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The Confederation Building is located in St. John's , Newfoundland & Labrador and serves as the seat of the Newfoundland And Labrador House Of Assembly . It was built in 1959 and replaced the Colonial Building .

The Confederation Building is built on a hill overlooking the city of St. John's. The building has 11 stories and is 64 metres tall. It was built at a cost of $9 million. The building underwent major renovations in 1991 , which involved moving the legislative chamber from its original home on the ninth floor to a new one on the second.

The Confederation Building is also now a complex, with the addition of the West Block which was built in 1982 .