# General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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 (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-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after 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

| Assembly | Period | Election |
| 1st General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1833–1838 | 1832 |
| 2nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1838–1843 | 1836, 1837 |
| 3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1843–1848 | 1842 |
| 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1848–1853 | 1848 |
| 5th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1853–1855 | 1852 |
| 6th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1855–1860 | 1855 |
| 7th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1860–1861 | 1859 |
| 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1861–1865 | 1861 |
| 9th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1865–1869 | 1865 |
| 10th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1869–1873 | 1869 |
| 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1873–1874 | 1873 |
| 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1874–1878 | 1874 |
| 13th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1878–1882 | 1878 |
| 14th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1882–1885 | 1882 |
| 15th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1885–1889 | 1885 |
| 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1889–1893 | 1889 |
| 17th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1893–1897 | 1893 |
| 18th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1897–1900 | 1897 |
| 19th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1900–1904 | 1900 |
| 20th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1904–1908 | 1904 |
| 21st General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1908–1909 | 1908 |
| 22nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1909–1913 | 1909 |
| 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1913–1919 | 1913 |
| 24th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1919–1923 | 1919 |
| 25th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1923–1924 | 1923 |
| 26th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1924–1928 | 1924 |
| 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1928–1932 | 1928 |
| 28th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1932–1934 | 1932 |

### Post-Confederation

| Assembly | Period | Election | Initial meeting – Dissolution |
| 29th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1949–1951 | 1949 | |
| 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1951–1956 | 1951 | |
| 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1956–1959 | 1956 | |
| 32nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1959–1962 | 1959 | |
| 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1962–1966 | 1962 | |
| 34th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1966–1971 | 1966 | |
| 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1971–1972 | 1971 | |
| 36th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1972–1975 | 1972 | |
| 37th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1975–1979 | 1975 | November 19, 1975 – May 25, 1979 |
| 38th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1979–1982 | 1979 | July 12, 1979 – March 15, 1982 |
| 39th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1982–1985 | 1982 | May 11, 1982 – March 11, 1985 |
| 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1985–1989 | 1985 | April 25, 1985 – March 29, 1989 |
| 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1989–1993 | 1989 | May 24, 1989 – April 5, 1993 |
| 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1993–1996 | 1993 | May 20, 1993 – January 29, 1996 |
| 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland | 1996–1999 | 1996 | March 20, 1996 – January 18, 1999 |
| 44th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 1999–2003 | 1999 | March 16, 1999 – September 29, 2003 |
| 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2003–2007 | 2003 | March 18, 2004 – September 17, 2007 |
| 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2007–2011 | 2007 | November 1, 2007 – September 19, 2011 |
| 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2011–2015 | 2011 | October 27, 2011 – November 5, 2015 |
| 48th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2015–2019 | 2015 | December 18, 2015 – April 17, 2019 |
| 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2019–2021 | 2019 | June 10, 2019 – January 15, 2021 |
| 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador | 2021–present | 2021 | April 12, 2021 – present |