46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

The 46th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was summoned to meet on March 10, 2008, its members having been sworn in and elected its speaker on November 1, 2007, and was dissolved on September 19, 2011. The Progressive Conservative government led by Danny Williams was re-elected with a landslide victory. The Liberal and NDP opposition was nearly wiped off the electoral map. Williams resigned in 2010 and his Deputy Premier Kathy Dunderdale was sworn in as the Premier.

Members (MHAs)

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected	Jim Baker	Progressive Conservative	Labrador West	2007	Ed Buckingham	Progressive Conservative	St. John's East	2007	Joan Burke	Progressive Conservative	St. George's-Stephenville East	2003	Roland Butler	Liberal	Port de Grave	2001	Felix Collins	Progressive Conservative	Placentia and St. Mary's	2006	Tony Cornect	Progressive Conservative	Port au Port	2007	Derrick Dalley	Progressive Conservative	Isles of Notre Dame	2007	Dave Denine	Progressive Conservative	Mount Pearl South	2003	John Dinn	Progressive Conservative	Kilbride	2007	Kathy Dunderdale	Progressive Conservative	Virginia Waters	2003	Roger Fitzgerald†	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista South	1993	Clayton Forsey	Progressive Conservative	Exploits	2005	Terry French	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay South	2002	Harry Harding	Progressive Conservative	Bonavista North	2002	Tom Hedderson	Progressive Conservative	Harbour Main	1999	John Hickey	Progressive Conservative	Lake Melville	2003	Ray Hunter	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South	1999	Keith Hutchings	Progressive Conservative	Ferryland	2007	Clyde Jackman	Progressive Conservative	Burin-Placentia West	2003	Charlene Johnson	Progressive Conservative	Trinity-Bay de Verde	2003	Yvonne Jones	Liberal	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair	1996	Darryl Kelly	Progressive Conservative	Humber Valley	2007	Jerome Kennedy	Progressive Conservative	Carbonear-Harbour Grace	2007	Steve Kent	Progressive Conservative	Mount Pearl North	2007	Darin King	Progressive Conservative	Grand Bank	2007	Terry Loder	Progressive Conservative	Bay of Islands	2007	Elizabeth Marshall	Progressive Conservative	Topsail	2003	Paul Davis	Progressive Conservative	2010	Tom Marshall	Progressive Conservative	Humber East	2003	Lorraine Michael	NDP	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	2006	Kevin O'Brien	Progressive Conservative	Gander	2003	Paul Oram	Progressive Conservative	Terra Nova	2003	Sandy Collins	Progressive Conservative	2009	Sheila Osborne	Progressive Conservative	St. John's West	1997	Tom Osborne	Progressive Conservative	St. John's South	1996	Kelvin Parsons	Liberal	Burgeo and La Poile	1999	Kevin Parsons	Progressive Conservative	Cape St. Francis	2008	Calvin Peach	Progressive Conservative	Bellevue	2007	Tracey Perry	Progressive Conservative	Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune	2007	Tom Rideout	Progressive Conservative	Baie Verte-Springdale	1975,Template:Efn 1999	Kevin Pollard	Progressive Conservative	2008	Patty Pottle	Progressive Conservative	Torngat Mountains	2007	Bob Ridgley	Progressive Conservative	St. John's North	2003	Shawn Skinner	Progressive Conservative	St. John's Centre	2003	Susan Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans	2007	Trevor Taylor	Progressive Conservative	The Straits – White Bay North	2001	Marshall Dean	Liberal	2009	Wade Verge	Progressive Conservative	Lewisporte	2007	Dianne Whalen	Progressive Conservative	Conception Bay East – Bell Island	2003	David Brazil	Progressive Conservative	2010	Danny Williams	Progressive Conservative	Humber West	2001	Vaughn Granter	Progressive Conservative	2011	Ross Wiseman	Progressive Conservative	Trinity North	2000Template:Efn	Wallace Young	Progressive Conservative	St. Barbe	2001

Standings changes since 2007 general election

Number of members per party by date		2007			2008			2009				2010					2011
		Oct 5	Oct 9	Nov 6	Jun 4	Jun 30	Aug 27	Oct 2	Oct 7	Oct 27	Nov 26	Jan 29	Mar 16	Oct 3	Dec 2	Dec 3	Feb 15	Progressive Conservative	1	43	44	43	42	44	43	42		43	42	43	42	43	42	43	Liberal	0	3							4								NDP	0	1
	Total members	1	47	48	47	46	48	47	46	47	48	47	48	47	48	47	48
	Vacant	47	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	Government Majority	N/A	39	40	39	38	40	39	38	37	38	37	38	37	38	37	38

Membership changes in the 46th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason	October 5, 2007	Roger Fitzgerald	Bonavista South	Progressive Conservative	Acclaimed in the general election	October 9, 2007	See List of Members			Election day of the 46th general election	November 6, 2007	Susan Sullivan	Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a differed election	June 4, 2008	Jack Byrne	Cape St. Francis	Progressive Conservative	Died	June 30, 2008	Tom Rideout	Baie Verte-Springdale	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat	August 27, 2008	Kevin Parsons	Cape St. Francis	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election.	August 27, 2008	Kevin Pollard	Baie Verte-Springdale	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election.	October 2, 2009	Trevor Taylor	The Straits – White Bay North	Progressive Conservative	Resigned cabinet post and vacated seat	October 7, 2009	Paul Oram	Terra Nova	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat	October 27, 2009	Marshall Dean	The Straits – White Bay North	Liberal	Elected in a by-election	November 26, 2009	Sandy Collins	Terra Nova	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election	January 29, 2010	Elizabeth Marshall	Topsail	Progressive Conservative	Appointed to the Canadian Senate	March 16, 2010	Paul Davis	Topsail	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election	October 3, 2010	Dianne Whalen	Conception Bay East – Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	Died of cancer	December 2, 2010	David Brazil	Conception Bay East – Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election	December 3, 2010	Danny Williams	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	Retired as Premier and vacated seat	February 15, 2011	Vaughn Granter	Humber West	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election

By-elections in the 46th General Assembly

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Cape St. Francis, By-election – August 27, 2008 after the death of Jack Byrne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Kevin Parsons	2,865	68.97
New Democratic Party	Kathleen Connors	972	23.40
Liberal	Tonia Power-Mercer	317	7.63
Total			4,154

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Baie Verte-Springdale, By-election, August 27, 2008 after the resignation of Tom Rideout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Kevin Pollard	1,979	55.90
Liberal	Shaun Lane	1,245	35.17
New Democratic Party	Tim Howse	316	8.97
Total			3,540

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The Straits – White Bay North, By-Election, October 27, 2009 after the resignation of Trevor Taylor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Marshall Dean	1,925	47.58%		NDP	Dale Colbourne	321	7.93%

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Terra Nova, By-Election, November 26, 2009 after the resignation of Paul Oram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	John Baird	1663	38.2%	+21.32%	NDP	Robin Brentnall	297	6.8%	-1.54%

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Topsail, By-Election – March 16, 2010 after the Senate appointment of Elizabeth Marshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Brian Nolan	374	11.16	+2.91	Liberal	Shane Kennedy	238	7.10	-1.61

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By-Election – December 2, 2010 after the death of Dianne Whalen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	George Murphy	1043	26.20%	+15.96%	Liberal	Joy Buckle	299	7.51%	-10.46%

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By-Election – February 15, 2011 after the resignation of Danny Williams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Mark Watton	1097	33.06%		NDP	Rosie Myers	112	3.38%