31st General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in October 1956. The general assembly sat from March 19, 1957, to July 28, 1959.
The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood formed the government.
John R. Courage served as speaker.
There were three sessions of the 31st General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	March 19, 1957	June 12, 1957
2nd	June 20, 1958	September 10, 1958
3rd	February 23, 1959	July 28, 1959

Sir Leonard Outerbridge served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1957. Campbell Leonard Macpherson succeeded Outerbridge as lieutenant governor.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1956:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Joseph P. O'Driscoll	Bell Island	Liberal	1956	-
Joseph R. Smallwood	Bonavista North	Liberal	1949	-
Uriah F. Strickland	Bonavista South	Liberal	1956	-
John T. Cheeseman	Burgeo and La Poile	Liberal	1956	-
Eric S. Jones	Burin	Liberal	1956	-
George W. Clarke	Carbonear-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1956	-
Myles P. Murray	Ferryland	Liberal	1952	-
Isaac Mercer	Fogo	Liberal	1951	-
John R. Courage	Fortune Bay and Hermitage	Liberal	1949	-
Beaton J. Abbott	Gander	Liberal	1956	-
Edward S. Spencer	Grand Falls	Liberal	1949	-
William R. Smallwood	Green Bay	Liberal	1956	-
Claude A. Sheppard	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1956	-
Philip J. Lewis	Harbour Main	Liberal	1951	-
Matthew P. Whelan	Harbour Main	Liberal	1956	-
John A. Forsey	Humber East	Liberal	1956	-
Charles H. Ballam	Humber West	Liberal	1949	-
Earl W. Winsor	Labrador North	Liberal	1956	-
George Sellars	Labrador South	Liberal	1956	-
Patrick J. Canning	Placentia West	Liberal	1949	-
Stephen K. Smith	Port au Port	Liberal	1956	-
Llewellyn Strange	Port de Grave	Liberal	1956	-
James R. Chalker	St. Barbe	Liberal	1949	-
William J. Keough	St. George's	Liberal	1949	-
Augustine M. Duffy	St. John's Centre	Progressive Conservative	1951, 1956	-
James D. Higgins	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1949	-
George M. Nightingale	St. John's North	Liberal	1956	-
William J. Browne	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1954	-
Rex Renouf	St. John's South	Progressive Conservative	1957	-
Malcolm M. Hollett	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1952	-
James M. McGrath	St. Mary's	Liberal	1956	-
Arthur S. Mifflin	Trinity North	Liberal	1956	-
Samuel J. Hefferton	Trinity South	Liberal	1949	-
Leslie R. Curtis	Twillingate	Liberal	1949	-
C. Maxwell Lane	White Bay North	Liberal	1956	-
Frederick W. Rowe	White Bay South	Liberal	1952	-

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's South	Rex Renouf	Progressive Conservative	June 18, 1957	W J Browne resigned in 1957 to run for federal seat