35th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1971. The votes were evenly divided between the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservatives.^[1]

35th 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 1, 1972 (1972-03-01)
Disbanded	March 1, 1972 (1972-03-01)
Preceded by	34th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	36th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Elections
Last election	1971 Newfoundland general election

The election resulted in a hung parliament where neither party was able to form a stable government.^[2]

There was one session of the 35th General Assembly:^[3]

Session	Start	End
1st	March 1, 1972	March 1, 1972

Ewart John Arlington Harnum served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1971:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	William P. Saunders[a]	Bay de Verde	Liberal	1962
	Stephen A. Neary	Bell Island	Liberal	1962
	Paul S. Thoms	Bonavista North	Liberal	1971
	Ross Barbour	Bonavista South	Liberal	1959
	Allan Evans	Burgeo and La Poile	Progressive Conservative	1971
	T. Alexander Hickman	Burin	Progressive Conservative	1966[b]
	Augustus T. Rowe	Carbonear	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Thomas Doyle	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Earl S. Winsor	Fogo	Liberal	1956
	W. Augustus Oldford[a]	Fortune Bay	Liberal	1971
	Harold Collins	Gander	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Aubrey Senior	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Harold Starkes	Green Bay	Liberal	1962
	Hubert Kitchen	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1971
	Gordon Dawe	Harbour Main	Progressive Conservative	1971
	William Doody	1971
	Harold Piercey	Hermitage	Liberal	1971
	Thomas C. Farrell	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Frank D. Moores	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Melvin Woodward	Labrador North	Liberal	1971
	Joe Harvey	Labrador South	Liberal	1971
	Thomas W. Burgess	Labrador West	New Labrador Party	1966[b]
			Liberal
	James Russell	Lewisporte	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Joseph R. Smallwood	Placentia East	Liberal	1949
	Patrick J. Canning	Placentia West	Liberal	1949
	Frederick R. Stagg	Port au Port	Progressive Conservative	1971
	James J. Hussey	Port de Grave	Liberal	1971
	James R. Chalker	St. Barbe North	Liberal	1949
	Edward Maynard	St. Barbe South	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Alexander Dunphy	St. George's	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Anthony J. Murphy	St. John's Centre	Progressive Conservative	1962
	William Marshall	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Thomas V. Hickey	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative	1966
	John A. Carter	St. John's North	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Hugh J. Shea[c]	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1971
			Liberal
	John C. Crosbie	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1966[b]
	Gerry Ottenheimer	St. Mary's	Progressive Conservative	1966,[d] 1971
	Uriah F. Strickland	Trinity North	Liberal	1956
	Rupert Bartlett	Trinity South	Liberal	1971
	William G. Adams	Twillingate	Liberal	1962,[e] 1971
	Edward M. Roberts	White Bay North	Liberal	1966
	William N. Rowe	White Bay South	Liberal	1966

By-elections

None

Notes

1. Resigned seat.
2. First Elected as a Liberal
3. Joined Liberals
4. St. John's East
5. St. John's West