41st General Assembly of Newfoundland

The members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in April 1989. The general assembly sat from May 25, 1989 to April 5, 1993.
The Liberal Party led by Clyde Wells formed the government.
Thomas Lush served as speaker.
There were five sessions of the 41st General Assembly:

Session	Start	End
1st	May 25, 1989	March 7, 1990
2nd	March 8, 1990	February 27, 1991
3rd	February 28, 1991	March 4, 1992
4th	March 5, 1992	March 2, 1993
5th	March 4, 1993	April 5, 1993

James McGrath served as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland until 1991. Frederick Russell succeeded McGrath as lieutenant governor.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1989:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Thomas Rideout	Baie Verte-White Bay	Progressive [Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador\|Progressive Conservative]	1975	-
Harold Small	Baie Verte-White Bay	Liberal	1991	-
Edward Joyce	Bay of Islands	Liberal	1989	-
Clyde Wells	Bay of Islands	Liberal	1966, 1987, 1989	-
Percy Barrett	Bellevue	Liberal	1989	-
Thomas Lush	Bonavista North	Liberal	1975, 1985	-
Aubrey Gover	Bonavista South	Liberal	1989	-
Dave Gilbert	Burgeo-Bay d'Espoir	Liberal	1985	-
Glenn Tobin	Burin-Placentia West	Progressive Conservative	1982	-
Art Reid	Carbonear	Liberal	1989	-
Pat Cowan	Conception Bay South	Liberal	1989	-
Danny Dumaresque	Eagle River	Liberal	1989	-
Roger Grimes	Exploits	Liberal	1989	-
Charlie Power	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1975, 1977	-
Loyola Sullivan	Ferryland	Progressive Conservative	1992	-
Sam Winsor	Fogo	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
Oliver Langdon	Fortune-Hermitage	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
Winston Baker	Gander	Liberal	1985	-
Bill Matthews	Grand Bank	Progressive Conservative	1982	-
Len Simms	Grand Falls	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
Alvin Hewlett	Green Bay	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
John Crane	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1989	-
Norman Doyle	Harbour Main	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
Lynn Verge	Humber East	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
Rick Woodford	Humber Valley	Progressive Conservative	1985	-
Paul Dicks	Humber West	Liberal	1989	-
Robert Aylward	Kilbride	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
William Ramsay	La Poile	Liberal	1989	-
Melvin Penney	Lewisporte	Liberal	1989	-
Alec Snow	Menihek	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
Neil Windsor	Mount Pearl	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
Jim Walsh	Mount Scio-Bell Island	Liberal	1989	-
Jim Kelland	Naskaupi	Liberal	1985	-
Edward Roberts	Naskaupi	Liberal	1966, 1992	-
William Hogan	Placentia	Liberal	1989	-
Walter Noel	Pleasantville	Liberal	1989	-
Jim Hodder	Port au Port	Progressive Conservative	1975	-
John Efford	Port de Grave	Liberal	1985	-
Charles Furey	St. Barbe	Liberal	1985	-
Larry Short	St. George's	Liberal	1989	-
Hubert Kitchen	St. John's Centre	Liberal	1971, 1977, 1989	-
Shannie Duff	St. John's East	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
Jack Harris	St. John's East	Newfoundland and Labrador [New Democratic Party\|New Democrat]	1990	-
Kevin Parsons	St. John's East Extern	Progressive Conservative	1986	-
Philip Warren	St. John's North	Liberal	1989	-
Thomas Murphy	St. John's South	Liberal	1989	-
Rex Gibbons	St. John's West	Liberal	1989	-
Loyola Hearn	St. Mary's-The Capes	Progressive Conservative	1982	-
Kevin Aylward	Stephenville	Liberal	1985	-
Chris Decker	Strait of Belle Isle	Liberal	1985	-
Glen C. Greening	Terra Nova	Progressive Conservative	1983	-
Garfield Warren	Torngat Mountains	Progressive Conservative	1979	-
Lloyd Snow	Trinity-Bay de Verde	Liberal	1989	-
Charlie Brett	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1972	-
Barry Hynes	Trinity North	Progressive Conservative	1989	-
Douglas Oldford	Trinity North	Liberal	1991	-
Walter Carter	Twillingate	Liberal	1962, 1975, 1985	-
Eric Gullage	Waterford-Kenmount	Liberal	1988	-
Graham Flight	Windsor-Buchans	Liberal	1975, 1985, 1989	-

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Bay of Islands	Clyde Wells	Liberal	May 20, 1989	E Joyce resigned seat in June 1987 to allow Liberal Party leader to run for a seat in the assembly
Trinity North	Barry Hynes	Progressive Conservative	October 3, 1989	C Brett resigned seat in July 1989
St. John's East	Jack Harris	New Democrat	December 11, 1990	S Duff resigned seat in September 1990
Trinity North	Douglas Oldford	Liberal	February 19, 1991	B Hynes resigned seat on December 3, 1990
Baie Verte-White Bay	Harold Small	Liberal	1991	T Rideout resigned seat in 1991
Ferryland	Loyola Sullivan	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1992	C Power resigned seat in May 1992
Naskaupi	Edward Roberts	Liberal	June 25, 1992	J Kelland resigned seat in May 1992