61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
June 25, 2009  September 7, 2013
Parliament leaders
PremierDarrell Dexter
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Leader of the
Opposition
Stephen McNeil
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Party caucuses
GovernmentNew Democratic Party
OppositionLiberal Party
RecognizedProgressive Conservative Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Charlie Parker
June 25, 2009 – January 11, 2011
Gordie Gosse
January 19, 2011 – September 7, 2013
Government
House Leader
Frank Corbett
June 25, 2009 – September 7, 2013
Opposition
House Leader
Manning MacDonald
June 25, 2009 – January 27, 2012
Michel Samson
January 27, 2012 – September 7, 2013
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Mayann Francis
September 7, 2006 – April 12, 2012
John James Grant
April 12, 2012
Sessions
1st session
June 25, 2009 – March 25, 2010
2nd session
March 25, 2010 – March 31, 2011
3rd session
March 31, 2011 – March 29, 2012
4th session
March 29, 2012 – March 26, 2013
5th session
March 26, 2013 – September 7, 2013
 60th  62nd

61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia was an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil[1] Liberal 2003
  Antigonish Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative 1969,[a] 1999
  Maurice Smith NDP 2009
  Argyle Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative 2003
  Bedford—Birch Cove Kelly Regan Liberal 2009
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett NDP 1998
  Cape Breton North Cecil Clarke Progressive Conservative 2001
  Eddie Orrell (2011) Progressive Conservative 2011
  Cape Breton Nova Gordie Gosse NDP 2003
  Cape Breton South Manning MacDonald Liberal 1993
Vacant
  Cape Breton West Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative 1995, 2006
  Chester-St. Margaret's Denise Peterson-Rafuse NDP 2009
  Clare Wayne Gaudet Liberal 1993
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Gary Burrill NDP 2009
  Colchester North Karen Casey Progressive Conservative 2006
  Liberal
  Cole Harbour Darrell Dexter NDP 1998
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Becky Kent NDP 2007
  Cumberland North Brian Skabar NDP 2009
  Cumberland South Murray Scott Progressive Conservative 1998
  Jamie Baillie (2010) Progressive Conservative 2010
  Dartmouth East Andrew Younger Liberal 2009
  Dartmouth North Trevor Zinck NDP 2006
  Independent
Vacant
  Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Marilyn More NDP 2003
  Digby-Annapolis Harold Theriault, Jr. Liberal 2003
  Eastern Shore Sid Prest NDP 2009
  Glace Bay David Wilson Liberal 1999
  Geoff MacLellan (2010) Liberal 2010
  Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Jim Boudreau NDP 2009
  Halifax Atlantic Michèle Raymond NDP 2003
  Halifax Chebucto Howard Epstein NDP 1998
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Leonard Preyra NDP 2006
  Halifax Clayton Park Diana Whalen Liberal 2003
  Halifax Fairview Graham Steele NDP 2001
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald NDP 1998
  Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Mat Whynott NDP 2009
  Hants East John MacDonell NDP 1998
  Hants West Chuck Porter Progressive Conservative 2006
  Inverness Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative 1999
  Allan MacMaster (2009) Progressive Conservative 2009
  Kings North Jim Morton NDP 2009
  Kings South Ramona Jennex NDP 2009
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal 2003
  Lunenburg Pam Birdsall NDP 2009
  Lunenburg West Gary Ramey NDP 2009
  Pictou Centre Ross Landry NDP 2009
  Pictou East Clarrie MacKinnon NDP 2006
  Pictou West Charlie Parker NDP 1998, 2003
  Preston Keith Colwell Liberal 1993,[b] 2003
  Queens Vicki Conrad NDP 2006
  Richmond Michel Samson Liberal 1998
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP 2003
  Shelburne Sterling Belliveau NDP 2006
  Timberlea-Prospect Bill Estabrooks NDP 1998
  Truro-Bible Hill Lenore Zann NDP 2009
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative 2006
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Percy Paris NDP 2006
  Yarmouth Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative 1999
  Zach Churchill (2010) Liberal 2010

Seating plan

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

Notes

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