45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 24, 1954 and September 10, 1956.

Division of seats

There were 37 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1953 Nova Scotia general election.

Leader Party # of Seats
     Angus L. Macdonald Liberal 22
     Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative 13
     Russell Cunningham CCF 2
Total 37

List of members

Riding Name Position
     Annapolis County Henry Davies Hicks Minister of Education
Premier (1954)
     Antigonish Colin H. Chisholm
     Cape Breton South John Smith MacIvor speaker
     Cape Breton Centre Michael MacDonald
     Cape Breton North Alexander O'Handley
     Cape Breton East Russell Cunningham
     Cape Breton West Malcolm A. Patterson Attorney general
     Clare Pierre E. Belliveau
     Colchester Robert L. Stanfield
     G. I. Smith
     Cumberland East James A. Langille
     Cumberland West Allison T. Smith
     Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke
     Digby Victor George Cardoza
     Guysborough Arthur Whittier MacKenzie
     Halifax South Angus L. MacDonald Premier
     Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
     Halifax North Harold Connolly Minister of Public Health
acting Premier (1954)
     Halifax East Geoffrey Stevens
     Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
     Hants East Alfred Edward Reid
     Hants West George H. Wilson
     Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
     Roderick MacLean
     Kings Edward Haliburton
     George Arthur Boggs
     Lunenburg Harley J. Spence
     R. Clifford Levy
     Pictou East John W. MacDonald
     Pictou West Stewart W. Proudfoot
     Pictou Centre Alfred B. DeWolfe
     Queens Ken Jones
     Richmond Earl Wallace Urquhart
     Shelburne Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee
     Victoria Carleton L. MacMillan
     Yarmouth William H. Brown
     Ray Z. Bourque

Former members of the 45th General Assembly

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
     Angus L. MacDonald Liberal Halifax South died Richard A.Donahoe, PC November 14, 1954
     Alexander H. McKinnon Liberal Inverness named judge Joseph Clyde Nunn, Liberal November 14, 1954
Preceded by
44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1953-1956
Succeeded by
46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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