37th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in September 1975.^[1] The general assembly sat from November 19, 1975 to May 25, 1979.^[2]

37th 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	November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19)
Disbanded	May 25, 1979 (1979-05-25)
Preceded by	36th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	38th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Frank Moores
Elections
Last election	1975 Newfoundland general election

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

Gerald Ottenheimer served as speaker.^[4]

There were four sessions of the 37th General Assembly:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	November 19, 1975	November 18, 1976
2nd	February 2, 1977	November 24, 1977
3rd	March 6, 1978	November 21, 1978
4th	December 4, 1978	May 25, 1979

Gordon Arnaud Winter served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1975:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Thomas G. Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Liberal	1975
	Luke Woodrow	Bay of Islands	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Wilson E. Callan	Bellevue	Liberal Reform	1975
			Liberal
	W. George Cross	Bonavista North	Progressive Conservative	1975
	James C. Morgan	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Roger Simmons	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal	1973
	Patrick J. Canning	Burin-Placentia West	Liberal	1949, 1975
	Rod Moores	Carbonear	Liberal Reform	1975
	John A. Nolan	Conception Bay South	Liberal	1966,[a] 1975
	Ian Strachan	Eagle River	Liberal	1975
	Stephen J. Mulrooney	Exploits	Liberal	1975
	Hugh Twomey (1976)	Progressive Conservative	1976
	Charlie Power	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Martin O'Brien (1976)		Liberal	1976
	Charlie Power (1977)	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1977
	Earl S. Winsor	Fogo	Liberal	1956
	C. Jack Winsor	Fortune-Hermitage	Liberal	1975
	Harold A. Collins	Gander	Progressive Conservative	1967
	T. Alexander Hickman	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative	1966[b]
	John Lundrigan	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1975
	A. Brian Peckford	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Haig Young	Harbour Grace	Progressive Conservative	1972
	William Doody	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Thomas C. Farrell	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Wallace House	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Frank D. Moores	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Robert Wells	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Stephen A. Neary	La Poile	Independent Liberal	1962
			Liberal
	Freeman White	Lewisporte	Liberal	1975
	Joseph G. Rousseau	Menihek	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Ray Winsor	Mount Scio	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Joseph Goudie	Naskaupi	Progressive Conservative	1975
	William G. Patterson	Placentia	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Jerome Dinn	Pleasantville	Progressive Conservative	1975
	James Hodder	Port au Port	Liberal	1975
	Eric N. Dawe	Port de Grave	Liberal Reform	1962,[b] 1975
	Edward Maynard	St. Barbe	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Hazel McIsaac	St. George's	Liberal	1975
	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
	John Collins	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1975
	John C. Crosbie	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1966[b]
	Hubert Kitchen (1977)	Liberal	1971,[c] 1977
	Walter C. Carter	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative	1962,[d] 1975
	William J. MacNeil	Stephenville	Liberal	1975
	Edward Roberts	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal	1966
	Thomas Lush	Terra Nova	Liberal	1975
	Frederick B. Rowe	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1972
	Charles Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Joseph R. Smallwood	Twillingate	Liberal Reform	1949,[e] 1975
	William N. Rowe (1977)	Liberal	1966,[f] 1977
	Gerry Ottenheimer	Waterford-Kenmount	Progressive Conservative	1966,[g] 1971
	Graham Flight	Windsor-Buchans	Liberal	1975

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Bonavista North	W. George Cross	Progressive Conservative	June 30, 1976	Results of election overturned[1]
Exploits	Hugh Twomey	Progressive Conservative
Ferryland	Martin O'Brien	Liberal
Ferryland	Charlie Power	Progressive Conservative	June 16, 1977	Results of 1976 by-election overturned[1]
St. John's West	Hubert Kitchen	Liberal	June 16, 1977	JC Crosbie entered federal politics[1]
Twillingate	William N. Rowe	Liberal	December 8, 1977	JR Smallwood resigned seat[1]

Notes

1. St. John's South
2. First Elected as a Liberal
3. Harbour Grace
4. White Bay North (First Elected as a Liberal)
5. Bonavista North/ St. John's West/Humber West/Placentia East (First Elected as a Liberal)
6. White Bay South
7. St. John's East