4th General Assembly of Newfoundland

4th 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	1848
Disbanded	1853
Preceded by	3rd General Assembly of Newfoundland
Succeeded by	5th General Assembly of Newfoundland
Leadership
Speaker	John Kent
Elections
Last election	Newfoundland general election, 1848

The members of the 4th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the Newfoundland general election held in 1848. The general assembly sat from December 14, 1848^[1] to 1852.

With the passing of the Newfoundland Act of 1847 by the British Parliament,^[2]the members of the Legislative Council once again sat separately from the assembly, ending the experiment with unicameralism started in 1842.^[3] The first session of the assembly was held in a building owned by a member of the legislature.^[4] For the second session which started in 1850, the assembly met in the newly constructed Colonial Building.^[5]

John Kent was chosen as speaker.^[6]

Sir John Le Marchant served as civil governor of Newfoundland.^[7]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1848:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation[8]
Robert Carter	Bonavista Bay	Conservative
Joshua George Falle	Burin	Conservative
James Luke Prendergast	Conception Bay	Liberal
Edmund Hanrahan		Liberal
Nicholas Molloy		Liberal
Richard Rankin		Conservative
Peter Winser	Ferryland	Liberal
George Henry Emerson	Fogo	Conservative
Hugh William Hoyles	Fortune Bay	Conservative
Ambrose Shea	Placentia and St. Mary's	Liberal
John Delaney		Liberal
John Kent	St. John's	Liberal
Laurence O'Brien		Liberal
Robert John Parsons		Liberal
Thomas Bulley Job	Trinity Bay	Conservative

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. John's	Philip Francis Little	Liberal	1850	L O'Brien named to Council 1850[8]

Notes:

References

1. Journal of the General Assembly of Newfoundland : anno duodecimo Victoria Regina : first session of the fourth House of Assembly. E D Shea. 1848.
2. Rowe, F W. "Newfoundland Acts". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
3. "Government Structure, 1832-1855". Newfoundland Heritage. Memorial University.
4. "The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 34 (3). 2011.
5. "History of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
6. "The Speaker of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly.
7. Hayne, David, ed. (1972). "Le Marchant, Sir John Gaspard". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
8. "Elections". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 684.