33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1962.^[1] The general assembly sat from March 20, 1963 to August 17, 1966.^[2]

33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Confederation Building East Block. Seat of the Newfoundland and Labrador government and the House of Assembly from 1960 to present.
History
Founded	March 20, 1963 (1963-03-20)
Disbanded	August 17, 1966 (1966-08-17)
Preceded by	32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	34th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Joey Smallwood
Elections
Last election	1962 Newfoundland general election

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

George W. Clarke served as speaker.^[4]

There were four sessions of the 33rd General Assembly:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	March 20, 1963	February 14, 1964
2nd	March 4, 1964	January 26, 1965
3rd	January 27, 1965	January 12, 1966
4th	January 12, 1966	March 25, 1966

Campbell Leonard Macpherson served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1963.^[5] Fabian O'Dea succeeded Macpherson as lieutenant-governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1962:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	William P. Saunders	Bay de Verde	Liberal	1962
	Stephen A. Neary	Bell Island	Liberal	1962
	Joseph R. Smallwood	Bonavista North	Liberal	1949
	Ross Barbour	Bonavista South	Liberal	1959
	Walter H. Hodder	Burgeo and La Poile	Liberal	1962
	Eric S. Jones	Burin	Liberal	1956
	George W. Clarke	Carbonear	Liberal	1956
	Myles P. Murray	Ferryland	Liberal	1952
	Edward S. Spencer[a]	Fogo	Liberal	1949
	H.R.V. Earle	Fortune	Liberal	1962
	Beaton J. Abbott	Gander	Liberal	1956
	Ambrose H. Peddle	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1962
	William R. Smallwood	Green Bay	Liberal	1956
	Claude A. Sheppard	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1956
	Philip J. Lewis	Harbour Main	Liberal	1951
	Clifton Joy	1962
	John T. Cheeseman[a]	Hermitage	Liberal	1956
	Noel Murphy	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Charles H. Ballam	Humber West	Liberal	1949
	Earl W. Winsor	Labrador North	Liberal	1956
	Gerald I. Hill[a]	Labrador South	Liberal	1962
	Charles S. Devine	Labrador West	Independent	1962
	Harold Starkes	Lewisporte	Liberal	1962
	G. Alain Frecker	Placentia East	Liberal	1959
	Patrick J. Canning	Placentia West	Liberal	1949
	Stephen K. Smith	Port au Port	Liberal	1956
	Eric N. Dawe	Port de Grave	Liberal	1962
	James R. Chalker	St. Barbe North	Liberal	1949
	William Smith	St. Barbe South	Progressive Conservative	1962
	William J. Keough	St. George's	Liberal	1949
	Anthony J. Murphy	St. John's Centre	Progressive Conservative	1962
	James J. Greene	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1959
	William J. Browne	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative	1954,[b] 1962
	Geoffrey C. Carnell	St. John's North	Liberal	1962
	G. Rex Renouf	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1957, 1962
	William G. Adams	St. John's West	Liberal	1962
	James M. McGrath	St. Mary's	Liberal	1956
	Arthur S. Mifflin	Trinity North	Liberal	1956
	C. Maxwell Lane (1963)	1956,[c] 1963
	Uriah F. Strickland	Trinity South	Liberal	1956
	Leslie R. Curtis	Twillingate	Liberal	1949
	Walter Carter	White Bay North	Liberal	1962
	Frederick W. Rowe	White Bay South	Liberal	1952

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Trinity North	C. Maxwell Lane	Liberal	February 18, 1963	A Mifflin named to Supreme Court[1]

Notes

1. Elected by acclamation
2. St. John's West
3. White Bay