50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1970 and February 23, 1974.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1970 Nova Scotia general election.

Leader Party # of Seats
     Gerald Regan Liberal 23
     George Isaac Smith Progressive Conservative 21
     Jeremy Akerman NDP 2
Total 46

List of members

Riding Name Position
     Annapolis East Gerry Sheehy
     Annapolis West Peter Murray Nicholson
     Antigonish J. William Gillis
     Cape Breton South John Francis Burke
     Cape Breton Centre Mike Laffin
     Cape Breton North Tom McKeough
     Cape Breton Nova Paul MacEwan
     Cape Breton East Jeremy Akerman
     Cape Breton West Allan Sullivan
     Clare Benoit Comeau
     Colchester G. I. Smith
     Gerald Ritcey
     Cumberland East Roger S. Bacon
     Cumberland West D. L. George Henley
     Cumberland Centre Raymond M. Smith
     Dartmouth North Glen M. Bagnell
     Dartmouth South D. Scott MacNutt
     Digby Joseph H. Casey
     Guysborough Angus MacIsaac
     Halifax Atlantic John Buchanan
     Halifax Cornwallis George M. Mitchell speaker
Minister of Development (1973)
     Halifax Citadel Ronald Wallace
     Halifax Chebucto James L. Connolly speaker (1973)
     Halifax Cobequid George Riley
     Halifax Eastern Shore Alexander Garnet Brown
     Halifax Needham Gerald Regan Premier
     Halifax St. Margarets Leonard L. Pace
     Hants East Jack Hawkins
     Hants West Robert D. Lindsay
     Inverness Norman J. MacLean
     John Archie MacKenzie
     Kings North Victor Thorpe
     Kings South Harry How
     Kings West Gordon Tidman
     Lunenburg Centre Walton Cook
     Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck
     Lunenburg West Maurice DeLory
     Pictou East A. Lloyd MacDonald
     Pictou West Harvey Veniot
     Pictou Centre Ralph F. Fiske
     Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones
     Richmond Gerald Doucet
     Shelburne Harold Huskilson
     Victoria Fisher Hudson
     Yarmouth Fraser Mooney
     George A. Snow

Former members of the 50th General Assembly

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
     Gordon A. Tidman Progressive Conservative Kings West seat declared vacant Frank Bezanson, Liberal November 16, 1971
     W. S. Kennedy Jones Progressive Conservative Queens resigned Floyd MacDonald, PC November 16, 1971
     Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Guysborough ran for federal seat A. M. Cameron, Liberal June 5, 1973
Preceded by
49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1970-1974
Succeeded by
51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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