{{Short description|House of Assembly and Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador}}{{Multiple issues|{{update|date=June 2019}} {{Only primary sources|date=October 2023}} {{No footnotes|date=October 2023}}}}{{Infobox legislature | name = General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | legislature = [[51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] | house_type = [[Bicameral]] (1832–1934)<br/>[[Unicameral]] (1949–present) | houses = [[Legislative Council of Newfoundland|Legislative Council]] (1832–1934)<br/>[[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] (1949–present) | crown-in-parl = The [[Governor of Newfoundland|governor]] (1832–1949)<br/> and the [[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador|lieutenant governor]] (1949–present) <br> (representing the [[King of Canada]]) | foundation = {{Start date|1832}}<br/>(Suspended 1934–1949 during [[Commission of Government]]) | session_room = Confederation Building (front), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.jpg | meeting_place = [[Colonial Building]] (1850–1959)<br />[[Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confederation Building]] (1959–present) }}

The '''General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador''' (known as the '''General Assembly of Newfoundland''' until 6 December 2001) is the legislature of the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the [[lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador|lieutenant governor]] (representing the [[King of Canada]]), and the [[unicameral]] assembly called the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly]]. The legislature was first established in 1832.

Like the Canadian federal government, Newfoundland and Labrador uses a [[Westminster System|Westminster-style]] [[parliamentary government]], in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after [[List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections|general elections]]. The leader of the party with the most seats is called upon by the [[lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador]] to form a government and assume the position of [[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador]] and [[Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador]]. The premier acts as Newfoundland and Labrador's [[head of government]], while the King of Canada is [[head of state]].

The legislature was originally bicameral. From 1832 to 1934, it had an upper house called the [[Legislative Council of Newfoundland]]. That house was abolished in 1934.

Between 1934 and Newfoundland's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland was under [[Commission of Government]], and the General Assembly was suspended.

==List of General Assemblies==

===Pre-Confederation===

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Assembly !! Period !! Election !! [[Dissolution of parliament|Dissolution]] |- | [[1st General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1833–1838 ||[[1832 Newfoundland general election|1832]]|| |- | [[2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1838–1843 ||[[1836 Newfoundland general election|1836]],{{efn|The results of the 1836 election were set aside by the chief justice of Newfoundland, after he discovered some of the writs had not been marked with the official seal.}} [[1837 Newfoundland general election|1837]]|| |- | [[3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1843–1848 ||[[1842 Newfoundland general election|1842]]|| |- | [[4th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1848–1853 ||[[1848 Newfoundland general election|1848]]|| |- | [[5th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1853–1855 ||[[1852 Newfoundland general election|1852]]|| |- | [[6th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1855–1860 ||[[1855 Newfoundland general election|1855]]|| |- | [[7th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1860–1861 ||[[1859 Newfoundland general election|1859]]|| |- | [[8th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1861–1865 ||[[1861 Newfoundland general election|1861]]|| |- | [[9th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1865–1869 ||[[1865 Newfoundland general election|1865]]|| |- | [[10th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1869–1873 ||[[1869 Newfoundland general election|1869]]|| |- | [[11th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1873–1874 ||[[1873 Newfoundland general election|1873]]|| |- | [[12th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1874–1878 ||[[1874 Newfoundland general election|1874]]|| |- | [[13th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1878–1882 ||[[1878 Newfoundland general election|1878]]|| |- | [[14th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1882–1885 ||[[1882 Newfoundland general election|1882]]|| |- | [[15th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1885–1889 ||[[1885 Newfoundland general election|1885]]|| |- | [[16th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1889–1893 ||[[1889 Newfoundland general election|1889]]|| |- | [[17th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1893–1897 ||[[1893 Newfoundland general election|1893]]|| |- | [[18th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1897–1900 ||[[1897 Newfoundland general election|1897]]|| |- | [[19th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1900–1904 ||[[1900 Newfoundland general election|1900]]|| |- | [[20th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1904–1908 ||[[1904 Newfoundland general election|1904]]|| |- | [[21st General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1908–1909 ||[[1908 Newfoundland general election|1908]]|| |- | [[22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1909–1913 ||[[1909 Newfoundland general election|1909]]|| |- | [[23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1913–1919 ||[[1913 Newfoundland general election|1913]]|| |- | [[24th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1919–1923 ||[[1919 Newfoundland general election|1919]]|| |- | [[25th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1923–1924 ||[[1923 Newfoundland general election|1923]]|| |- | [[26th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1924–1928 ||[[1924 Newfoundland general election|1924]]|| |- | [[27th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1928–1932 ||[[1928 Newfoundland general election|1928]]|| |- | [[28th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] ||1932–1934<ref>Democratic government suspended in 1934 with the creation of the [[Commission of Government]]. The Newfoundland House of Assembly remained suspended until 1949.</ref> ||[[1932 Newfoundland general election|1932]]|| |}

===Post-Confederation===

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Assembly !! Period !! Election !! Initial meeting<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – Hansard |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca|date=12 October 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – [[Dissolution of parliament|Dissolution]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Office if the Legislative Counsel – Newfoundland and Labrador – Annual Register of Subordinate Legislation – 1978–1995 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/default.htm|website=www.assembly.nl.ca|date=12 October 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Office if the Legislative Counsel – Newfoundland and Labrador – Annual Regulations – 1996–present |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca|date=12 October 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[29th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1949–1951 || [[1949 Newfoundland general election|1949]] || July 11, 1949 – November 3, 1951 |- | [[30th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1951–1956 || [[1951 Newfoundland general election|1951]] || March 11, 1952 – September 10, 1956 |- | [[31st General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1956–1959 || [[1956 Newfoundland general election|1956]] || March 19, 1957 – July 28, 1959 |- | [[32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1959–1962 || [[1959 Newfoundland general election|1959]] || April 20, 1960 – October 23, 1962 |- | [[33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1962–1966 || [[1962 Newfoundland general election|1962]] || March 20, 1963 – August 17, 1966 |- | [[34th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1966–1971 || [[1966 Newfoundland general election|1966]] || November 30, 1966 – October 4, 1971 |- | [[35th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1971–1972 || [[1971 Newfoundland general election|1971]] || March 1, 1972<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 35th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1971–1972 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga35session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 1, 1972 |access-date=18 October 2025}}</ref> – March 1, 1972 |- | [[36th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1972–1975 || [[1972 Newfoundland general election|1972]] || April 19, 1972<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 36th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1972–1973 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga36session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=April 19, 1972 |access-date=18 October 2025}}</ref> – June 25, 1975 |- | [[37th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1975–1979 || [[1975 Newfoundland general election|1975]] || November 19, 1975<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 37th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1975–1976 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga37session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=November 19, 1975 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – May 25, 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 1979 Numerical Register – Number 77/79 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/index1979.htm |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=May 25, 1979 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[38th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1979–1982 || [[1979 Newfoundland general election|1979]] || July 12, 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 38th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1979–1980 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga38session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=July 12, 1979 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – March 15, 1982<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 1982 Numerical Register – Number 57/82 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/index1982.htm |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 15, 1982 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[39th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1982–1985 || [[1982 Newfoundland general election|1982]] || May 10, 1982<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 39th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1982–1983 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga39session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=May 10, 1982 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – March 11, 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 1985 Numerical Register – Number 76/85 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/index1985.htm |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 11, 1985 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[40th General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1985–1989 || [[1985 Newfoundland general election|1985]] || April 25, 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 40th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1985–1986 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga40session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=April 25, 1985 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – March 29, 1989<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 1989 Numerical Register – Number 55/89 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/index1989.htm |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 29, 1989 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[41st General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1989–1993 || [[1989 Newfoundland general election|1989]] || May 25, 1989<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 41st General Assembly – 1st Session – 1989–1990 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga41session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=May 25, 1989 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – April 5, 1993<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 1993 Numerical Register – Number 72/93 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/historicallegislation/HisSLRegisters/1978-1995/index1993.htm |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=April 5, 1993 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1993–1996 || [[1993 Newfoundland general election|1993]] || May 20, 1993<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 42nd General Assembly – 1st Session – 1993–1994 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga42session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=May 20, 1993 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – January 29, 1996<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland – Regulation 6/96 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/1996/nr969006.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=January 29, 1996 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland]] || 1996–1999 || [[1996 Newfoundland general election|1996]] || March 20, 1996<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 43rd General Assembly – 1st Session – 1996–1997 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga43session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 20, 1996 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – January 18, 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland – Regulation 6/99 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/1999/Nr990006.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=January 18, 1999 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 1999–2003 || [[1999 Newfoundland general election|1999]] || March 16, 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 44th General Assembly – 1st Session – 1999–2000 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga44session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 16, 1999 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – September 29, 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 128/03 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2003/nr030128.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=September 29, 2003 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2003–2007 || [[2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2003]] || March 18, 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 45th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2004–2005 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga45session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=March 18, 2004 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – September 17, 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 106/07 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2007/nr070106.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=September 17, 2007 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2007–2011 || [[2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2007]] || November 1, 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 46th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2008–2009 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga46session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – September 19, 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 89/11 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2011/nr110089.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=September 19, 2011 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2011–2015 || [[2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2011]] || October 27, 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 47th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2012–2013 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga47session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=October 27, 2011 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – November 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 102/15 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2015/nr150102.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2015–2019 || [[2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2015]] || December 18, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 48th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2016–2017 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga48session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – April 17, 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 33/19 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2019/nr190033.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2019–2021 || [[2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2019]] || June 10, 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 49th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2019–2020 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga49session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=June 10, 2019 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – January 15, 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 6/21 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2021/nr210006.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |- | [[50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2021–2025 || [[2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2021]] || April 12, 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 50th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2021–2022 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga50session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> – September 15, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador – Regulation 107/25 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualregs/2025/nr250107.pdf |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=September 15, 2025 |access-date=18 October 2025}}</ref> |- | [[51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador]] || 2025–present || [[2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2025]] || November 3, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Assembly – Newfoundland and Labrador – 51st General Assembly – 1st Session – 2025–2026 |url=https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Hansard/ga51session1/ |website=www.assembly.nl.ca |date=November 3, 2025 |access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> – present |}

==Notes== {{Noteslist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==References== * {{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland |location=St. John's |publisher=J. Shea |date=1833–1841 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_02228}} * {{cite book |title=Journal of the General Assembly of Newfoundland |location=St. John's |publisher=W.R. Shea |date=1843–1846 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_02227}} * {{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland |location=St. John's |publisher=E.D. Shea |date=1848–1867 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_02229}}

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