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{{short description|Legislature of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Update|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Parliament
| name              = Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
| coa_pic           = Coat of Arms of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg
| session_room      = Confederation Building (front), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.jpg
| house_type        = [[Lower house]] (1832–1934) then [[unicameral house]]
| body              = General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
| foundation        = {{Start date and age|1832}}
| legislature       = [[50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| leader1_type      = [[Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|Speaker]]
| leader1           = [[Derek Bennett]]
| party1            = [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
| election1         = 12 April 12 2021
| leader2_type      = [[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador|Premier]]
| leader2           = [[John Hogan (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|John Hogan]]
| party2            = [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
| election2         = 9 May 2025
| leader3_type      = [[Leader of the Opposition (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| leader3           = [[Tony Wakeham]]
| party3            = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
| election3         = 14 October 2023
| leader4           = [[Steve Crocker (politician)|Steve Crocker]]
| party4            = [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]]
| election4         = 19 August 2020
| leader5_type      = Opposition [[House Leader]]
| leader5           = [[Barry Petten]]|leader4_type=Government [[House Leader]]
| party5            = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
| election5         = 12 April 2021
| members           = 40
| structure1        = Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly_-_Seating_Chart_by_Party.svg
| structure1_res    = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government'''
* {{legend|#EC6A6C|[[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]] (20)}}
'''Official Opposition'''
* {{legend|#6495ED|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]] (14)}}
'''Others'''
* {{legend|#F5A46B|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]] (2)}}
* {{legend|#DDDDDD|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2)}}
* {{legend|#FFFFFF|Vacant (2)}}
| election6         = May 16, 2019
| last_election1    = [[2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|March 25, 2021]]
| next_election1    = [[2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|On or before November 24, 2025]]
| meeting_place     = [[Colonial Building]] (1850–1959)<br>[[Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confederation Building]] (1959–present)
| website           = {{URL|http://www.assembly.nl.ca/}}
}}
The '''Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly''' ({{langx|fr|Chambre d'assemblée de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador}}) is the [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[deliberative assembly]] of the '''[[General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]''' of the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maher|first=David|title=You could say the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is in its 'infant' stage {{!}} The Chronicle Herald|url=http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/canada/you-could-say-the-newfoundland-and-labrador-house-of-assembly-is-in-its-infant-stage-511131/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.thechronicleherald.ca|language=en}}</ref> It meets in the [[Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confederation Building]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the [[lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador]], in the name of the [[King of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite canlaw
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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 as the heaters in the [[Colonial Building]] were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit near the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Neill |first=Paul |title=The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland |publisher=Boulder Publications |year=2003 |isbn=9781459301238 |location=St. Philip's, NL |pages=336}}</ref>

==Homes of Legislature==

Before 1850 the legislature has sat at various locations including [[Mary Widdicombe Travers|Mary Travers]]' tavern on Duckworth Street across from War Memorial 1832, [[St. John's Court House]] (at Duckworth and Church Hill) from 1833 to 1846, a building on southwest corner of Water Street and Prescott Street (since replaced with office building) and the site of the former St. Patrick’s Hall on Queen’s Road and Garrison Hill (demolished and replace by current building 1880<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bisnl.ca/history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811072930/https://bisnl.ca/history/ |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |title=History – Benevolent Irish Society}}</ref>). 

Permanent homes of the legislature, Confederation Building and Colonial Building, are the only surviving structures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nlarchaeology.wordpress.com/2013/10/|title = October 2013}}</ref><ref name="dcnonl.com">{{Cite web |url=http://dcnonl.com/article/id37153 |title=Newfoundland's historic Colonial Building to undergo restoration – Daily Commercial News |access-date=2013-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215055033/http://dcnonl.com/article/id37153 |archive-date=2013-12-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Constituencies ==
{{Main|List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial electoral districts}}
Members represent one [[electoral district]] each. There are 40 seats in the House of Assembly.<ref name=wins2>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. [[CBC News]], November 30, 2015.</ref>

==Seating plan==
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==Current members (MHAs)==
[[File:Colonial Building, St. John's, Canada.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Colonial Building]], the House of Assembly of the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]]]
[[File:Newfoundland House of Assembly 1914.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Newfoundland House of Assembly in [[Colonial Building]], ca. 1914]]
Party leaders' names are written in '''bold''' and cabinet ministers in ''italic'', with the Speaker of the House of Assembly designated by a dagger (†).

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!
!Name
!Party
!Riding
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Vacant|row}}
|Vacant
|
|[[St. John's East-Quidi Vidi]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Derek Bennett (politician)|Derek Bennett]]†
|Liberal
|[[Lewisporte-Twillingate]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Jim McKenna (politician)|Jim McKenna]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Fogo Island-Cape Freels]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Fred Hutton]]
|Liberal
|[[Conception Bay East-Bell Island]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|[[Jordan Brown (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jordan Brown]]
|[[New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|New Democratic]]
|[[Labrador West (electoral district)|Labrador West]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Gerry Byrne (politician)|Gerry Byrne]]''
|Liberal
|[[Corner Brook (electoral district)|Corner Brook]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Siobhán Coady]]''
|Liberal
|[[St. John's West (provincial electoral district)|St. John's West]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Helen Conway-Ottenheimer]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Harbour Main]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Steve Crocker (politician)|Steve Crocker]]''
|Liberal
|[[Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Bernard Davis (politician)|Bernard Davis]]''
|Liberal
|[[Virginia Waters-Pleasantville]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Lisa Dempster]]''
|Liberal
|[[Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}
|'''[[Jim Dinn]]'''
|New Democratic
|[[St. John's Centre]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Paul Dinn]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Topsail-Paradise]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Jeff Dwyer]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Placentia West-Bellevue]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Lela Evans]]
|Progressive Conservative 
|[[Torngat Mountains (electoral district)|Torngat Mountains]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Pleaman Forsey]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Exploits (electoral district)|Exploits]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Andrew Furey]]
|Liberal
|[[Humber - Gros Morne|Humber-Gros Morne]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Sherry Gambin-Walsh]]
|Liberal
|[[Placentia-St. Mary's]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[John Haggie]]''
|Liberal
|[[Gander (electoral district)|Gander]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|'''[[John Hogan (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|John Hogan]]'''
|Liberal
|[[Windsor Lake]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Krista Howell|Krista Lynn Howell]]''
|Liberal
|[[St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
|[[Eddie Joyce]]
|[[Independent (politician)#Canada|Independent]]
|[[Humber-Bay of Islands]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Independent|row}}
|[[Paul Lane]]
|Independent
|[[Mount Pearl-Southlands]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Elvis Loveless]]''
|Liberal
|[[Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Loyola O'Driscoll]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Ferryland (electoral district)|Ferryland]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Jamie Korab]]
|Liberal
|[[Waterford Valley]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Craig Pardy]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Bonavista (electoral district)|Bonavista]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Lloyd Parrott]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Terra Nova (electoral district)|Terra Nova]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Vacant|row}}
|Vacant
|
|[[Burgeo-La Poile]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Pam Parsons]]''
|Liberal
|[[Harbour Grace-Port de Grave]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Barry Petten]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Conception Bay South (electoral district)|Conception Bay South]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Paul Pike]]
|Liberal
|[[Burin-Grand Bank]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Scott Reid (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Scott Reid]]  
|Liberal
|[[St. George's-Humber]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|''[[Sarah Stoodley]]''
|Liberal
|[[Mount Scio]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal |row}}
|[[Lucy Stoyles]]
|Liberal
|[[Mount Pearl North]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Chris Tibbs]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}
|[[Perry Trimper]]
|Liberal
|[[Lake Melville (electoral district)|Lake Melville]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|'''[[Tony Wakeham]]'''
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Stephenville-Port au Port]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Joedy Wall]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Cape St. Francis (electoral district)|Cape St. Francis]]
{{Canadian party colour|NL|PC|row}}
|[[Lin Paddock]]
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Baie Verte-Green Bay]]
|}

==Seat total and official layout==
{{electiontable|title=Summary of the current standings of the [[House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]}}
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party
!rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Leader
!colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Seats
|- style="background:#ccc;"
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|March 25, 2021]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<small>[[2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|Current]]</small>
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|NL|Liberal|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[John Hogan (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|John Hogan]]
|22 |||20
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|NL|PC|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Tony Wakeham]]
|13 ||14
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|NL|NDP|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jim Dinn]]
|2 ||2
{{Canadian party colour|PE|Independent|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |N/A
|3
|2
{{Canadian party colour|PE|Vacant|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |N/A
|0
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|'''Members'''
!40!!40
|}

==See also==
*[[50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[List of Newfoundland and Labrador General Assemblies]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca}}
* [http://etatscanadiens-canadiangovernments.enap.ca/fr/index.aspx Canadian Governments Compared]

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{{Canadian Legislative Bodies}}
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