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. The general assembly sat from March 20, 1996 to January 18, 1999.
The Liberal Party led by Brian Tobin formed the government.
Lloyd Snow served as speaker.
There were three sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:
SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 20, 1996March 10, 1997
2ndMarch 11, 1997March 17, 1998
3rdMarch 18, 1998January 18, 1999

Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1997. Arthur Maxwell House succeeded Russell as lieutenant-governor.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1996:
MemberElectoral districtAffiliation
Paul ShelleyBaie VerteProgressive Conservative
Clyde WellsBay of IslandsLiberal
Percy BarrettBellevueLiberal
Beaton TulkBonavista NorthLiberal
Roger FitzgeraldBonavista SouthProgressive Conservative
Bill RamsayBurgeo & La PoileLiberal
Mary HodderBurin-Placentia WestLiberal
Jack ByrneCape St. FrancisProgressive Conservative
Art ReidCarbonear-Harbour GraceLiberal
Yvonne JonesCartwright-L'Anse au ClairIndependent
Jim WalshConception Bay East – Bell IslandLiberal
Bob FrenchConception Bay SouthProgressive Conservative
Roger GrimesExploitsLiberal
Loyola SullivanFerrylandProgressive Conservative
Oliver LangdonFortune Bay-Cape La HuneLiberal
Sandra KellyGanderLiberal
Judy FooteGrand BankLiberal
Anna ThistleGrand Falls - BuchansLiberal
Don WhelanHarbour Main - WhitbourneLiberal
Bob MercerHumber EastLiberal
Rick WoodfordHumber ValleyLiberal
Paul DicksHumber WestLiberal
Ed ByrneKilbrideProgressive Conservative
Perry CanningLabrador WestLiberal
Ernie McLeanLake MelvilleLiberal
Melvin PenneyLewisporteLiberal
Julie BettneyMount PearlLiberal
Anthony SparrowPlacentia & St. Mary'sLiberal
Gerald SmithPort au PortLiberal
John EffordPort de GraveLiberal
Chuck FureySt. BarbeLiberal
Kevin AylwardSt. George's-Stephenville EastLiberal
Joan AylwardSt. John's CentreLiberal
John OttenheimerSt. John's EastProgressive Conservative
Lloyd MatthewsSt. John's NorthLiberal
Tom OsborneSt. John's SouthProgressive Conservative
Rex GibbonsSt. John's WestLiberal
Jack HarrisSignal Hill-Quidi VidiNew Democrat
Tom LushTerra NovaLiberal
Chris DeckerThe Straits – White Bay NorthLiberal
Ralph WisemanTopsailLiberal
Wally AndersenTorngat MountainsLiberal
Lloyd SnowTrinity-Bay de VerdeLiberal
Doug OldfordTrinity NorthLiberal
Gerry ReidTwillingate & FogoLiberal
Walter NoelVirginia WatersLiberal
Harvey HodderWaterford ValleyProgressive Conservative
Graham FlightWindsor-SpringdaleLiberal

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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
St. John's WestSheila OsborneProgressive ConservativeJuly 21, 1997R Gibbons resigned seat on April 30, 1997 to run in a federal election

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