# 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in February 1996. The general assembly sat from March 20, 1996 to January 18, 1999.
The Liberal Party led by Brian Tobin formed the government.
Lloyd Snow served as speaker.
There were three sessions of the 43rd General Assembly:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | March 20, 1996 | March 10, 1997 |
| 2nd | March 11, 1997 | March 17, 1998 |
| 3rd | March 18, 1998 | January 18, 1999 |
Frederick Russell served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1997. Arthur Maxwell House succeeded Russell as lieutenant-governor.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1996:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Paul Shelley | Baie Verte | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Brian Tobin | Bay of Islands | Liberal | 1996 |
| Percy Barrett | Bellevue | Liberal | 1989 |
| Beaton Tulk | Bonavista North | Liberal | 1979, 1993 |
| Roger Fitzgerald | Bonavista South | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Bill Ramsay | Burgeo & La Poile | Liberal | 1996 |
| Mary Hodder | Burin-Placentia West | Liberal | 1996 |
| Jack Byrne | Cape St. Francis | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Art Reid | Carbonear-Harbour Grace | Liberal | 1989 |
| Yvonne Jones | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | Independent | 1996 |
| Jim Walsh | Conception Bay East – Bell Island | Liberal | 1989 |
| Bob French | Conception Bay South | Progressive Conservative | 1996 |
| Roger Grimes | Exploits | Liberal | 1989 |
| Loyola Sullivan | Ferryland | Progressive Conservative | 1992 |
| Oliver Langdon | Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune | Liberal | 1989 |
| Sandra Kelly | Gander | Liberal | 1996 |
| Judy Foote | Grand Bank | Liberal | 1996 |
| Anna Thistle | Grand Falls - Buchans | Liberal | 1996 |
| Don Whelan | Harbour Main - Whitbourne | Liberal | 1993 |
| Bob Mercer | Humber East | Liberal | 1996 |
| Rick Woodford | Humber Valley | Liberal | 1985 |
| Paul Dicks | Humber West | Liberal | 1989 |
| Ed Byrne | Kilbride | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Perry Canning | Labrador West | Liberal | 1996 |
| Ernie McLean | Lake Melville | Liberal | 1996 |
| Melvin Penney | Lewisporte | Liberal | 1989 |
| Julie Bettney | Mount Pearl | Liberal | 1996 |
| Anthony Sparrow | Placentia & St. Mary's | Liberal | 1996 |
| Gerald Smith | Port au Port | Liberal | 1993 |
| John Efford | Port de Grave | Liberal | 1985 |
| Chuck Furey | St. Barbe | Liberal | 1985 |
| Kevin Aylward | St. George's-Stephenville East | Liberal | 1985 |
| Joan Aylward | St. John's Centre | Liberal | 1996 |
| John Ottenheimer | St. John's East | Progressive Conservative | 1996 |
| Lloyd Matthews | St. John's North | Liberal | 1993 |
| Tom Osborne | St. John's South | Progressive Conservative | 1996 |
| Rex Gibbons | St. John's West | Liberal | 1989 |
| Sheila Osborne (1997) | St. John's West | Progressive Conservative | 1997 |
| Jack Harris | Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi | New Democrat | 1990 |
| Tom Lush | Terra Nova | Liberal | 1975, 1985, 1989 |
| Chris Decker | The Straits – White Bay North | Liberal | 1985 |
| Ralph Wiseman | Topsail | Liberal | 1996 |
| Wally Andersen | Torngat Mountains | Liberal | 1996 |
| Lloyd Snow | Trinity-Bay de Verde | Liberal | 1989 |
| Doug Oldford | Trinity North | Liberal | 1991 |
| Gerry Reid | Twillingate & Fogo | Liberal | 1996 |
| Walter Noel | Virginia Waters | Liberal | 1996 |
| Harvey Hodder | Waterford Valley | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Graham Flight | Windsor-Springdale | Liberal | 1975, 1985, 1989 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| St. John's West | Sheila Osborne | Progressive Conservative | July 21, 1997 | R Gibbons resigned seat on April 30, 1997 to run in a federal election |