on southwest corner of Water Street and Prescott Street (since replaced with office building) and the site of the former St. Patrick’s Hall on Queen’s Road and Garrison Hill (demolished and replace by current building 1880[4]).

Permanent homes of the legislature, Confederation Building and Colonial Building, are the only surviving structures.[5][6]

Constituencies

Main article: List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts

Members represent one electoral district each. There are 40 seats in the House of Assembly.[7]

Seating plan

Warr Loveless Howell Pike Reid Gambin-Walsh Stoyles
P.Parsons Stoodley A.Parsons Hogan Davis VACANT Abbott Hutton
Osborne Coady FUREY Crocker Dempster Haggie Byrne Trimper
Bennett
Pardy WAKEHAM Petten Dinn DINN Brown
Tibbs O'Driscoll Conway-Ottenheimer Parrott Evans
Wall Forsey Dwyer Joyce Lane

Current as of January 2024 [8]

Current members (MHAs)

Colonial Building, the House of Assembly of the Dominion of Newfoundland
Newfoundland House of Assembly in Colonial Building, ca. 1914

Party leaders' names are written in bold and cabinet ministers in italic, with the Speaker of the House of Assembly designated by a dagger (†).

More information Name, Party ...

Seat total and official layout

More information Party, Leader ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Maher, David. "You could say the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is in its 'infant' stage | The Chronicle Herald". www.thechronicleherald.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Newfoundland Act, 12-13 Geo. VI [1949], c. 22 (U.K.), Sch. 1 (Terms of Union) s. 14
  3. [3]
    O'Neill, Paul (2003). The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland. St. Philip's, NL: Boulder Publications. p. 336. ISBN 9781459301238.
  4. [4]
    "History – Benevolent Irish Society". Archived from the original on August 11, 2020.
  5. [5]
    "October 2013".
  6. [6]
    "Newfoundland's historic Colonial Building to undergo restoration – Daily Commercial News". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Seating Plan". Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.