44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

The members of the 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in February 1999.^[1] The general assembly sat from 1999 to 2003.

44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Confederation Building East Block. Seat of the Newfoundland and Labrador government and the House of Assembly from 1960 to present.
History
Founded	1999
Disbanded	2003
Preceded by	43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Leadership
Premier	Brian Tobin (Until October 2000)
Premier	Beaton Tulk (Until February 2001)
Premier	Roger Grimes
Elections
Last election	1999 Newfoundland general election

The Liberal Party led by Brian Tobin formed the government. After Tobin reentered federal politics in October 2000, Beaton Tulk became interim party leader and Premier.^[2] Roger Grimes was elected party leader in February 2001.^[3]

Lloyd Snow served as speaker.^[4]

Arthur Maxwell House served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador until 2002.^[5] Edward Roberts succeeded House as lieutenant-governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1999:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Paul Shelley	Baie Verte	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Eddie Joyce	Bay of Islands	Liberal	1989, 1999
	Percy Barrett	Bellevue	Liberal	1989
	Beaton Tulk	Bonavista North	Liberal	1979,[a] 1993
	Harry Harding (2002)	Progressive Conservative	2002
	Roger Fitzgerald	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Kelvin Parsons	Burgeo-La Poile	Liberal	1999
	Mary Hodder	Burin-Placentia West	Liberal	1996
	Jack Byrne	Cape St. Francis	Progressive Conservative	1993
	George Sweeney	Carbonear-Harbour Grace	Liberal	1999
	Yvonne Jones	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair	Liberal	1996
	Jim Walsh	Conception Bay East – Bell Island	Liberal	1989
	Bob French	Conception Bay South	Progressive Conservative	1996
	Terry French (2002)	2002
	Roger Grimes	Exploits	Liberal	1989
	Loyola Sullivan	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1992
	Oliver Langdon	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune	Liberal	1989[b]
	Sandra C. Kelly	Gander	Liberal	1996
	Judy Foote	Grand Bank	Liberal	1996
	Anna Thistle	Grand Falls-Buchans	Liberal	1996
	Tom Hedderson	Harbour Main-Whitbourne	Progressive Conservative	1999
	Bob Mercer	Humber East	Liberal	1996
	Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Liberal	1985
	Paul Dicks	Humber West	Liberal	1989
	Danny Williams (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001
	Edward J. Byrne	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Randy Collins	Labrador West	New Democrat	1999
	Ernie McLean	Lake Melville	Liberal	1996
	Tom Rideout	Lewisporte	Progressive Conservative	1975,[c] 1999
	Julie Bettney	Mount Pearl	Liberal	1996
	Fabian Manning	Placentia	Progressive Conservative	1993, 1999
	Gerald Smith	Port au Port	Liberal	1993
	John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal	1985
	Roland Butler (2001)	2001
	Chuck Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal	1985
	Wallace Young (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001
	Kevin Aylward	St. George's-Stephenville East	Liberal	1985
	Joan Marie 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
	Sheila Osborne	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1997
	Jack Harris	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democrat	1990
	Tom Lush	Terra Nova	Liberal	1975, 1985,[d] 1989
	Brian Tobin	The Straits – White Bay North	Liberal	1996
	Trevor Taylor (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001
	Ralph Wiseman	Topsail	Liberal	1996
	Wally Andersen	Torngat Mountains	Liberal	1996
	LLoyd George Snow	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1989
	Doug Oldford	Trinity North	Liberal	1991
	Ross Wiseman (2000)		2000
	Progressive Conservative
	Gerry Reid	Twillingate & Fogo	Liberal	1996
	Walter Noel	Virginia Waters	Liberal	1996
	Harvey Hodder	Waterford Valley	Progressive Conservative	1993
	Ray Hunter	Windsor-Springdale	Progressive Conservative	1999

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Trinity North	Ross Wiseman	Liberal	April 25, 2000	D Oldford resigned seat on March 28, 2000[7]
St. Barbe	Wallace Young	Progressive Conservative	January 30, 2001	C Furey resigned seat on October 28, 2000 to run for a federal seat[8]
The Straits – White Bay North	Trevor Taylor	Progressive Conservative		B Tobin resigned seat on October 16, 2000 to run for a federal seat[8]
Humber West	Danny Williams	Progressive Conservative	June 19, 2001	P Dicks resigned seat on April 9, 2001 to run for a federal seat[9]
Port de Grave	Roland Butler	Liberal		J Efford resigned seat on March 28, 2001[9]
Bonavista North	Harry Harding	Progressive Conservative	July 24, 2002	B Tulk resigned seat on April 2, 2002[10] to run unsuccessfully for a federal seat[11]
Conception Bay South	Terry French	Progressive Conservative	November 12, 2002	B French died on August 2, 2002[12]

Notes

1. Fogo
2. First Elected as a Progressive Conservative
3. Baie Verte-Springdale (First Elected as a Liberal)
4. Bonavista North