Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly
63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Kevin Murphy, Liberal
Since October 24, 2013
House Leader
Geoff MacLellan, Liberal
Since June 15, 2017
Opposition House Leader
Chris d'Entremont, PC
Since September 9, 2010
Structure
Seats 51
Political groups

Governing Party

Opposition Parties

Elections
Last election
May 30, 2017
Next election
TBD
Meeting place
Legislative Chamber, Province House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Website
nslegislature.ca/

The Nova Scotia Legislature, formally, known as the General Assembly, consists of the Queen of Canada in Right of Nova Scotia represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and the House of Assembly,[1] is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada. The assembly is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758,[2] and in 1848 was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire.

Originally (in 1758), the Legislature consisted of the Crown represented by a governor (later a lieutenant governor), the appointed Nova Scotia Council holding both executive and legislative duties and an elected House of Assembly (lower chamber). In 1838, the council was replaced by an executive council with the executive function and a legislative council with the legislative functions based on the House of Lords. In 1928, the Legislative Council was abolished and the members pensioned off.

There are 51 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) representing 51 electoral districts. Members nearly always represent one of the three main political parties of the province: the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

The assembly meets in Province House. Located in Halifax Province House is a National Historic Site and Canada's oldest and smallest legislative building. It opened on February 11, 1819. The building was also the original home to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and the location of the "Freedom of the Press" trial of Joseph Howe. Its main entrance is found on Hollis Street in Halifax.

Party standings

Affiliation Members
  Liberal 27
  Progressive Conservative 17
  New Democratic 7
Total
51
Government majority
3

Current Members

Riding Member Party Notes
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia
  Antigonish Randy Delorey Liberal
  Argyle-Barrington Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative
  Bedford Kelly Regan Liberal
  Cape Breton Centre Tammy Martin NDP
  Cape Breton-Richmond Alana Paon Progressive Conservative
  Chester-St. Margaret's Hugh MacKay Liberal
  Clare-Digby Gordon Wilson Liberal
  Clayton Park West Rafah DiCostanzo Liberal
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Larry Harrison Progressive Conservative
  Colchester North Karen Casey Liberal
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Barbara Adams Progressive Conservatve
  Cole Harbour-Portland Valley Tony Ince Liberal
  Cumberland North Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Progressive Conservaitve
  Cumberland South Jamie Baillie Progressive Conservative Leader of the Opposition
  Dartmouth East Tim Halman Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth North Susan Leblanc NDP
  Dartmouth South Claudia Chender NDP
  Eastern Shore Kevin Murphy Liberal
  Fairview-Clayton Park Patricia Arab Liberal
  Glace Bay Geoff MacLellan Liberal
  Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie Lloyd Hines Liberal
  Halifax Armdale Lena Diab Liberal
  Halifax Atlantic Brendan Maguire Liberal
  Halifax Chebucto Gary Burrill NDP Leader of the New Democratic Party
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Labi Kousoulis Liberal
  Halifax Needham Lisa Roberts NDP
  Hammonds Plains-Lucasville Ben Jessome Liberal
  Hants East Margaret Miller Liberal
  Hants West Chuck Porter Liberal
  Inverness Allan MacMaster Progressive Conservative
  Kings North John Lohr Progressive Conservative
  Kings South Keith Irving Liberal
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal
  Lunenburg Suzanne Lohnes-Croft Liberal
  Lunenburg West Mark Furey Liberal
  Northside-Westmount Eddie Orrell Progressive Conservative
  Pictou Centre Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Tim Houston Progressive Conservative
  Pictou West Karla MacFarlane Progressive Conservative
  Preston-Dartmouth Keith Colwell Liberal
  Queens-Shelburne Kim Masland Progressive Conservative
  Sackville-Beaver Bank Brad Johns Progressive Conservative
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP
  Sydney-Whitney Pier Derek Mombourquette Liberal
  Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
  Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin Liberal
  Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Lenore Zann NDP
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Bill Horne Liberal
  Yarmouth Zach Churchill Liberal

Committees

Standing Committees

Committees of the Whole House

Select Committee

recent former Select Committees

(final reports filed)

Special Committee

Seating plan

Johns Adams Masland Halman Harrison
Lohr Bain Orrell Houston Paon Smith-McCrossin Chender Martin Leblanc
MacMaster MacLeod Dunn MacFarlane BAILLIE d'Entremont Wilson BURRILL Zann Roberts
Murphy
Churchill Furey Regan MacLellan MCNEIL Casey Glavine Delorey Colwell Miller
Horne Arab Mombourquette Rankin Ince Diab Hines Wilson Porter Kousoulis
Maguire MacKay Jessome Lohnes-Croft DiCostanzo Irving

See also

References

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