Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Author: Murphy, Elizabeth
• Position: Legislative Reports - Brief article

New Session

On the morning of March 12, 2014, J. Derek Green, Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, prorogued the Second Session of the Forty-Seventh General Assembly. In the afternoon he delivered the Speech from the Throne opening the Third Session of the Forty Seventh General Assembly.

Members

Former Premier Kathy Dunderdale, who had resigned as Premier on January 24, 2014, resigned her seat on February 28.

Sam Slade, MHA, Carbonear-Harbour Grace who was elected on November 26, 2013 took his seat before the House was prorogued.

Liberal candidate Cathy Bennett was elected in the District of Virginia Waters in the by-election which took place on April 19. Ms. Bennett was sworn in and took her seat in the House on May 5.

On June 2nd Minister of Environment and Conservation, Joan Shea resigned her seat.

The composition of the House is now 33 Progressive Conservatives, 12 Liberals and three New Democrats.

Appointment of Sergeant-at-Arms

On March 18, by Resolution, the House approved the appointment of Wayne Harnum as Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. Harnum, who succeeds Bill Brown, is a 30-year veteran of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, having retired as Staff...