42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland

42nd 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	May 20, 1993
Disbanded	January 29, 1996
Preceded by	41st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Clyde Wells
Elections
Last election	Newfoundland general election, 1993

The members of the 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in May 1993.^[1] The general assembly sat from May 20, 1993 to January 29, 1996.

The Liberal Party led by Clyde Wells formed the government.^[2]

Paul Dicks served as speaker until 1995. Lloyd Snow succeeded Dicks as speaker.^[3]

There were three sessions of the 42nd General Assembly:^[4]

Session	Start	End
1st	May 20, 1993	February 24, 1994
2nd	February 28, 1994	March 15, 1995
3rd	March 16, 1995	January 29, 1996

Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1993:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation
Paul Shelley	Baie Verte-White Bay	Progressive Conservative
Clyde Wells	Bay of Islands	Liberal
Percy Barrett	Bellevue	Liberal
Tom Lush	Bonavista North	Liberal
Roger Fitzgerald	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative
Dave S. Gilbert	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal
Glenn Tobin	Burin-Placentia West	Progressive Conservative
Art Reid	Carbonear	Liberal
Pat Cowan	Conception Bay South	Liberal
Danny Dumaresque	Eagle River	Liberal
Roger Grimes	Exploits	Liberal
Loyola Sullivan	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative
Beaton Tulk	Fogo	Liberal
Oliver Langdon	Fortune-Hermitage	Liberal
Winston Baker	Gander	Liberal
Bill Matthews	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative
Len Simms	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative
Alvin Hewlett	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative
John Crane	Harbour Grace	Liberal
Don Whelan	Harbour Main	Liberal
Lynn Verge	Humber East	Progressive Conservative
Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative
Paul Dicks	Humber West	Liberal
Edward J. Byrne	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative
Bill Ramsay	La Poile	Liberal
Melvin Penney	Lewisporte	Liberal
Alec Snow	Menihek	Progressive Conservative
H. Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative
Jim Walsh	Mount Scio-Bell Island	Liberal
Edward Roberts	Naskaupi	Liberal
Nick Careen[nb 1]	Placentia[nb 2]	Progressive Conservative
Walter Noel	Pleasantville	Liberal
Gerald Smith	Port au Port	Liberal
John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal
Chuck Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal
Bud Hulan	St. George's	Liberal
Hubert Kitchen	St. John's Centre	Liberal
Jack Harris	St. John's East	New Democrat
Jack Byrne	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative
Lloyd Matthews	St. John's North	Liberal
Tom Murphy	St. John's South	Liberal
Rex Gibbons	St. John's West	Liberal
Fabian G. Manning	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative
Kevin Aylward	Stephenville	Liberal
Chris Decker	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal
Kay Young	Terra Nova	Liberal
William H. Andersen[nb 1]	Torngat Mountains	Liberal
LLoyd George Snow	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal
Doug Oldford	Trinity North	Liberal
Walter Carter	Twillingate	Liberal
Harvey Hodder	Waterford-Kenmount	Progressive Conservative
Graham R. Flight	Windsor-Buchans	Liberal

Notes:

1. Judicial recount
2. Results of election declared invalid in January 1994

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Placentia	Nick Careen	Progressive Conservative	February 21, 1994	Results of election declared invalid by Newfoundland Supreme Court on January 14, 1994[6]
Grand Falls	Michael Mackey	Progressive Conservative	June 27, 1995	L Simms resigned seat on May 1, 1995[7]
Gander	Gary Vey	Liberal	October 10, 1995	W Baker resigned seat on July 31, 1995[8]

Notes:

References

1. "Election Returns 1993" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. "The Wells Government 1989-1996". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
3. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
4. O'Handley, Kathryn (1997). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. ISBN 1-896413-43-9.
5. "Russell, Hon. Frederick William (1923-2001)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
6. "Election Statistics 1994:" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.
7. "Election Statistics June 1995:" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.
8. "Election Statistics October 1995:" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.