The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in 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 Sovereign.
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.
Homes of Legislature
Before 1850 the legislature has sat at various locations including Mary Travers's 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).
Permanent homes of the legislature, Confederation Building and Colonial Building, are the only surviving structures.
Constituencies
Members represent one electoral district each. There are 40 seats in the House of Assembly."Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News, November 30, 2015.
Seating plan
Current members (MHAs)
Party leaders' names are written in bold and cabinet ministers in italic, with the Speaker of the House of Assembly designated by a dagger (†).
RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedBaie Verte-Green BayLin PaddockProgressive Conservative2024BonavistaCraig PardyProgressive Conservative2019Burgeo-La PoileMichael KingLiberal2025Burin-Grand BankPaul PikeLiberal2021Cape St. FrancisJoedy WallProgressive Conservative2021Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de VerdeRiley BalsomProgressive Conservative2025Cartwright-L'Anse au ClairLisa DempsterLiberal2013Conception Bay East–Bell IslandFred HuttonLiberal2024Conception Bay SouthBarry PettenProgressive Conservative2015Corner BrookJim ParsonsLiberal2025ExploitsPleaman ForseyProgressive Conservative2019FerrylandLoyola O'DriscollProgressive Conservative2019Fogo Island-Cape FreelsJim McKennaProgressive Conservative2024Fortune Bay-Cape La HuneElvis LovelessLiberal2019GanderBettina FordLiberal2025Grand Falls-Windsor-BuchansChris TibbsProgressive Conservative2019Harbour Grace-Port de GravePam ParsonsLiberal2015Harbour MainHelen Conway-OttenheimerProgressive Conservative2019Humber-Bay of IslandsEddie JoyceIndependent1989, 1999, 2011Humber-Gros MorneMike GoosneyProgressive Conservative2025Labrador WestJoseph PowerProgressive Conservative2025Lake MelvilleKeith RussellIndependent2011, 2025 Lewisporte-TwillingateMark ButtProgressive Conservative2025Mount Pearl NorthLucy StoylesLiberal2021Mount Pearl-SouthlandsPaul LaneIndependent2011Mount ScioSarah StoodleyLiberal2019Placentia West-BellevueJeff DwyerProgressive Conservative2019Placentia-St. Mary'sSherry Gambin-WalshLiberal2015St. Barbe-L'Anse aux MeadowsAndrea BarbourProgressive Conservative2025St. George's-HumberHal CormierProgressive Conservative2025St. John's CentreJim DinnNew Democratic2019St. John's East-Quidi VidiSheilagh O'LearyNew Democratic2025St. John's WestKeith WhiteLiberal2025Stephenville-Port au PortTony WakehamProgressive Conservative2019Terra NovaLloyd ParrottProgressive Conservative2019Topsail-ParadisePaul DinnProgressive Conservative2019Torngat MountainsLela EvansProgressive Conservative2019Virginia Waters-PleasantvilleBernard DavisLiberal2015Waterford ValleyJamie KorabLiberal2024Windsor LakeJohn HoganLiberal2021
Seat totals
|- 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;"|October 14, 2025 | style="text-align:center;"|Current
| style="text-align:left;" |Tony Wakeham |21 ||20
| style="text-align:left;" |John Hogan |15 |||15
| style="text-align:left;" |Jim Dinn |2 ||2
| style="text-align:left;" |N/A |2 |3
| style="text-align:left;" |N/A |0 |0 |- | 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
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