43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in February 1996.^[1] The general assembly sat from March 20, 1996 to January 18, 1999.^[2]

43rd 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	March 20, 1996 (1996-03-20)
Disbanded	January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)
Preceded by	42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Leadership
Premier	Brian Tobin
Elections
Last election	1996 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Brian Tobin formed the government.^[3]

Lloyd Snow served as speaker.^[4]

There were three sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	March 20, 1996	March 10, 1997
2nd	March 11, 1997	March 17, 1998
3rd	March 18, 1998	January 18, 1999

Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1997.^[5] Arthur Maxwell House succeeded Russell as lieutenant-governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1996:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Paul Shelley	Baie Verte	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Brian Tobin	Bay of Islands	Liberal	1996
	Percy Barrett	Bellevue	Liberal	1989
	Beaton Tulk	Bonavista North	Liberal	1979,[nb 1] 1993
	Roger Fitzgerald	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Bill Ramsay	Burgeo & La Poile	Liberal	1989
	Mary Hodder	Burin-Placentia West	Liberal	1996
	Jack Byrne	Cape St. Francis	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Art Reid	Carbonear-Harbour Grace	Liberal	1989
	Yvonne Jones	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair	Independent	1996
	Jim Walsh	Conception Bay East – Bell Island	Liberal	1989
	Bob French	Conception Bay South	Progressive Conservative	1996
	Roger Grimes	Exploits	Liberal	1989
	Loyola Sullivan	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1992
	Oliver Langdon	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune	Liberal	1989[nb 2]
	Sandra Kelly	Gander	Liberal	1996
	Judy Foote	Grand Bank	Liberal	1996
	Anna Thistle	Grand Falls - Buchans	Liberal	1996
	Don Whelan	Harbour Main - Whitbourne	Liberal	1993
	Bob Mercer[nb 3]	Humber East	Liberal	1996
	Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Liberal	1985
	Paul Dicks	Humber West	Liberal	1989
	Ed Byrne	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Perry Canning	Labrador West	Liberal	1996
	Ernie McLean	Lake Melville	Liberal	1996
	Melvin Penney	Lewisporte	Liberal	1989
	Julie Bettney	Mount Pearl	Liberal	1996
	Anthony Sparrow	Placentia & St. Mary's	Liberal	1996
	Gerald Smith	Port au Port	Liberal	1993
	John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal	1985
	Chuck Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal	1985
	Kevin Aylward	St. George's-Stephenville East	Liberal	1985
	Joan Aylward	St. John's Centre	Liberal	1996
	John Ottenheimer	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1996
	Lloyd Matthews	St. John's North	Liberal	1993
	Tom Osborne	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1996
	Rex Gibbons	St. John's West	Liberal	1989
	Sheila Osborne (1997)	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Jack Harris	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democrat	1990
	Tom Lush	Terra Nova	Liberal	1975, 1985,[nb 4] 1989
	Chris Decker	The Straits – White Bay North	Liberal	1985
	Ralph Wiseman	Topsail	Liberal	1996
	Wally Andersen	Torngat Mountains	Liberal	1996
	Lloyd Snow	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1989
	Doug Oldford	Trinity North	Liberal	1991
	Gerry Reid	Twillingate & Fogo	Liberal	1996
	Walter Noel	Virginia Waters	Liberal	1989
	Harvey Hodder	Waterford Valley	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Graham Flight[nb 3]	Windsor-Springdale	Liberal	1975, 1985, 1989

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's West	Sheila Osborne	Progressive Conservative	July 21, 1997	R Gibbons resigned seat on April 30, 1997[7] to run in a federal election[8]

Notes

1. Fogo
2. First Elected as a Progressive Conservative
3. Judicial recount
4. Bonavista North