General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Type
Type
Bicameral (1832–1934)
Unicameral (1934–present)
HousesLegislative Council (1832–1934)
House of Assembly (1934–present)
SovereignGovernor (1832–1949)
Lieutenant Governor (1949–present)
History
Founded1832 (1832)
(Suspended 1934–1949 during Commission of Government)
Meeting place
Colonial Building (1850–1959)
Confederation Building (1959–present)

The General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador (known as the General Assembly of Newfoundland until 6 December 2001) is the legislature of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the King of Canada, represented by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the unicameral assembly called the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The legislature was first established in 1832.

Like the Canadian federal government, Newfoundland and Labrador uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after general elections. The leader of the party with the most seats is called upon by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador to form a government and assume the position of Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. The premier acts as Newfoundland and Labrador's head of government, while the King of Canada is head of state.

The legislature was originally bicameral. From 1832 to 1934, it had an upper house called the Legislative Council of Newfoundland. That house was abolished in 1934.

Between 1934 and Newfoundland's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland was under Commission of Government, and the General Assembly was suspended.

List of General Assemblies

Pre-Confederation

AssemblyPeriodElectionDissolution
1st General Assembly of Newfoundland1833–18381832
2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland1838–18431836,[1] 1837
3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland1843–18481842
4th General Assembly of Newfoundland1848–18531848
5th General Assembly of Newfoundland1853–18551852
6th General Assembly of Newfoundland1855–18601855
7th General Assembly of Newfoundland1860–18611859
8th General Assembly of Newfoundland1861–18651861
9th General Assembly of Newfoundland1865–18691865
10th General Assembly of Newfoundland1869–18731869
11th General Assembly of Newfoundland1873–18741873
12th General Assembly of Newfoundland1874–18781874
13th General Assembly of Newfoundland1878–18821878
14th General Assembly of Newfoundland1882–18851882
15th General Assembly of Newfoundland1885–18891885
16th General Assembly of Newfoundland1889–18931889
17th General Assembly of Newfoundland1893–18971893
18th General Assembly of Newfoundland1897–19001897
19th General Assembly of Newfoundland1900–19041900
20th General Assembly of Newfoundland1904–19081904
21st General Assembly of Newfoundland1908–19091908
22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland1909–19131909
23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland1913–19191913
24th General Assembly of Newfoundland1919–19231919
25th General Assembly of Newfoundland1923–19241923
26th General Assembly of Newfoundland1924–19281924
27th General Assembly of Newfoundland1928–19321928
28th General Assembly of Newfoundland1932–1934[2]1932

Post-Confederation

AssemblyPeriodElectionDissolution
29th General Assembly of Newfoundland1949–19511949
30th General Assembly of Newfoundland1951–19561951
31st General Assembly of Newfoundland1956–19591956
32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland1959–19621959
33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland1962–19661962
34th General Assembly of Newfoundland1966–19711966
35th General Assembly of Newfoundland1971–19721971
36th General Assembly of Newfoundland1972–19751972
37th General Assembly of Newfoundland1975–19791975
38th General Assembly of Newfoundland1979–19821979
39th General Assembly of Newfoundland1982–19851982
40th General Assembly of Newfoundland1985–19891985
41st General Assembly of Newfoundland1989–19931989
42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland1993–19961993
43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland1996–19991996
44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador1999–20031999
45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2003–20072003
46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2007–20112007
47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2011–20152011
48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2015–20192015
49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2019–20212019
50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador2021–present2021
  1. ↑ The results of the 1836 election were set aside by the chief justice of Newfoundland, after he discovered some of the writs had not been marked with the official seal.
  2. ↑ Democratic government suspended in 1934 with the creation of the Commission of Government. The Newfoundland House of Assembly remained suspended until 1949.

References

  • Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland. St. John's: J. Shea. 1833–1841.
  • Journal of the General Assembly of Newfoundland. St. John's: W.R. Shea. 1843–1846.
  • Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland. St. John's: E.D. Shea. 1848–1867.
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