30th General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1951. The general assembly sat from March 11, 1952 to September 10, 1956.
The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood formed the government.
Reginald F. Sparkes served as speaker.
There were seven sessions of the 30th General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	March 11, 1952	May 20, 1952
2nd	June 30, 1952	March 11, 1953
3rd	March 11, 1953	May 20, 1953
4th	March 24, 1954	June 21, 1954
5th	March 23, 1955	April 27, 1955
6th	September 12, 1955	September 28, 1955
7th	March 14, 1956	May 10, 1956

Sir Leonard Outerbridge served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1951:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected
Joseph R. Smallwood	Bonavista North	Liberal	1949	-
Clyde Brown	Bonavista South	Liberal	1951	-
George Norman	Burgeo and La Poile	Liberal	1951	-
Phillip S. Forsey	Burin	Liberal	1949	-
Herbert L. Pottle	Carbonear-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1949	-
Augustine M. Duffy	Ferryland	Progressive [Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador\|Progressive Conservative]	1951	-
Myles Murray	Ferryland	Liberal	1952	-
Gordon Janes	Fogo	Liberal	1949	-
John R. Courage	Fortune Bay and Hermitage	Liberal	1949	-
Edward S. Spencer	Grand Falls	Liberal	1951	-
A. Baxter Morgan	Green Bay	Liberal	1949	-
James R. Chalker	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1949	-
David I. Jackman	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	1949	-
Philip J. Lewis	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Liberal	1951	-
Charles H. Ballam	Humber	Liberal	1949	-
Frederick W. Rowe	Labrador	Liberal	1952	-
Gregory J. Power	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal	1951	-
Patrick J. Canning	Placentia West	Liberal	1949	-
Isaac Mercer	Port de Grave	Liberal	1951	-
Reginald F. Sparkes	St. Barbe	Liberal	1949	-
William J. Keough	St. George's-Port au Port	Liberal	1949	-
James D. Higgins	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1949	-
Frank D. Fogwill	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1949	-
Peter J. Cashin	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1951	-
Oliver L. Vardy	St. John's West	Liberal	1949	-
Malcolm Hollett	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1952	-
William J. Browne	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1954	-
Samuel J. Hefferton	Trinity North	Liberal	1949	-
C. Maxwell Button	Trinity South	Liberal	1949	-
Leslie R. Curtis	Twillingate	Liberal	1949	-
Samuel Drover	White Bay North\|White Bay]	Liberal	1949	Labrador [New Democratic">Lake Melville (electoral district)">Labrador [New Democratic Party\|CCF]
Samuel Drover	White Bay	-	1949	-

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's West	Malcolm Hollett	Progressive Conservative	February 7, 1952	O L Vardy named Deputy Minister of Economic Development
Ferryland	Myles Murray	Liberal	September 25, 1952	Voting irregularities discovered during recount
St. John's West	William J. Browne	Progressive Conservative	March 9, 1954	P J Cashin resigned to run for federal seat