30th General Assembly of Newfoundland

30th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Colonial Building seat of the Newfoundland government and the House of Assembly from January 28, 1850, to July 28, 1959.
History
Founded	March 11, 1952 (1952-03-11)
Disbanded	September 10, 1956 (1956-09-10)
Preceded by	29th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	31st General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Premier	Joey Smallwood
Elections
Last election	1951 Newfoundland general election

The members of the 30th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in November 1951.^[1] The general assembly sat from March 11, 1952 to September 10, 1956.^[2]

The Liberal Party led by Joey Smallwood formed the government.^[3]

Reginald F. Sparkes served as speaker.^[4]

There were seven sessions of the 30th General Assembly:^[2]

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.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1951:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation	First elected
Joseph R. Smallwood	Bonavista North	Liberal	1949
Clyde Brown[nb 1]	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	1951
Myles Murray		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[nb 1]	Green Bay	Liberal	1949
James R. Chalker	Harbour Grace	Liberal	1949
David I. Jackman	Harbour Main-Bell Island	Progressive Conservative	1949
Philip J. Lewis		Liberal	1951
Charles H. Ballam	Humber	Liberal	1949
Frederick W. Rowe[nb 1]	Labrador[nb 2]	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			1949
Peter J. Cashin	St. John's West	Progressive Conservative	1951
Oliver L. Vardy		Liberal	1949
Malcolm Hollett		Progressive Conservative	1952
William J. Browne		Progressive Conservative	1954
Samuel J. Hefferton	Trinity North	Liberal	1949
C. Maxwell Button	Trinity South	Liberal	1949
Leslie R. Curtis[nb 1]	Twillingate	Liberal	1949
Samuel Drover[nb 1]	White Bay	Liberal	1949

Notes:

1. Elected by acclamation
2. Election held August 2, 1952

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[1]
Ferryland	Myles Murray	Liberal	September 25, 1952	Voting irregularities discovered during recount[1]
St. John's West	William J. Browne	Progressive Conservative	March 9, 1954	P J Cashin resigned to run for federal seat[1]

Notes:

References

1. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 725–26.
2. Normandin, P G (1978). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
3. "Provincial Government: The Smallwood Years, 1949-1972". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.
4. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 2009-10-13.
5. "Outerbridge, Sir Leonard Cecil (1888-1986)". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University.