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	1989	-
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	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	1989	-
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