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, to 1852. With the passing of the Newfoundland Act of 1847 by the British Parliament, the members of the Legislative Council once again sat separately from the assembly, ending the experiment with

unicameralism Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

started in 1842. The first session of the assembly was held in a building owned by a member of the legislature. For the second session which started in 1850, the assembly met in the newly constructed

Colonial Building The Colonial Building is a historic government building located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The building was the home of the colonial and later provincial Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland government and the Newfoundl ...

. John Kent was chosen as speaker. Sir John Le Marchant served as civil governor of Newfoundland.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1848: Notes:

By-elections

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

References

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Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

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