Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Roger Fitzgerald, Progressive Conservative since 2007
Premier	Danny Williams, Progressive Conservative since October 2003
Leader of the Opposition	Yvonne Jones, Liberal since 2007
Government House Leader	Joan Burke, Progressive Conservative since May 2008
Opposition House Leader	Kelvin Parsons, Liberal since 2003
Structure
Members	48
Meeting place
Colonial Building (1850-1959) Confederation Building (1959- )
Website
www.assembly.nl.ca/

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St. John's.

Worthy of note is the fact that the governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s because the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit in the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.

Seat standings

Seating Plan(pdf)

Members (MHAs)

Colonial Building, the House of Assembly of the Dominion of Newfoundland

Newfoundland House of Assembly in Colonial Building, ca. 1914

Cabinet ministers are in bold, party leaders are in italic, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly is designated by a dagger.

Pages

• Michael Young
• Jeff Blackwood

See also

• 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies

External links

• Official site

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