Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Update Template:Infobox Parliament The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (Template:Langx) is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It meets in the Confederation Building in St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the name of the King of Canada.<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Homes of LegislatureEdit

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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>).

Permanent homes of the legislature, Confederation Building and Colonial Building, are the only surviving structures.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dcnonl.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ConstituenciesEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Members represent one electoral district each. There are 40 seats in the House of Assembly.<ref name=wins2>"Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.</ref>

Seating planEdit

Current members (MHAs)Edit

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Colonial Building, the House of Assembly of the Dominion of Newfoundland

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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 (†).

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	Name	Party	Riding
John Abbott	Liberal	St. John's East-Quidi Vidi Template:Canadian party colour	Derek Bennett†	Liberal	Lewisporte-Twillingate Template:Canadian party colour	Jim McKenna	Progressive Conservative	Fogo Island-Cape Freels Template:Canadian party colour	Fred Hutton	Liberal	Conception Bay East-Bell Island Template:Canadian party colour	Jordan Brown	New Democratic	Labrador West Template:Canadian party colour	Gerry Byrne	Liberal	Corner Brook Template:Canadian party colour	Siobhán Coady	Liberal	St. John's West Template:Canadian party colour	Helen Conway-Ottenheimer	Progressive Conservative	Harbour Main Template:Canadian party colour	Steve Crocker	Liberal	Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde Template:Canadian party colour	Bernard Davis	Liberal	Virginia Waters-Pleasantville Template:Canadian party colour	Lisa Dempster	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Template:Canadian party colour	Jim Dinn	New Democratic	St. John's Centre Template:Canadian party colour	Paul Dinn	Progressive Conservative	Topsail-Paradise Template:Canadian party colour	Jeff Dwyer	Progressive Conservative	Placentia West-Bellevue Template:Canadian party colour	Lela Evans	Progressive Conservative	Torngat Mountains Template:Canadian party colour	Pleaman Forsey	Progressive Conservative	Exploits Template:Canadian party colour	Andrew Furey	Liberal	Humber-Gros Morne Template:Canadian party colour	Sherry Gambin-Walsh	Liberal	Placentia-St. Mary's Template:Canadian party colour	John Haggie	Liberal	Gander Template:Canadian party colour	John Hogan	Liberal	Windsor Lake Template:Canadian party colour	Krista Lynn Howell	Liberal	St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows Template:Canadian party colour	Eddie Joyce	Independent	Humber-Bay of Islands Template:Canadian party colour	Paul Lane	Independent	Mount Pearl-Southlands Template:Canadian party colour	Elvis Loveless	Liberal	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Template:Canadian party colour	Loyola O'Driscoll	Progressive Conservative	Ferryland Template:Canadian party colour	Jamie Korab	Liberal	Waterford Valley Template:Canadian party colour	Craig Pardy	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista Template:Canadian party colour	Lloyd Parrott	Progressive Conservative	Terra Nova Template:Canadian party colour	vacant		Burgeo-La Poile Template:Canadian party colour	Pam Parsons	Liberal	Harbour Grace-Port de Grave Template:Canadian party colour	Barry Petten	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay South Template:Canadian party colour	Paul Pike	Liberal	Burin-Grand Bank Template:Canadian party colour	Scott Reid	Liberal	St. George's-Humber Template:Canadian party colour	Sarah Stoodley	Liberal	Mount Scio Template:Canadian party colour	Lucy Stoyles	Liberal	Mount Pearl North Template:Canadian party colour	Chris Tibbs	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans Template:Canadian party colour	Perry Trimper	Liberal	Lake Melville Template:Canadian party colour	Tony Wakeham	Progressive Conservative	Stephenville-Port au Port Template:Canadian party colour	Joedy Wall	Progressive Conservative	Cape St. Francis Template:Canadian party colour	Lin Paddock	Progressive Conservative	Baie Verte-Green Bay

Seat total and official layoutEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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