Select Committees

Select Committees are struck for a particular purpose such as the review of a matter of importance to government. Once they have reported, the committee ceases to exist.

Previous Select Committees

Year and Committee Name	Membership	Report *
2020 Select Committee of Rules and Procedures Governing Virtual Proceedings of this House of Assembly Business of the Committee	Siobhan Coady – St. John's West (Chair) Steve Crocker – Carbonear - Trinity - Bay de Verde David Brazil – Conception Bay East - Bell Island Jordan Brown – Labrador West Derek Bennett – Lewisporte – Twillingate Paul Lane – Mount Pearl - Southlands Scott Reid – St. George's – Humber Jim Dinn – St. John's Centre Ches Crosbie – Windsor Lake	Select Committee of Rules and Procedures Governing Virtual Proceedings of the House of Assembly – Final Report – June 30, 2020
2020 Select Committee on Democratic Reform Business of the Committee	Paul Lane – Mount Pearl - Southlands (Chair) Sarah Stoodley – Mount Scio Jim Dinn – St. John's Centre Alison Coffin – St. John's East - Quidi Vidi Paul Dinn – Topsail - Paradise Bernard Davis – Virginia Waters - Pleasantville Ches Crosbie – Windsor Lake	The 49th General Assembly dissolved prior to the Committee's deadline to report.
2001 Select Committee on Recovery of Tobacco Related Health Care Costs	Ross Wiseman – Trinity North (Chair) Eddie Joyce – Bay of Islands Yvonne Jones – Cartwright-L'Anse Au Clair Wally Andersen – Torngat Mountains Loyola Sullivan – Ferryland John Ottenheimer – St. John's East Jack Harris – Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	Tabled May 14, 2001 Hansard Reference
1999 Select Committee on the Standing Orders	Tom Lush – Terra Nova (Chair) Loyola Sullivan – Ferryland (Vice-Chair) Doug Oldford – Trinity North Jack Harris – Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Beaton Tulk – Bonavista North Tom Rideout – Lewisporte Ralph Wiseman – Topsail	Tabled December 13, 1999 Hansard Reference
1999 Select Committee on Reducing the Harp Seal Population	John Efford – Port de Grave Kelvin Parsons – Burgeo & LaPoile Paul Shelley – Baie Verte Roger Fitzgerald – Bonavista South Jack Harris – Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Gerry Reid – Twillingate & Fogo Wally Andersen – Torngat Mountains
1998 Select Committee to travel to Ottawa to present the concerns of all the Members of the House of Assembly and the people of the province to all federal political party caucuses with respect to post-TAGS crisis	Beaton Tulk – Bonavista North John Efford – Port de Grave Jack Harris – Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Loyola Sullivan – Ferryland Paul Shelley – Baie Verte Roger Fitzgerald – Bonavista South Mary Hodder – Burin-Plancentia West Yvonne Jones – Cartwright-L’Anse Au Clair Wally Andersen – Torngat Mountains Gerry Reid – Twillingate & Fogo	Up-date report by Ministerial Statement (Government House Leader) April 27, 1998 Hansard Reference
1998 Select Committee on Arming Policy of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary	Ralph Wiseman – Topsail (Chair) John Ottenheimer – St. John’s East (Vice-Chair) Perry Canning – Labrador West Robert Mercer – Humber East Robert French – Conception Bay South (replaced by Sheila Osborne – St. John’s West December 8, 1997 – neither appear on list of Committee Members on final report) Harvey Hodder – Waterford Valley (part of the Committee as listed in final report)	Tabled March 31, 1998 Hansard Reference
1998 Select Committee to Review the Property and Casualty Insurance Industry in Newfoundland and Labrador (formerly Select Committee on No-Fault Insurance)	Rick Woodford – Humber Valley (Chair) Roger Fitzgerald – Bonavista South (Vice-Chair) Perry Canning – Labrador West Gerry Reid – Twillingate & Fogo Anthony Sparrow – Placentia & St. Mary's	Interim Report Tabled March 19, 1997 Hansard Reference Final Report Tabled March 30, 1998 Hansard Reference

* Copies of Select Committee reports are available in print at the Legislative Library