29th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 29th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1949.^[1] The general assembly sat from July 11, 1949 to November 3, 1951.^[2] This was the first general election held in Newfoundland since the assembly was replaced by an appointed Commission of Government in 1934. Newfoundland had joined Canadian Confederation in March 1949.^[1]

29th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	July 11, 1949 (1949-07-11)
Disbanded	November 3, 1951 (1951-11-03)
Preceded by	28th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	30th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Joey Smallwood
Elections
Last election	1949 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood formed the government.^[3]

Reginald F. Sparkes served as speaker.^[4]

There were four sessions of the 29th General Assembly:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	July 11, 1949	December 7, 1949
2nd	February 15, 1950	June 30, 1950
3rd	March 7, 1951	October 17, 1951
4th	October 24, 1951	November 3, 1951

Sir Albert Walsh served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until September 1949.^[5] Sir Leonard Outerbridge succeeded Walsh as lieutenant governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected
	Joseph R. Smallwood	Bonavista North	Liberal	1949
	Edward Russell	Bonavista South	Liberal	1949
			Independent
	Herman W. Quinton	Burgeo and La Poile	Liberal	1949
	Phillip S. Forsey	Burin	Liberal	1949
	Herbert L. Pottle	Carbonear-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1949
	Peter J. Cashin	Ferryland	Independent	1949
	Gordon Janes	Fogo	Liberal	1949
	John R. Courage	Fortune Bay and Hermitage	Liberal	1949
	Edward S. Spencer	Grand Falls	Liberal	1949
	A. Baxter Morgan	Green Bay	Liberal	1949
	James R. Chalker	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1949
	David I. Jackman	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Ronald J. Fahey	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Charles H. Ballam	Humber	Liberal	1949
	Harold Horwood	Labrador[a]	Liberal	1949
	Leonard J. Miller	Placentia and St. Mary's	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Patrick J. Canning	Placentia West	Liberal	1949
	George T. Makinson	Port de Grave	Liberal	1949
	Reginald F. Sparkes	St. Barbe	Liberal	1949
	William J. Keough	St. George's-Port au Port	Liberal	1949
	John G. Higgins	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Frank D. Fogwill	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Oliver L. Vardy	St. John's West	Liberal	1949
	James J. Spratt	Liberal	1949
	Samuel J. Hefferton	Trinity North	Liberal	1949
	C. Maxwell Button	Trinity South	Liberal	1949
	Leslie R. Curtis	Twillingate	Liberal	1949
	Samuel Drover	White Bay	Liberal	1949

Notes

1. Election held July 25, 1949