| Jurisdiction: | NL |
| #: | 48th |
| Type: | Majority |
| Houseimage: | Newfoundland & Labrador House of Assembly - Party Layout Chart Nov. 2016.svg |
| Status: | inactive |
| Term-Begin: | March 8, 2016 |
| Term-End: | April 17, 2019 |
| Pm: | Hon. Dwight Ball |
| Pmterm: | December 14, 2015 - April 17, 2019 |
| Lo: | Paul Davis |
| Loterm: | December 14, 2015 - May 14, 2018 |
| Lo2: | David Brazil |
| Loterm2: | May 14, 2018 - September 20, 2018 |
| Lo3: | Ches Crosbie |
| Loterm3: | September 20, 2018 - April 17, 2019 |
| Party: | Liberal Party |
| Party2: | Progressive Conservative Party |
| Party3: | New Democratic Party |
| Monarchterm: | 6 February 1952 – present |
| Members: | 40 |
| Lastparl: | 47th |
| Nextparl: | 49th |
The 48th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on November 30, 2015. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in December 14, 2015. The Liberals under Dwight Ball had a majority government during this parliament which lasted until the 2019 provincial election.
| Number of members per party by date | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 | May 19[2] | Oct 11 | Nov 21 | Apr 25 | Apr 28 | Aug 21 | Sep 20 | Liberal | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | Progressive Conservative | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NDP | 2 | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total members | 40 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government Majority | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Membership changes in the 48th Assembly | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | November 30, 2015 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election | May 19, 2016 | Paul Lane | Mount Pearl-Southlands | Independent | Suspended from the Liberal caucus | |||
| April 25, 2018 | Eddie Joyce | Humber-Bay of Islands | Independent | Suspended from Cabinet & the Liberal caucus | |||||||||||
| April 30, 2018 | Dale Kirby | Mount Scio | Independent | Suspended from Cabinet & the Liberal caucus | |||||||||||