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

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
  Annapolis County Obediah Parker Goucher Conservative 1925Minister of Agriculture

(1930)

  Harry Thompson MacKenzie Conservative 1925
  Antigonish County John Laughlin McIsaac Liberal 1925
  William Chisholm Liberal 1916
  Cape Breton Centre Gordon Sidney Harrington Conservative 1925Premier (1930)
  Joseph Macdonald Conservative 1925
  Cape Breton East Robert H. Butts Conservative 1911, 1928
  Daniel R. Cameron Conservative 1928
  Colchester County Frank Stanfield Conservative 1911, 1925
  William A. Flemming Conservative 1928
  Cumberland County Percy Chapman Black Conservative 1925Minister of Highways
  Archibald Terris Labour 1920
  Daniel George McKenzie Conservative 1920
  Digby County Joseph Willie Comeau Liberal 1907, 1920, 1928
  Alexander S. MacMillan Liberal 1928
  Guysborough County Clarence W. Anderson Liberal 1920, 1928
 M. E. Morrison Liberal 1928
  Halifax County John Francis Mahoney Conservative 1925
  Gordon Benjamin Isnor Liberal 1928
  Josiah Frederick Fraser Conservative 1925Provincial Secretary
(1931)
 Angus McDonald Morton Conservative 1928
  Edward Joseph Cragg Liberal 1928
 George H. Murphy (1930) Conservative 1930
  Hants County Albert E. Parsons Conservative 1909, 1925
  Edgar Nelson Rhodes Conservative 1925Premier
  Inverness County James A.Proudfoot Liberal 1928
  Moses E. McGarry Liberal 1928
  Kings County Reginald Tucker Caldwell Conservative 1925
  George Clyde Nowlan Conservative 1925
  Lunenburg County John James Kinley Liberal 1916, 1928
  Gordon E. Romkey Liberal 1928
  Pictou County John Doull Conservative 1925
  Robert Albert Douglas Conservative 1925
  Hugh Allan MacQuarrie Conservative 1925
  Queens County William Lorimer Hall Conservative 1910, 1925
  Donald W. MacKay Conservative 1928
  Richmond County & Cape Breton West Edward C. Doyle Liberal 1928
  Alonzo A. Martell Liberal 1928
  Shelburne County Henry R. L. Bill Liberal 1928
  Wishart McLea Robertson Liberal 1928
  Victoria County Donald Buchanan McLeod Liberal 1928
  Daniel Alexander Cameron Liberal 1916, [a] 1923, 1928
  Yarmouth County Lindsay C. Gardner Liberal 1928
  René W.E. Landry Liberal 1928

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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References

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