41st General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in April 1989.^[1] The general assembly sat from May 25, 1989 to April 5, 1993.

41st 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 25, 1989 (1989-05-25)
Disbanded	April 5, 1993 (1993-04-05)
Preceded by	40th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Clyde Wells
Elections
Last election	1989 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Clyde Wells formed the government.^[2]

Thomas Lush served as speaker.^[3]

There were five sessions of the 41st General Assembly:^[4]

Session	Start	End
1st	May 25, 1989	March 7, 1990
2nd	March 8, 1990	February 27, 1991
3rd	February 28, 1991	March 4, 1992
4th	March 5, 1992	March 2, 1993
5th	March 4, 1993	April 5, 1993

James McGrath served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1991.^[5] Frederick Russell succeeded McGrath as lieutenant governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1989:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Thomas Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Progressive Conservative	1975[a]
	Harold Small (1991)	Liberal	1991
	Edward Joyce	Bay of Islands	Liberal	1989
	Clyde Wells (1989)	1966,[b] 1987,[c] 1989
	Percy Barrett	Bellevue	Liberal	1989
	Thomas Lush	Bonavista North	Liberal	1975,[d] 1985
	Aubrey Gover	Bonavista South	Liberal	1989
	Dave Gilbert	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal	1985
	Glenn Tobin	Burin-Placentia West	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Art Reid	Carbonear	Liberal	1989
	Pat Cowan	Conception Bay South	Liberal	1989
	Danny Dumaresque	Eagle River	Liberal	1989
	Roger Grimes	Exploits	Liberal	1989
	Charlie Power	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1977
	Loyola Sullivan (1992)	1992
	Sam Winsor	Fogo	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Oliver Langdon	Fortune-Hermitage	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Winston Baker	Gander	Liberal	1985
	Bill Matthews	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative	1982
	Len Simms	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Alvin Hewlett	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1989
	John Crane	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1989
	Norman Doyle	Harbour Main	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Lynn Verge	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative	1985
	Paul Dicks	Humber West	Liberal	1989
	Robert Aylward	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1979
	William Ramsay	La Poile	Liberal	1989
	Melvin Penney	Lewisporte	Liberal	1989
	Alec Snow	Menihek	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Jim Walsh	Mount Scio-Bell Island	Liberal	1989
	Jim Kelland	Naskaupi	Liberal	1985
	Edward Roberts (1992)	1966,[e] 1992
	William Hogan	Placentia	Liberal	1989
	Walter Noel	Pleasantville	Liberal	1989
	Jim Hodder	Port au Port	Progressive Conservative	1975[a]
	John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal	1985
	Charles Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal	1985
	Larry Short	St. George's	Liberal	1989
	Hubert Kitchen	St. John's Centre	Liberal	1971,[f] 1977,[g] 1989
	Shannie Duff	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1989
	Jack Harris (1990)	New Democrat	1990
	Kevin Parsons	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative	1986
	Philip Warren	St. John's North	Liberal	1989
	Thomas Murphy	St. John's South	Liberal	1989
	Rex Gibbons	St. John's West	Liberal	1989
	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 Warren	Torngat Mountains	Progressive Conservative	1979[a]
	Lloyd Snow	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1989
	Charlie Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972
	Barry Hynes (1989)		1989
	Douglas Oldford (1991)	Liberal	1991
	Walter Carter	Twillingate	Liberal	1962,[e] 1975,[h] 1985
	Eric Gullage	Waterford-Kenmount	Liberal	1988
	Graham Flight	Windsor-Buchans	Liberal	1975, 1985, 1989

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Bay of Islands	Clyde Wells[i]	Liberal	May 20, 1989	E Joyce resigned seat in June 1987 to allow Liberal Party leader to run for a seat in the assembly[7]
Trinity North	Barry Hynes[j]	Progressive Conservative	October 3, 1989	C Brett resigned seat in July 1989[7]
St. John's East	Jack Harris	New Democrat	December 11, 1990	S Duff resigned seat in September 1990[8]
Trinity North	Douglas Oldford	Liberal	February 19, 1991	B Hynes resigned seat on December 3, 1990[8]
Baie Verte-White Bay	Harold Small	Liberal	1991	T Rideout resigned seat in 1991[9]
Ferryland	Loyola Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1992	C Power resigned seat in May 1992[10]
Naskaupi	Edward Roberts	Liberal	June 25, 1992	J Kelland resigned seat in May 1992[11]

Notes

1. First Elected as a Liberal
2. Humber East
3. Windsor-Buchans
4. Terra Nova
5. White Bay North
6. Harbour Grace
7. St. John's West
8. St. Mary's-The Capes (Re-Elected as a Progressive Conservative)
9. Elected by acclamation
10. Declared elected after a judicial recount