47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
{{Infobox Canadian Parliament
| jurisdiction = NL
| # = 47th
| type = Majority
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| status = inactive
| term-begin = October 27, 2011
| term-end = November 5, 2015
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| scterm =
| sc2 = Wade Verge
| scterm2 = September 5, 2014 – November 5, 2015
| pm = Hon. Kathy Dunderdale
| pmterm = October 27, 2011 – January 24, 2014
| pm2 = Hon. Tom Marshall
| pmterm2 = January 24, 2014 – September 26, 2014
| pm3 = Hon. Paul Davis
| pmterm3 = September 26, 2014 – November 5, 2015
| lo = Yvonne Jones
| loterm = October 27, 2011 – January 3, 2012
| lo2 = Dwight Ball
| loterm2 = January 3, 2012 – July 18, 2013
| lo3 = Eddie Joyce
| loterm3 = July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
| lo4 = Dwight Ball
| loterm4 = November 17, 2013 – November 5, 2015
| ghl =
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| ohl =Yvonne Jones
| ohlterm =January 3, 2012 – April 8, 2013
| ohl2 = Andrew Parsons
| ohlterm2 = April 8, 2013 – November 5, 2015
| party2 = Liberal Party
| party = Progressive Conservative Party
| party3 = New Democratic Party
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| monarch = Elizabeth II
| monarchterm = 6 February 1952 – present
| members = 40
| lastparl = 46th
| nextparl = 48th
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The 47th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on October 11, 2011. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on October 27, 2011, and former cabinet minister Ross Wiseman was named Speaker of the House of Assembly the same day.{{cite news|title=Ross Wiseman named Speaker|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ross-wiseman-named-speaker-1.1044148|access-date=14 April 2012|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=27 October 2011}}
Members
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! !Name !Party !Riding !First elected / previously elected |
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|2007, 2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Conception Bay East and Bell Island |2010 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2006 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2006 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2010 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Kathy Dunderdale (until February 28, 2014) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan="2"|Virginia Waters |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since April 9, 2014) |2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2005 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Terry French (until September 18, 2014) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan="2"|Conception Bay South |2002 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since November 21, 2014) |2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |1999 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South |1999 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Charlene Johnson (until September 5, 2014) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan="2"|Trinity-Bay de Verde |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since December, 2014) |2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Yvonne Jones (until April 8, 2013) |Liberal |rowspan="2"|Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair |1996 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |2013 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1989, 1999, 2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Jerome Kennedy (until October 2, 2013) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan="2"|Carbonear-Harbour Grace |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since November 26, 2013) |2013 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |rowspan="3"|Dale Kirby |NDP |rowspan="3"|St. John's North |rowspan="3"|2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since 2014) {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |rowspan=2|Paul Lane |Progressive Conservative |rowspan=2|Mount Pearl South |rowspan=2|2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since 2014) {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Tom Marshall (until November 3, 2014) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan=2|Humber East |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since December, 2014) |2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |2006 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |rowspan="3"|Christopher Mitchelmore |NDP |rowspan="3"|The Straits - White Bay North |rowspan="3"|2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since 2014) {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |rowspan="3"| Tom Osborne |Progressive Conservative (until September 13, 2012) |rowspan="3"| St. John's South |rowspan="3"|1996 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |Independent (2012-2013) {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since 2013) {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2008 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2008 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2011 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Joan Shea (until June 2, 2014) |Progressive Conservative |rowspan=2|St. George's-Stephenville East |2003 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal (since September 11, 2014) |2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2007 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2000{{efn|First Elected as a Liberal}} |
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=Standings changes in the 47th Assembly=
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colspan=2 rowspan=2|Number of members per party by date !2011 !2012 !colspan=6|2013 !colspan=11|2014 |
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Oct 11
!Sep 13 !Apr 8 !Jun 25 !Aug 29 !Oct 2 !Oct 29 !Nov 26 !Jan 20 !Feb 4 !Feb 28 !May 5 !Jun 2 !Sep 5 !Sep 11 !Sep 18 !Nov 3 !Nov 21 !Dec {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |37 |colspan=4|36 |colspan=3|35 |colspan=2|34 |colspan=2|33 |32 |colspan=2|31 |30 |colspan=3|29 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |colspan=2|6 |5 |6 |colspan=3|7 |8 |9 |colspan=2|11 |colspan=3|12 |colspan=3|13 |14 |16 {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |colspan=6|5 |colspan=13|3 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |0 |colspan=3|1 |colspan=2|0 |colspan=3|2 |colspan=10|0 |
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|Total members |colspan=2|48 |47 |colspan=2|48 |colspan=2|47 |colspan=3|48 |47 |48 |47 |46 |47 |46 |45 |46 |48 |
Vacant
|colspan=2|0 |1 |colspan=2|0 |colspan=2|1 |colspan=3|0 |1 |0 |1 |2 |1 |2 |3 |2 |0 |
Government Majority
|26 |24 |25 |colspan=2|24 |colspan=2|23 |22 |colspan=2|20 |19 |18 |17 |16 |15 |14 |13 |12 |10 |
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colspan=6|Membership changes in the 47th Assembly |
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!Date
!Name !District !Party !Reason {{Canadian party colour|NL|Other|row}} |October 11, 2011 |colspan=3|See List of Members |Election day of the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |September 13, 2012 |Independent |Voluntarily left the Progressive Conservative caucus {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |April 8, 2013 |Liberal |Resigned to run in a federal by-election in Labrador{{cite web|title=Jones resigns provincial seat for federal by-election|url=http://ntv.ca/jones-resigns-provincial-seat-for-federal-by-election/|publisher=CBC News|access-date=April 8, 2013|date=April 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414024621/http://ntv.ca/jones-resigns-provincial-seat-for-federal-by-election/|archive-date=2013-04-14|url-status=dead}} {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |June 25, 2013 |Liberal |Elected by-election {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |August 29, 2013 |Liberal |Joined the Liberal caucus {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |October 2, 2013 |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |rowspan=2|October 29, 2013 |Independent |Left the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael {{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}} |The Straits - White Bay North |Independent |Left the NDP caucus at odds with the leadership of Lorraine Michael {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |November 26, 2013 |Liberal |Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |January 20, 2014 |Liberal |Joined the Liberal caucus {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=2|February 4, 2014 |Liberal |Joined the Liberal caucus {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |The Straits – White Bay North |Liberal |Joined the Liberal caucus {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |February 28, 2014 |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |April 9, 2014 |Liberal |Elected in a by-election, sworn in on May 5, 2014. {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |June 2, 2014 ||St. George's-Stephenville East |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |August 26, 2014 ||St. George's-Stephenville East |Liberal |Elected in a by-election, sworn in on September 11, 2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |September 5, 2014 |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |September 18, 2014 |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}} |November 3, 2014 |Progressive Conservative |Resigned {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |November 5, 2014 |Liberal |Elected in a by-election, sworn in on November 21, 2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |rowspan=2|November 25, 2014 |Liberal |Elected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014 {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Elected in a by-election, sworn in December, 2014 |
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References
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{{General Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador}}
{{Newfoundland and Labrador politics}}