38th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in June 1979. The general assembly sat from July 12, 1979, to March 15, 1982.^[1]

38th 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	July 12, 1979 (1979-07-12)
Disbanded	March 15, 1982 (1982-03-15)
Preceded by	37th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	39th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Brian Peckford
Elections
Last election	1979 Newfoundland general election

The Progressive Conservative Party led by Brian Peckford formed the government.^[2]

Leonard Simms served as speaker.^[3]

There were four sessions of the 38th General Assembly:^[4]

Session	Start	End
1st	July 12, 1979	February 27, 1980
2nd	February 28, 1980	December 17, 1980
3rd	February 25, 1981	February 5, 1982
4th	March 11, 1982	March 15, 1982

Gordon Arnaud Winter served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1981.^[5] William Anthony Paddon succeeded Winter as lieutenant governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1979:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Thomas G. Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Liberal	1975
			Progressive Conservative
	Luke Woodrow	Bay of Islands	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Donald C. Jamieson	Bellevue	Liberal	1979
	Wilson E. Callan (1981)	1975,[a] 1981
	Len Stirling	Bonavista North	Liberal	1979
	James C. Morgan	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Roger Simmons	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal	1973
	Harold Andrews (1979)	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Donald C. Hollett	Burin-Placentia West	Liberal	1979
	Rod Moores	Carbonear	Liberal	1975
	John Butt	Conception Bay South	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Eugene Hiscock	Eagle River	Liberal	1979
	Hugh M. Twomey	Exploits	Progressive Conservative	1976
	Charlie Power	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1977
	Beaton Tulk	Fogo	Liberal	1979
	Donald Stewart	Fortune-Hermitage	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Hazel R. Newhook	Gander	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Leslie Thoms	Grand Bank	Liberal	1979
	Leonard Simms	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1979
	A. Brian Peckford	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Haig Young	Harbour Grace	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Norman Doyle	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Lynn E. Verge	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Wallace House	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Raymond Baird	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Robert Aylward	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Stephen A. Neary	La Poile	Liberal	1962
	Freeman White	Lewisporte	Liberal	1975
	Peter J. Walsh	Menihek	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Leo Barry	Mount Scio	Progressive Conservative	1972,[b] 1979
	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
	Randy Collins	Port de Grave	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Trevor Bennett	St. Barbe	Liberal	1979
	Ronald Dawe	St. George's	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Patrick McNicholas	St. John's Centre	Progressive Conservative	1979
	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
	Harold Barrett	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Walter C. Carter	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative	1962,[c] 1975
	Derrick Hancock (1979)	Liberal	1979
	Frederick Stagg	Stephenville	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1979
	Edward Roberts	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal	1966
	Thomas Lush	Terra Nova	Liberal	1975
	Garfield Warren	Torngat Mountains	Liberal	1979
	Frederick B. Rowe	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1972
	Charles Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	William N. Rowe	Twillingate	Liberal	1966,[d] 1977
	Gerry Ottenheimer	Waterford-Kenmount	Progressive Conservative	1966,[e] 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
St. Mary's-The Capes	Derrick Hancock	Liberal	October 30, 1979	W Carter resigned seat to contest federal by-election[1]
Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Harold Andrews	Progressive Conservative	November 29, 1979	R Simmons resigned seat to contest federal by-election[1]
Bellevue	Wilson E. Callan	Liberal	April 13, 1981	DC Jamieson resigned seat in 1981[1]

Notes

1. First Elected as Liberal Reform
2. Burin-Placentia West
3. First Elected as a Liberal
4. White Bay South
5. St. John's East