39th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The 39th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between October 1, 1928, to July 13, 1933.

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Gordon Sidney Harrington became premier in 1930 after E. N. Rhodes entered the federal cabinet.

Division of seats

There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1928 Nova Scotia general election.

LeaderParty# of Seats
  Edgar Nelson Rhodes Conservative24
  William Chisholm Liberal18
 N/ACCF/United Farmer/Labour1
Total43

List of members

RidingNamePosition
 Annapolis County Obediah Parker Goucher Minister of Agriculture

(1930)

  Harry Thompson MacKenzie
 Antigonish County John Laughlin McIsaac
  William Chisholm
  Cape Breton Centre Gordon Sidney Harrington Premier (1930)
  Joseph Macdonald
  Cape Breton East Robert H. Butts
  Daniel R. Cameron
 Colchester County Frank Stanfield
  William A. Flemming
 Cumberland County Percy Chapman Black Minister of Highways
  Archibald Terris
  Daniel George McKenzie
 Digby County Joseph Willie Comeau
  Alexander S. MacMillan
 Guysborough County Clarence W. Anderson
 M. E. Morrison
 Halifax County John Francis Mahoney
  Gordon Benjamin Isnor
  Josiah Frederick Fraser Provincial Secretary
(1931)
 Angus McDonald Morton
  Edward Joseph Cragg
 Hants County Albert E. Parsons
  Edgar Nelson Rhodes Premier
  Inverness County James A.Proudfoot
  Moses E. McGarry
 Kings County Reginald Tucker Caldwell
  George Clyde Nowlan
 Lunenburg County John James Kinley
  Gordon E. Romkey
 Pictou County John Doull
  Robert Albert Douglas
  Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
 Queens County William Lorimer Hall
  Donald W. MacKay
 Richmond County & Cape Breton West Edward C. Doyle
  Alonzo A. Martell
 Shelburne County Henry R. L. Bill
  Wishart McLea Robertson
 Victoria County Donald Buchanan McLeod
  Daniel Alexander Cameron
 Yarmouth County Lindsay C. Gardner
  René W.E. Landry

Former members of the 39th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
 Edward Joseph Cragg Liberal Halifax Countyresigned to run federallyn/a
 John James Kinley Liberal Lunenburg Countyresigned to run federallyn/a
 Edward C. Doyle Liberal Richmond County & Cape Breton Westresigned to run federallyseat abolished
 Daniel Alexander Cameron Liberal Victoria Countyresigned to run federallyseat abolished
 John Francis Mahoney Conservative Halifax CountydeathGeorge H. Murphy, ConservativeJanuary 21, 1930
 Edgar Nelson Rhodes Conservative Hants Countynamed to federal cabinetn/a
 Frank Stanfield Conservative Colchester Countyappointed Lieutenant Governorn/a
 William Lorimer Hall Conservative Queens Countyappointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotiaseat abolished

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Preceded by
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1928–1933
Succeeded by