62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
October 24, 2013 – April 30, 2017
Parliament leaders
Premier	Stephen McNeil; October 22, 2013
Leader of the; Opposition	Jamie Baillie; October 22, 2013
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	Kevin Murphy; October 24, 2013
Government; House Leader	Michel Samson; October 24, 2013 – April 30, 2017
Opposition; House Leader	Chris d'Entremont; October 24, 2013
Members	51 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	John James Grant; April 12, 2012
Sessions
	1st session; October 24, 2013 – September 25, 2014
	2nd session; September 25, 2014 – October 13, 2016
	3rd session; October 13, 2016 – April 30, 2017
← 61st	→ 63rd

PremierStephen McNeil
October 22, 2013

Leader of the
OppositionJamie Baillie
October 22, 2013

GovernmentLiberal Party

OppositionProgressive Conservative Party

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia was the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2013 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on October 24, 2013 ^[1] and was dissolved April 30, 2017.

[1]

Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Notes
Annapolis	Stephen McNeil	Liberal	2003
Antigonish	Randy Delorey	Liberal	2013
Argyle-Barrington	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative	2003
Bedford	Kelly Regan	Liberal	2009
Cape Breton Centre	Frank Corbett	NDP	1998	Resigned April 2, 2015.
Cape Breton Centre	David Wilton	Liberal	2015	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
Cape Breton-Richmond	Michel Samson	Liberal	1998
Chester-St. Margaret's	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	NDP	2009
Clare-Digby	Gordon Wilson	Liberal	2013
Clayton Park West	Diana Whalen	Liberal	2003
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative	2013
Colchester North	Karen Casey	Liberal	2006^[a]
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Joyce Treen	Liberal	2013
Cole Harbour-Portland Valley	Tony Ince	Liberal	2013
Cumberland North	Terry Farrell	Liberal	2013
Cumberland South	Jamie Baillie	Progressive Conservative	2010
Dartmouth East	Andrew Younger	Liberal	2009	Removed from caucus November 5, 2015
Dartmouth East	Andrew Younger	Independent	2009
Dartmouth North	Joanne Bernard	Liberal	2013
Dartmouth South	Allan Rowe	Liberal	2013	Died in office on March 16, 2015.
	Marian Mancini	NDP	2015	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
	Vacant		2015
Eastern Shore	Kevin Murphy	Liberal	2013
Fairview-Clayton Park	Patricia Arab	Liberal	2013
Glace Bay	Geoff MacLellan	Liberal	2010
Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie	Lloyd Hines	Liberal	2013
Halifax Armdale	Lena Diab	Liberal	2013
Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Liberal	2013
Halifax Chebucto	Joachim Stroink	Liberal	2013
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal	2013
Halifax Needham	Maureen MacDonald	NDP	1998	Resigned April 12, 2016
Halifax Needham
Lisa Roberts	NDP	2016	Elected in a by-election on August 30, 2016.
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Ben Jessome	Liberal	2013
Hants East	Margaret Miller	Liberal	2013
Hants West	Chuck Porter	Progressive Conservative	2006	Removed from caucus June 13, 2014
		Independent
		Liberal		Joined Liberal caucus on February 17, 2016
Inverness	Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative	2009
Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative	2013
Kings South	Keith Irving	Liberal	2013
Kings West	Leo Glavine	Liberal	2003
Lunenburg	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	Liberal	2013
Lunenburg West	Mark Furey	Liberal	2013
Northside-Westmount	Eddie Orrell	Progressive Conservative	2011
Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative	2006, 2013
Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	2013
Pictou West	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative	2013
Preston-Dartmouth	Keith Colwell	Liberal	1993,^[b] 2003
Queens-Shelburne	Sterling Belliveau	NDP	2006
Sackville-Beaver Bank	Stephen Gough	Liberal	2013
Sackville-Cobequid	Dave Wilson	NDP	2003
Sydney-Whitney Pier	Gordie Gosse	NDP	2003	Resigned on April 2, 2015.
Sydney-Whitney Pier	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal	2015	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	1995, 2006
Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal	2013
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Lenore Zann	NDP	2009
Victoria-The Lakes	Pam Eyking	Liberal	2013
Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Bill Horne	Liberal	2013
Yarmouth	Zach Churchill	Liberal	2010

Number of members per party by date		2013	2014	2015				2016			2017
Number of members per party by date		Oct 8	Jun 13	Mar 16	Apr 2	Jul 14	Nov 5	Feb 17	Apr 12	Aug 30	Apr 23
	Liberal	33		32		34	33	34
	Progressive Conservative	11	10
	NDP	7			5	6			5	6	5
	Independent	0	1				2	1
	Total members	51		50	48	51			50	51	50
	Vacant	0		1	3	0			1	0	1


Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
October 8, 2013	See list of members			Election day of the 39th Nova Scotia general election
June 13, 2014	Chuck Porter	Hants West	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus
March 16, 2015	Allan Rowe	Dartmouth South	Liberal	Death
April 2, 2015	Frank Corbett	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Resignation
April 2, 2015	Gordie Gosse	Sydney-Whitney Pier	NDP	Resignation
July 14, 2015	Marian Mancini	Dartmouth South	NDP	Elected in a by-election
July 14, 2015	David Wilton	Cape Breton Centre	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
July 14, 2015	Derek Mombourquette	Sydney-Whitney Pier	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
November 5, 2015	Andrew Younger	Dartmouth East	Independent	Removed from the Liberal caucus
February 17, 2016	Chuck Porter	Hants West	Liberal	Joined Liberal caucus
April 12, 2016	Maureen MacDonald	Halifax Needham	NDP	Resignation
August 30, 2016	Lisa Roberts	Halifax Needham	NDP	Elected in a by-election
April 23, 2017	Marian Mancini	Dartmouth South	NDP	Resignation

v t e Politics of Nova Scotia
The Crown	Sovereign King Charles III
Lieutenant Governor	Mike Savage Former lieutenant governors
Premier	Tim Houston Former premiers Executive Council (Cabinet)
Opposition leader	Claudia Chender Former opposition leaders
House of Assembly	Current members Past General Assemblies
Speaker of the Assembly	Danielle Barkhouse Former Speakers
Political parties	Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green
Elections	2024 general election Past elections
Other provinces and territories	BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YU NT NU

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Seating plan

Membership changes in the 62nd Assembly

Notes

References

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