39th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in April 1982.^[1] The general assembly sat from May 10, 1982 to March 11, 1985.

39th 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	May 10, 1982 (1982-05-10)
Disbanded	March 11, 1985 (1985-03-11)
Preceded by	38th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	40th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Brian Peckford
Elections
Last election	1982 Newfoundland general election

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

James Russell served as speaker.^[3]

There were three sessions of the 39th General Assembly:^[4]

Session	Start	End
1st	May 10, 1982	February 10, 1983
2nd	March 3, 1983	February 29, 1984
3rd	March 12, 1984	March 11, 1985

William Anthony Paddon served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1982:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Thomas Gerard Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Progressive Conservative	1975[a]
	Luke Woodrow	Bay of Islands	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Wilson Elwood Callan	Bellevue	Liberal	1975,[b] 1981
	Walter George Cross	Bonavista North	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1982
	James C. Morgan	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Harold Dominey Andrews	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Glenn Tobin	Burin-Placentia West	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Milton Peach	Carbonear	Progressive Conservative	1982
	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
	William Matthews	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative	1982
	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
	Steve Neary	La Poile	Liberal	1962
	James Russell	Lewisporte	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1982
	Peter J. Walsh	Menihek	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Peter Fenwick (1984)	New Democrat	1984
	Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Leo Barry	Mount Scio	Progressive Conservative	1972,[c] 1979
	Liberal
	Denzil 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 W. Collins	Port de Grave	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Everett K. Osmond	St. Barbe	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Ronald Gilbert Dawe	St. George's	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Patrick J. 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 F. Collins	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Harold Barrett	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Loyola W. Hearn	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Frederick Stagg	Stephenville	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Edward Roberts	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal	1966
	Thomas Lush	Terra Nova	Liberal	1975
	Glen Greening (1983)	Progressive Conservative	1983
	Garfield Warren	Torngat Mountains	Liberal	1979
			Progressive Conservative
	James G. Reid	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Progressive Conservative	1972, 1982
	Charles Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Ida M. Reid	Twillingate	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer	Waterford-Kenmount	Progressive Conservative	1966,[d] 1971
	John McLennon	Windsor-Buchans	Progressive Conservative	1982

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Terra Nova	Glen Greening	Progressive Conservative	December 7, 1983	T Lush resigned seat in September 1983[6]
Menihek	Peter Fenwick	New Democrat	October 9, 1984	PJ Walsh resigned seat in July 1984[7] to contest a federal seat

Notes

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