43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland

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| preceded_by = 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland

| succeeded_by = 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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| leader1 = Brian Tobin

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/tobin-government.php |title=The Tobin Government, 1996-2000 |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |publisher=Memorial University}}

Lloyd Snow served as speaker.{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/speaker.htm |title=The Speaker of the House of Assembly |publisher=House of Assembly |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013233930/http://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/speaker.htm |archivedate=2009-10-13 }}

There were three sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=2001 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |ISBN=0-7876-3561-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame0000unse }}

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Session !Start !End
1st | March 20, 1996 | March 10, 1997
2nd | March 11, 1997 | March 17, 1998
3rd | March 18, 1998 | January 18, 1999

Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/lieutenant-governor-frederick-russell.php |title=Russell, Hon. Frederick William (1923-2001) |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |publisher=Memorial University}} Arthur Maxwell House succeeded Russell as lieutenant-governor.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/lieutenant-governor-arthur-house.php |title=House, Hon. Arthur Maxwell (1926- ) |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |publisher=Memorial University}}