40th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in April 1985.^[1] The general assembly sat from April 25, 1985 to March 29, 1989.

40th 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 25, 1985 (1985-04-25)
Disbanded	March 29, 1989 (1989-03-29)
Preceded by	39th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	41st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Brian Peckford (Until March 1989)
Premier	Tom Rideout
Elections
Last election	1985 Newfoundland general election

The Progressive Conservative Party led by Brian Peckford formed the government. Tom Rideout succeeded Peckford as party leader and Premier in March 1989.^[2]

Patrick McNicholas served as speaker.^[3]

There were four sessions of the 40th General Assembly:^[4]

Session	Start	End
1st	April 25, 1985	February 21, 1986
2nd	March 18, 1986	February 19, 1987
3rd	February 26, 1987	March 8, 1988
4th	March 10, 1988	March 29, 1989

William Anthony Paddon served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1986.^[5] James McGrath succeeded Paddon as lieutenant governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1985:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Thomas Gerard Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Progressive Conservative	1975[a]
	Ted Blanchard	Bay of Islands	Progressive Conservative	1985
	Wilson Elwood Callan	Bellevue	Liberal	1975,[b] 1981
	Progressive Conservative
	Tom Lush	Bonavista North	Liberal	1975,[c] 1985
	James Morgan	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Dave Gilbert	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal	1985
	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 Matthew Twomey	Exploits	Progressive Conservative	1976
	Charlie Power	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1977
	Beaton Tulk	Fogo	Liberal	1979
	Roger Simmons	Fortune-Hermitage	Liberal	1973,[d] 1985
	Winston Baker	Gander	Liberal	1985
	Bill Matthews	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Len Simms	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1979
	A. Brian Peckford	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Haig Young	Harbour Grace	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Norman E. Doyle	Harbour Main	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Lynn Verge	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative	1985
	Raymond Baird	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Robert Aylward	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Calvin Mitchell	La Poile	Progressive Conservative	1985
	Maxwell James Russell	Lewisporte	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1982
	Peter Fenwick	Menihek	New Democrat	1984
	H. Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Leo Barry	Mount Scio	Liberal	1972,[e] 1979
	Jim Kelland	Naskaupi	Liberal	1985
	William G. Patterson	Placentia	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Jerome W. Dinn	Pleasantville	Progressive Conservative	1975
	James Hodder	Port au Port	Progressive Conservative	1975[a]
	John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal	1985
	Chuck Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal	1985
	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
	Gene Long (1986)	New Democrat	1986
	Thomas V. Hickey	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Kevin Parsons (1986)	Progressive Conservative	1986
	John Carter	St. John's North	Progressive Conservative	1971
	John F. Collins	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Harold Barrett	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Loyola Hearn	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Kevin Aylward	Stephenville	Liberal	1985
	Chris Decker	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal	1985
	Glen C. Greening	Terra Nova	Progressive Conservative	1983
	Garfield E. Warren	Torngat Mountains	Progressive Conservative	1979[a]
	James G. Reid	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Charlie Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Walter Carmichael Carter	Twillingate	Liberal	1962,[f] 1975,[g] 1985
	Gerald Ryan Ottenheimer	Waterford-Kenmount	Progressive Conservative	1966,[h] 1971
	Eric Gullage (1988)	Liberal	1988
	Graham Flight	Windsor-Buchans	Liberal	1975, 1985
	Clyde Wells	Liberal	1966,[i] 1987

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's East	Gene Long	New Democrat	December 9, 1986	T V Hickey resigned seat in November 1986[7]
St. John's East Extern	Kevin Parsons	Progressive Conservative		W W Marshall resigned seat in November 1986[7]
Windsor-Buchans	Clyde Wells	Liberal	December 17, 1987	G Flight resigned seat in June 1987 to allow Liberal Party leader to run for a seat in the assembly[8]
Waterford-Kenmount	Eric Gullage	Liberal	March 9, 1988	G R Ottenheimer named to Senate of Canada in December 1987[9]

Notes

1. First Elected as a Liberal
2. First Elected as Liberal Reform
3. Terra Nova
4. Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir
5. Burin-Placentia West (First Elected as a Progressive Conservative)
6. White Bay North
7. St. Mary's-The Capes (Re-Elected as a Progressive Conservative)
8. St. John's East
9. Humber East