36th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in March 1972.^[1] The general assembly sat from April 19, 1972, to August 25, 1975.^[2]

36th 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	April 19, 1972 (1972-04-19)
Disbanded	August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25)
Preceded by	35th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	37th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Frank Moores
Elections
Last election	1972 Newfoundland general election

The Progressive Conservative Party led by Frank Moores formed the government.^[3]

James Russell served as speaker.^[4]

There were three sessions of the 36th General Assembly:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	April 19, 1972	November 27, 1972
2nd	January 31, 1973	February 26, 1975
3rd	February 26, 1975	June 25, 1975

Ewart John Arlington Harnum served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1974.^[5] Gordon Arnaud Winter succeeded Harnum as lieutenant-governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1972:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Brendan Howard	Bay de Verde	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Stephen A. Neary	Bell Island	Liberal	1962
	Paul S. Thoms	Bonavista North	Liberal	1971
	James C. Morgan	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Allan Evans	Burgeo and La Poile	Progressive Conservative	1971
	T. Alexander Hickman	Burin	Progressive Conservative	1966[a]
	Augustus T. Rowe	Carbonear	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Thomas Doyle	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Earl S. Winsor	Fogo	Liberal	1956
	H.R.V. Earle	Fortune Bay	Progressive Conservative	1962,[a] 1972
	Harold Collins	Gander	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Aubrey Senior	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1971
	A. Brian Peckford	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Haig Young	Harbour Grace	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Gordon Dawe	Harbour Main	Progressive Conservative	1971
	William Doody	1971
	Roy L. Cheeseman	Hermitage	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Roger Simmons (1973)	Liberal	1973
	Thomas C. Farrell	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Frank D. Moores[b]	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Melvin Woodward	Labrador North	Liberal	1971
	Josiah Harvey	Labrador South	Liberal	1971
	Michael S. Martin (1972)	New Labrador Party	1972
	Joseph G. Rousseau	Labrador West	Progressive Conservative	1972
	James Russell	Lewisporte	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Fintan Aylward	Placentia East	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Leo Barry	Placentia West	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Frederick R. Stagg	Port au Port	Progressive Conservative	1971
	George M. Wilson	Port de Grave	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Frederick B. Rowe	St. Barbe North	Liberal	1972
	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
	Robert Wells	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	John C. Crosbie	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1966[a]
	Gerry Ottenheimer	St. Mary's	Progressive Conservative	1966,[c] 1971
	Charles Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	James Reid	Trinity South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Herbert W. C. Gillett	Twillingate	Liberal	1972
	Edward M. Roberts	White Bay North	Liberal	1966
	William N. Rowe	White Bay South	Liberal	1966

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Labrador South	Michael S. Martin	New Labrador Party	August 31, 1972	Election declared void by Supreme Court[1]
Hermitage	Roger Simmons	Liberal	November 26, 1973	R Cheeseman resigned seat in March 1973[1]

Notes

1. First Elected as a Liberal
2. Elected by acclamation
3. St. John's East