35th General Assembly of Newfoundland
The members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1971. The votes were evenly divided between the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservatives.
The election resulted in a hung parliament where neither party was able to form a stable government.
There was one session of the 35th General Assembly:
Ewart John Arlington Harnum served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.Members of the Assembly
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1971:
Member | Electoral district | Affiliation |
William P. Saunders | Bay de Verde | Liberal |
Stephen A. Neary | Bell Island | Liberal |
Paul S. Thoms | Bonavista North | Liberal |
Ross Barbour | Bonavista South | Liberal |
Allan Evans | Burgeo and La Poile | Progressive Conservative |
T. Alexander Hickman | Burin | Progressive Conservative |
Augustus T. Rowe | Carbonear | Progressive Conservative |
Thomas Doyle | Ferryland | Progressive Conservative |
Earl S. Winsor | Fogo | Liberal |
W. Augustus Oldford | Fortune Bay | Liberal |
Harold Collins | Gander | Progressive Conservative |
Aubrey Senior | Grand Falls | Progressive Conservative |
Harold Starkes | Green Bay | Liberal |
Hubert Kitchen | Harbour Grace | Liberal |
Gordon Dawe | Harbour Main | Progressive Conservative |
William Doody | Harbour Main | Progressive Conservative |
Harold Piercey | Hermitage | Liberal |
Thomas C. Farrell | Humber East | Progressive Conservative |
Frank D. Moores | Humber West | Progressive Conservative |
Melvin Woodward | Labrador North | Liberal |
Josiah Harvey | Labrador South | Liberal |
Thomas W. Burgess | Labrador West | New Labrador Party |
James Russell | Lewisporte | Progressive Conservative |
Joseph R. Smallwood | Placentia East | Liberal |
Patrick J. Canning | Placentia West | Liberal |
Frederick R. Stagg | Port au Port | Progressive Conservative |
James J. Hussey | Port de Grave | Liberal |
James R. Chalker | St. Barbe North | Liberal |
Edward Maynard | St. Barbe South | Progressive Conservative |
Alexander Dunphy | St. George's | Progressive Conservative |
Anthony J. Murphy | St. John's Centre | Progressive Conservative |
William Marshall | St. John's East | Progressive Conservative |
Thomas V. Hickey | St. John's East Extern | Progressive Conservative |
John A. Carter | St. John's North | Progressive Conservative |
Hugh J. Shea | St. John's South | Progressive Conservative |
John C. Crosbie | St. John's West | Progressive Conservative |
Gerry Ottenheimer | St. Mary's | Progressive Conservative |
Uriah F. Strickland | Trinity North | Liberal |
Rupert Bartlett | Trinity South | Liberal |
William G. Adams | Twillingate | Liberal |
Edward M. Roberts | White Bay North | Liberal |
William N. Rowe | White Bay South | Liberal |
Notes:By-elections
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